Today, a special tribute album to Mark Mulcahy, the acclaimed Miracle Legion and Polaris front man, was made available at iTunes. Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy features new interpretations of Mark’s songs by Michael Stipe, Thom Yorke, Dinosaur Jr., Mercury Rev, The National, Frank Black,
This Is Not A Show, the film by Vincent Moon and Jeremiah chronicling the band’s working rehearsals in Dublin, Ireland, at the Olympia Theatre in summer 2007, will have its world premiere screening at the 10th annual Sound Unseen film festival in Minneapolis on September 29th
It’s getting to be crunch-time here in the USA as the health care debate rages on between the left and the right. To be or not to be: Should the United States provide its citizens with a public option for universal health care or should we go on with business
The trailer for This Is Not A Show, the bonus DVD to R.E.M. Live At The Olympia, is now streaming in “Videos” at remdublin.com. Watch it now…
“I’ve Been High” is the latest track to be added at remdublin.com. The track is streaming in the Songs’ section as well as in the widget along with “Driver 8” and “Second Guessing.” Give it a listen.
Myspace.com has just added an exclusive video stream of “Drive”
Peter, Scott McCaughey, Linda Pitmon, and Steve Wynn have just embarked upon an extensive TOUR of the U.S. and Canada that will take them from the Pacific Northwest to the Southeast over the course of 22 dates. The four of them will perform as three
“This is my first exhibited piece in ATH so I was very excited to see it finally installed. It’s a life size American Buffalo with Palladium finish. The Hotel Indigo opened today.”
A description of the piece follows:
The American Buffalo is an iconic creature. Historically, our
Christopher O’Riley, the super-talented concert pianist (noted for his classical arrangements and interpretations of songs by Radiohead, Elliott Smith, and Nick Drake among others) and host of National Public Radio’s From The Top has released an album called Out Of My Hands which includes a cover of R.E.M.’s
On October 26th, R.E.M. will release R.E.M. LIVE AT THE OLYMPIA, a two-CD set featuring 39 songs from the band’s acclaimed 2007 working rehearsals in Dublin, Ireland.
“Live At The Olympia” ventures back to the first week in July 2007, when R.E.M. set up camp at the venerable Olympia
There is some news of special interest coming your way from this space on Monday so please stay tuned. Now to the news…
LEFT OF RECKONING AT R.A. MILLER EXHIBIT
Earlier in the week, we mentioned the fantastic R.A. Miller exhibition opening at the Lyndon House in Athens on
Folk art aficionados, devotees, and R.E.M. fans alike should make plans to attend the Georgia Museum of Art’s upcoming exhibition “Lord Love You, Works by R.A. Miller from the Mullis Collection,” which opens Saturday, August 8th, at the Lyndon House Arts Center (293 Hoyt St.).
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Congratulations to Crush Inc. whose video for R.E.M.’s single “Man-Sized Wreath” garnered the Best Music Video Award at the 13th annual Los Angeles Shorts Fest. Gary Thomas, Creative Director of Crush, told remhq, “It’s always exciting to have your work recognized, when it’s for
Jeff Calder of The Swimming Pool Q’s interviews the poet Coleman Barks this Sunday August 9 at 8 PM on Georgia Public Broadcasting’s literary show Cover-to-Cover (including WUGA in Athens and other stations statewide). Barks is the internationally renowned translator of the Sufi poet Rumi. It’s a special
Mike’s interview with Mark Radcliffe airs on BBC Radio 2 tonight between 9-10PM (local time); the interview will be available beginning tomorrow in the BBC Radio 2 archive for a week…
One of the effects of the end of summer vacation is that one relishes reading all the leisure stuff possible–books, magazine, papers, the web. Well, these are my three favorite Opinion pieces I have come across here on the morning we head for home:
National Division: Frank Rich on the