One of the more memorable moments in politics for R.E.M. was the Rock the Vote petition for the Motor Voter– resulting in their early 1993 invitation to the White House for the signing in early 1993. Thanks to Jeff Gold for sending this podcast telling the background story on that
This week’s Find of the Week is the schedule for “The One I Love” video shoot…
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The Minus 5 will be back in action this Friday, March 7th, at the Doug Fir Lounge, Portland at 9 p.m. with The My Oh Mys and Deepest Darkest. As Scott McCaughey pronounces, “It’s a Friday, it’s the Doug Fir, it’s the Minus 5!!! We hit the trifecta!”
Here’s the latest from the HQ treasure trove: Michael’s notes for one of the posters from Green.
Peter and Alejandro Escovedo brought their tour through Athens last night, and in the words of Drive By Truckers main man Patterson Hood it was “Truly an evening for the Ages.” Peter kicked off the night with a blistering set culled from his two solo records and then joined
We are all psyched to hear your new songs live, and the show with Alejandro Escovedo tomorrow night at the GA Theatre will be great fun…
–The HQ team
This past Saturday, Mike was in Orlando at the House of Blues where he joined John Bell, Sunny Ortiz, and JoJo Hermann of Widespread Panic for a few songs at the 15th Annual Hannah’s Buddies Charity Classic concert. The concert raised funds for the fight against Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Peter’s current tour with Alejandro Escovedo has been going great according to reports on Alejandro’s facebook page. Next up: shows in Kent and Cincinnati, Ohio, followed by homecoming shows this weekend in Athens and Atlanta. Please check out our Facebook Events Page for ticket
Our old friend Michael Jaffe, who has chronicled some R.E.M. doings all the way back to the Automatic era, has a new novel out–“When Blackness Was a Virtue”
He sent us this interesting blogpost from largeheartedboy.com.
Back in his days at Sports Illustrated, Michael enjoyed the fondness of Mike MIlls
On February 25th, Mike will perform at the Content Creators Coalition FREE concert with Marilyn Carino, David Byrne, Marc Ribot and many others. The concert will be held at (le) poisson rouge to raise awareness for Musicians’ rights. Please sign the petition at irespectmusic.org and come show your
Jude Rogers of The Guardian takes a look at ten of the best R.E.M. tracks in his latest article at theguardian.com
The Best of Creem magazine…
Author Len Vlahos is the current Executive Director of the Book Industry Study Group in New York City. During the 1980s, Len lived in Athens where he was in a punk rock band called The Woofing Cookies for whom Peter Buck produced a song called “In the City.” 28 years
The Baseball Project is excited to announce that their third album, 3rd, will be released March 25th. In addition to founders Scott McCaughey (Young Fresh Fellows, The Minus 5, R.E.M.) and Steve Wynn (The Dream Syndicate, Steve Wynn and the Miracle 3, Gutterball), the band’s roster includes drummer Linda Pitmon
Peter and longtime friend, SXSW Sunday night legend and constantly amazing musician Alejandro Escovedo are set and ready to bring their high-energy rock and roll to select stops in the Midwest and Southeast later this month.
“I’ve known Alejandro since the “True Believer” days,” said Peter, “and it’s an honor to