A great Thanksgiving memory was one of the most memorable early R.E.M. shows–Thanksgiving night 1983– at Les Bain Douches in Paris. It was a fairly early show I guess and afterward they took us upstairs to the restaurant and one of the entree selections was luncheon meat turkey–it was the
I am psyched to be on the road with Joseph Arthur and Bill Dobrow, currently touring as (at least in our minds) Joseph Arthur and the New Professionals. We are playing songs from Joseph’s two Boogie Christ records, plus a few other selections. Look it up on josepharthur.com.
Michael Stipe and Chris Bilheimer are among the 100-plus celebrated artists from the art, music and skateboarding world who have designed skateboards to be auctioned off to help Project LOOP raise money for a skatepark for the kids of Taylor, Texas. The auction, which began this past
The Guardian has posted a great article from Trouserpress from 1983 in which the band is interviewed during their first stop in Britain. Check it out here.
Peter will be on tour in the USA with Alejandro Escovedo this coming February. Expressmilwaukee.com reports on the Milwaukee show here. Stay tuned for more details on dates and tickets.
Philadelphia’s City Paper has a nice recap of Peter’s recent show in Athens as well as the proceedings of the Jim McKay film festival. Read about it here.
With Peter having just played the 40 Watt last Thursday night with Kevn Kinney, we were reminded of another occasion on which the guys played the then brand-new location of the 40 Watt which had just relocated to its current incarnation on West Washington Street. That night, 21 years
The film festival honoring the work of Jim McKay is going great and has been very well received and well-attended, especially considering how jammed Athens was this past weekend. Michael especially, but also Peter and Mike, have attended some of the screenings, and Michael did a great Q&A after
A really fun time was had by all at Peter Buck’s show with Kevn Kinney and the Roamin Countrymen at the 40 Watt Club last night in Athens as many old friends were on hand to see Peter and his band play a strong and energetic set of songs from
If you’re in Athens tonight, be sure to check out opening night of the Jim McKay film festival at Cine Athens which will include special guest David Daley of salon.com. There will be a screening of R.E.M.’s TourFilm tonight at 8:30PM.
Here’s a nice photo of Michael and Sinead O’Connor communing at one of her recent shows in New York City at City Winery. The Irish singer is currently on tour in support of her album “How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?
“I’ve seen Sinead many times
Peter is in Athens tonight where he will be playing a show at the 40 Watt Club along with Kevn Kinney and the Roamin Countrymen. Visit the 40 Watt’s schedule page for more information on the show.
40 Watt Club
285 West Washington St
Athens, GA, 30601
This Thursday night, Peter will play a show at the 40 Watt Club in Athens along with Kevn Kinney and the Roamin Countrymen. For more information about the gig, check out the 40 Watt Club’s website.
Around the time of Macdougal Blues– Kevn and Peter together again at the 40 Watt in Athens on Thursday November 14th.