A LOOK BACK AT 12-12-12
A year ago today, Michael was busy in NYC, and a nice blogpost at slicingupeyeballs.com sums up the day and music.
Author Archives: David Bell
MIKE MILLS AND ROBERT MCDUFFIE, FRIENDS FROM MACON, GA DAYS, AND STILL
My old friend Robert McDuffie has been accomplishing amazing things since we were in choir together as teenagers. I hope to join him in an endeavor in the near future. Meanwhile, here are some of the things he’s been up to.
Rome Chamber Music Festival at romechamberfestival.org; also
CATCH TIRED PONY ON THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW FRIDAY
Tired Pony, featuring Gary Lightbody and Peter Buck, will be on the Ellen Degeneres Show tomorrow afternoon. Please be sure to check your local listings for air time and visit ellentv.com for more information.
NELSON MANDELA: 1918-2013
All of us were admirers of this complicated and great man and although we never had a lot of contact with him, there was this one time, in London in May of 2001 on the promotour for REVEAL. The band played a wet Trafalgar Square for South Africa Freedom Day
PETER SET TO DJ AT THE SAVOY IN PORTLAND DECEMBER 15TH
FIND OF THE WEEK: PRESERVATION NEWS
Years ago, when Athens faced a roiling political controversy involving building a civic center on the site of an old warehouse district, the band offered to underwrite a study of the area’s history conducted by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. It helped to preserve the old firehall on
“BIG STAR: NOTHING CAN HURT ME” AT ATHENS CINE FRIDAY
This Friday in Athens, Cine will be featuring the film, Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me. This documentary about the legendary band from Memphis features interviews and performance footage from the band as well as a host of artists who were influenced by Big Star, including Mike Mills and
PETER AND SCOTT MCCAUGHEY PLAY WITH PEARL JAM IN PORTLAND
oregonlive.com reports that Peter and Scott McCaughey were among the guest musicians to join Pearl Jam onstage at their recent show in Portland, Oregon. The pair joined their friends from Seattle for a blistering version of Neil Young’s “Rockin in the Free World.” Members of Sleater-Kinney
PARIS 1983 THANKSGIVING REMEMBERED
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
MIKE SET TO HIT THE ROAD WITH JOSEPH ARTHUR
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 DESIGNS A SKATEBOARD FOR PROJECT LOOP AUCTION
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
AN EARLY INTERVIEW FROM THE VAULTS
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 TO TOUR WITH ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO IN FEBRUARY
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.
PHILLY’S CITY PAPER COVERS “WEEKEND IN ATHENS”
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.
21 YEARS AGO TODAY… GREENPEACE BENEFIT AT 40 WATT
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