MOUNTAIN STAGE FEATURING PATTERSON HOOD AND FRIENDS AIRS THIS WEEKEND


The Mountain Stage performance featuring Patterson Hood and friends, Van Dyke Parks and Randall Bramblett recorded in Athens a couple of months ago is set for broadcast on NPR this weekend. Be sure to check local listings for program times in your area, and, in the meantime, check out the

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATES 50 WITH “TOAST TO FREEDOM”


Amnesty International has released a new and exclusive commemorative song called “Toast To Freedom” dedicated to human rights activism around the world and performed by 50 artists, including the late Levon Helm, Kris Kristofferson, Carly Simon, Angelique Kidjo, Ewan McGregor, Donald Fagen, Warren Haynes, Keb Mo, Eric Burdon, Taj Mahal,

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CINCY BAND TO PERFORM R.E.M.’S GREEN AT REUSE-APALOOZA


Cincinnati’s Messerly & Ewing are set to perform R.E.M.’s album GREEN in its entirety with guests on April 27 at Northside Tavern.

The evening is the official after-party for Northside-based Building Value’s annual fundraiser and design competition, ReUse-apalooza, which will be held earlier that evening at BV’s reuse store at

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QUICK DISPATCH FROM DRESDEN (UPDATE WITH PHOTOS!)


I am in this cultural capitol of Dresden for the R.E.M. Film Project at the amazing museum here. Anton Corbijn is also in town as his exhibit of R.E.M. photography, from 1990 in Athens to 2010 in Nashville, with significant stops along the way in Los Angeles, Rome, Vancouver,

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R.E.M. AND ANTON CORBIJN FEATURED ON GERMANY’S NACHTMAGAZiN


R.E.M. was in the news last night on German national television program Nachtmagazin which also gave in-depth coverage to Anton Corbijn’s exhibit of R.E.M. photographs in Dresden. Check out the clip on R.E.M. and Anton near the 12-minute mark at this link: nachtmagazin.

The photo above was

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COLLAPSE INTO NOW FILM PROJECT SCREENS AT FILMFEST DRESDEN THURSDAY (UPDATE)


The Collapse Into Now Film Project featuring films for each of the twelve tracks from R.E.M.’s last studio album will screen twice during Filmfest Dresden–an International Short Film Festival–in Germany this week. The first screening will take place at the Albertinum Museum– a collection of sculptures and modern

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WEEKEND UPDATE: HOTELS, FILMS, PHOTOS, INSTRUMENTS, BASEBALL CARDS, AND MORE!


COLLAPSE INTO NOW FILM PROJECT TO SCREEN AT THE FILMFEST DRESDEN THIS MONTH

The Collapse Into Now Film Project will screen on two occasions during Filmfest Dresden —€œ an International Short Film Festival – in Germany this April. The first screening occurs at the Albertinum Museum —€œ a

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HAPPY R.E.M. DAY


(APRIL 5TH)–Well, this is the 32nd anniversary of the band and the first one of those since the disbandment back in September. April 5th is always a special day to a lot of people marking that first “birthday party at the church” that is the stuff of legend.