Fire up your laptops and get ready to remix your own version of “It Happened Today.” Jacknife Lee has just delivered all the multi-track files and we are posting them here for you to download, remix, reimagine, remake. They are in AIFF and Garageband formats, so pick
R.E.M.’s art director Chris Bilheimer has a collaborative photo exhibition with Athens photographer Jim Fiscus tonight at the the University of Georgia Lamar Dodd School of Art. The exhibition, titled “A Year on the Hill,” runs through Feb. 11 in Gallery 101 of the UGA Art school.
The band’s new single, “Mine Smell Like Honey,” will be released to radio in the USA on January 18th. The single, from R.E.M.’s forthcoming record Collapse Into Now, will also be available for sale at iTunes and other music outlets that same day.
For a sneak peek of “Mine Smell Like
Imagine Fashion has posted a fantastic interview with Michael in which he discusses a number of topics: the emergence of his interest in art, the visual nature of his lyrics, how his series of bronze camera sculptures function as permanent ephemera, and, among other things, his latest artistic
Michael will perform at the 21st Annual Tibet House Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall on Thursday, March 3rd along with Philip Glass, Angelique Kidjo, James McCartney, The Roots, Patti Smith (with Jesse Smith) and Michael Campbell. Tickets for the concert are on sale now and can be purchased online
i started a tumblr site to celebrate the new year 2011, it’s mostly work images and studies. this, and my site michaelstipe.com are the only me online, i am not a part of any social network at all. thanks for looking, happy new year
Happy birthday wishes to Michael from remhq!
Watch the lyric video for COLLAPSE INTO NOW track “Oh My Heart”:
First off, a very Happy New Year to everyone!
We’re kicking off 2011 in style with another track from COLLAPSE INTO NOW—Oh My Heart–which is now streaming at NPR’s All Songs Considered. According to Michael, who was asked by NPR for a description of the song, “It’s a
Consequence of Sound has posted a video of Michael and Patti Smith’s walk-in performance at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on December 19th, the date on which they paid homage to French writer Jean Genet’s 100th birthday: Michael’s is a cover of David
Be sure to check out Studio 360’s piece on Radio Free Europe which was selected to be included on the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress earlier this year as one of their annual recordings to be preserved for all time. There is also a bonus
As we prepare to break for the holidays, we do so with much anticipation for an exciting 2011 and the release of COLLAPSE INTO NOW on March 7th/8th. Peter, Mike, and Michael and all of us here at REMHQ wish you and your family and friends the best for
Michael Stipe reads: ”Postcards from America: X Rays from Hell” by David Wojnarowicz, published for Witnesses: Against Our Vanishing, Artists Space,1989.
i decided to read this piece by david wojnarowicz to illuminate and contextualize the frame of mind that prevailed during the very difficult end of the 1980’s; a political regime
The band’s new record COLLAPSE INTO NOW, due out on March 8th, 2011, is now available for pre-order at iTunes. As an added bonus, if you pre-order the album through iTunes, you will immediately receive a download of the track “It Happened Today.” Click here to pre-order
Watch the lyric video for “It Happened Today”: