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Watch Father Ray Kelly of Co. Meath, Ireland, give an amazing performance of “Everybody Hurts” as his audition for Britain’s Got Talent:   Watch Here

“I Am The Moment” the first song from the forthcoming Arthur Buck album can be heard via NPR Music here:

Ten years ago, Mike, Peter, and Michael made an appearance on The Colbert Report where they talked about the new album, discussed politics, and current events. Watch the clip here    

Michael has posted a new song, “Future, If Future,” on his Instagram page. Here’s the text that accompanies the post…

Michael would like to bring Virginia congressional candidate Alison Friedman to everyone’s attention. Friedman, an anti-human-trafficking activist, is running for the seat in Virginia’s 10th Congressional District and is calling on 10,000 supporters to donate $12.43 to her campaign to match the $124,300 the NRA has spent to support the incumbent Congresswoman Comstock. Let’s help Alison make that … Continued

There’s been a lot of great press of late on Fischerspooner’s new LP SIR which Michael produced.  The album is available now.  Check out two of the latest articles at Another Man and Forbes   photo: David Belisle  

Thanks to Stu Egan, a HS teacher from Winston-Salem, NC, the song Pilgrimage (1983) takes on some relevance all these 35 years later: http://bit.ly/2oKZjgu See also Dahlia Lithwick, a brilliant lawyer and parent, on the importance of extracurriculars in education and why those Florida HS students are so good at what they do— they’ve been … Continued

This past Thursday (Feb. 15) was the 10th anniversary of the passing of R.E.M.’s longtime guitar tech Mark “Microwave” Mytrowitz.  We were reminded by longtime R.E.M. fan and friend Ole Skjefte of Norway of an interview Katherine Downs did with Micro for the Fan Club newsletter in 1996. We’ve posted that here and hope you … Continued

Peter and Joseph Arthur have put a new band together called Arthur Buck. The duo have worked up a number of tracks which are currently in the mixing phase for an album and plan to tour in the coming months. Rolling Stone has a great article on the band…

Michael produced Fischerspooner’s lastest LP, SIR, which is available on NPR’s First Listen. Check it out below

Towncarolina.com hits the classic city with R.E.M.’s advisor, the one and only Bertis Downs.

“Radio Free Europe” makes Salon’s list of the 20 best debut album lead-off tracks of all time. Read about it at the link below:

Diffuser takes a trip in the time machine to look back at the Green World Tour: On Jan. 26, 1989, R.E.M. kicked off the Green World Tour at MZA Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. Unsurprisingly, the setlist skewed heavily toward the band’s latest album, 1988’s Green: The Athens, Ga., band opened the show with “Pop Song 89,” and performed eight of … Continued

January 20, 2018

Speaking of significant anniversaries, (#AFTP25); (#JT30); today, it’s #AutomaticBaby25: Jan. 20, 1993, Washington, DC: a memorable one-off from very different times.