POSTCARD FROM A FAN: REFLECTIONS ON THE FAN CLUB


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Postcard from a fan: Reflections on the fan club

December comes now and its bittersweet to travel to the mailbox and not find an Xmas single from my favorite band R.E.M. As the weather got cold every year, I always looked forward to that

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FIND OF THE WEEK: GA MUSIC HALL OF FAME


This photo was taken by Chris Bilheimer of the exhibit he designed and installed to coincide with R.E.M.’s induction into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2006.

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NEW MOUNTAIN STAGE DOCUMENTARY


One Sunday morning almost 23 years ago, R.E.M., on what became a six-year break from actually touring, descended on the great state of West Virginia–and appeared for the fairly new Public Radio show Mountain Stage. Others on the bill were friends of the band, including Billy Bragg and Robyn

JOSEPH ARTHUR TO PERFORM AT THIRD ANNUAL TODOS SANTOS MUSIC FESTIVAL


Hotel California and Vaso Loco, LLC, a company formed by former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, have announced the addition of Joseph Arthur to the lineup for the third annual Todos Santos Music Festival, a seven-day music event benefiting local charities. The festival will be held in Todos Santos, located in

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

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PETER SET TO DJ AT THE SAVOY IN PORTLAND DECEMBER 15TH


Peter returns to The Savoy in Portland, OR, for another DJ stint on December 15th. If you didn’t get a chance to catch him in October, make plans to join him for a great night of music and some seriously rare 45’s. More information at the

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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

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“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