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Michael’s recent tribute to Lou Reed, who passed away on October 27th, is now posted at rollingstone.com.

Tired Pony will play the second of their sold-out shows at The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles tonight. Find out more about the show here and check out this footage of the band playing The Tonight Show with Jay Leno from

Check out The Atlantic’s current essay on the greatness of Green at theatlantic.com. As the essay’s author, Jennie Rothenberg Gritz concludes, “Twenty-five years after the record’s release, the world needs its dynamic optimism more than ever.”

Yesterday we mentioned that an excerpt from our old friend and photographer Laura Levine’s unreleased underground Super-8 film, JUST LIKE A MOVIE (which was shot over a two week period in Athens, Georgia, in 1983) had begun making the rounds.

As Laura herself noted, “It’s an excerpt from the original unreleased

Pale Blue Eyes, Michael Stipe R.E.M., from “Just Like a Movie,”

This is starting to percolate on the web today– an excerpt from our old friend and photographer Laura Levine’s unreleased underground Super-8 film, JUST LIKE A MOVIE. Shot over a two week period in Athens,

Check out Michael’s tribute to Lou Reed including Patti Smith’s New Yorker article at confessionsofamichaelstipe.tumblr.com.