Crawdaddy! founder Paul Williams, widely considered to be the creator of modern rock’n’roll criticism, has died in Encinitas, California, following a long struggle with early onset dementia, the result of traumatic brain injury sustained following a bicycling accident in 1995. Please visit denisesullivan.com to read Denise’s tribute
I remember this like it was a little before yesterday– 30 years ago tomorrow I flew down to Daytona Beach for one of R.E.M.’s biggest high-profile shows yet– as opening act for fellow-IRS Records band The English Beat. Listening to NPR this
Peter has recently been in the studio with Ed Kowalczyk as the former singer of Live records his forthcoming record. Scott McCaughey has also been on hand during the recording sessions. Check out this post at Ed K’s Facebook page for more information and some recent
Organized by the University of Georgia Jane and Harry Willson Center for Humanities and Arts and sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research as part of its Thinc. at UGA Entrepreneurial Week, Songs @ Ciné will feature live musical performances by Athens songwriters–including a rare solo appearance
Latest Find of the Week… Green Tour Poster from Hamburg, 1989
A special 60th birthday celebration for the inimitable Robyn Hitchcock is set for May 2nd at The Fillmore in San Francisco. The lineup features the man himself… Robyn Hitchcock and his band the Venus 3 (Scott McCaughey, Bill Rieflin, and Peter Buck) as well as Colin Meloy, Amanda Palmer, Rhett
Check out three photos of Peter from the recent Tired Pony recording sessions at the band’s facebook page.
Photo by Isaac Heckert
Michael is one of 40 contributors to this year’s art forum in Dubai which features commissioned projects and research, as well as six days of live talks. Entitled “It Means This,” the forum explores the concept of “definitionism”: investigating the words, terms, clichés and misunderstandings that proliferate in the art
Organized by the University of Georgia Jane and Harry Willson Center for Humanities and Arts and sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research as part of its Thinc. at UGA Entrepreneurial Week, Songs @ Ciné will feature live musical performances by Athens songwriters–including a solo appearance by
From NPR.org: Oleg Berg, an engineer and musician in the Ukraine, had a dream as a kid. He wanted to be able to take popular songs, the recordings of which were instantly recognizable, and invert their sound: making major keys minor and vice versa.
Decades later, he has finally done
Mike was recently interviewed for an hour-long special on the Troggs which you can listen to here. Mike’s portion of the interview begins at 31:00 and continues up until 44:00.
Rolling Stone’s 1989 cover story on R.E.M. is now available digitally for the first time. Visit rollingstone.com to read the story which was originally published on April 20, 1989.
PRESS RELEASE:
25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Of The Band’s Major-Label Breakthrough Includes Original Album Remastered And Live Disc Spotlighting The Penultimate Show Of 1989 World Tour; Available May 14 From Rhino
Green Remastered Will Also Be Available On 180-Gram Vinyl The Same Day
Five Song Live In Greensboro EP Will Be