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WATCH MICHAEL’S INTERVIEW WITH ITALY’S CORRIERE DELLA SERA
During his press tour for COLLAPSE INTO NOW Michael did an interview with Italy’s top national daily CORRIERE DELLA SERA. The video interview is available at CDS’ website.
TRAILER FOR MICHAEL’S INTERVIEW WITH 6 MUSIC STREAMING AT BBC
BBC’s 6 Music has posted the trailer for their interview with Michael at bbc.co.uk/6music.
The main interview goes out this Sunday, April 17th, beginning midday, so check back and check it out.
And, if you live in the UK, please be sure to have a look at Michael’s earlier
RECORD STORE DAY SITE PREMIERES LIVE ALLIGATOR_AVIATOR_AUTOPILOT_ANTIMATTER
Recordstoreday.com is premiering the live video for “Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter” (Live At Hansa Studios) at their site today. Bertis gave the good people at Recordstoreday.com the following details about the footage: “The back story is that the film was recorded on the band’s last day of recording in
SXSW4JAPAN ONLINE RE-STREAM TODAY AT 1PM EASTERN/ NOON CENTRAL
In response to the devastation of the 9.0 earthquake on March 11th, which has left countless dead and homeless across Japan and the Pacific region, SXSW and HANSON are working together to rally support from the music industry for disaster relief.
The flagship event, a 12-hour live telecast to
MICHAEL AND PATTI SMITH SING “EVERYBODY HURTS” AT MILK STUDIO
Michael and Patti Smith were on hand for the Steven Sebring ILLUMINATION event last night in NYC where they surprised the crowd with a beautiful version of “Everybody Hurts”:
MILLS-STIPE ANNOUNCE HOCKEY GUYS ALBUM… TOUR OF SELECT FRIGID N. AMERICAN CITIES TO FOLLOW
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills and lead vocalist Michael Stipe announced this morning that they have begun a new side project called the Hockey Guys. The duo has finished recording their first full-length album at an Athens studio with Garret “bulletproof” Lee who took a short hiatus from working
R.E.M. SIGNED GUITAR AUCTIONED FOR FERRY COUNTY RAIL TRAIL PARTNERS
This Epiphone PR-150 acoustic guitar was purchased from the nice folks at the Nashville Guitar Center and donated to the Ferry County Rail Trail Partners by Bob Whittaker, long time R.E.M. Tour manager and President of the Ferry County Rail Trail Partners. The guitar was signed by Peter
“MICHAEL STIPE’S COLLAPSE INTO FILM” AT THE NY TIMES
From the NY Times:
“R.E.M. has a new album. It’s called “Collapse Into Now,” and its 12 rockers show the band in peak form. But the record isn’t just about music. It also has a visual component: 12 short films that R.E.M.’s frontman and creative mastermind Michael Stipe commissioned from 11
MIKE TALKS BASEBALL WITH ESPN ON OPENING DAY
It’s Major League Baseball’s “opening day” today, and as a special treat, Espn.com’s Jim Wilkie has posted four “Bass-ball” interviews he conducted with rock bassists, including Mike Mills, Mike Inez (Alice in Chains), Duff McKagan (Velvet Revolver), and Jeff Prystowsky (The Low Anthem). Mike’s interview is the first of
BASEBALL PROJECT CHECKS IN FROM L.A. ON OPENING DAY
That fun-loving, hard rocking band of troubadours known as The Baseball Project has completed the spring training phase of their current tour and just so happen to be in L.A. today to coincide with MLB’s Opening Day where the Dodgers take on Scott McCaughey’s favorite team, the SF Giants. Coincidence?
COLLAPSE INTO NOW FILM PROJECT EXHIBITION DETAILS
As we mentioned here earlier, the COLLAPSE INTO NOW FILM PROJECT exhibition opened at the Clocktower Gallery in New York City on Wednesday of this week. The exhibition, featuring twelve works of film curated by Michael, is currently on view at the gallery with limited viewings from
R.E.M. CONTRIBUTES TRACK TO “DOWNLOAD TO DONATE” FOR TSUNAMI AND EARTHQUAKE RELIEF
The band has donated a live version of Man on the Moon, recorded at their 2005 concert in Tokyo, Japan, to “Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief” to support children and families in Japan following the devastating earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, in the TÃ Âhoku region. One hundred
STARBUCKS INTERVIEWS PETER
Check out Starbucks’ conversation with Peter below:
MIKE AND MICHAEL ARE BIG STARS IN NYC
Saturday night’s celebration of Big Star’s seminal albumTHIRD in New York City featured performances by both Mike and Michael, who, along with Jody Stephens, Chris Stamey, Mitch Easter, and Matthew Sweet, were among the all-star lineup of musicians at the Baruch Performing Arts Center’s Mason Hall. Michael