HOW I ROLL


Tonight i ride with the rolling Elvii. We roll with the Muses, the all female krew with the shoe fetish. Though it may be cold, I will be well-insulated by the thrill of seeing Mardi Gras for the first time, and from the inside at that.

POSTCARD/VIDEO/INTERVIEW FROM NEW YORK


R.E.M. has been in New York City for the past few days doing press and photography for the new record. Earlier in the week, the band got together with the fantastic, super-talented director Vincent Moon (ninetynights, Takeaway Shows) to shoot a video for “Supernatural Superserious.” Bertis was on

LOCAL ROUNDUP: MOVIES, MUSIC, BENEFITS


Local rockers The Drive By Truckers will be playing a benefit concert Thursday, January 10, at the 40 Watt in support of Nuçi’s Space, a resource space set up for Athens’ musicians whose mission is to promote the emotional, physical and occupational well-being of the music community.

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R.E.M. TO PLAY SXSW


We are excited to announce that R.E.M. will play at this year’s SXSW

Festival in Austin, Texas. The SXSW Music and Media Conference and Festival showcases hundreds of musical acts from around the globe on over fifty stages in downtown Austin from March 12-16.

More to follow soon on the

CORBIJN’S CONTROL OPENS AT Ciné


Anton Corbijn’s feature film, CONTROL, the acclaimed biopic of Joy Division’s lead singer Ian Curtis, opens at Athens lovely art house cinema, Ciné on January 11 and runs through Thursday, January 17 (showtimes: 4:15p 7:15p 9:45p). Local record shop Wuxtry will have a

PRESS ROUNDUP


It’s time again for a quick look at what’s happening in the music press. Here, we have rounded up some of the most recent articles from the UK media. Click on the links below to read what Q, Uncut, the Sun, and the Times have to say in

Self-DEFECATING???


…Or self-deprecating. And it’s Ferguson, not Kilborn. And Pennsylvania is hardly the heartlands.

Michael had a fun and now controversial conversation with Jane Pratt on her Sirius radio show on his birthday [Jan. 4th], and it was picked up by Reuters and now is

MICHAEL INTERVIEW IN UNCUT AT MURMURS.COM


Murmurs.com (compliments of Lucy) has posted an interview with Michael from the latest Uncut magazine in which he discusses R.E.M.’s forthcoming record Accelerate (due out April 1 in North America and March 31 elsewhere), the recording process, and the Dublin working rehearsals.

Be sure to check out

REMRING REVIEWS 2007


As the new year rolls in, be sure to check out remring.com’s 20 Most Noteworthy R.E.M. Events of 2007. From Stereogum’s tribute to Automatic For The People to the Athens Historical Society’s outstanding retrospective on the band’s historical connection to the city of Athens, there is sure to be

POSTCARD FROM…ALMOST NEW YEARS


Some plane reading for a holiday news cycle:

Two interesting items of potential interest:

Seattle Times Op-Ed by longtime friend/colleague on freedom of expression in the digital age:

Click here to read.

I liked the piece because it made the brouhaha over the smoldering issue of Network Neutrality pretty vivid and real;

FMC REPORTS ON HOPE FOR HOME


In addition to the report by the DCist we posted earlier this week, please click here to read the Future of Music Coalition’s report on Hope For Home which took place on December 3rd, featuring a performance by Mike Mills.