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The 90s was the decade alternative went mainstream according to this article at Cheatsheet.com. and here are some of the highlights

“Losing My Religion” is the subject of a new documentary which recently aired in Sweden and Norway. The program is part of a series called “The History of the Hit Song” produced by the Scandinavian public broadcasters NRK and SVT. The producers were kind enough to send us a version where the narrative has been … Continued

The X-Files is back after a 14-year hiatus with a six-part mini-series and to get in the game we’re featuring a track from the soundtrack Songs In The Key Of X with R.E.M. and William S. Burroughs: Watch here…

From the New York Times: Shortly before David Bowie’s death, Carnegie Hall announced a concert honoring the singer on March 31. Now, the event, part of the City Winery founder Michael Dorf’s annual tribute series, will be reframed as a memorial concert, and a second show has been added at Radio City Music Hall, with Michael Stipe, Laurie Anderson and … Continued

“I was lucky enough to sit next to David Bowie at dinner at our friend Claude’s home in Switzerland in 1999. He was kind, funny, friendly and shared some fascinating and unusual thoughts on the upcoming millennium, and how he had become a devotee of things digital, doing all his writing and art on his … Continued

DAVID BOWIE Right now, it feels as if the solar system is off it’s axis, as if one of our main planetary anchors has lost it’s orbit.  That said—I am certain that wherever Bowie is now—I want to be there someday. —Michael Stipe

Happy Birthday to Michael who was born on January 4, 1960.    

Here’s a sheet in Michael’s handwriting with song titles and lyric snippets, etc from Monster… (with marginalia)

We’re less than a month away from the 2016 Todos Santos Music Festival in Baja, Mexico.  The LA Times has an article on the festival including comments from Peter about the early days & the latest iteration. Check it out here.

Check out Peter’s interview with the San Diego Union Tribune in which he talks about the upcoming Todos Santos Festival which gets going in January:   San Diego Union Tribune

Happy birthday wishes to the incomparable Mike Mills!  

The band has entered into a multi-year, worldwide licensing agreement with Concord Bicycle Music for their catalog recorded from 1988 to 2011. “The band and all at REMHQ are very happy to be joining with Concord Bicycle Music for this next phase of curating and extending R.E.M.’s recorded legacy,” said longtime R.E.M. manager Bertis Downs in … Continued

‪#‎MichaelStipe‬ autographed these archival limited edition watercolor prints by artist Jackie Dorsey who signed and numbered 20 of them. A portion of the proceeds from sales benefit Nuçi’s Space, a musicians’ support and resource center in ‪#‎AthensGA‬. The prints are available for $600; for each print sold, $300 will be donated to Nuci’s Space. Contact the artist … Continued

Here’s another anniversary weekend Anton Corbijn shot, this one of Anton by Bertis Downs, April 2012, in ‪#‎Dresden‬ where there was both a Corbijn exhibit and screening of the full ‪#‎REM‬ Film Project.

Today is a very special anniversary for R.E.M. On December 12, 1990, a Dutch photographer by way of London, who had already made a name for himself photographing a wide spectrum of bands including Joy Division, Depeche Mode, and U2, travelled to sleepy Athens, GA, to shoot R.E.M. for the first time.