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Mike Mills and Marilyn Carino: “I’m Your Puppet”


When I was growing up, I loved AM radio. I listened to my little Sinclair Dino the Dinosaur transistor radio everywhere: riding my bicycle, playing baseball, even under my pillow at night. My life’s soundtrack began with songs like The Monkees’ “Last Train To Clarkesville”, Brenton Woods’ “Gimme Little Sign”,

St. Patrick’s Day Feature: R.E.M. Live in Dublin!


In celebration of St. Patrick’s day, here’s a live video of the band performing “I Took Your Name” in Dublin, Ireland, at the Point Depot in 2005 (from “R.E.M. Live”). So put on your green and sing along:

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R.E.M. GO ACOUSTIC FOR THE PEOPLE ON RECORD STORE DAY!


R.E.M. delivered two knockout performances on MTV’s Grammy® and Emmy® award-winning “Unplugged” series, the first in 1991 and the other in 2001, giving them the unique distinction of being the only band to headline the series twice. Surprisingly, audio from both shows has never been available, making these some of

R.E.M. GO ACOUSTIC FOR THE PEOPLE ON RECORD STORE DAY


R.E.M. delivered two knockout performances on MTV’s Grammy® and Emmy® award-winning “Unplugged” series, the first in 1991 and the other in 2001, giving them the unique distinction of being the only band to headline the series twice. Surprisingly, audio from both shows has never been available, making these some of

A Look Back at the Rock the Vote Motor Voter Petition


One of the more memorable moments in politics for R.E.M. was the Rock the Vote petition for the Motor Voter– resulting in their early 1993 invitation to the White House for the signing in early 1993. Thanks to Jeff Gold for sending this podcast telling the background story on that

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The Minus 5 Show This Friday in Portland!


The Minus 5 will be back in action this Friday, March 7th, at the Doug Fir Lounge, Portland at 9 p.m. with The My Oh Mys and Deepest Darkest. As Scott McCaughey pronounces, “It’s a Friday, it’s the Doug Fir, it’s the Minus 5!!! We hit the trifecta!”

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Peter and Alejandro Wow Athens… Tour Wraps Up in Atlanta Tonight


Peter and Alejandro Escovedo brought their tour through Athens last night, and in the words of Drive By Truckers main man Patterson Hood it was “Truly an evening for the Ages.” Peter kicked off the night with a blistering set culled from his two solo records and then joined

New Michael Jaffe Novel…


Our old friend Michael Jaffe, who has chronicled some R.E.M. doings all the way back to the Automatic era, has a new novel out–“When Blackness Was a Virtue”

He sent us this interesting blogpost from largeheartedboy.com.

Back in his days at Sports Illustrated, Michael enjoyed the fondness of Mike MIlls