Peter is in Athens tonight where he will be playing a show at the 40 Watt Club along with Kevn Kinney and the Roamin Countrymen. Visit the 40 Watt’s schedule page for more information on the show.
40 Watt Club
285 West Washington St
Athens, GA, 30601
This Thursday night, Peter will play a show at the 40 Watt Club in Athens along with Kevn Kinney and the Roamin Countrymen. For more information about the gig, check out the 40 Watt Club’s website.
Around the time of Macdougal Blues– Kevn and Peter together again at the 40 Watt in Athens on Thursday November 14th.
Michael’s recent tribute to Lou Reed, who passed away on October 27th, is now posted at rollingstone.com.
Check out The Atlantic’s current essay on the greatness of Green at theatlantic.com. As the essay’s author, Jennie Rothenberg Gritz concludes, “Twenty-five years after the record’s release, the world needs its dynamic optimism more than ever.”
Yesterday we mentioned that an excerpt from our old friend and photographer Laura Levine’s unreleased underground Super-8 film, JUST LIKE A MOVIE (which was shot over a two week period in Athens, Georgia, in 1983) had begun making the rounds.
As Laura herself noted, “It’s an excerpt from the original unreleased
Pale Blue Eyes, Michael Stipe R.E.M., from “Just Like a Movie,”
This is starting to percolate on the web today– an excerpt from our old friend and photographer Laura Levine’s unreleased underground Super-8 film, JUST LIKE A MOVIE. Shot over a two week period in Athens,
Check out Michael’s tribute to Lou Reed including Patti Smith’s New Yorker article at confessionsofamichaelstipe.tumblr.com.
Tune in to WNYC’s program Soundcheck this Thursday (11/7) at 3PM ET as Mike Mills talks to host, John Schaefer about the 25th anniversary of Green. Visit soundcheck.org for more details.
From a post earlier this week at talkhouse.com on the recent passing of Lou Reed:
It was my first discovery of the Velvets, when all the CBGB bands namechecked their heroes, and I went looking—and I found Loaded and 1969: The Velvet Underground Live in the 8 track cutout
Tibet rally on the national mall in DC summer before Up, c. 1998- acoustic “Losing My Religion” and “Fall on Me”
LEGENDARY HOTEL CALIFORNIA TO HOST THIRD ANNUAL FESTIVAL
TODOS SANTOS, MEXICO (Oct. 30, 2013) — Hotel California and Vaso Loco, LLC, a company formed by former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, today announces the third annual Todos Santos Music Festival, a seven-day music event benefiting local charities. The festival