Mike Mills

Promising Promises and Falling Out Of The Sky: Conversations With Jon McLaughlin and The dBs' Peter Holsapple

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.18.2012

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Sasha Bronner

HOLY HARVEY: Indie Spirit Awards Dominated By Weinstein's Presence

HuffingtonPost.com | Sasha Bronner | Posted 02.28.2012

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The Film Independent Spirit Awards take place each year right off the ocean in sunny Santa Monica, Calif., the day before the Academy Awards. The atti...

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Why I Don't Care to Watch the Oscars This Year

Sasha Bronner | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Shame, Moneyball, Christopher Plummer, Michael Fassbender, The Artist, Nicolas Winding Refn, Mike Mills, 2012 Academy Awards, 2012 Oscar Nominations, Drive, A Better Life, The Descendants, Carey Mulligan, Beginners, 2012 Oscars, Bridesmaids, Ryan Gosling, The Oscars, Los Angeles News
Sasha Bronner

I have high standards. I always have a bone or two to pick with the Academy when nominations come out. Why are we nominating good movies? Why aren't we nominating the greatest of the great movies?

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Michael Stipe: 'We Had To Put It Behind Us'

Rolling Stone | Posted 11.30.2011

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"This is my last day of work," Michael Stipe says cheerfully, strolling through the Rolling Stone offices after giving one of his final interviews as ...

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Imperfect Circle: R.E.M. Sums Up A Career In 40 Songs

Tony Sachs | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Mike Mills, Warner Bros., Velvet Underground, Rem, Athens GA, Part Lies Part Heart Part Truth Part Garbage, Automatic for the People, Music Retail, Bill Berry, Big Star, Alternative Rock, College Rock, Peter Buck, Alex Chilton, Michael Stipe, R.E.M., The Replacements, Indie Rock, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

I can think of few other artists who have changed their sound so radically, so many times. "Gardening At Night," from 1982, doesn't sound anything like "Everybody Hurts," from 1992.

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Why R.E.M. Broke Up

Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Mike Mills, Michael Stipe REM, R.E.M. Breaks Up, Music, Michael Stipe, R.E.M., Entertainment News

It may be the end of the world for R.E.M., but they feel fine. (Sorry). The band, which called it quits last week after 31 years in the alternat...

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HuffPost Review: Beginners

Marshall Fine | Posted 08.02.2011

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Marshall Fine

Christopher Plummer's performance is exactly the kind that wins Oscars for actors who have reached Plummer's age, with a strong body of work and a dearth of Academy Awards on their shelves.

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Sing It Loud: Chatting with k.d. lang, JD Souther and Bobby Long, Plus a Beginners Audio Exclusive

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Jelly Roll Morton, Bonnie Raitt, Guster, Linda Ronstadt, The Eagles, Eric Roberts, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Fred Eltringham, Chris Walters, Joe, Georges Delarues, Laura Nyro, Dave Palmer, Mike Mills, Ornette Coleman, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Chuck Mitchell, Kruu-Fm, Tim Hardin, The White Stripes, Cole Porter, Roger Niell, Barry Mann, Leonard Cohen, Duke Ellington, Eye of the Beholder, Joni Mitchell, Frank Sinatra, American Idol, Roy Orbison, Glenn Frey, Elliott Smith, Mélanie Laurent, Judee Sill, Count Basie, Henry Mancini, Lex Price, k.d. Lang, Neil Young, Gilbert and Sullivan, Ewan MacGregor, The Kinks, Glen Campbell, Miles Davis, Daniel Clark, Rogers & Hammerstein, The Beatles, Jeff Coffin, John Coltrane, Longbranch Pennywhistle, Rob McGaha, Carly Simon, Gus Van Sant, Elton John, Don Henley, Christopher Plumber, Brian Reitzell, Bing Crosby, Quincy Jones, Tony Bennett, The Rolling Stones, Sam Shepard, Joe Pisapia, Carole King, Gershwin, Nona Hendryx, Harold Arlen, Viktor Krauss, Bob Dylan, Peggy Lee, Tom Waits, Liam Watson, Brian Sutton, Mark Ethridge, Meryl Streep, Waddy Wachtel, Randy Newman, Jackson Browne, Fats Waller, JD Souther, Gene Clark, The Band, Jimmy Webb, James Taylor, The Wallflowers, Josh Grange, Bruce Springsteen, Salmonberries, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

One of my favorite tracks on k.d. lang's new album is the opener, "I Confess," which sounds like Brill Building meets country, meets...okay, I'll shut up now, k.d. lang has the rest.

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Do BBQ Trophies Mean Anything?

The Washington Post | Hide This | Posted 07.21.2011

Read More: Barbecue Competition, Que for the Troops, Chris Lilly, Memphis in May, Mike Mills, Food Competitions, Bbq, Food News

Look, trophies are great, but whether they take the full measure of a rack of ribs is highly debatable. There are a zillion contests out there. Memphi...

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I Didn't Go To Woodstock, But I Lived There

Binky Philips | Posted 06.19.2011

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When the line-up for the Woodstock Music & Art Fair was announced... I'm guessing in late April/early May of 1969, there they were... my heroes, Th...

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Collapse Into Now: A Conversation with R.E.M.'s Mike Mills

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

To me, all R.E.M. albums feel like concept albums because they are so rich and well thought out. Here, R.E.M.'s Mike Mills discusses the band's creative process.

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HuffPost Video Exclusive: R.E.M.'s "Überlin," Plus Conversations with David Lowery and Cowboy Junkies' Michael Timmins

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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The following video, "Überlin," is R.E.M.'s latest offering, premiering exclusively on HuffPost.

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Nerd Alert: 5 Vintage Eyeglass Frame Makeovers

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.25.2011

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Karen Dalton-Beninato

Here are some recommendations for eyeglass makeovers, because from Keith Olbermann to Rachel Maddow, who doesn't love a new look?

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Deluxe of the Draw: R.E.M., Warren Zevon, Peter, Paul and Mary, and Juno

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

In case we didn't know the holiday season was fast approaching... a spate of CD box sets, hits compilations and expanded, Deluxe Editions of some of our favorite albums are usually tell-tale sign.

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REM Storm Back With New Album

NY Times | Alan Light | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Accelerate, Rem, REM Accelerate, Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Entertainment News

ON the ground floor of a nondescript building, a few blocks from the University of Georgia campus here, sits a little room stuffed with instruments an...

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