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

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: The Lovely Bones, Marshall Tucker, Bob Cowsill, Perez Hilton, Barry Cowsill, Ringo, Mike Mills, Gene Holder, Jon McLaughlin, Peter Holsapple, Hootie & the Blowfish, Continental Drifters, Tom Petty, Razor & Tie, Susan Cowsill, Big Star, Billy Cowsill, Jody Stephens, Alex Chilton, The Allman Brothers, John Cowsill, Chris Stamey, The Cowsills, Mark Lipsitz, Will Rigby, R.E.M., Sara Bareilles, Entertainment News

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Alicia Keys, Pearl Jam, REM And More Speak Out Against Backpage Sex Ads

Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Video, Backpage Sex Trafficking, Talib Kweli, Village Voice Media, The Roots, Alicia Keys, Nicholas Kristof, Sex Trafficking, Rem, Village Voice, Backpage.com, New York News

The backlash against Village Voice Media's ownership of Backpage.com continues with a group of high-profile musicians speaking out against the controv...

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Love Is A Four Letter Word: Chatting with Jason Mraz and Kevin Kinney, Plus Alyssa Graham and Alphanaut Video Exclusives

Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: The Beatles, Mark Alan, Jason Mraz, Alyssa Graham, Drivin' N' Cryin', Anton Fier, Kevin Kinney, R.E.M., Greg Gold, Jason Mraz Album, Alphanaut, Video, Entertainment News

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Awesome Works Of Album Art

Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Famous Artist Album Covers, George Condo, Video, Kanye West, Theraflu, Paul Klee, Aerosmith, Mike Kelley, Rem, Album Art, Slidepollajax, Mark Ryden, Arts News

Since the release of David Samuel's article on Kanye West in the May issue of The Atlantic, we now know that President Obama still believes the hip-ho...

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Police in Georgia Evict Anti-Wal-Mart Occupiers

Al Norman | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Occupy Athens, Leo Kottke, Clarke County, Wal-Mart, People for a Better Athens, Gq Magazine, Southern Living, Madeleine Peyroux, B-52s, R.E.M., Hipsters, University of Georgia, Zombies, Business News

The cops in one southern city were busy this past week cleaning a group of Occupiers from the front steps of City Hall in the middle of the night.

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It Ain't Yo Gabba Gabba, But... A Daddy's Favorite Non-Kids' Records of 2011

Tony Sachs | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Brian Wilson, Tony Bennett, Jack White, Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica, Collapse Into Now, The Churchill Downs, Mike Viola, Columbia Records, Lydia Lunch, Candy Butchers, Danger Mouse, Nas, The Beach Boys, Esquivel, Ennio Morricone, The Disciplines, The Posies, Smile Sessions, Bill Berry, Gary Paxton, Fresh Beat Band, Martin Denny, Norah Jones, Ken Stringfellow, Santigold, Daniele Luppi, Yo Gabba Gabba, Beastie Boys, R.E.M., Brian O'neill, Entertainment News

My Top Ten list of the year has very little, if any connection, with what people who still pay attention to the hipster music scene and read the Billboard charts would consider the best records of the year. And to be honest, I don't give a crap.

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

Rolling Stone | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Rolling Stone, R.E.M. Breaks Up, Michael Stipe, R.E.M., Peter Buck, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Mike Mills, Fifty News

"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

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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Awkward Or Adorable?

Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: REM Kirsten Dunst, We All Go Back to Where We Belong REM, Video, Kirsten Dunst, Melancholia, R.E.M. Breaks Up, R.E.M., We-All-Go-Back-to-Where-We-Belong-Rem, Kirsten Dunst Melancholia, Entertainment News

Kirsten Dunst is lending a little thoughtfulness to R.E.M.'s latest (and last) music video, "We All Go Back To Where We Belong." After the long-tim...

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Chats With George Benson, John McLaughlin, Fred Schneider of The B-52's, and L.A. Guns' Tracii Guns, Plus Lisa Hannigan's New Video

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Fight Club, Eric Clapton, Lifetime, Tracii Guns, Mitch Mitchell, Grant Green, The Eagles, Snuff, Sly and the Family Stone, Ravi Shankar, Miles Davis, Sarah Palin, The 4th Dimension, Billy Joel, Tony White, L.A. Guns, The Beatles, Charlie Matthau, The Surperions, Soupy Sales, Kate Pierson, Axl Rose, Stevie Wonder, Johnny Smith, Elton John, Cindy Wilson, Lisa Hannigan, The Velvet Underground, David Byrne, Morbid Angel, Harvey Mason, John McLaughlin, Madonna, Freaky Deaky, Chuck Palahniuk, Stacey Blades, Paul McCartney, George Benson, Patti Smith, Nat King Cole, Ricky Wilson, John Mayall, Keith Strickland, Noel Redding, Nikki Sixx, Fred Schneider, Walter Matthau, Chuck Berry, Katy Perry, Mojo, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Elmore Leonard, Herbie Hancock, Zakir Hussain, B-52's, Jack Johnson, Abstract Logix, Lady GaGa, Larry Young, R.E.M., Jimi Hendrix, Guns N' Roses, Entertainment News

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Wait, R.E.M's Not Finished Yet!

Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: We All Go Back to Where We Belong REM, Michael Stipe REM, R.E.M. Breaks Up, Michael Stipe, R.E.M., REM Last Song, Video, Entertainment News

After news of R.E.M.'s split in September, fans all over the world slung a stone-washed denim jacket over their shoulders and got into their cars to m...

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PHOTOS: Band Breakups That Shook The World

Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Pop Music, The Beatles, The Go-Go's, Abba, Yoko Ono, Mamma Mia, Slidepollajax, Led Zeppelin, Music, Michael Stipe, Band Breakups, R.E.M., Blondie, Fifty News

The Sept. 21 breakup of R.E.M. shook '80s music fans to the core, with many calling the announcement "the end of the world as we know it" in reference...

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R.I.P. REM: What We Really Lose

Christopher R. Smit, Ph.D. | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Art, Record Industry, Paste Magazine, Consciousness, U2, Cultural-Consciousness, Rem, Greg Cott, Popular Culture, Indie, Jim Cullen, Bruce Springsteen, Culture News

REM's art is significant because its politics, visions and worldview became part of the social imaginary, part of our collective imagination. They helped millions of us see the world differently.

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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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Sweetheart Of The Sun & Modern Art: Chatting With The Bangles' Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.25.2011

Read More: Bonnie Raitt, Paul Chastain, David Connor, Linda Ronstadt, The B-52's, Prince, Susanna Hoffs, Winnona Ryder, Girls Like US, The Beach Boys, The Cruzados, Buzz of Delight, Austin Powers, The Who, Peter Buck, Crowded House, Yes, Velvet Crush, Burt Bacharach, The Byrds, The Bangles, The Velvet Underground, Fred Armisen, Ming Tea, Hanson, George Harrison, Lulu, The Pretenders, Soul Asylum, Debra Winger, Led Zepplin, Kimberley Rew, Joni Mitchell, Sheila Weller, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Eric Clapton, Brian Wilson, The Ramones, Debbi Peterson, Brendan O'Brien, Neil Young, Matthew Sweet, The Beatles, Big Star, Ric Menck, Carly Simon, James Brooks, Guitar Hero, Toni Stern, Tony Marsico, The Rasberries, Diana Ross & the Supremes, Carole King, The McKinley Sisters, Todd Rundgren, Terms of Endearment, Patti Smith, Steve Howe, Bob Dylan, Community Trolls, The Talking Heads, Vicki Peterson, Diana Ross, The Sex Pistols, Mitchell Froom, Robert Plant, Randy Newman, R.E.M., Lloyd Cole, David Letterman, Jimmy Page, Oh-Ok, Nazz, Entertainment News

"I think the culture today is very, very different from what it was in the '60s, and I feel lucky that I grew up at a time when I had these very strong female role models. They were strong women, but their power was very much connected to their creativity and their voice."

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R.E.M.: Our Future Physicians Or Chauffeurs?

AP | Posted 11.25.2011

Read More: Rem Break Up, Pop Stars, Where Have All the Pop Stars Gone?, Music, Rem, R.E.M., Rem Breaks Up, Culture News

DAVIS, Calif. -- Members of the now-former rock group R.E.M. will likely land on their feet. But will it necessarily be in the music world? Might cons...

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Comedians Lament Breakup Of R.E.M. On Twitter

Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Video, Comedians, Twitter, Bands, Funny Tweets, Comedy Slideshows, Comedians Tweet About REM Breakup, Rem-Breaks-Up, Bands Breaking Up, Music, Rem, Tweets, Rem Breakup, r.e.m. Breakup Gossip, Comedy News

Comedians couldn't tweet fast enough when the legendary Georgia-bred rock band R.E.M. announced its breakup yesterday, inspiring tweets of loss, nosta...

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R.E.M. Broke Up, But It's Not The End Of The World

Posted 11.21.2011

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R.E.M. announced their break-up today, after 31 years as a band. It's sad news indeed, but you know what? They've put out 15 studio albums, 64 singles...

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R.E.M. Breaks Up

Posted 11.21.2011

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

It's the end of the world as we know it. More than thirty years after beginning their run, rock legends R.E.M. have broken up as a band. The gro...

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Kryptonite's 20th Anniversary: Chatting with Spin Doctors' Chris Barron Plus Keb Mo and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.07.2011

Read More: Lorne Michaels, Bonnie Raitt, Deniece Williams, The Eagles, Matthew Perry, Martin Scorsese, Harry Belafonte, Blues Traveler, Trucking Company, Phish, Garth Brooks, Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac, Heather Mae Foard, Skip Ewing, Bruce Bouton, Vince Gill, Jimmy Olsen, Elmo, John Lennon, Tommy Mottola, U2, 30 Rock, Heather Donovan, Rolling Stone, Thomas Doeve, Joni Mitchell, Goodfellas, Mariah McManus, Kevin Moore, Paul Simon, Camryn Manheim, Widespread Panic, Lois Lane, Grey's Anatomy, Amy Grant, Michelle Annette Craft, Vida Simon, Don Henley, Joe Pesci, Dan Aykroyd, Chris Farley, Brendan Hill, The Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, Aaron Comess, Spin Doctors, Kevin McCormick, Bob Dylan, Pocket Full of Kryptonite, Keb' Mo', Curtis Mayfield, David T. Walker, india.arie, Dave Koz, John Popper, Eric Schenkman, Rich Murray, Jim McGuinn, Jackson Browne, Saturday Night Live, Adam Sandler, R.E.M., Raging Bull, Robert De Niro, Bruce Springsteen, Weqx, Entertainment News

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A Conversation With Award-Winning Poet Matthew Zapruder

Dean Rader | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Works & Days, Come on All You Ghosts, Poetic Craft, Wallace Stevens, Contemporary American Poetry, Matthew Zapruder, R.E.M., Poetry, San Francisco News

Matthew Zapruder is one of the Bay Area's most interesting poets. He and I recently had an interesting conversation about poetry, poetic craft, and the reader.

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"Lifes Rich Pageant" at 25

Tom Ruprecht | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Lifes Rich Pageant, Michael Stipe, Rem, R.E.M., Entertainment News

One day in the summer of '86 I got on my bicycle, rode to the record store and bought an album. If you're under 30, the only word you probably caught there was "bicycle", but hang with me a sec.

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Put 10,000 Maniacs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Dave Astor | Posted 09.09.2011

As I write this post, I'm sitting in The Wishing Chair. That's the name of a 10,000 Maniacs album from 1985, and also reflects my wish that the band be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It would be a much-deserved honor.

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Return To Return To Forever: Chatting With Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke, Plus John Common and Author Dr. Tony Youn

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Scrubs, Sarah Vaughn, Return to Forever, Tina Turner, Thelonius Monk, What's Love Got to Do With It: The Tina Turner Story, James Taylor, Stan Getz, David Sedaris, Publisher's Weekly, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jason and the Scorchers, Chaka Khan, Lenny White, Romeo Must Die, Chick Corea, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Henderson, The Velvet Underground, Horace Cilver, Billy Connors, Billie Holiday, Kiss, John Common, Daniel Lanois, Ornette Coleman, Blue Mitchell, The Transporter, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Flora Purim, Leonard Cohen, Dr. Tony Youn, Rachel Ray, Frank Sinatra, Joe DiMaggio, The Replacements, Art Blakey, Stanley Clarke, Steve Earle, Neil Young, Joe Farrell, Airto Moreira, Miles Davis, Pee Wee?S Playhouse, The Beatles, The Clash, John Coltrane, Al Di Meola, The CBS Early Show, Charles Mingus, Rock of Ages, Boyz in the Hood, Jackie McLean, Sonny Rollins, John Singleton, Jet Li, Genesis, Bob Dylan, The Cars, Tom Waits, Jean-Luc Ponty, Chet Baker, The Doors, Bill Evans, Jackson Browne, Steve Gadd, Barry Manilow, R.E.M., Jimi Hendrix, Entertainment News

Chick Corea's new album, Forever, is a two-disc set, with the first disc being acoustic, and the second disc with a full band and guests. For the first disc, I asked him if it was a return to Return To Forever.

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What Is Sleep?

Rubin Naiman, Ph.D. | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Healthy Living, Philosophy of Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, Rem, Sleep Disorders, Sleep, Healthy Living News

Like our conception of health, which is generally understood as the absence of disease, we naively conceive of sleep as the absence of waking.

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