Thirty two years ago today, soundcheck for The Longest Day (thanks The R.E.M. Timeline): R.E.M. first met the band from Dublin who became their lifelong friends: it was soundcheck for The Longest Day, June 22nd was the show— at Milton Keynes Bowl in England. The rest, as they say, was history and tonight U2 is celebrating … Continued
“Peter Buck knew he wanted to be in a band with Corin Tucker from the first time he saw Sleater-Kinney play to an empty room in 1997. “It was the day that Princess Diana died,” the former R.E.M. guitarist says. “I remember thinking, ‘Where did these people come from?’ It was a totally unique take on what punk rock was.” … Continued
“We used to end the set with “Carnival Of Sorts (Box Cars)” before the encore back in like ’81, so we never really worried about editing it…it just goes on and on.” -Peter Buck #REMLiveAtTheOlympia10 Watch: https://youtu.be/ErdDdjSVk-E
Sun Station Vadsø, the coolest tiny festival, deep in the Arctic Circle, June 22-24 in midsummer Northern Norway. Peter, Mike, Scott and other luminaries assemble under the midnight sun. More info here: https://www.facebook.com/icestationvadso/
At the Heartland Festival in Copenhagen, DK, this week, Michael Stipe and Douglas Coupland discussed the importance of ego (s) in, for example, art, literature, public debate, parenting, media, political culture and reality TV. They asked, among other things, how self-portraits became selfies, what people would look for reality TV, how the self turned into … Continued
