September 2011
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fuck yeah travis: Green by R.E.M. “Athens Finest” →
fuckyeahtravis:
22 January 2010
“When I was 16, my english teacher, Jack McLaughlin, a great great teacher so passionate about poetry and prose, walked into a chattering classroom of teenagers and without warning, slammed his hand down on his desk “BANG!!” The ensuing silence was broken by his voice. “R.E.M. are the greatest rock band in the world.”
That was the first time I heard of R.E.M.
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Don't Be Gone Long, Ellen.: Driver 8's Wearing My... →
jimmyrabbitte:
I dreamed of flight. When you’re fifteen, you can have dreams like that. You dream of spreading your arms and sailing over everything you’ve known. These are not labeled as fantasy by your mind, no grand illusion to separate the waking life from everything slumber creates; what you see when your eyes close at midnight is as tangible as anything you reach out and touch with your...
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Axoplasm: New R.E.M. Albums →
axoplasm:
(Reposted from my old blog. Originally written April 4, 2008)
I stood outside the door of Pickles Records, waiting for opening time, on the day of Document’s release in 1987. (It was also, coincidentally, the day before my 16th birthday.) That event began a pattern that continued through 1988’sGreen (released on Election Day), 1991’s Out of Time (sometime in early spring — oh, March...
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LEAFBLOWER: RIP R.E.M. →
leafblower:
Siting here at my new desk thinking about R.E.M. and the crucial role they played in my musical development. In high school I listened to nothing but rap—Eazy E, The D.O.C., Public Enemy, BDP, etc.—and then I made the tennis team my junior year and most of the guys were big R.E.M. fans. Green had just come out and I was all over “Orange Crush.” It sounded different from anything...
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the idov: Not going to list favorite R.E.M. songs,... →
michaelidov:
Not going to list favorite R.E.M. songs, just moments.
Mills counting off “Drive.” The banjo coming in on “Wendell Gee.” The first lick of “Fall On Me.” The world’s most polite feedback squeal, on ”Try Not To Breathe.” Stipe’s lost little “whoa” three quarters through the cover of “First We Take Manhattan.” Pool sounds on “We Walk,” slowed down into thunder. The arm gesture...
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Not Quite The Conflagration I Was Banking On: My... →
goonrgrrl:
I actually did not move from Boston to Athens, GA because of R.E.M. It had more to do with Love Tractor, to be honest - along with what were then really cheap horsekeeping options just a few minutes outside town. Nevertheless, it feels REALLY weird to know there’s no longer an R.E.M. I wish them the best, and thought I would share my personal Top 10 R.E.M. Moments - in...
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Adrian Miller's Photography (& other things): What... →
kat-adrianmiller:
Two months ago I went to the movies to watch the last Harry Potter film with a twenty-two-year-old friend of mine. He was in the eighth grade when the first movie came out. After the movie ended, he looked to me and said, “My childhood is officially over.” I just smiled at him. I was a Senior in high school when the first movie came out, and am now twenty-seven.
As a child...
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Hannahmight: a few R.E.M. memories →
hannahmight:
My parents met and fell in love in Athens, GA in the early 80s and R.E.M. was the soundtrack to their courtship. I was home a few months ago and joked with my parents about how, while we were never religious, they did raise us to believe in a few indisputable truths: Christmas is awesome, New York is the ultimate place to live, and R.E.M. is the best band. It’s really no...
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FUN in the End Times: R.I.P.R.E.M. →
nattysoltesz:
The news of R.E.M.’s demise hit me like a shock. Why? In this day and age it’s presumed that bands never really “break up.” How likely is it that the members of R.E.M. will never play music with one another again, will never mount a reunion tour? Hell, I wouldn’t be surprised if they recorded another album in the future.
So it isn’t that. I thought it could be that I was...
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amylovesbooks:
Oh R.E.M. - you were there for...