When’s the last time you sat down and wrote somebody a letter? Have you ever done it? You May Also Like: Kate Gentile – ‘Find Letter X’ (2023) Why I Avoided Herbie Hancock’s Triumphant ‘River: The Joni Letters’ For So Long Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Open Letter: StopRead More

The standard for making this list is that these projects — some lavish remastering jobs, others new live interpretations — illuminate corners of an artist’s work that we’d never noticed before. You May Also Like: No related posts.

Everything will kill you, eventually. Pay enough attention to media reports and you’ll discover that consuming just about anything will lead to your early demise. You May Also Like: On the Joy, and the Pain, of Pete Townshend’s ‘Empty Glass’

“It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)” is one of the longer song titles in rock ‘n roll and one of the more oddball releases from R.E.M. (probably only superseded by “Leave” from New Adventures In Hi-Fi). You May Also Like: Joe Mandica,Read More

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dxhwG3jPPY&w=500&h=305] Peter Gabriel doing Tom Waits. Not a bad way to stumble into a circle of re-interpretations by various artists on a just-released music-based peace effort for Africa called Home Recordings, Vol. 1. You May Also Like: Noah Jack, “Neighborhood” (2017): One Track Mind

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVwKilMss1I&w=500&h=305] Strictly speaking, the Mayan calendar doesn’t end at all — not on Friday, not ever. December 21, 2012 is simply the end of a 5125-year cycle. Now that we’ve got that cleared up, we can address the real problem: WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE ANYWAY. You May Also Like:Read More

When I originally picked up R.E.M.’s best of In Time: 1988-2003, a good overview of the group’s middle years of output, I was actually glad to see it You May Also Like: Steppenwolf – ‘Monster’ (1969): On Second Thought Far Out Monster Disco Orchestra, “Give It to Me” (2018): OneRead More

It’s not like Peter Buck hasn’t been busy. In fact, he’s kinda been everywhere since R.E.M. split, participating in a number of side projects You May Also Like: Steve Million – ‘What I Meant to Say’ (2021)

Peter Holsapple, long-time leader of the dB’s, joins us to discuss the band’s rocky early years, working with Mitch Easter and R.E.M., and how he and Chris Stamey reunited.

When Peter Holsapple decided to reunite with the rest of the original dB’s, they vowed to take their time. But then one year of recording then turned into two. Which turned into five. Then seven.