Posts on: R.E.M.
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Nov 16, 2011
@ 7:48 pm
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It won’t be what we had, but it will be what we have.”
— R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, on the future of making music without his bandmates. On the surface it sounds like one of those “it is what it is”-style quotes. A Yogism, if you will. But on closer inspection, I think it beautifully and succinctly sums up the end of any relationship, working or otherwise, and might be one of my new favorite quotes ever.
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Oct 4, 2011
@ 8:25 am
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Got this in the mail yesterday from REM HQ. First of all, imagine if this band had quit before the internet age? I would’ve found out via MTV, or if I had somehow missed that, a newsletter. Weird.
More importantly, this made me realize that all of two weeks before the announcement, I re-upped my Fan Club membership for another year. Whoops. Here’s hoping the 2011 (and final) Christmas package) is a doozy.
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Sep 21, 2011
@ 12:30 pm
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My favorite R.E.M. song happens to be one of their first. “Wolves, Lower” from their near-perfect 1982 debut EP Chronic Town.
