When I logged into the ATV control panel, it made the Aerosmith sound. I can’t tell you exactly what that means, but briefly, it just means that it’s been a helluva long while since the last time we spoke. (Speaking of Aerosmith, I got a chance to interview guitarist Brad Whitford briefly last week….woooooo! The […]
Tag: R.E.M.
Cheap Vinyl: R.E.M. “Document” for $3.99 at Amazon
Kudos to the kids at Slicing Up Eyeballs for alerting me to a cool deal for R.E.M.’s classic Document album, which you can score for the very cool price of $3.99 right now (plus you receive a dollar credit for a free MP3 download at Amazon MP3). We can assume that the price (cut from […]
Record Store Day 2010 – This Saturday!
For those of you that inexplicably haven’t been to your favorite local indie record store since Record Store Day last year, guess what? It’s time to do it all again! This Saturday, music fans will once again congregate at record stores throughout the United States and the UK to celebrate Record Store Day, with a […]
Happy 30th Birthday, R.E.M.!
Dear R.E.M.: Happy birthday! Today, you turn 30 years young — a milestone birthday that might make your car insurance a wee bit cheaper and keep you from being carded as often. On April 5, 1980, you played your first show at a church in Athens, Georgia. Back in those days, you were a ragged […]
Good Listening: R.E.M – Live in Cleveland – 6/11/95
You always remember your first concert. Mine was R.E.M. and Luscious Jackson at the Gund Arena in Cleveland, on June 11, 1995. The Athens, Georgia, quartet was my favorite band at the time, and had been for several years. I first became aware of them when a local radio station flipped to the modern-rock format […]
R.I.P. Vic Chesnutt
I was never a huge Vic Chesnutt fan, but it was more due to ignorance than active dislike. The Athens, Georgia, singer-songwriter released about an album a year and toured quite a bit, so he became one of those artists that was always around, someone I “always meant to check out.” Still, because I was […]
New R.E.M., Neil Young vinyl available this weekend at the WFMU Record Fair
We just got some exciting news from the folks at Warner Brothers announcing that they will have a booth at the annual WFMU Record Fair, happening this weekend in New York City. Music fans will have first crack at getting their hands on the new vinyl edition of R.E.M’s Live At the Olympia in Dublin/39 […]
The Monday Morning Mix – I’m Gonna DJ – 8/31/09
Graphic by Rachael Novak Click here for details on how you can be a part of The Monday Morning Mix and win some cool stuff! We’ve got some great mixes in hand and on the way – where is yours? About Today’s Mix: Today, we welcome our good pal Annie Zaleski with a stellar mix. […]
The Monday Morning Mix – House of Dub Winterfest 92 – 8/17/09
Graphic by Rachael Novak Click here for details on how you can be a part of The Monday Morning Mix and win some cool stuff! We’ve got some great mixes in hand and on the way – where is yours? A Note From Matt: Today’s mix comes from ATV’s own Kevin Brennan – As many […]
DXism – An R.E.M. tribute you won’t want to miss
A continuing series of helpful advice, humorous observations, questions about life, and obscure movie quotes and musical references, as posted by Scene Magazine staff writer D.X. Ferris on Twitter. Follow @dxferris for daily doses of the magic. Today’s DXism: Tonight @ Beer Wild Heaven, the ultimate R.E.M. bro-down throwdown! A Limp Bizkit tribute to REM: […]