R.E.M.

By Whitney Matheson Last night R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to show off his magnificent beard. He also demonstrated how to "smile with your eyes" in a funny segment that showed a) just how hypnotic Stipe's peepers still...

By Whitney Matheson R.E.M., The Replacements, The Pixies, Modern Lovers and Patti Smith are just a few of the artists I was happy to see on Blender's countdown of the "100 Greatest American Albums of All Time." While the list does contain many...

By Whitney Matheson I've written many positive things about The Baseball Project, a group consisting of R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey and others with an album of baseball-themed songs out July 8. (I played one of my favorite tracks from it on last...

By Whitney Matheson I'm fond of Wordle, a website where you can generate a "word cloud" by providing a group of text. For example, I just entered the lyrics for R.E.M.'s Begin the Begin -- a song Eddie Vedder sang with the band...

By Whitney Matheson Despite all we've read, seen and heard about R.E.M., there are a bunch of things fans never get to see: the band seconds before they take the stage, for example. Michael Stipe's makeup removal after a show. Peter Buck's father-daughter...

By Whitney Matheson Remember when I went to see R.E.M. perform on Austin City Limits? Well, that episode premieres May 24, and ACL's website has posted some nifty video, including the band's performance of Supernatural Superserious. (This was actually R.E.M.'s second performance of...

I'm late on this, but I didn't want to neglect pointing out another fine Edna Gundersen interview, this one with Michael Stipe of R.E.M. on the occasion of their new album. Check it out.

By Whitney Matheson Stereogum has posted a cool tribute to Bjork's Post, similar to what the site has done with Radiohead's OK Computer and R.E.M.'s Automatic for the People. Go here to experience Enjoyed: A Tribute to Bjork's Post. The track-by-track tribute includes...

By Whitney I have to admire this guy for trying to blog about every R.E.M. song ever written. He just started the project, but it looks pretty good so far, and I like that he's jumping from album to album. His site...