In a lot of ways, the R.E.M. story ended with 1996's underrated New Adventures in Hi-Fi . That was the final R.E.M. disc to feature drummer Bill Berry, and in retrospect, Berry brought a lot more to the band than simply his drumming. But that hasn't stopped R.E.M from awkwardly furthering the plot.
The R.E.M. train departs North America for Europe in July, at which point the band has two months of shows with the likes of Guillemots, the Duke Spirit, Elbow, and Editors.
R.E.M. came out of the underground /alternative music scene. They weren't part of the American punk revolution, which is probably why I was a relative latecomer to their music.
Characters from the hit movie franchise “Star Wars” will be on hand noon-3 p.m. to help celebrate the grand opening of the Toys R Us store Friday, June 6, in New Hartford.
National D.A.R.E. Day is one day set aside each year by presidential proclamation to recognize the efforts of Drug Resistance Education officers in teaching young people to resist drugs and violence.
Fri, May 23, 2008 (4:02 a.m.) Testimony in Chicago's R. Kelly child pornography trial is over until after the Memorial Day holiday. Prosecutors spent the week trying to prove the two people on a homemade video at the center of the case are the 41-year-old R&B star and the alleged victim.
NILES Thomas R. ‘‘Whitey’’ Connelly Sr., 423 Pratt St., died at 12:43 a.m. Monday, May 19, 2008, in the intensive care unit of Forum Health Trumbull Memorial Hospital, where he had been a patient since May 5 after suffering a broken hip.
Arnold Reber “A.R.” Swinnerton, 95, of Tiffin, died at 1:35 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo. He was born Sept. 28, 1912, to the late Bert and Elizabeth (Camp) Swinnerton, in Stoke-en-Trent, England.
Amid a backdrop of searing guitars and razor-sharp, politically-charged lyrics, R.E.M. returns to its roots and captures the spirit of a band of brothers who toured the country by van, living on bologna sandwiches and crashing on fans' couches.
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