If you love R.E.M. and weren't at Carnegie Hall last night, you should probably do a better job at loving R.E.M. The evening was billed as a tribute to the Athenian eye-smilers, which meant career-spanning covers by everyone from Kyp... CONTINUE READING R.E.M. JOINS PATTI SMITH'S R.E.M. TRIBUTE»
Posted on March 12, 2009 in , (5 comments)
Tags: Fever Ray | Glen Hansard | Jeff Mangum | Jimmy Fallon | Michael Stipe | Neutral Milk Hotel | Patti Smith | R.E.M. | The Swell Season
Well, maybe that's not entirely true. Despite the fact that Fallon mentions Stipe (nice recession beard) is his first guest with "nothing to promote," the R.E.M. frontman shows up with a bronze-cast camera sculpture and the two talk about tonight's... CONTINUE READING MICHAEL STIPE PROMOTES NOTHING ON JIMMY FALLON»
Posted on March 11, 2009 in (13 comments)
Tags: Interpol | Jimmy Fallon | Julian Plenti | Michael Stipe | R.E.M. | U2
R.E.M.'s frontman has designed a collector's edition polo for the holidays. The shirt, which depicts a crowd at a stadium concert, comes in three colors and costs 150€ (which converts to LOL in US dollars). Check it out at Lacoste.com... CONTINUE READING MICHAEL STIPE FOR LACOSTE»
Posted on November 10, 2008 (4 comments)
Tags: Esau Mwamwaya | Michael Stipe | R.E.M. | The Decemberists | The Very Best
It's something everyone seemed to already know -- i.e., note the, ok, maybe less-than-tender comments from this thread last week -- but post-SXSW, and on the eve of Accelerate's 4/1 release date, Stipe has finally made those longtime rumors official... CONTINUE READING MICHAEL STIPE NO LONGER TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET»
Posted on March 18, 2008 (53 comments)
Tags: Michael Stipe | R.E.M.