Earlier this month, R.E.M. announced the remastered version of “Fables of the Reconstruction,” the third of the band’s early albums to get this treatment. Like the first two, this July 13 release will include a bonus CD. But they are mixing it up. Instead of a concert like we got with “Murmur” and “Reckoning,” the […]
As the glow of the 30th anniversary celebration wore off, we got news from REM HQ that the band had headed back into the studio to work on the next album. They had started work last year on some demos, but now that we know they have re-convened with producer Jacknife Lee, speculation can begin […]
Something remarkable happened in a very unremarkable fashion 30 years ago tonight. A young woman named Kathleen O’Brien threw herself a birthday party. From all reports, she wanted it to rival any party that Athens, Ga., had ever seen. She arranged for some bands to play, including one which featured her two roommates at the […]
Twenty years ago today, the world changed. Food tasted better. The air smelled a little fresher. Life just improved overall. MC Hammer released his single U Can’t Touch This on Jan. 13, 1990. Think about it. Twenty years and one day ago, no one knew about Hammer pants and after hearing the command “Stop,” no […]
I totally spaced on Peter Buck’s birthday earlier this week. I don’t really pay attention to their birthdays that much, but remembered that two of them were very close . I can just never remember which two and when it happens. Peter is the player and creator of so many memorable guitar lines, the most […]
I started to think about something the other day when I posted something about “Jersey Shore,” aka the greatest television show ever created. I have enjoyed watching The Situation so much, I decided he ranked among the top five people I wanted to have a beer with. I remember a guy I went to college […]
The time has come for columnists and bloggers to do their “Best of” lists for 2009. They fill some needed space for many writers and do serve a good purpose in this day and age when the fads seem to come faster and faster. I’m waiting for the day when someone declares that a TV […]
I usually like to know all the facts. I don’t like to believe in myths or legends. I want cold, hard facts. In the case of former major league pitcher “Black” Jack McDowell and The Baseball Project‘s song “The Yankee Flipper,” I wish I had stayed ignorant. A quick summary: the song chronicles a night […]
After yesterday’s post about The Baseball Project, I embarked on one of those inevitable Internet quests for more information on the band. That led me to this amazing story about the show in Athens, Ga., earlier this week. After a half hour break, the band came back up to do another full set joined on […]
When Mark Buehrle threw a perfect game earlier this year, I had last year’s album by The Baseball Project in heavy rotation. That immediately brought one question to mind – how would they work Buehrle into the song “Harvey Haddix.” The song chronicles the gem pitched by Haddix in 1959 where he pitched 12 perfect […]