📣 South America: Drink The Sea is heading your way this month for shows in Santiago 🇨🇱 Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 and São Paulo 🇧🇷 (the show in Brazil will feature some songs with Nando Reis).
🎟️ info: drinktheseamusic.com
Glenn Mercer of The Feelies talks about working with Peter on the making of 1986’s The Good Earth.
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Glenwood Springs Co. July 1984. photo by Mark Williams. I was apparently working on a song that became Maps & Legends. Thanks Mark!!
What a great profile of Joe Shanahan‘s beloved Metro in Chicago… along with WXRT and JAM, one of the major reasons Chicago was arguably R.E.M.’s most proven American city, right up there with Dublin and Madrid and Milan and probably a few more, but who’s counting?!
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Big News, Athens: Tickets are on sale now for a Monday, May 11th show with Steve Wynn & special guest Peter Buck at The Rialto Club at Hotel Indigo.
Brought to you by Aubrey Entertainment
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Friday night. Athens, GA. Another strong showing from Shannon - Narducy & Friends & Guests.
Photos: Sanjeev Singhal
More photos from last night’s Pageant tribute show at the 40 Watt.
Thanks to @karenryanphoto.bsky.social
Scenes from last night’s Lifes Rich Pageant tribute show at the 40 Watt.
Photos by @thrasherphoto.bsky.social
Michael Shannon, Jason Narducy and Friends play the first of two nights at the 40 Watt tonight, where they'll pay homage to R.E.M.'s Lifes Rich Pageant which celebrates a 40th anniversary later this year. Athens is ready…
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Peter, Scott McCaughey and Kevn Kinney performing last night at the Rialto Room in Athens.
“Nightswimming” performed by Jason Segel from the Apple Original series Shrinking is available now. youtube.com/shorts/Dt26h...
Rumi and his own poems while we improvised behind him. He will be missed.” - Peter Buck
…as well as being a teacher at UGA for over thirty years. He was a great human being; kind, thoughtful, and an inspirational person. I had the privilege to make a record with Coleman and Tuatara called “The Here and The Gone” almost twenty years ago. It was an unreal experience watching him recite
lifetimes work inspiring and encouraging writers and thinkers of all stripes. We love you Big Bear.” —Michael Stipe
“All of us in the R.E.M. world would like to say farewell to a great Athenian, Coleman Barks, who passed yesterday. Coleman was the premier translator of the poet Rumi…
Coleman Barks, 1937-2026
(Read Michael & Peter’s remembrances below & in the comments)
“Coleman provided refuge and anchor for entire communities—Athens being one, poetry another—for what seems like centuries. His beauty and joyous nature will be deeply missed, but will continue through a…
Bill attended the May Pang Lost Weekend Photo Show at the Winterville Cultural Center this weekend. He’s pictured here (L-R) with Keith Bennett, Cindy Wilson, May Pang and Terry Allen (photos 2-3 are of May and Bill). All photos from Terry’s 📷 📱
Take a picture here, take a souvenir
From Kristi York Wooten for GPB News.
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“I thought [“losing my religion”] was a common phrase… The song is a classic obsession song. It’s about someone who pines for someone else. It’s unrequited love… some major revelation is occurring, and I’m mapping the reactions and changes about to take place.” - @michaelstipe.bsky.social
“Losing My Religion”was released 35 years ago today. The lead single from Out Of Time earned multiple GRAMMY Awards, topped charts worldwide, and helped redefine what alternative rock could sound like on mainstream radio.
More here: i.craftrecordings.com/rem-outoftime
In case you missed it last night on The Simpsons: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2XZ...
I was super flattered to be invited back into The Simpsons universe, and particularly with this grand message of great hope
Michael Shannon- Jason Narducy & Friends have added a SF show for Feb 16 (tomorrow!) at the Independent. It’s an earlier show (Bobcat at 7, MS/JN at 8) in an intimate setting. Tix are on sale now. Their Feb 17 SF show at The Fillmore is sold out.
Flagpole interview with Peter who returns to Athens for Drink The Sea’s Monday, February 16 date at the 40 Watt.
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Drink The Sea has just announced two more shows in South America after Lollapalooza Chile: Buenos Aires and São Paulo.
🎟️ links are here:
drinktheseamusic.com
“Hey, recently our good friend Kraig Johnson was found to have cancer. You may remember him from Run Westy Run, the Jayhawks and Golden Smog. He is facing a serious financial struggle as he recovers. Please consider donating to his go fund me. Thanks!” - Peter
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A great review of Drink The Sea's recent Berkeley show. Make sure to catch them while you can. Their current tour goes through February 21st.
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Inspiring messages from two longtime friends, Billy Bragg and Bruce Springsteen—in case you haven’t seen—each paying tribute to the people of Minneapolis in these fraught times.
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