I wasn’t going to post anything here about the recent news that R.E.M. was breaking up, until, at the gym this morning, I heard two network morning show talking heads going back and forth about how they’d only started appreciating the band in recent years. I suppose they could have meant that they were really […]
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R.E.M. and the legacy of that perfect circle of acquaintances and friends
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged 394 Oconee Street, Andrew Fassel, Athens, Athens GA: Inside/Out, before the internet, bootlegs, CBGB, Country Pie, David Letterman, Degrassi Jr High, fandom, historic archeology, Howard Finster, Losing My Religion, Michael Lachowski, Michael Stipe, Murmur, music scenes, Newton, perfect circle, R.E.M., Ramones, self-taught art, St. Marys Episcopal Church, Vanessa Briscoe Hay, Velvet Underground 35 Comments
Something to be thankful for today… there wasn’t one single terrorist attack during the Bush administration
Former Bush press secretary Dana Perino went on FOX News yesterday to talk about the recent incidents at Fort Hood, and, in the process, took the opportunity to remind America that there were no terrorist attacks under the Bush administration. That’s right. The 9/11 attacks, and the anthrax attacks which followed them apparently took place […]
Posted in Media, Politics Also tagged 9/11, anthrax attacks, Dana Perino, FOX News, rewriting history, Voice of America 16 Comments