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Archive for November, 1999

Being Michael Stipe

Monday, November 8th, 1999

By Ray Pride 11.08.99 Playboy.com While he’s published books of his photography, Michael Stipe is best known as the frontman for supergroup R.E.M. For most of the past decade, he’s also quietly gone about a mission of changing the face of American movies. As a producer, he’s put his interests and time behind projects both [...]

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R.E.M.’s ‘Moon’ Rising On Soundtrack

Friday, November 5th, 1999

By Jim Bessman 11.05.99 Billboard Magazine When it came time to score Milos Forman’s eagerly awaited Andy Kaufman biopic, “Man On The Moon,” the appropriate composer was obvious. After all, the title was lifted from R.E.M.’s 1992 single, itself a tribute to the late comedian whose bizarre but brilliant antics are re-enacted in the Universal/Jersey [...]

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