By Michael Fleming
09.23.99
Variety
With its “Being John Malkovich” ready to open after an upbeat reception at the Venice Film Fest, Single Cell Pictures - the film company hatched by R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe - is ready to move forward with “Thirteen Conversations About One Thing,” a project Stipe hopes will take root at USA Films. That’s [...]
By Scott McLennan
09.13.99
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
And in the end, brains won.
It was the last night of the R.E.M tour; the last night of the summer concert series at the Tweeter Center; and an event billed as the millennium-ending show at the venue originally called Great Woods.
The band’s two-and-a-half-hour concert Saturday was a triumph not [...]
By Sarah Rodman
09.13.99
Boston Herald
R.E.M. closed out its summer tour Saturday night with a bang. And a crash. And a clatter. And some feedback.
Early in the two-hour show, wiggly lead singer Michael Stipe warned that the group might feel a little melancholy on this last night. But by the time they reached the jubilant, chaotic, cymbal [...]
By Carrie Borzillo
09.13.99
Allstar
In an effort to spend more time on record producing, Joey Waronker, who’s been doing double duty for Beck and R.E.M., has decided to narrow down his drumming work to R.E.M.
“Joey has decided to dedicate the next year to becoming a full-time record producer and in order to be able to do that [...]