By Mark Blackwell 11.27.95 Huh Magazine Michael Stipe is particularly excited this evening about a rather bizarre method of of sexual intercourse which he has just experienced for the very first time during his freewheeling travels through distant foreign lands. The singer explicitly relates the erotic ins-and-outs of the exhilarating act over dinnner in a [...]
11.24.95 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thanks to Yb for this article. The stage got more than a little crowded Tuesday night at the Omni as sports stars, other musicians, friends and members of R.E.M.’s extended “family” helped the Athens-based band celebrate the end of its “Monster” world tour. With tennis stars Monica Seles and Jim Courier watching [...]
By Parry Gettelman 11.17.95 Orlando Sentinel I don’t remember ever so much as glancing at my watch during R.E.M. shows in the ’80s. But at the Orlando Arena Wednesday night, I had to examine the face a number of times because the hands didn’t seem to be moving. Perhaps R.E.M. is getting a bit road-weary. [...]
By Bryant Frazer 10.11.95 Deep Focus In the video for “Everybody Hurts,” a track from R.E.M.’s Automatic For The People album, the band gets caught in a traffic jam at one of those highway interchanges where roads and bridges crisscross above and below one another like something out of a silent German film. The camera [...]
By Debbie Gilbert 11.02.95 The Memphis Flyer After 15 years and a tour fraught with medical mishaps, this influential modern-rock band remains in peak form. In retrospect, maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to launch R.E.M.’s world tour on a Friday the 13th. But in January 1995, any superstitions were overshadowed by anticipation. R.E.M. [...]
From Athens To Memphis: R.E.M.’s Adventures In The Land Of Elvis By Debbie Gilbert 11.02.95 The Memphis Flyer R.E.M. originated in Athens, Georgia, so it’s not surprising that when the band began touring beyond their home state, Memphis would be among the earliest destinations. Published sources say that R.E.M.’s first Memphis appearance took place on [...]
By Robert Hilburn 11.01.95 Los Angeles Times Baseball may have Cal Ripken Jr., but R.E.M. has its own iron man in Peter Buck. The good-natured guitarist smiled as he acknowledged before Monday’s frequently captivating performance with the band at the Pond of Anaheim that he has been getting a good deal of ribbing because he [...]