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October 2, 2007 2

The Sidewinder is still sleeping– R.E.M.’s Automatic For The People 15 years later

By Scott Cederlund in music

Smack, crack, bushwhacked Tie another one to the racks, baby Whitney at Pop Candy reminded us that this week is the 15th anniversary of R.E.M.’s AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE. While I think OUT OF TIME is a better aged album, AUTOMATIC still remains one of my all time favorite albums. It’s one of the few [...]

July 22, 2007 0

Things of beauty– Kate Pierson’s voice on REM songs

By Scott Cederlund in music

I’m stuck at work doing some system testing and listening to the REM best of collection IN TIME: THE BEST OF REM and there’s a non-album song on it called Fretless that was recorded during the OUT OF TIME sessions. It features B52 Kate Pierson on backing vocals. On OUT OF TIME, she also did [...]