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it was a good run. I raise my glass to the boys from Athens.
thenewgreen · 4812 days ago · link ·
The night I married my beautiful bride I stayed at the ritz carelton in dearborn Michigan. My bride was waiting in our hotel room as I ran back to our car to fetch our bags. As I stepped in to the elevator, I noticed a man stepping out that looked VERY familiar. I looked quizicaly at him and he smiled sheepishly at me. It immediately dawned on me that it was Michael Stipe. I smiled a huge grin (I'm a fan) he qcknoledged the reaction and gave me an equally emphatic "grin", we both nodded and went on our ways. I took it as a great omen. Oct. 2nd will be my 7th. anniversary -so far, so good!
As for their music, it was once great but continues to be good.
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I chatted with Peter Buck about the merits of Jack Logan for a bit. I went to see Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3, not realizing that the Venus 3 included Buck and the Drummer from Ministry (who delivered the most tasteful and delicate brush drumming I've ever heard). It was a great show with world class musicians. Only about 200 people in the place. Good times.
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thenewgreen · 4809 days ago · link ·
that sounds great. Those kind of surprise shows are rare and are to be treasured. I was once mowing my lawn when I received a phone call from a friend that Nels Cline (probably most famous as Wilco's current lead guitar player) was performing in an hour at the Ark in Ann Arbor. The ark only seats about 2-300 people. There were only about 50 people there. It had not been well publicized and it was a Wednesday. I got to check out Nels rig afterwords and asked him about some of his pedals etc. I really enjoyed the show. He might as well been playing for 50,000 people. -Amazing guitarist.
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Einstein's bagels in Provo, Ut - Summer 1997. He walked out as I walked in. After a few seconds, realized who it was, I went outside, shook his hand and said something stupid like "had to do it so I could say I did it". He seemed to be a nice enough guy.
I went back in to the bagel shop where my friends were waiting. When I told them what happened and what I had said, one of my friends with a great, dry sense of humor said "I would have asked him how to pronounce Eponymous"
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thenewgreen · 4808 days ago · link ·
That's the magic question, right? I'm not sure what's coming next but usually these things seem to come in opposition of what the current popular trend is. 70's Rock = Disco. Disco = Punk. Glam Rock = Grunge. Grunge = Hip Hop/super produced pop. What's the opposite of Hip/Hop and super produced pop? Maybe it's a more stripped down genre of music?
Whatever it is, I'm ready.
It was 1987 and a hipster in the quad (our dorm) was wearing a murmur shirt: http://www.youtube.com/embed/fKOesjFT94w -- The Cure (17 seconds), U2, Joy Division, et al. All unknown, all loved.
RIP #WRPI