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I get the feeling the following description (along with yesterday’s) will make me sound like a hater, but that’s not true at all. Monster is not a bad album, just average. I’m not sure what it is about it, probably the production rendered it kind of limp. One of the few songs I love is […]

Yup, it’s going to be an all R.E.M. month. Despite releasing yet another disappointing post-Bill Berry album last month, I still love these guys. Even their recent albums have had a few songs worth listening to. And I really loved Up and parts of Reveal but not Accelerate or that other one that I still […]

Kohoutek is one of REM’s most beautiful songs, despite being the most difficult to pronounce. According to wikipedia the comet Kohoutek will pass by the earth in approximately 75,000 years. If I’m still alive then and I don’t see it I will be very unhappy.

No offense to Michael Stipe, but he should allow Mike Mills to sing more often. Texarkana is easily the best song on Out of Time and one of my all-time favorite songs.