Cloudspeakers

Before my copy of IRM arrived I foolishly watched the ultra-disturbing film AntiChrist, rife with self-mutilation and un-sensual sexual mind games between a tormented coupled after the death of the... Read more

I can't believe that it actually took about twelve months to find my 2009 single of the year. My tastes change by the hour or the weather—if you live here in Southern California, you know what I me... Read more

"I think our songs sound like they're from the future. That's how I've always felt about our stuff. We've always aimed it to be timeless. We certainly never wanted it to sound dated; because we nev... Read more

"We're R.E.M. and this is what we do…when you're not around." This quote from Michael Stipe explains the live experiment of their performance at the Olympia in Dublin, Ireland, which was essentiall... Read more

"There are no b-sides anymore, it's all mp3s!" Mike Mills slyly said as a clever retort to a fan who yelled out "b-side," at the highly-publicized rehearsal shows documented on R.E.M.'s Live at the... Read more

When listening to the Deluxe Edition of U2's The Unforgettable Fire, the lyrics"Something in your heart beats like something new" seem even more reflectively poignant. Those are the same lyrics tha... Read more

For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be one of the wasted wordsmiths like Jim Morrison and Hunter S. Thompson. Before moving towards a life of overindulgences in the French Quarters of New Or... Read more