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Hello everyone! It has been a very long time, but as you may know, today is the 36th anniversary of R.E.M.’s first gig ever at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church! I always think of my fellow R.E.M. fans on this day and my followers on this blog.

So my question for you all, in honour of 36 years of R.E.M., is how did you discover R.E.M.? I’d love to hear some of your stories, as I’m sure there are several generations of fans on here now. Who introduced them to you, or how did you find them? When? Have you ever gone to any shows, and if so, when, and which one was your favourite? Tell me all about it! It’s hard to forget discovering such an incredible band and today is the perfect day to share our stories.

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Happy 56th birthday to (John) Michael Stipe, born on this day in 1960!

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Today in Music - January 4th

R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe celebrates his 56th birthday

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Happy 57th birthday to Michael Edward Mills, born on this day in 1958!

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Happy 59th birthday to Peter Lawrence Buck, born on this day in 1956!

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R.E.M. performing at the Peppermint Lounge, Halloween 1983, photographed by the amazing Laura Levine. From R.E.M.’s official Facebook page.

Happy Halloween to all the R.E.M. fans out there and all my followers!

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R.E.M. by Sandra-Lee Phipps, 1983. Part of the photo collection now on display at the Art Rocks Athens exhibit.

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Michael Stipe of R.E.M. and Thom Yorke of Radiohead

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Wishing a very happy birthday to Bill Berry, who’s turning 57 today!

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Every now and then (by which I mean all the time) a picture of R.E.M. will come up in which they all look so good that I just stop what I’m doing for a minute and marvel at their very existence. This is one of those pictures, as you can see.

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Hello everyone! It’s been a while, but I’m officially back, and have for you compiled a playlist of R.E.M. songs perfect for summer!

These songs represent all the good aspects of summer: the exploration (Discoverer, Little America), the formation of new memories (Time After Time), the haze (Summer Turns to High), the evenings spent at lakes (Nightswimming) and in backyards (Gardening at Night) and at faraway places (The Flowers of Guatemala). I think you’ll find they’ll accompany everything you do this summer beautifully. It is R.E.M., after all!

1. Discoverer // 2. Bandwagon // 3. You Are The Everything // 4. Green Grow The Rushes // 5. New Test Leper // 6. Ages of You // 7. World Leader Pretend // 8. The Flowers of Guatemala // 9. Summer Turns to High // 10. Zither // 11. Love is All Around // 12. Electrolite // 13. Burning Down // 14. Little America // 15. Gardening at Night // 16. Time After Time (AnnElise) // 17. Nightswimming

Listen here

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R.E.M. Fans lets all stand with Michael and posts pics in our orange shirts. I’m going to post all the pics posted on social media from R.E.M. and Michael Fans so Michael can see who the people are who are joining him for orange day.

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Hello R.E.M./dontgobacktorockville fans! I realized today that it has been more than a month since I updated this blog, and I just wanted you to know that I am not gone! I am only extremely busy with schoolwork and, surprisingly, life, right now. I promise I will be back here to post again and respond to your lovely messages (on this blog and my personal blog) when all this work has subsided in June, and I hope to maybe come back briefly in the meantime. But, yes, I miss you all, see you soon!

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R.E.M.’s first-ever gig was at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church on April 5th, 1980, making today R.E.M.’s 35th birthday. Happy birthday R.E.M., and thank you for 35 years of incredible music.

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R.E.M. performing at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, the site of their first-ever gig on April 5th, 1980. Happy 35th birthday, R.E.M.!

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On April 5th, 1980, at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Athens, R.E.M. played their first-ever gig as a band. Happy 35th birthday to R.E.M.!

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Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Bill Berry, Michael Stipe.

Good to see the four of them together. :)