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Diffuser.fm (blog)Meg Ryan, Miami and 10cc Make an Impact on 'Star Me Kitten': The Story Behind Every 'Automatic for the People' SongDiffuser.fm (blog)One of the last tracks to receive a final vocal from Michael Stipe was a lusty, airy love ballad they were planning to call “F–k Me Kitten” – after a line that Stipe repeats towards the end of the song. “Meg Ryan came by and she just loved the song ...

BillboardGay Agenda, Oct. 13: Pink's Suffragette Anthem, Plus MNEK, Gigi Gorgeous & MoreBillboardFischerspooner has announced their first album in almost a decade, SIR, due Feb. 16. The album is produced by Michael Stipe of R.E.M.-fame, Casey Spooner's first gay lover. The pair returned to their former home to work on the upcoming album. Check out ...

Diffuser.fm (blog)Michael Stipe Vents His Spleen on 'Ignoreland' - Diffuser.fmDiffuser.fm (blog)R.E.M. began crafting their follow-up to Out of Time, just as the album was becoming a multi-platinum blockbuster in the spring and summer of 1991.R.E.M. Had a 'Monster' Smash in 1994 | Rewinding the Charts ...Billboardall 2 news articles »

InterviewWhy it took nearly a decade for Fischerspooner's return - Interview ...InterviewIt is hard to think of an act that has captured the heady, messy, wild feeling of the early-21st-century downtown New York art scene better than Fischerspooner.Watch Fischerspooner and Caroline Polachek's Provocative New ...NPRUltra's Fischerspooner Debuts Video for 'Togetherness' feat. Caroline PolachekBroadway WorldCaroline Polachek Lends a Stunning Assist to Fischerspooner on “Togetherness”MERRY JANESoundblab -Under the Radar Magall 8 news articles »

Telegraph.co.uk10 of the best REM songsTelegraph.co.ukThe band was started in Athens, Georgia, by Michael Stipe and Peter Buck. They soon advertised for more members of the band, and Mike Mills and Bill Berry joined, meaning the band was born in 1980. In 1981, they released their first single, Radio Free ...

Sir Elton John and former R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe have issued a public call for "better protections" for transgender inmates in male prisons, saying they "continue to face...

While Elton John prepares to headline major festivals such as New Orleans Jazz Fest and San Francisco’s Outside Lands, he and R.E.M. front man Michael Stipe are adding their voices in support of humane treatment of incarcerated transgender prisoners. The pair released a statement in response to the U.S. Department of Justice’s support of transgender inmate Ashley Diamond in her lawsuit against ...

The pop superstars condemn the 'horrific' treatment of two Georgia transgender inmates. read more

Musicians are calling for the equal rights of transgender inmates following claims a transgender woman was mistreated at a Georgia prison

The British artist and the lead singer of the band REM called for equal right for transgender prison inmates in response to mistreatment at a Georgia prison.

"It was like being at an R.E.M. concert," she said with a smirk, casting a glance at attendee Michael Stipe. It was a loving joke, of course, and when she reprised the chorus of "Gloria" during "Land," she walked over to Stipe, leaned on him and made him ...

The fan was Michael Stipe. The former R.E.M. frontman was one of only a hundred or so fans invited to Wednesday's concert, a celebration of New York City's Electric Lady Studio, which Jimi Hendrix had opened 45 years ago to the day. Although the "Purple ...

Some of his articles-which remain in wide circulation on the Internet-include profiles of Kevin Spacey, Nicole Kidman, George Clooney, Michael Stipe, Hillary Clinton, Jon Stewart, and Fred ("Mr.") Rogers. He received the National Magazine Award for two ...

Herbert, who was Michael Stipe’s professor at Lamar Dodd, went on to direct a series of iconic music videos for R.E.M., cementing his place in Athens music history. Several of his pieces will be incorporated throughout the weekend’s events. On Friday ...

In between we’d done an obligatory REM recce, visiting indie champions Wuxtry Records, where Peter Buck worked and first met Michael Stipe, and the 40 Watt Club, the incubator for every big Athens band. Alas, we couldn’t take in a gig. Geeks take note ...

Michael Stipe thinks the music video is a "dead medium" — but the R.E.M. singer still wants the band's songs to be accompanied by some kind of visuals.

R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe was among more than a dozen potential jurors dismissed at the beginning of the trial for a man accused of sneaking into a middle school and trying to sexually assault a girl.

Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan and REM frontman Michael Stipe will headline a New York concert to urge the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.

duffychristian_: Realizing now i used the hashtag "PinSTIPE Pride", which of course, is when you're pumped you wrestled and defeated R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe.

PtolemyClub: Michael Stipe's favorite books https://t.co/t8ryaLQmsl

arasaucedo24: RT @mairn_pap: #youtube Kristin Hersh (feat. Michael Stipe) - Your Ghost HQ https://t.co/GlRcwORX8H sweet_week*! <3

DexyGeno: @_SpecialBL @angelcakephotos Was g%&*na say the same! But then thought Mark Hughes and Michael Stipe!

madwilliamflint: @Mel_lific Well that's something. I could never get past it. He's who Michael Stipe wants to be when he grows up.

If the Burger king appears under the word elephant, then what can I say to make Michael Stipe (REM lead singer) appear?

In the MSNBC.com gossip section, there was this little tid bit regarding an affair between Morrissey and Michael Stipe of R.E.M. "Morrissey has hit out at reports that he had an affair with Michael Stipe, the lead singer of R.E.M. “That’s absolute [bleep], absolute [bleep] and I don’t know why people ever said that, do you?” Morrissey told the Times of London. When asked to address the question of whether he’s gay or straight, he replied, “It’s neither of those things. I’m simply myself, which is inexcusable to many people. I’m not trapped by anything.”"

Two of my favorite grunge vocalists,from my favorite grunge bands... whom would you prefer? BQ: REM or Pearl Jam BQ:favorite song by each of them? dub buk : i know their music is not grunge..but they are often classified as a grunge band..or rather an alternative band....its basically because they rose into eminence in the grunge era...

Again... Who was/is the most attractive? Who was/is the best musician?

Michael Stipe was born today on January 4, 1960 is an American singer who is the lead vocalist for the alternative rock band R.E.M. Stipe has become well-known for the "mumbling" style of his early career and for his complex, surreal lyrics, as well as his social and political activism. Stipe is in charge of the band's visual image, often selecting album artwork and directing many of the band's music videos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA57Pafq_NU REM - Radio Free Europe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdHMJ39M0JU At My Most Beautiful http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GfOy5miUf4 The Golden Palominos ( featuring Michael) - Alive And Living Now http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQN7A6Vl1H4 Drive ( this is a video that I spent two days with the band being hosed down in a swamp, it was magical) What's your favorite R>E>M> song or tune of tribute? Happy Birthday Mike!