#rem_ — Public Fediverse posts

#1girl #absurdres #amane_misa #belt #black_skirt #blonde_hair #cellphone #choker #cross #dead_kennedys_(band) #death_note #earrings #fashion #goth_fashion #gothic_punk #highres #holding #holding_phone #indoors #jewelry #long_hair #looking_at_viewer #mirror #misfits #necklace #ossan_zabi_190 #phone #plaid_clothes #plaid_skirt #punk #red_eyes #reflection #rem_(death_note) #shinigami #shirt #skirt #smartphone #smile #solo #striped_clothes #striped_shirt #thighhighs #two_side_up https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/5069356

#1girl #absurdres #amane_misa #belt #black_skirt #blonde_hair #cellphone #choker #cross #dead_kennedys_(band) #death_note #earrings #fashion #goth_fashion #gothic_punk #highres #holding #holding_phone #indoors #jewelry #long_hair #looking_at_viewer #mirror #misfits #necklace #ossan_zabi_190 #phone #plaid_clothes #plaid_skirt #punk #red_eyes #reflection #rem_(death_note) #shinigami #shirt #skirt #smartphone #smile #solo #striped_clothes #striped_shirt #thighhighs #two_side_up https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/5069356

#1girl #absurdres #amane_misa #belt #black_skirt #blonde_hair #cellphone #choker #cross #dead_kennedys_(band) #death_note #earrings #fashion #goth_fashion #gothic_punk #highres #holding #holding_phone #indoors #jewelry #long_hair #looking_at_viewer #mirror #misfits #necklace #ossan_zabi_190 #phone #plaid_clothes #plaid_skirt #punk #red_eyes #reflection #rem_(death_note) #shinigami #shirt #skirt #smartphone #smile #solo #striped_clothes #striped_shirt #thighhighs #two_side_up https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/5069356

#2girls #:d #animal_ears #apron #arm_garter #ayamy #bare_shoulders #black_leotard #black_pantyhose #black_shoes #blue_eyes #blue_hair #blush #breasts #cake #candle #cleavage #commentary #emilia_(re:zero) #fake_animal_ears #fake_tail #fire #food #hair_between_eyes #hair_ornament #hairclip #hakugei_(re:zero) #headband #high_heels #highres #holding #kneeling #large_breasts #leotard #long_hair #looking_at_viewer #medium_breasts #multiple_girls #natsuki_subaru #open_mouth #pantyhose #petelgeuse_romaneeconti #pink_eyes #pink_hair #playboy_bunny #puck_(re:zero) #rabbit_ears #rabbit_tail #ram_(re:zero) #re:zero_kara_hajimeru_isekai_seikatsu #rem_(re:zero) #shoes #short_hair #siblings #sisters #smile #tail #twins #waist_apron #white_apron #wrist_cuffs #x_hair_ornament https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/3005672

#2girls #:d #animal_ears #apron #arm_garter #ayamy #bare_shoulders #black_leotard #black_pantyhose #black_shoes #blue_eyes #blue_hair #blush #breasts #cake #candle #cleavage #commentary #emilia_(re:zero) #fake_animal_ears #fake_tail #fire #food #hair_between_eyes #hair_ornament #hairclip #hakugei_(re:zero) #headband #high_heels #highres #holding #kneeling #large_breasts #leotard #long_hair #looking_at_viewer #medium_breasts #multiple_girls #natsuki_subaru #open_mouth #pantyhose #petelgeuse_romaneeconti #pink_eyes #pink_hair #playboy_bunny #puck_(re:zero) #rabbit_ears #rabbit_tail #ram_(re:zero) #re:zero_kara_hajimeru_isekai_seikatsu #rem_(re:zero) #shoes #short_hair #siblings #sisters #smile #tail #twins #waist_apron #white_apron #wrist_cuffs #x_hair_ornament https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/3005672

#2girls #:d #animal_ears #apron #arm_garter #ayamy #bare_shoulders #black_leotard #black_pantyhose #black_shoes #blue_eyes #blue_hair #blush #breasts #cake #candle #cleavage #commentary #emilia_(re:zero) #fake_animal_ears #fake_tail #fire #food #hair_between_eyes #hair_ornament #hairclip #hakugei_(re:zero) #headband #high_heels #highres #holding #kneeling #large_breasts #leotard #long_hair #looking_at_viewer #medium_breasts #multiple_girls #natsuki_subaru #open_mouth #pantyhose #petelgeuse_romaneeconti #pink_eyes #pink_hair #playboy_bunny #puck_(re:zero) #rabbit_ears #rabbit_tail #ram_(re:zero) #re:zero_kara_hajimeru_isekai_seikatsu #rem_(re:zero) #shoes #short_hair #siblings #sisters #smile #tail #twins #waist_apron #white_apron #wrist_cuffs #x_hair_ornament https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/3005672

#2girls #:d #animal_ears #apron #arm_garter #ayamy #bare_shoulders #black_leotard #black_pantyhose #black_shoes #blue_eyes #blue_hair #blush #breasts #cake #candle #cleavage #commentary #emilia_(re:zero) #fake_animal_ears #fake_tail #fire #food #hair_between_eyes #hair_ornament #hairclip #hakugei_(re:zero) #headband #high_heels #highres #holding #kneeling #large_breasts #leotard #long_hair #looking_at_viewer #medium_breasts #multiple_girls #natsuki_subaru #open_mouth #pantyhose #petelgeuse_romaneeconti #pink_eyes #pink_hair #playboy_bunny #puck_(re:zero) #rabbit_ears #rabbit_tail #ram_(re:zero) #re:zero_kara_hajimeru_isekai_seikatsu #rem_(re:zero) #shoes #short_hair #siblings #sisters #smile #tail #twins #waist_apron #white_apron #wrist_cuffs #x_hair_ornament https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/3005672

Lucius – Everybody Hurts

https://wgom.org/2025/11/02/lucius-everybody-hurts/

‘The End of the World’ review: Stephen King’s world explored | AP News

By  ROB MERRILL Updated 6:29 AM PDT, August 18, 2025

Stephen King’s “The Stand,” originally published in 1978, is beloved by his “Constant Readers,” but has never really made a leap off the page. Two TV miniseries in 1994 and 2020 both flopped, but while fans wait to see what happens with a movie adaptation in development, they can turn instead to “The End of the World As We Know It,” a collection of 34 short stories set in the world King created.

King himself blessed the project (he wrote the introduction) and the nearly 800-page collection was edited by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene, both accomplished writers of fantasy and horror books, comics and graphic novels. The stories are written by a few authors you might recognize (Richard Chizmar, Joe R. Lansdale, Caroline Kepnes, Meg Gardiner) and many you won’t. What they all have in common is a true affection for the world of “The Stand.” All are set either during or after the events of King’s novel, which tells an epic story of good vs. evil following a super-flu that kills more than 99% of people on earth.

There’s one featuring astronauts aboard a stranded Space Shuttle, suddenly without a Mission Control to guide them home. There’s another told from the point of view of an African Painted Dog, no longer contained in his zoo enclosure and bewildered by the smell of rotten human meat everywhere. They’re not all absurd, though. There’s real heart in a lot of them, like “Came the Last Night of Sadness” by Catherynne M. Valente, which introduces readers to Fern Ramsey, a teenager born after the events of “The Stand,” who has learned “You can do fine as long as you know how to read and have a knife, a map, a fishing pole and a bicycle — as long as you know how to fix the last two.” A great many reference either Mother Abagail or Randall Flagg, the two characters representing good and evil in “The Stand.”

Editor’s Note: Below is a video of the opening scene of “Independence Day,” where the soundtrack plays the R.E.M. song. Enjoy! The book looks good; I signed up for a copy from my local library.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krGUmSN82UE

Below is an image of my entry for “The Stand” in my LibraryThing book catalog. See more at https://www.librarything.com/catalog/drweb

Continue/Read Original Article Here: ‘The End of the World’ review: Stephen King’s world explored | AP News

#2025 #America #Books #Film #Films #IndependenceDayMovie #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #LibraryThing #Movies #REM_ #Reading #ScienceFiction #TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt #Writing #YouTube

‘The End of the World’ review: Stephen King’s world explored | AP News

By  ROB MERRILL Updated 6:29 AM PDT, August 18, 2025

Stephen King’s “The Stand,” originally published in 1978, is beloved by his “Constant Readers,” but has never really made a leap off the page. Two TV miniseries in 1994 and 2020 both flopped, but while fans wait to see what happens with a movie adaptation in development, they can turn instead to “The End of the World As We Know It,” a collection of 34 short stories set in the world King created.

King himself blessed the project (he wrote the introduction) and the nearly 800-page collection was edited by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene, both accomplished writers of fantasy and horror books, comics and graphic novels. The stories are written by a few authors you might recognize (Richard Chizmar, Joe R. Lansdale, Caroline Kepnes, Meg Gardiner) and many you won’t. What they all have in common is a true affection for the world of “The Stand.” All are set either during or after the events of King’s novel, which tells an epic story of good vs. evil following a super-flu that kills more than 99% of people on earth.

There’s one featuring astronauts aboard a stranded Space Shuttle, suddenly without a Mission Control to guide them home. There’s another told from the point of view of an African Painted Dog, no longer contained in his zoo enclosure and bewildered by the smell of rotten human meat everywhere. They’re not all absurd, though. There’s real heart in a lot of them, like “Came the Last Night of Sadness” by Catherynne M. Valente, which introduces readers to Fern Ramsey, a teenager born after the events of “The Stand,” who has learned “You can do fine as long as you know how to read and have a knife, a map, a fishing pole and a bicycle — as long as you know how to fix the last two.” A great many reference either Mother Abagail or Randall Flagg, the two characters representing good and evil in “The Stand.”

Editor’s Note: Below is a video of the opening scene of “Independence Day,” where the soundtrack plays the R.E.M. song. Enjoy! The book looks good; I signed up for a copy from my local library.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krGUmSN82UE

Below is an image of my entry for “The Stand” in my LibraryThing book catalog. See more at https://www.librarything.com/catalog/drweb

Continue/Read Original Article Here: ‘The End of the World’ review: Stephen King’s world explored | AP News

#2025 #America #Books #Film #Films #IndependenceDayMovie #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #LibraryThing #Movies #REM_ #Reading #ScienceFiction #TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt #Writing #YouTube

‘The End of the World’ review: Stephen King’s world explored | AP News

By  ROB MERRILL Updated 6:29 AM PDT, August 18, 2025

Stephen King’s “The Stand,” originally published in 1978, is beloved by his “Constant Readers,” but has never really made a leap off the page. Two TV miniseries in 1994 and 2020 both flopped, but while fans wait to see what happens with a movie adaptation in development, they can turn instead to “The End of the World As We Know It,” a collection of 34 short stories set in the world King created.

King himself blessed the project (he wrote the introduction) and the nearly 800-page collection was edited by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene, both accomplished writers of fantasy and horror books, comics and graphic novels. The stories are written by a few authors you might recognize (Richard Chizmar, Joe R. Lansdale, Caroline Kepnes, Meg Gardiner) and many you won’t. What they all have in common is a true affection for the world of “The Stand.” All are set either during or after the events of King’s novel, which tells an epic story of good vs. evil following a super-flu that kills more than 99% of people on earth.

There’s one featuring astronauts aboard a stranded Space Shuttle, suddenly without a Mission Control to guide them home. There’s another told from the point of view of an African Painted Dog, no longer contained in his zoo enclosure and bewildered by the smell of rotten human meat everywhere. They’re not all absurd, though. There’s real heart in a lot of them, like “Came the Last Night of Sadness” by Catherynne M. Valente, which introduces readers to Fern Ramsey, a teenager born after the events of “The Stand,” who has learned “You can do fine as long as you know how to read and have a knife, a map, a fishing pole and a bicycle — as long as you know how to fix the last two.” A great many reference either Mother Abagail or Randall Flagg, the two characters representing good and evil in “The Stand.”

Editor’s Note: Below is a video of the opening scene of “Independence Day,” where the soundtrack plays the R.E.M. song. Enjoy! The book looks good; I signed up for a copy from my local library.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krGUmSN82UE

Below is an image of my entry for “The Stand” in my LibraryThing book catalog. See more at https://www.librarything.com/catalog/drweb

Continue/Read Original Article Here: ‘The End of the World’ review: Stephen King’s world explored | AP News

#2025 #America #Books #Film #Films #IndependenceDayMovie #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #LibraryThing #Movies #REM_ #Reading #ScienceFiction #TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt #Writing #YouTube

‘The End of the World’ review: Stephen King’s world explored | AP News

By  ROB MERRILL Updated 6:29 AM PDT, August 18, 2025

Stephen King’s “The Stand,” originally published in 1978, is beloved by his “Constant Readers,” but has never really made a leap off the page. Two TV miniseries in 1994 and 2020 both flopped, but while fans wait to see what happens with a movie adaptation in development, they can turn instead to “The End of the World As We Know It,” a collection of 34 short stories set in the world King created.

King himself blessed the project (he wrote the introduction) and the nearly 800-page collection was edited by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene, both accomplished writers of fantasy and horror books, comics and graphic novels. The stories are written by a few authors you might recognize (Richard Chizmar, Joe R. Lansdale, Caroline Kepnes, Meg Gardiner) and many you won’t. What they all have in common is a true affection for the world of “The Stand.” All are set either during or after the events of King’s novel, which tells an epic story of good vs. evil following a super-flu that kills more than 99% of people on earth.

There’s one featuring astronauts aboard a stranded Space Shuttle, suddenly without a Mission Control to guide them home. There’s another told from the point of view of an African Painted Dog, no longer contained in his zoo enclosure and bewildered by the smell of rotten human meat everywhere. They’re not all absurd, though. There’s real heart in a lot of them, like “Came the Last Night of Sadness” by Catherynne M. Valente, which introduces readers to Fern Ramsey, a teenager born after the events of “The Stand,” who has learned “You can do fine as long as you know how to read and have a knife, a map, a fishing pole and a bicycle — as long as you know how to fix the last two.” A great many reference either Mother Abagail or Randall Flagg, the two characters representing good and evil in “The Stand.”

Editor’s Note: Below is a video of the opening scene of “Independence Day,” where the soundtrack plays the R.E.M. song. Enjoy! The book looks good; I signed up for a copy from my local library.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krGUmSN82UE

Below is an image of my entry for “The Stand” in my LibraryThing book catalog. See more at https://www.librarything.com/catalog/drweb

Continue/Read Original Article Here: ‘The End of the World’ review: Stephen King’s world explored | AP News

#2025 #America #Books #Film #Films #IndependenceDayMovie #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #LibraryThing #Movies #REM_ #Reading #ScienceFiction #TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt #Writing #YouTube

Michael Shannon, Jason Narducy and Friends play R.E.M.’s Fables of the Reconstruction at the Royale Boston, March 7th, 2025

I missed the last Shannon-Narducy recreate R.E.M. tour, when they came through doing Murmur at the Sinclair. This time I was not going to miss out.

The band includes Jon Wurster (who’s played with Bob Mould, Superchunk, and The Mountain Goats) on drums, John Stirratt (of Uncle Tupelo and Wilco) on bass, Dag Juhlin (Poi Dog Pondering) on guitar, and Vijay Tellis-Nayak in addition to Shannon’s vocals and Narducy’s guitar work. (Narducy has also played in Bob Mould’s band and with Superchunk, as well as Verbow).

Comedian Dave Hill opened, with some musical numbers of his own as well as pickup lines tailored to a Boston Audience.

Honestly they undersell the whole tour – while they are careful to note it isn’t a tribute band, they do recreate what I imagine it was like to see R.E.M. in a smaller venue earlier in their career. (Maybe it should be called Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy play the R.E.M. catalogue). By the time I saw R.E.M. on the Work tour in 1987, they were big enough to play the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul – a 5000 seat arena.

We got there early enough to get seats in the balcony – the view’s a bit obstructed when you’re sitting, but standing it’s a great view.

A few clips:

After playing Fables through, they went into what was actually the longer set of other songs from across the R.E.M. catalogue, including covers they played around the time, like this one (one of several they played from Dead Letter Office):

They also went back and forward in the R.E.M. catalog, to “Daysleeper” from Up and back to Chronic Town (Wolves, Gardening at Night). Some of my favorite Reckoning tracks made it too.

They called this one a deep cut for the true followers:

If you get a chance to catch the show – on this tour or hopefully on tours to follow for other R.E.M. album anniversaries – don’t miss it

#BostonMA #DagJuhlin #DaveHill #FablesOfTheReconstruction #JasonNarducy #JohnStirratt #JonWurster #LiveMusic #MichaelShannon #REM_ #TheRoyale #VijayTellisNayak

Shiny Happy People

As some people say, this is such a weird song from R.E.M. I’m not their biggest fan, but I’ve been known to enjoy their music from time to time. This one, though, really is catchy and unlike the rest because it really is so happy, and every time it plays (it’s always on the playlist with my favorite songs) I can’t help but think “this is a damn good song”, even though I’m not known for my […]

https://www.whateverthewindbrings.com/shiny-happy-people/

#imitationOfLife #losingMyReligion #music #REM_ #shinyHappyPeople

Today, we’re continuing our 6 Degrees game with The List (see Part 1 here). And, again, because we’re doing a bit of a Prince-theme and will be timing the end of this series (Part 8) to land on the (8th) anniversary of him leaving us (April 21), we’ll be picking out some fun Prince-connections in/below each set.

Okay, here we go, carrying on from where we left off last time, i.e., the Medicine Singers’ self-titled album…

6 Degrees of Separation: Maja Ratkje to R.E.M.

Maja Ratkje – Voice (list number 221)
>> One of the collaborators on the Medicine Singers album from Part 1 is Ikue Mori, who has also collaborated with Maja Ratkje. Ratkje also appears on a 5+ hour-long Norwegian tribute to Prince compilation with…

Ulver – Shadows Of The Sun (188)
…Ulver. Christian Fennesz (or, “Fennesz”), who appears on this Ulver album, also collaborated a number of times (e.g., here) with…

Jim O’Rourke – I’m Happy, And I’m Singing, And A 1, 2, 3, 4 (226)
…Jim O’Rourke, who, from 1999 to 2005, was in…

Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation (835)
…Sonic Youth, whose Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo were at some point in the Glenn Branca Ensemble, as was Tim Sommer who then formed…

Hugo Largo – Mettle (116)
…Hugo Largo, whose first album was produced by…

R.E.M. – Automatic For The People (290)
…Michael Stipe of R.E.M. <<

Prince 6

Though we don’t have a Prince album in today’s list, here are some fun connections the above artists have to The Purple One:

• As mentioned above, there’s a 5.5 hour long compilation featuring Norwegian artists (including Maja Ratkje and Ulver) from a wide variety of genres covering Prince! Put out in 2008, this 5-CD box set, called Shockadelica: 50th Anniversary Tribute To The Artist Known As Prince, was released in honour of Prince’s 50th birthday, and was limited to 5000 copies. Available digitally: Songwhip.
  • Maja Ratkje’s contribution, which is the 1st song on the compilation, is a cover of “Solo” from Prince’s Come album.
  • Ulver’s contribution is a cover of “Thieves in the Temple” from Prince’s Graffiti Bridge album.
• R.E.M. recorded their Out of Time album at Prince’s Paisley Park (Youtube).
• R.E.M. and Prince were both on Warner Brothers around the same time. In a 2016 interview on Alec Baldwin’s “Here’s The Thing” podcast, Michael Stipe mentioned that, because R.E.M. owned their own masters when at WB but Prince didn’t, Prince “always hated me for that”.
• From an interview between supermodel Helena Christensen and Michael Stipe:
  • HC: “If you could save one song in the world from being turned into a ringtone, which would song would you choose?”
  • MS: “Probably ‘Purple Rain’ by Prince, because that would sound absolutely horrible as a ring tone.”
• Prince’s Lovesexy album came out the same year as Sonic Youth’s Daydream Nation: 1988.

Tune in on Saturday for Part 3, to see how we get from R.E.M. to Tagaq!

https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/11/6-degrees-of-separation-part-2/

#1001OtherAlbums #6DegreesOfSeparation #ChristianFennesz #HugoLargo #IkueMori #JimORourke #LeeRanaldo #MajaRatkje #MedicineSingers #MichaelStipe #Prince #REM_ #SonicYouth #ThurstonMoore #TimSommer #Ulver

Today, we’re continuing our 6 Degrees game with The List (see Part 1 here). And, again, because we’re doing a bit of a Prince-theme and will be timing the end of this series (Part 8) to land on the (8th) anniversary of him leaving us (April 21), we’ll be picking out some fun Prince-connections in/below each set.

Okay, here we go, carrying on from where we left off last time, i.e., the Medicine Singers’ self-titled album…

6 Degrees of Separation: Maja Ratkje to R.E.M.

Maja Ratkje – Voice (list number 221)
>> One of the collaborators on the Medicine Singers album from Part 1 is Ikue Mori, who has also collaborated with Maja Ratkje. Ratkje also appears on a 5+ hour-long Norwegian tribute to Prince compilation with…

Ulver – Shadows Of The Sun (188)
…Ulver. Christian Fennesz (or, “Fennesz”), who appears on this Ulver album, also collaborated a number of times (e.g., here) with…

Jim O’Rourke – I’m Happy, And I’m Singing, And A 1, 2, 3, 4 (226)
…Jim O’Rourke, who, from 1999 to 2005, was in…

Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation (835)
…Sonic Youth, whose Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo were at some point in the Glenn Branca Ensemble, as was Tim Sommer who then formed…

Hugo Largo – Mettle (116)
…Hugo Largo, whose first album was produced by…

R.E.M. – Automatic For The People (290)
…Michael Stipe of R.E.M. <<

Prince 6

Though we don’t have a Prince album in today’s list, here are some fun connections the above artists have to The Purple One:

• As mentioned above, there’s a 5.5 hour long compilation featuring Norwegian artists (including Maja Ratkje and Ulver) from a wide variety of genres covering Prince! Put out in 2008, this 5-CD box set, called Shockadelica: 50th Anniversary Tribute To The Artist Known As Prince, was released in honour of Prince’s 50th birthday, and was limited to 5000 copies. Available digitally: Songwhip.
  • Maja Ratkje’s contribution, which is the 1st song on the compilation, is a cover of “Solo” from Prince’s Come album.
  • Ulver’s contribution is a cover of “Thieves in the Temple” from Prince’s Graffiti Bridge album.
• R.E.M. recorded their Out of Time album at Prince’s Paisley Park (Youtube).
• R.E.M. and Prince were both on Warner Brothers around the same time. In a 2016 interview on Alec Baldwin’s “Here’s The Thing” podcast, Michael Stipe mentioned that, because R.E.M. owned their own masters when at WB but Prince didn’t, Prince “always hated me for that”.
• From an interview between supermodel Helena Christensen and Michael Stipe:
  • HC: “If you could save one song in the world from being turned into a ringtone, which would song would you choose?”
  • MS: “Probably ‘Purple Rain’ by Prince, because that would sound absolutely horrible as a ring tone.”
• Prince’s Lovesexy album came out the same year as Sonic Youth’s Daydream Nation: 1988.

Tune in on Saturday for Part 3, to see how we get from R.E.M. to Tagaq!

https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/11/6-degrees-of-separation-part-2/

#1001OtherAlbums #6DegreesOfSeparation #ChristianFennesz #HugoLargo #IkueMori #JimORourke #LeeRanaldo #MajaRatkje #MedicineSingers #MichaelStipe #Prince #REM_ #SonicYouth #ThurstonMoore #TimSommer #Ulver

Today, we’re continuing our 6 Degrees game with The List (see Part 1 here). And, again, because we’re doing a bit of a Prince-theme and will be timing the end of this series (Part 8) to land on the (8th) anniversary of him leaving us (April 21), we’ll be picking out some fun Prince-connections in/below each set.

Okay, here we go, carrying on from where we left off last time, i.e., the Medicine Singers’ self-titled album…

6 Degrees of Separation: Maja Ratkje to R.E.M.

Maja Ratkje – Voice (list number 221)
>> One of the collaborators on the Medicine Singers album from Part 1 is Ikue Mori, who has also collaborated with Maja Ratkje. Ratkje also appears on a 5+ hour-long Norwegian tribute to Prince compilation with…

Ulver – Shadows Of The Sun (188)
…Ulver. Christian Fennesz (or, “Fennesz”), who appears on this Ulver album, also collaborated a number of times (e.g., here) with…

Jim O’Rourke – I’m Happy, And I’m Singing, And A 1, 2, 3, 4 (226)
…Jim O’Rourke, who, from 1999 to 2005, was in…

Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation (835)
…Sonic Youth, whose Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo were at some point in the Glenn Branca Ensemble, as was Tim Sommer who then formed…

Hugo Largo – Mettle (116)
…Hugo Largo, whose first album was produced by…

R.E.M. – Automatic For The People (290)
…Michael Stipe of R.E.M. <<

Prince 6

Though we don’t have a Prince album in today’s list, here are some fun connections the above artists have to The Purple One:

• As mentioned above, there’s a 5.5 hour long compilation featuring Norwegian artists (including Maja Ratkje and Ulver) from a wide variety of genres covering Prince! Put out in 2008, this 5-CD box set, called Shockadelica: 50th Anniversary Tribute To The Artist Known As Prince, was released in honour of Prince’s 50th birthday, and was limited to 5000 copies. Available digitally: Songwhip.
  • Maja Ratkje’s contribution, which is the 1st song on the compilation, is a cover of “Solo” from Prince’s Come album.
  • Ulver’s contribution is a cover of “Thieves in the Temple” from Prince’s Graffiti Bridge album.
• R.E.M. recorded their Out of Time album at Prince’s Paisley Park (Youtube).
• R.E.M. and Prince were both on Warner Brothers around the same time. In a 2016 interview on Alec Baldwin’s “Here’s The Thing” podcast, Michael Stipe mentioned that, because R.E.M. owned their own masters when at WB but Prince didn’t, Prince “always hated me for that”.
• From an interview between supermodel Helena Christensen and Michael Stipe:
  • HC: “If you could save one song in the world from being turned into a ringtone, which would song would you choose?”
  • MS: “Probably ‘Purple Rain’ by Prince, because that would sound absolutely horrible as a ring tone.”
• Prince’s Lovesexy album came out the same year as Sonic Youth’s Daydream Nation: 1988.

Tune in on Saturday for Part 3, to see how we get from R.E.M. to Tagaq!

https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/11/6-degrees-of-separation-part-2/

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