Mike Mills joined Chris Stamey, Mitch Easter, and a band of some serious renown last night for the first of two shows celebrating and paying tribute to Big Star’s “lost album” Third. It was quite a night . . . where to begin? First, the material was pretty stellar as Big Star’s Third (also released … Continue reading POSTCARD FROM CHAPEL HILL: NIGHT ONE OF BIG STAR’S THIRD 2010
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Postcard Packet from Athens, Athica and Cine Edition
Congratulations to Chris Bilheimer and his frequent collaborators Lance Bangs, Dan Donahue and of course Michael Stipe, on the opening of Chris’ career retrospective exhibition at ATHICA in Athens last night. For the rest, please go here.
Brief Dispatch from Washington DC – 2010
Brief Dispatch from Washington, DC, where Mike Mills and I are enjoying the Future of Music Coalition’s Tenth Annual Policy Summit. There have been highlights aplenty, old connections rekindled with people we only see once or so a year, along with new friends and faces as this thing seems to have a constant turnover as … Continue reading Brief Dispatch from Washington DC – 2010
Quick Postcard From Nashville – 2010
Some favorite things about these last few days: -getting to hear some of the songs really taking shape now that the mixing’s underway; –Anton Corbijn arriving and watching him work– guy has an amazing eye, and more, and his new movie, THE AMERICAN, opens tonight, 9/1/10, nationwide For the rest, please go here.
Quick Postcard from Berlin – 2010
Really great to be here on many levels– one of the world’s great cities and only being here a little while (like anywhere) really lets one get a sense of what the town is really like– neighborhoods, people, customs and traditions, how people live and work and play here, not to mention why so many … Continue reading Quick Postcard from Berlin – 2010
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