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- RETROKIMMER'S BEST BUD ROBIN WAS IN ANN ARBOR...
- R.E.M. DOWN FOR THE COUNT..... SCOTT BATEY
- CHRIS "BOX" TAYLOR INTERVIEWED TODAY!
| RETROKIMMER'S BEST BUD ROBIN WAS IN ANN ARBOR... Posted: 29 Sep 2011 09:47 PM PDT  My Best Bud Robin and Kimmer at Weber's in A2 My best bud for many many years came to town tonight. Robin Comer and I met at the Super Sale company back in the day and have been together ever since. Throughout many fun trips to the Caribbean, many lost boyfriends, a wedding, a baby and a divorce... Robin has been right beside me through it all.  Robin and I working in Louisville KY 1987 Robin managed the advertising and media buys for the Super Sale and I was the Show Manager. We were so young to be so responsible... it was an incredible time for us both. We had so many adventures together. The first trip we went on was to Chicago, IL. We were so wrapped up in talking to each other I almost ran my car over a ramp onto the O'Hare Airport tarmack 45 feet below! OMG we freaked out for a minute then picked up the conversation right back where we left it to scream! LOL  Robin and Kimmer in Frankenmuth MI 1994 I moved away first after I got married. I saw Robin often but I always was so sad when she drove away. Just like I felt tonight when hugged me goodbye.  Robin with Lesley 1993 Robin is younger than me and was the little sister I always wanted. Here is Lesley with her Aunt Robin. It was Robin that was in the delivery room with me when Lesley was born in Feb 1992. It was Robin that helped me pack for the hospital at 3 am when I went into labor 2 weeks early. Robin always insisted that I would have the baby on February 23 but Lesley came on the 22nd. Funny though her birth certificate was filed with .... you got it Feb 23...  Robin (far left) at my wedding 1991 Robin was at my wedding and we were having so much fun that she and another one of my girlfriends camped out in my room on mywedding night so we could hang at the lake for an extra day.... LOL  Robin with me on my honeymoon.. Here we are in Tawas City MI on Lake Huron... Robin left for Ft Lauderdale quite awhile ago... she kept her Ypsilanti cell phone number so I could always call her. Robin spent every Christmas here with Lesley and I and her folks. This year my parents have a place for several months in FLA so it would appear my bud and I will be together once more at Christmas time :) How I value the many years I have been so lucky to share with my best bud Robin. XXOOK  |
| R.E.M. DOWN FOR THE COUNT..... SCOTT BATEY Posted: 29 Sep 2011 12:57 PM PDT   Scott Batey  R.E.M From Scott: For me Pretty Persuasion is the quintessential REM song: These Days was the first saw I saw them do this live at the Fox in 1986. Half a World Away is particularly special to me, in 1993 I spent the summer in London studying at the University of Notre Dame Law School's London campus while my girlfriend (and future wife) stayed in Michigan. I stayed in a dorm at the London School of Economics (where Mick Jagger and JFK also studied) and would go into the pub in the basement of the dorm (yes they had a pub in the basement of the dorm which I must say was very convenient) and play this song over and over thinking about my future wife. I think I drove the bartender Clive crazy, but it helped get me through the summer. Half a World Away  I think New Adventures in HI-FI was one of R.E.M.'s masterpieces and E-bow the Letter with Patti Smith is a beautiful and haunting song: E-Bow the Letter The concert in Rome was truly amazing and one of the great things about the internet is we get to relive some special moments: Concert in Rome In 2007 REM played 5 nights at the Olympic Theatre in Dublin what they called as a rehearsal. They released a live DVD, but what I found particularly refreshing was that unlike many of the contemporary bands of their time they didn't forget their roots and actually played obscure songs that were not particularly radio friendly: http://youtu.be/25GojFtBFI0 http://youtu.be/GyUmTK5Dmpw http://youtu.be/l8Ii6AaZ3ZE http://youtu.be/kj1gh4e-OCU  Which brings us to the release of their glorious album Collapse into Now which is absolutely brilliant. One particular interesting issue with this album was the appearance that Michael Stipe may have actually found faith. Stipe who was a well known agnostic has several lyrics leading the listener (me) to conclude he has found God. I have not been able to confirm this, but in any event the CD offers the most optimistic and positive lyrics of their entire career. My two favorites are Oh My Heart and Uberlin: Everyday is Yours to Win is the most inspiring REM song of all time with my favorite lyric "every day is new again, every day is yours to win and that's how heroes are made." As someone who believes this country desperately needs more heroes I think we should all focus more on winning our day, every day: http://youtu.be/C3-YuGEW59c And they can still Rock: http://youtu.be/ayb1uoeYrgo Finally, last week after hearing of their break-up, Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam who sings on "It Happened Today" , shares with the crowd his thoughts on the break-up and does a nice version of the song: http://youtu.be/CPr-UXHuGvI Thank you REM for all of the beauty you shared with world.  |
| CHRIS "BOX" TAYLOR INTERVIEWED TODAY! Posted: 29 Sep 2011 12:34 PM PDT  Chris Taylor (Blue Snaggle Tooth) Good news! My good friend Chris (Box) Taylor did a bang up interview today with AVClub.Com. As I have written before... Box is the hardest working man in rock... Now Chris is a new daddy since his son Asheton was born last April 18, the day before the Stooges gig in Ann Arbor. I was happy to be at the baby celebration along with Scott Morgan, Deniz Tek, Hiawatha, Photographers Heather Harris, Anne Laurent and Videographer Amy Verdon. A Great night to photograph:  Scott Morgan Box Deniz and Anne  Hiawatha Kimmer Deniz and Box Here is a bit of Chris Taylor's Interview! by Patrick Dunn September 29, 2011 Chris Taylor: Blue Snaggletooth We all know that certain songs get scratched into our souls, if only for a week or a day sometimes. For each installment of Hear It Now, we'll ask a different local musician to share his or her current mental playlist with us. Each artist will tell us three albums, songs, or artists that he or she just can't stop listening to. Today, before his band plays Ypsifest at Woodruff's Oct. 14, Blue Snaggletooth vocalist-guitarist Chris Taylor gave us four selections, because he just couldn't stop with three. Read Full Story HERE  |
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