Postmodernism Film Is Clarifying

Postmodernism is one of those slippery terms to define. Want some clarification? Check this film out to coincide with the exhibition. Superb.

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What The Breakup Of REM Means, Part 4

For What The Breakup of REM Means, Part 4 we turn to guest blogger Pete Fahndrich. World traveller, shepherd of lost bands/albums/artists, President and Founder of the Madison Institute of Musicologists, and one of the best people you could ever have the good fortune to know, Pete "gets it" and is the only person I know who is as hungry for music as I am, and is willing to talk about it endlessly.

We are Soul Brothers of Musicology, so it is with great pleasure that I bring you his 31 Years, 31 Songs for our old friends REM. I cannot think of a more fitting way to close this series of REM posts than with the selections and memories of someone so specially tuned to REM's greatness. So enjoy...

31 YEARS, 31 SONGS by PETE FAHNDRICH of the SAGINAW FAHNDRICH CLAN

31. How The West Was Won and Where It Got Us - New Adventures in Hi-Fi

30. Green Grow The Rushes - Fables of the Reconstruction

29. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite - Automatic For The People

28. I Believe - Life’s Rich Pageant

27. Radio Free Europe - Murmur

26. Electrolite - New Adventures In Hi-Fi

25. Bittersweet Me - New Adventues In Hi-FI

24. Finest Worksong - Document

23. Feeling Gravity’s Pull - Fables Of The Reconstruction

22. Sweetness Follows - Automatic For The People

21. Imitation Of Life - Reveal

20. Pretty Persuasion - Reckoning

19. What’s The Frequency Kenneth? - Monster

18. Perfect Circle - Murmur

17. At My Most Beautiful - Up

16. Half A World Away - Out of Time

15. Try Not To Breathe - Automatic For The People

14. Don’t Go Back To Rockville - Reckoning

13. Daysleeper - Up

12. The Great Beyond - Single

11. Begin The Begin - Life’s Rich Pageant

10. Driver 8 - Fables Of The Reconstruction

09. Talk About The Passion - Murmur

08. Leaving New York - Around The Sun

07. Fall On Me - Life’s Rich Pageant

06. Man On the Moon - Automatic For The People

05. Country Feedback - Out Of Time

04. So. Central Rain - Reckoning

03. Nightswimming - Automatic For The People

02. Cuyahoga - Life’s Rich Pageant

01. E-Bow The Letter - New Adventures In Hi-Fi

SIDE NOTES

28. Is because of Mary

27. Is for dropping the needle on the first REM album and hearing this come out

22. Is for my cousin Peter Thomas and driving on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago

19. Is for the big deal Monster was when it came out my first summer in Madison

17. Is because Mike Mills convinced Michael stipe the Beach Boys were worth checking out

08. Is because I wish I didn’t have to

03. Is for the college nights in Madison when we did and for Jereme

01. Is because I could never get past this song