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Tony Fletcher's "Perfect Circle" Available Now in the U.K.
Started by Driver Nate, Feb 26 2013 09:56 PM
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Posted 26 February 2013 - 09:56 PM
Publication in the U.S. is soon to follow. More info (including an excerpt) from Tony's website here.
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
- Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids
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Posted 27 February 2013 - 12:59 AM
I want this!
It looks like it will be lot about last period... iam mostly interested in that!
It looks like it will be lot about last period... iam mostly interested in that!
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Posted 27 February 2013 - 12:24 PM
And we have a winner. Wonder whatever happened to Anthony DeCurtis' planned bio of the band?
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Posted 27 February 2013 - 12:38 PM
cjr67, on 27 February 2013 - 12:24 PM, said:
Wonder whatever happened to Anthony DeCurtis' planned bio of the band?
He abandoned it for some reason. I can't remember why.
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
- Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids
- Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids
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Posted 11 March 2013 - 12:19 PM
Tony Fletcher has posted an excerpt from Perfect Circle on his website. This passage focuses on the Collapse Into Now era which you can read here. Thanks to Andy Johnson from the R.E.M. Fans United page on Facebook for the heads up.
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
- Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids
- Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids
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Posted 24 March 2013 - 07:05 AM
While it's good to have a up-to-date book on the band and I enjoyed the new material, it seems like this could have used a bit more careful proof reading and editing. A quick flip though the book reveals a few errors and omissions.
Road Movie is identified as the only official release of "Revolution" when the studio version was subsequently released on the Batman & Robin soundtrack.
The discography omits the the first three songs on Accelerate as well as the release dates of albums released subsequent to the last edition of the book and the bonus disc track listing for In Time.
The videogaphy notes the failure to compile the post-Monster videos when in fact all the post-Monster videos through Bad Day (except Suspicion) were included on In View. Minor quibbles, to be sure, but still . . . .
And from a general layout perspective, I think it would have been better to expand the photos by including three photo sections, each dealing with a distinct period of the band: IRS years, WB 1, WB 2 (trio).
Still, very interesting that Buck was such a champion of including "On The Fly" on Accelerate as it really does have a strong ATS vibe.
Road Movie is identified as the only official release of "Revolution" when the studio version was subsequently released on the Batman & Robin soundtrack.
The discography omits the the first three songs on Accelerate as well as the release dates of albums released subsequent to the last edition of the book and the bonus disc track listing for In Time.
The videogaphy notes the failure to compile the post-Monster videos when in fact all the post-Monster videos through Bad Day (except Suspicion) were included on In View. Minor quibbles, to be sure, but still . . . .
And from a general layout perspective, I think it would have been better to expand the photos by including three photo sections, each dealing with a distinct period of the band: IRS years, WB 1, WB 2 (trio).
Still, very interesting that Buck was such a champion of including "On The Fly" on Accelerate as it really does have a strong ATS vibe.
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Posted 24 March 2013 - 07:11 AM
Looking forward to getting this book - I liked his last edition - hope there's lots of photos.
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Posted 24 March 2013 - 07:38 AM
Also (for those keeping track), the backing music to "Hey BED" is incorrectly identified as "I'm Gonna DJ" rather than "Horse To Water" and "Tomorrow" is mentioned as being recorded to "powerful effect" without any mention that the song was renamed "Hollow Man" as released on Accelerate.
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