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R.E.M.’s next album back to rock roots
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
According to advance reports, longtime R.E.M. fans should be pleased when the Athens-birthed band’s new album “Accelerate” drops on April 1.
According to Billboard writer Jonathan Cohen, who’s heard an advance copy of the disc (Surely, Buzz’s copy is in the mail …), listeners can anticipate a return to the band’s rockier roots on the upcoming 11-track, approximately 35-minute set.
Reports Cohen on billboard.com: “Opener ‘Living Well’s the Best Revenge’ sets the tone, with a prominent lead guitar figure from Peter Buck, thumping, melodic bass lines and backing vocals from Mike Mills and a rapid stream of lyrics from frontman Michael Stipe. The track almost seems like a musical cousin to ‘Just a Touch’ from 1986’s ‘Life’s Rich Pageant.’ “
The album’s uptempo first single, “Supernatural Superserious,” is due to hit radio next month, and the band was in New York last week to shoot a video for the track (we’re assuming this is for posting on youtube.com and remhq.com, the band’s official Web site, since the act, like most bands, would get more exposure on the virtually video-free MTV these days by doing a guest shot on “The Hills”…).
The band also has posted a snippet of the single for fans to check out on its Web site.
On remhq.com, band manager Bertis Downs posted this message to fans from New York City: “While here we made a video in the Lower East Side, filmed by Vincent Moon of Arcade Fire (among many other artists) fame. Vincent’s working style is spontaneous and fun-loving, so going from storefront to storefront on Rivington Street was certainly a unique and memorable experience. And of course, in the age of YouTube, we already have ‘rushes’ on the Web.”
The band also has announced a tour in support of “Accelerate” that’s set to commence in Vancouver on May 23 and end locally at HiFi Buys Amphitheatre on June 21. On sale dates weren’t immediately known at deadline Monday.
EX-BRAVE RAMIREZ NOW AN EX-BACHELOR
Before reporting for spring training as a Seattle Mariner next month, former Atlanta Braves pitcher Horacio Ramirez tied the knot with Veronica Palacios in Atlanta over the weekend. The Mableton couple were married at Morningside Baptist Church in Atlanta, exiting the nuptials to a mariachi band. The couple, family and friends then headed to the Twelve hotel to celebrate. EventScapes rep Sharon Kraun told Buzz on Monday that the entire soiree was assembled in less than a month. The Atlanta-based special events firm handled the flowers and decorations. EventScapes owner J Wilbur Smith said via e-mail: “The couple wanted to include a nod to their cultural heritage with an elegant, but effervescent feel, to the nuptial decorations.”
The wedding guests partied at Atlantic Station’s Twelve hotel’s ballroom, complete with a salsa band and buffet stations offering everything from steak to sushi. A portion of the ballroom also was transformed into a cozy lounge with sofas, throws and coffee tables.
Following dinner, a DJ spun dance music and guests later enjoyed another full spread of ballpark food and s’mores served up on the back patio fire pits. We’re told the couple is now in the Caribbean on their honeymoon.
ON MY TIVO AND IPOD
Patti LaBelle, veteran R&B singer whose new Good Life line of foods includes hot sauces and relishes:
“I like ‘Forensic Files’ and the Discovery Channel, watching the animals and mobster movies and gangster movies,” said LaBelle who headlines the Hands On Atlanta benefit concert Thursday at Philips Arena downtown. “There’s a dark side to Miss Patti. I like dark days and rain and snow. I don’t like sun, and I don’t like water. I don’t even listen to music in my free time. I’m a very strange person. When I’m home with free time, like today, I just flip channels and think about what I’m going to cook.”
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Actor John Forsythe is 90. Actress Katharine Ross is 68. Actor Tom Selleck is 63. Singer Bettye LaVette is 62. Talk show host Oprah Winfrey (above) is 54. Director-actor Ed Burns is 40. Actress Heather Graham is 38. Actor Sharif Atkins (“ER”) is 33. Actress Sara Gilbert (“ER,” “Roseanne”) is 33. Actor Andrew Keegan (“Party of Five”) is 29. Guitarist Jonny Lang is 27.
OVERSCENE
NHL strike force
Players assembled here for the NHL All-Star game, including: Atlanta Thrashers Marian Hossa and Ilya Kovalchuk (right), along with Brian Campbell, Jarome Iginla, Dion Phaneuf, Rick Nash, Joe Thornton, Alex Ovechkin, Zdeno Chara, Thomas Kaberle, Scott Gomez, Mike Richards, Erik Johnson and Rick DiPietro bowling at Ten Pin Alley at Atlantic Station. CNNers T.J. Holmes and Betty Nguyen also were spotted. We’re told that Kovalchuk even treated family and friends to three lanes of VIP bowling.
Contributing: Sonia Murray and news services
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