December's Children: Holla Back Album of the Week

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

R.E.M.
Reckoning
(1984)
I.R.S. Records

Album highlights:
7 Chinese Brothers
So. Central Rain
Letter Never Sent
(Don't Go Back to) Rockville
Little America

Favorite Quotes

"…And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should…" — **excerpt from Max Ehrmann’s DESIDERATA**
"Important things are inevitably cliche, but nobody wants to admit that." — Chuck Klosterman
"When we die, we will turn into songs, and we will hear each other and remember each other." — Rob Sheffield
“I am not under any orders to make the world a better place.” -Troy Dryer
"I once loved a girl who almost loved me, but not as much as she loved John Cusack." — Chuck Klosterman
“I am comfortable with my friend. For reasons not always clear to me, she loves me. She has seen me blunder; she is aware of all my annoying self-indulgences, my private habits. All the things I once thought no one could know about me and still loves me, she knows. In her presence I have very little to guard against, because she distills me from my words. We have been together a long time, and now some grace within her can see me even when her eyes are open.” -Hugh Prather
“I love women, I have all their albums.” –Hank Moody
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead
"Troubled souls unite, we got ourselves tonight." -Pearl Jam