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Host/creator of @unplugged_pod | Writer * Bylines: @RollingStone, @NoDepression, Grammys, etc. | PhD ABD @GeorgiaStateU | R.E.M. Lifer will.c.hodge@gmail.com
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Glen Ballard and Brock Walsh Interview Original

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By Will Hodge Verified
| SPIN Verified
The 1980s were possibly the most fertile decade for the consumerist cash-grab intersection between notable pop culture IPs and novelty Christmas music. A plethora of beloved toy-and-TV franchise characters, including Pac-Man, Barbie, the Smurfs, Care Bears, and Strawberry Shortcake, among countless others, all got their own full-length holiday albums at some point during the “greed, for lack of a better word, is good” era.
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R.E.M. - Around the Sun [Vinyl Reissue]

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By Will Hodge Verified
| mysocalledsoundtrack.com
Once again partnering with Craft Recordings, R.E.M. is reissuing a quartet of late-era reissues on high quality, 180-gram vinyl: 2011’s Collapse into Now and 2004’s Around the Sun (both out July 14), as well as 2001’s Reveal and 2008’s Accelerate (both out August 25). 2004 was certainly an interesting year to be an R.E.M. fan.
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R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now [Vinyl Reissue]

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By Will Hodge Verified
| mysocalledsoundtrack.com
It goes without saying that 2011 was a deeply bittersweet year for R.E.M. fans. The highs of getting a brand new album (Collapse Into Now, their fifteenth studio album overall) bottomed out just six months later when the legendary outfit finally called it a day.
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