Hey, Repercussion Comics fans, one of my other blogs was featured on “Freshly Pressed” today, which is pretty amazingly cool. If you happen to like nostalgic looks back at the music of the late ’80’s, you might enjoy it 🙂 And keep your fingers crossed that Repercussion Comics will get Freshly Pressed one of these days, too, the number of views it drives to your site is pretty mind-blowing.
Oh, R.E.M., at the time I didn’t realize that you guys were a big deal, I just enjoyed your music. To me, you actually sounded like if the Munchkins had their own rock band. Your lead singer had this high nasal sound that could have been straight from Munchkinland, and I always liked the idea that while the rest of the Munchkins were out touting the Lollipop Guild and the Lullaby League, you guys were hanging out by the Yellow Brick Road, smoking cigarettes and looking dour. If someone told me that R.E.M. stood for Really Emo Munchkins, I totally would have believed it (even though “emo” was a few decades from entering anyone’s vernacular, it still would have made sense). Now, after hearing a lot of your music and seeing interviews where you have such an inflated sense of self-importance, I can imagine that it would be appalling…
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