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DrWeb‘The End of the World’ review: Stephen King’s world explored | AP News
This cover image released by Simon & Schuster shows “The End of the World as We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King’s The Stand” (Simon & Schuster via AP)By ROB MERRILL Updated 6:29 AM PDT, August 18, 2025
Stephen King’s “The Stand,” originally published in 1978, is beloved by his “Constant Readers,” but has never really made a leap off the page. Two TV miniseries in 1994 and 2020 both flopped, but while fans wait to see what happens with a movie adaptation in development, they can turn instead to “The End of the World As We Know It,” a collection of 34 short stories set in the world King created.
King himself blessed the project (he wrote the introduction) and the nearly 800-page collection was edited by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene, both accomplished writers of fantasy and horror books, comics and graphic novels. The stories are written by a few authors you might recognize (Richard Chizmar, Joe R. Lansdale, Caroline Kepnes, Meg Gardiner) and many you won’t. What they all have in common is a true affection for the world of “The Stand.” All are set either during or after the events of King’s novel, which tells an epic story of good vs. evil following a super-flu that kills more than 99% of people on earth.
There’s one featuring astronauts aboard a stranded Space Shuttle, suddenly without a Mission Control to guide them home. There’s another told from the point of view of an African Painted Dog, no longer contained in his zoo enclosure and bewildered by the smell of rotten human meat everywhere. They’re not all absurd, though. There’s real heart in a lot of them, like “Came the Last Night of Sadness” by Catherynne M. Valente, which introduces readers to Fern Ramsey, a teenager born after the events of “The Stand,” who has learned “You can do fine as long as you know how to read and have a knife, a map, a fishing pole and a bicycle — as long as you know how to fix the last two.” A great many reference either Mother Abagail or Randall Flagg, the two characters representing good and evil in “The Stand.”
Editor’s Note: Below is a video of the opening scene of “Independence Day,” where the soundtrack plays the R.E.M. song. Enjoy! The book looks good; I signed up for a copy from my local library.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krGUmSN82UE
Below is an image of my entry for “The Stand” in my LibraryThing book catalog. See more at https://www.librarything.com/catalog/drweb
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John EckmanMichael Shannon, Jason Narducy and Friends play R.E.M.’s Fables of the Reconstruction at the Royale Boston, March 7th, 2025
I missed the last Shannon-Narducy recreate R.E.M. tour, when they came through doing Murmur at the Sinclair. This time I was not going to miss out.
The band includes Jon Wurster (who’s played with Bob Mould, Superchunk, and The Mountain Goats) on drums, John Stirratt (of Uncle Tupelo and Wilco) on bass, Dag Juhlin (Poi Dog Pondering) on guitar, and Vijay Tellis-Nayak in addition to Shannon’s vocals and Narducy’s guitar work. (Narducy has also played in Bob Mould’s band and with Superchunk, as well as Verbow).
Comedian Dave Hill opened, with some musical numbers of his own as well as pickup lines tailored to a Boston Audience.
Honestly they undersell the whole tour – while they are careful to note it isn’t a tribute band, they do recreate what I imagine it was like to see R.E.M. in a smaller venue earlier in their career. (Maybe it should be called Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy play the R.E.M. catalogue). By the time I saw R.E.M. on the Work tour in 1987, they were big enough to play the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul – a 5000 seat arena.
We got there early enough to get seats in the balcony – the view’s a bit obstructed when you’re sitting, but standing it’s a great view.
A few clips:
“Maps and Legends” “Driver 8”“Can’t Get There From Here”After playing Fables through, they went into what was actually the longer set of other songs from across the R.E.M. catalogue, including covers they played around the time, like this one (one of several they played from Dead Letter Office):
“Femme Fatale” (Velvet Underground cover)They also went back and forward in the R.E.M. catalog, to “Daysleeper” from Up and back to Chronic Town (Wolves, Gardening at Night). Some of my favorite Reckoning tracks made it too.
“7 Chinese Bros”They called this one a deep cut for the true followers:
“Bandwagon”If you get a chance to catch the show – on this tour or hopefully on tours to follow for other R.E.M. album anniversaries – don’t miss it
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Whatever the Wind BringsShiny Happy People
As some people say, this is such a weird song from R.E.M. I’m not their biggest fan, but I’ve been known to enjoy their music from time to time. This one, though, really is catchy and unlike the rest because it really is so happy, and every time it plays (it’s always on the playlist with my favorite songs) I can’t help but think “this is a damn good song”, even though I’m not known for my […]
https://www.whateverthewindbrings.com/shiny-happy-people/
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ItseHeräsin yöllä hikoiluun. Näin unta R.E.M.:stä. Kävin Prismassa. Silppusin salaatin. Päivitin palvelimen Ubuntun 24.04:aan. Pyykkäsin. Kävin suihkussa.
R.E.M. – Losing My Religion
R.E.M. – Radio Free Europe / So. Central Rain
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R.E.M. – Radio Free Europe / So. Central Rain | WGOM
A bit over 40 years ago (!), R.E.M. made their national television debut on Letterman. I don't know how common it was then, but it's cool he gave them two songs. (0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 10)You must be a WGOM Citizen to rate WGOM Videos.Loading...