I went to see an R.E.M. cover band and apparently needed to write 1200 words about it?

https://zeigert.com/posts/2026-02-17-michael-shannon-jason-narducy-friends-portland-2026/

(Sorry, wish the photos were better.)

#rem #nowplaying

Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy & Friends, Portland, February 20…

Andy's website and blog.

Andy Zeigert

Oh wow, a bunch of the shows on the rest of this tour are sold out.

https://concertedefforts.com/artist/michael-shannon-jason-narducy/#Tour-Info

Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy - Concerted Efforts

Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy And Friends are thrilled to announce a spring 2026 U.S. tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of R.E.M.’s iconic album, Lifes Rich Pageant. After the pair’s rapturously received run earlier this year honoring the band’s famed 1985 album Fables of the Reconstruction, which saw the four original members of R.E.M. join...

Concerted Efforts

Still have the original disc, acquired used from Freddy's in Elkhart, Indiana, located off the north end of Cassopolis Street, about a mile south of the Michigan border.

Freddy's sold used CDs and tapes, black light posters and drug paraphernalia, and apparently didn't care if 12 year olds parked their bikes out front and traded their birthday money for pre-owned compact discs.

Freddy's seems to have existed entirely before the internet as I can find no mention of it.

This album was situated squarely in the zeitgeist, featuring
laments for Kurt Cobain and River Phoenix.

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/rem/let-me-in

It was also a point of origin for me, a north star.

Anyway, found it in the closet.