New R.E.M. book

[Rutlefan]

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In chapter five, during an interview with “Ort,” a colorful Athens denizen, craft beer expert, and old band friend, he explains to Lurie that the band’s name doesn’t stand for “Rapid Eye Movement.” They actually named themselves after Ralph Eugene Meatyard, a Kentucky photographer of enough repute that he once photographed Thomas Merton. But Meatyard was best known for his unsettling and blurry black and white photos of subjects, often his own children, standing around in the woods wearing Halloween masks. Notably, he signed his letters with a lowercase “r.e.m.”—exactly the way it appeared on the band’s early concert posters and albums.

 

https://www.theameri...m-in-the-u-s-a/

Edited June 26, 2019 by Rutlefan

[Mithrandir]

I might actually check this one out. For one, I didn't know this:

 

In chapter five, during an interview with “Ort,” a colorful Athens denizen, craft beer expert, and old band friend, he explains to Lurie that the band’s name doesn’t stand for “Rapid Eye Movement.” They actually named themselves after Ralph Eugene Meatyard, a Kentucky photographer of enough repute that he once photographed Thomas Merton. But Meatyard was best known for his unsettling and blurry black and white photos of subjects, often his own children, standing around in the woods wearing Halloween masks. Notably, he signed his letters with a lowercase “r.e.m.”—exactly the way it appeared on the band’s early concert posters and albums.

 

https://www.theameri...m-in-the-u-s-a/

Meatyard is a good name for a person who takes those kinds of photos.

[Principled Man]

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In chapter five, during an interview with “Ort,” a colorful Athens denizen, craft beer expert, and old band friend, he explains to Lurie that the band’s name doesn’t stand for “Rapid Eye Movement.” They actually named themselves after Ralph Eugene Meatyard, a Kentucky photographer of enough repute that he once photographed Thomas Merton. But Meatyard was best known for his unsettling and blurry black and white photos of subjects, often his own children, standing around in the woods wearing Halloween masks. Notably, he signed his letters with a lowercase “r.e.m.”—exactly the way it appeared on the band’s early concert posters and albums.

 

https://www.theameri...m-in-the-u-s-a/

Meatyard is a good name for a person who takes those kinds of photos.

 

Honestly, my first thought while looking at those photographs was, "This guy is seriously messed up."

[Rutlefan]

I might actually check this one out. For one, I didn't know this:

 

In chapter five, during an interview with “Ort,” a colorful Athens denizen, craft beer expert, and old band friend, he explains to Lurie that the band’s name doesn’t stand for “Rapid Eye Movement.” They actually named themselves after Ralph Eugene Meatyard, a Kentucky photographer of enough repute that he once photographed Thomas Merton. But Meatyard was best known for his unsettling and blurry black and white photos of subjects, often his own children, standing around in the woods wearing Halloween masks. Notably, he signed his letters with a lowercase “r.e.m.”—exactly the way it appeared on the band’s early concert posters and albums.

 

https://www.theameri...m-in-the-u-s-a/

Meatyard is a good name for a person who takes those kinds of photos.

 

Honestly, my first thought while looking at those photographs was, "This guy is seriously messed up."

 

He certainly puts the gothic in American Gothic. He kind of foreshadowed some of the creepy horror of the last twenty/thirty years or so.

[goose]

I might actually check this one out. For one, I didn't know this:

 

In chapter five, during an interview with “Ort,” a colorful Athens denizen, craft beer expert, and old band friend, he explains to Lurie that the band’s name doesn’t stand for “Rapid Eye Movement.” They actually named themselves after Ralph Eugene Meatyard, a Kentucky photographer of enough repute that he once photographed Thomas Merton. But Meatyard was best known for his unsettling and blurry black and white photos of subjects, often his own children, standing around in the woods wearing Halloween masks. Notably, he signed his letters with a lowercase “r.e.m.”—exactly the way it appeared on the band’s early concert posters and albums.

 

https://www.theameri...m-in-the-u-s-a/

Meatyard is a good name for a person who takes those kinds of photos.

 

Honestly, my first thought while looking at those photographs was, "This guy is seriously messed up."

 

He certainly puts the gothic in American Gothic. He kind of foreshadowed some of the creepy horror of the last twenty/thirty years or so.

https://www.icp.org/exhibitions/ralph-eugene-meatyard

 

Edited June 26, 2019 by goose

[tangy]

I might actually check this one out. For one, I didn't know this:

 

In chapter five, during an interview with “Ort,” a colorful Athens denizen, craft beer expert, and old band friend, he explains to Lurie that the band’s name doesn’t stand for “Rapid Eye Movement.” They actually named themselves after Ralph Eugene Meatyard, a Kentucky photographer of enough repute that he once photographed Thomas Merton. But Meatyard was best known for his unsettling and blurry black and white photos of subjects, often his own children, standing around in the woods wearing Halloween masks. Notably, he signed his letters with a lowercase “r.e.m.”—exactly the way it appeared on the band’s early concert posters and albums.

 

https://www.theameri...m-in-the-u-s-a/

 

I had no idea. Great stuff

[JohnnyBlaze]

I might actually check this one out. For one, I didn't know this:

 

In chapter five, during an interview with “Ort,” a colorful Athens denizen, craft beer expert, and old band friend, he explains to Lurie that the band’s name doesn’t stand for “Rapid Eye Movement.” They actually named themselves after Ralph Eugene Meatyard, a Kentucky photographer of enough repute that he once photographed Thomas Merton. But Meatyard was best known for his unsettling and blurry black and white photos of subjects, often his own children, standing around in the woods wearing Halloween masks. Notably, he signed his letters with a lowercase “r.e.m.”—exactly the way it appeared on the band’s early concert posters and albums.

 

https://www.theameri...m-in-the-u-s-a/

 

I had no idea. Great stuff

 

Me neither. Interesting.

 

One of my top 10 bands without a doubt