Sunday, May 27, 2007
Quick, Radar
Radar
Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe
Clear your calendars. On June 1, the Georgia Music Hall of Fame is letting people check out its R.E.M. “First Friday Around the Sun” exhibit free of charge, 6–10 p.m. The show was guest-curated by the band’s art director Chris Bilheimer, and includes everything from Michael Stipe’s handwritten lyrics for “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” to one of Mike Mills’ touring suits (above). The highlight? A shot of the band’s first gig, in 1980, in a church on Oconee Street in Athens. History in the making. Another Athens band, Modern Skirts (left), will perform at the event.
Cooper d’etat
He’s smart, he’s dapper, he’s a little affected and he’s prematurely gray. Yes, Anderson Cooper not only broadcast his “360” show out of CNN’s Atlanta studios last weekend, he was also on hand at the Buckhead Barnes & Noble to sign copies of his book, “Dispatches From the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters and Survival.” All of which begs the critical question: Cooper (left) or Stipe (right)—who’s got more style?
Is Jimmy relevant?
Georgia’s favorite son Jimmy Carter was giving an interview to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette recently, when the former president said (referring to the Bush administration), “I think, as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history.” A couple of days later, speaking from W.’s Texas ranch, White House spokesman Tony Fratto said, “I think [Carter] is proving to be increasingly irrelevant.” Ouch. Pictured: Carter defends his book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid”—again—at Georgia State University a few weeks back.