i want to be a narrator

Fun and frivolity follow those young, up-and-coming rock and rollers R.E.M. as they zip through a gig at Tyrones in the early 1980s and YOU are there thanks to the diligence of audience taping or possibly soundboard. Yes, FOUND SOUND returns with audio oddities literally dug out of my closet. This came from a tape given me by a high school friend - the other side is The Cure "Head On The Door" which tells you the time period in which this was made. Enjoy R.E.M.'s clean jangly sound as they stood on the brink of being invited into Mitch Easter's studio to cut their first single and become stars of alternative rock and from there to become whatever they are now.

I'm more or less recovered from the allergy/whatever that has smacked me bad this week - a week ago I started getting sniffly and sinusy, and it more or less held off until Sunday. Monday I was a headachy ball of cough, but it's been improving ever since. I guess the nice weather has encouraged the plants to all release all that good stuff they never got a chance to kick out with last year, so I'm getting a double dose of polleny goodness - usually it does not hit me like this, but when it does, it does with a vengeance. As a result I'm out of Kleenex.