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I am very, very excited about the upcoming album by REM.

I am demonstrating this excitement and glee by listening to recordings of their Dublin working rehearsals over and over. And every day I go to Ninetynights.com.

Every day, mind you, in spite of the fact that I think that as advertising methods go, this one sucks. I love REM, I love their music, but even *I* am barely managing to keep visiting so that I can see yet another twenty second clip of a doorknob, while music plays very quietly in the background.

But, you know, I am a good and devoted fan–one who is going to travel all the way to Florida in fifty days, just to see them play (and to go to spring training games). So, I keep visiting the site and keep watching the stupid clips.

But, seriously, guys. Throw me a bone. I went to watch today’s clip, which I will include here:

Please note that we see everyone REM has ever met come tromping down those stairs, but WHERE IS PETER BUCK?? All I want is to see Peter Buck in one of this little mini-movies!! Is that too much to ask?

Y’all, spring training needs to happen, like, IMMEDIATELY.

In November there was the flush of victory, and then there were the holidays, but now I’m starting to really go through withdrawal. There is twitching and cold sweats and sometimes I start to check for the box scores, even though THEY ARE NOT THERE. But I think I hit rock bottom the other night when my quest for something vaguely resembling baseball led me to watch basketball.

I will give y’all a moment to digest that, as it is something of a rarity in my life.
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