9.27.2004
REM TOUR STARTS THIS WEEK
REM hits the road with KS on various instruments as part of the band...check the tour page for dates in North America, Europe, and South Africa between now and next July (ulp!). I am also planning shows in Europe in support of Soft Commands, these dates will take place in December. I will post them in a couple of weeks. I am still looking for tennis partners all across the globe, please puruse the dates and let's make a court date...my computer is back from the Apple repair center, so I will be posting much more frequently...esp. when that REM backstage wifi starts kickin' in!
Love
KS
Philly
9.18.2004
SOFT COMMANDS EXPANDS, coming soon
I have been doing a lot of press for the int'l version of Soft Commands (with two more tracks than the US version), to be released by Rykodisc Oct. 11...all over Europe, plus S. Africa, and more to come. In between REM tours I will be hitting as many places as possible...stay tuned for those details. In the meantime, I have been here in Europe with REM making various radio and TV appearances, so far in Italy and the UK but Sweden and Germany will be visited this week as well. Check remhq.com for details on that....or check local listings! I will be reunited with my computer when I get back to the US at the end of this week, so I will update the tour dates, etc.--with REM, Posies and KS solo all performing soon there are a lot of them!!
Love
KS
Milan IT
9.12.2004
I had the pleasure to mix two songs for Cheap Star in Paris this week...did quite a bit of press for Soft Commands' approaching European release date (Oct. 11, in fact, one week after REM's Around the Sun is released). I will be posting some tour dates for Europe soon. REM has announced European tour dates for January and February 05, see remhq.com for details...I will have all of that posted on the site soon.
And yes...as someone wrote in and pointed out to me...there is a familiar musical theme within Frank Zappa's Invocation and Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin, from the 1967 LP Absolutely Free...that those familiar with Any Love on Soft Commands would recognize...bizarre minds thinking alike???
Also, the Posies will be playing two shows in the Seattle area the week of Thanksgiving...stay tooned for details.
Love
KS
Paris
9.06.2004
REM to visit Europe for promotion with KS
from remhq.com: "Plans are to go pretty much anywhere that will have us, including a special, small show in London promoted by Radio 2, Festival Bar in Italy, Live with Luuk in Stockholm, the Comet Awards Show on VIVA in Germany, Top of the Pops..."
there have been some rumors based on some info that was posted on this site about other shows, and these were based on pure speculation on my part. I hear a lot of things regarding possibilities in REM's schedule, and occasionally wires get crossed and something that isn't happening gets listed as happening. I try to be extremely scrupulous about accuracy in all respects of my life, but especially about what I present to the public. I offer my most sincere apologies to anyone who may have been misled by the content of this page. Trust that REM's statement above, taken from their official website, is the last word on their upcoming activities that I will be participating in.
on a lighter note...check the latest issue of MOJO magazine with the cover article about the Beatles summer 1964 US tour...the issue comes with one of two free CDs of American artists covering Beatles songs...Vol. 1 Leads off with the Posies version of "I'm Looking through You" recorded for the Royal Tennenbaums but ultimately not incl. in the film, plus killer covers of the Fabs by everyone from Billy Preston to...well...just check it out.
9.02.2004
I'LL BE AROUND...AND AROUND
The songs and brief interview I recorded for WUGA in Athens GA will air on WUGA September 11th at 4pm.
You can listen live to WUGA at: http://www.wuga.org
During the REM promo tour and my brief time home my laptop is going in the shop! So I may post a little less between now and my return to the states on the 25th.
We posted a few choice shots from the tour in the photos section...if anybody has one you think the site can't live without, send it along! We will put it up if we feel the same way!
Love
KS
Athens GA
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