|font:Courier New||B:0|Did someone say music? From the AOL main menu click on Entertainment, then Music. Go to Rocklink for concert dates and reviews. Check the Rock Interviews area for any up-close-and-personals. If it's other fans you're looking for, head to the Music Message Center and click on Rock Boards, then Alternative Rock Bands, where the R.E.M. Fan Club discussion forum resides. Fans have posted their own R.E.M. Web pages, but the official Home Page (http://www.halcyon.com/rem/index.html) is the most exhaustive.|CR||B:1|1/3^|font:Courier New||B:O|There's a FAQ that addresses everything from drummer Bill Berry's ruptured aneurysm to whether rumors of a New Year's Eve 1999 breakup are true (breathe easy; they're not). The site also features a discography, full album lyrics, magazine articles, and a video of Michael Stipe's interrupted speech at the MTV Music Awards. Pointers to other sites include Guitar Chords for R.E.M. albums (http://comp. uark.edu/~cbray /rem/rem.html) and mailing list archives (ftp.halcyon.com/local/rem). We're talking thorough.|CR||B:1|2/3^|font:Courier New||B:O|To connect with even more shiny, happy people, check out the newsgroups on the Net. Searches on InfoSeek or Yahoo or searches on your newsreader turn up rec.music.rem. A newsgroup FAQ claims that it has 3,000 posts each month. When I checked it out, R.E.M. was in the midst of a '95 world tour and nearly every entry was a plea for tickets. |CR||CR||CR||CR||CR||B:1|3/3|CR||CR|
