New Adventures in Hi-Fi

When I have a few spare moments in my day I like to look up info on certain bands that I am interested in. Yesterday I was checking out some info on R.E.M. on Wikipedia and checking out reviews on some of their albums. Their 1996 album "New Adventures in Hi-Fi" sounds like an incredible album. Many fans say that it is one of their very favorite. Many people may not have heard of it because albums like "Out of Time" or "Automatic For the People" from 1991 and 1992, respectively, have overshadowed it. "New Adventures in Hi-Fi" was recorded during their 1995 tour to support their previous 3 albums (the previous two plus "Monster" (1994)) I was listening to it a bit last night and I do like it very much. Songs like "Leave", "E-bow the Letter" and "How the West Was One and Where It Got Us" impressed me quite a bit. There wasn't a big single off of the album and the bands popularity was sinking in the US at the time because of the commercial failure of "Monster" so I don't think "New Adventures..." got the respect it deserved. I think I may go out and buy it! R.E.M. is playing at the United Center in Chicago in June and I really want to go. Anyone want to go with??

Also, last night we had our first Book Group of the semester. We are discussing "Knowing God" by J.I. Packer. It is a very deep theorlogical book but incredibley insightful and it generates great discussion. Our group is great, everybody is a lot of fun and we all get along well. There is 10 of us in the group.

Alright, back to work!