Podcast Corner: Behind the scenes on the making of REM 

Peter Ames Carlin’s take on Michael Stipe and co is essential listening for fans of the band 
Podcast Corner: Behind the scenes on the making of REM 

One of REM's biographers recently appeared on an episode of Rolling Stone Music Now.

​For lovers of US culture, there are two books recently released that might be on your radar: Peter Ames Carlin’s The Name of This Band Is REM: A Biography and New Yorker editor Susan Morrison’s Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live

Carlin was on a recent episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, while Morrison chatted with SNL alumni Dana Carvey and David Spade for their show Fly on the Wall. Neither subject, REM and Lorne, is a mystery - both have spawned plenty of books already - but we just can’t get enough of them.

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