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...sort--let's call him Conservation Wuss. He might hug a tree but not necessarily. Some of his ilk are skinflints, in the Puritan-Calvinist tradition, clipping coupons (for cents off on laundry detergent, not bonds) and using fluorescent light bulbs. Others are poor folks, trying to stretch a buck. They all see the value of heat pumps and buying low-flow shower heads and cars based on how many miles per gallon they...
There's still plenty of weird stuff going on with R.E.M. Buck is facing charges in London over an April 21 "air rage" incident in which he allegedly got drunk and assaulted crew members on a British Airways flight. (Buck issued an apology and faces a court date on June 18). Yet despite aborted breakups and possible breakdowns, R.E.M.--arguably the most influential rock band of the '80s and '90s--is poised for fresh success. The trio's new album, Reveal (Warner Bros.), is its best since its 1992 megahit, Automatic for the People. "With the exception of U2, there...
Michael Stipe isn't supposed to be here. He is a 41-year-old singer for a 21-year-old band: R.E.M. In rock-'n'-roll years, R.E.M. is 147 years old. Every member--Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, 44, and bassist Mike Mills, 42--is easily old enough to be Christina Aguilera's father...
Nonetheless, here are the boys of R.E.M.--Buck, Stipe and Mills--all lined up like talk-show guests in the offices of Warner Bros. Records. Stipe's bald, Buck's a little paunchy, and Mills has that unsettling Bob Costas thing going on where he appears both boyish and middle-aged. Great rock groups don't usually stick around for the gray hairs to come in; they're supposed to burn out, fade away, hey hey, my my, well whatever, never mind. In fact in 1998, when R.E.M. was finishing its last album, Up (its first without original drummer Bill...
...conventional wisdom: children born less than two or three years apart are developmentally doomed to a lifetime of rivalry, with their weary parents as eternal referees. But what if you learned there are proven strategies for helping closely spaced siblings get along? Perhaps you would be tempted to buck the trend that's led to an average four-year gap between American siblings, up from 3 1/2 years a generation ago. Though it may be heresy for parents who do everything by the book, perhaps you would choose the sweet, messy bounty of having your kids close together. Among...