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...Only a buck? That's partly because trading was extra cautious Monday ahead of the Fed meeting Wednesday, partly because this was the kind of news that traders generally love to hear - the slenderizing cuts are designed to return the division to profitability - and partly because it wasn't much of a surprise...
...Peter Buck shows up, and Stipe shakes hands and leaves and says he wants to talk again soon when the new album comes. This is the pitiful lot of music critics. Artists, in general, only want to talk to me when they've got new albums coming out; at other times, in general, they could give...
...Buck how R.E.M. is coping with transforming itself from a quartet to a trio with the retirement of longtime drummer Bill Berry. "To tell you the truth, we're doing much better than we were before, when he was in the band. It sounds harsh, and I love Bill and he's a great drummer of course, but Bill had lost the passion and to his credit he quit. In my opinion, change is always good, even when it's scary...
...Buck says Brazilian music has had an influence on him, but not an overt one. "If you listen to the new record, things pop through. We stray from time to time from 4/4 rock 'n' roll and try some different rhythms.... You know, as much as I'm a little hesitant with the notion of 'One World' I think the Internet and all the connectiveness it implies is allowing people to hear music that they never would have heard before." Buck goes on to talk about growing up in Roswell, Georgia, where, he says, driving into Athens, Georgia, to catch...
...Buck says he's not worked up about Napster, Aimster and all the other file-sharing service that have the music industry so concerned. "I don't have to make money any more. But some of my friends who aren't as secure in their careers are worried." He also thinks that the Internet, by providing small acts an outlet to have their music heard, will be the source of musical innovation in the future."Every new thing that's happened in pop music has not happened on a major label," he says. "Sam Phillips and Sun Records, Sugar Hill...