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...Fables (IRS) by REM: Is there anyone currently enrolled in college who has yet to buy an REM record? Unfortunately, my sources say yes. This outing finds Michael Stipe and Co. taking a bit of turn towards dissonance, but weird chords shouldn't scare anyone away. Songs like "Driver 8" and "Life and How to Live It" find these Georgians in familiar territory, mixing the Velvet Underground and the Byrds to great effect. As an added bonus, you can even hear some of Stipe's lyrics...
...does a fine job for the most part, and achieves a rich sound with few instruments. Exotic noises help make "Only a Dream in Rio"--a song about the return of Brazilian democracy--an exciting and colorful celebration. The jazzy trumpets, funky harmonica and upbeat tempo of "Limousine Driver" rival Kenny Loggins' "Footloose" sound...
...which turned out to be two vans, was indeed informal. Paul, the driver and organizer, said, "You can do anything you want, just don't blow anything out the windows, and if you can, wait until we get to the highway...
...Massachusetts Turnpike our driver seemed to encounter some difficulty keeping the van between the little white dashes. As cars passed us two lanes wide on both sides, I began to calculate my chances of survival for the evening. If the cops didn't stop us, a concrete abutment almost certainly would. The three Dead fans in the seat in front of me hardly seemed concerned. They swayed shoulder to shoulder as we were gently rocked by the van's haphazard course...
...quiz show identified six different TV series from a medley of their signature tunes." Sheila, his daughter from a marriage that failed long ago, is approaching 40 and has become an author of trendy, feminist nonfiction. Taking a taxi to visit her, Grey marvels at the rudeness of his driver and at the deteriorating London landscape: "It looked a lawless country. The blocks of workers' flats were dirtier, more sprawled and raggedy, than those of Accra and Dar Es Salaam; there was more trash blowing in the streets than there was in Lagos. Everywhere there were slogans, spraygunned on walls...