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Nearly two weeks later, at 1:45 AM on a Sunday, my phone rang. "Hi, can I speak to Gupton please?" an energetic voice asked. I only needed to ask whether it was Adam or Brian on the other end. (It turned out they were two different people--I spoke to both of them.) They were calling from North-western, where they were drunk and bored. I acted casually, as though I had half-expected their call, and passed up the chance to scold them for their harassment. I wasn't angry anymore, and I had lost all interest...
...truly an expert with computers and want the lowest price possible, a final alternative lies with local computer dealers that build their machines on-site. NPC, CTS Computers, Hi-Q and PCs For Everyone are but a few of dozens of computer shops in the area, and you can often save $300 to $600 by buying a "clone" machine. A good place to comparison-shop is the Boston edition of Computer Currents, which carries monthly ads from these companies. Pick up a free copy in Harvard Square and pick your own best buy if you know just what...
Monster sought to be loud and sexy, and Automatic for the People was soft and ethereal. New Adventures in Hi-Fi lies somewhere in between, rarely overbearing, occasionally lulling, steadily compelling. The first track, How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us, is the album's best song. R.E.M. may have achieved its fame as a rock band, but before it broke out of Athens, Georgia, and found mainstream success, it was a college-dance-party band. How the West Was Won, with its staccato, insistent, danceable rhythm, returns the band to its roots. But the song...
...band's tour in support of its last album, Monster, was problem-ridden: drummer Bill Berry suffered an aneurysm (he has since recovered), bassist Mike Mills underwent surgery for an intestinal problem, and Stipe developed a hernia. So far, no tour has been planned for New Adventures in Hi-Fi. The album is also R.E.M.'s last under its current deal with Warner Bros., setting the band free to renegotiate, N.B.A.-style, for a megacontract...
...despite such distractions, New Adventures in Hi-Fi doesn't sound like the work of a band in turmoil, performing with one eye on the charts because it is uncertain about its future. The secret to R.E.M.'s success over the years has always been its ability to remain focused on the music, regardless of outside pressures. Good bands hit and fade. Great bands, like R.E.M., endure...