During R.E.M.’s Unplugged set in 2001, Michael Stipe glanced at himself in a nearby monitor that was playing a video of the band’s first Unplugged show in 1991. He cringed, laughed, and remarked about how “earnest” he looked. He urged the show’s producers to turn the damn thing off, though not before remarking coyly, “What a fox.”
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About David Brusie
David Brusie is a Boston-based writer and musician. He is a writer for and co-founder of Music (for Robots), and his reviews, interviews, and essays have appeared in The Boston Herald, The Boston Phoenix, The A.V. Club, City Pages, Tiny Mix Tapes, and Vita.MN.