While browsing the official R.E.M. website for information on a recent concert, I located the following information from Michael Stipe's journal in the "backstage pass" section. I thought some fellow R.E.M. fans might enjoy it as well.

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Chapter 5
We headed to LA that night after a funny dinner with some of the record company people who I adore and david keeps the writer who ive dug for 18 years and eddie vedder.

Chapter 6
Eddie was in an ornery mood too and we locked horns and laughed a lot and had a great late time. He made me look palefaced with his suntan and jealous of surfers and wishing summer was longer. I love to hear him sing, he’s a raw diamond.
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There's also a wonderful photo attached, which features e.v. with a serious tan and his trademark bottle of wine. You can find it here:
http://www.remhq.com/shared_assets/live ... 20316.html

cool

Awesome. REM are great.

Any idea when this took place?

Me too.

and so true.

that's cool that michael and eddie are friends

Yeah, that's a great quote.

they both look freaky...but at least healthy haha...when was this? i think i've seen that pic before...

I think it took place last year.
I think it's neat that they are friends. Would've loved to be a fly on the wall of that place (or perhaps the fork Ed ate with....lol).

That is a terrifying photo.

Agreed.

Still would like to be the fork, though.

whoa! That was a scary photo, must have been a shitty camera. The lighting is horrible. Thanks for posting though. I love to hear this stuff.

very gay

that's one of the worst pictures i've seen of Ed, for hack's sake!

Holy crap! Ed looks like Kiefer Sutherland! Will he be playing a decoy in the next 24?

I've never thought that picture looked like Eddie. Eddie always looks so masculine, and that picture just looks sooooo, sooooo, well you know.

eddie looks like he's made out of plastic.

whats that?

a picture of ed and stipe having just finished pleasuring each other?