This is Not A Blog Post

That headline is in the spirit of the new R.E.M. concert film This Is Not A Show: Live at the Olympia in Dublin. The 60 minute film took place during “working rehearals” where the band tested new material in front of fans during a five day stretch. Those noodlings later turned into the album Accelerate ). The Dublin CD/DVD was released on Tuesday but the film is also traveling to various towns and cities for single night screenings based on fan solicitations in a funky crowdsourcing approach. Upcoming screenings include Anchorage, Oxford (MS), Chicago, Philly, Sante Fe, Dallas and maybe your town if you fill out the application with Cinema Purgatorio the distributor. More preview material available at REMDublin.com.