Michael stipe

I’ve lived with his grainy voice for years now. Super-8 dreams signposted a way to be. Pre-internet, I’d pore over inlay sleeves, searching for messages. His cryptic imagery folded into my DNA. A few words exchanged, a hand held. His picture: a crumpled T-shirt bearing the hand-scrawled message ‘courage, courage, courage’ was possibly the most […]

© photo by Paul Wright R.E.M’s singer Michael Stipe backstage at London’s Marquee Club, 30 April 1984. I met the band backstage before their gig, and interviewed R.E.M’s guitarist Peter Buck for a UK fanzine. Marquee Club 90 Wardour Street London W1F 0TQ

Michael Stipe by Anton Corbijn, 1996 ( Los angeles )

Michael Stipe (ca. 1983)

A conversation about clothes with the former R.E.M. frontman turned visual artist and Saint Laurent campaign star, who as it turns out, can remember almost everything about every outfit he's ever worn.

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Michael Stipe

The artist and musician discusses his new photography book, “Our Interference Times,” and his unusual daily routine.

morrissey & michael stipe

Michael Stipe: ‘These are passport photos from 1987. I was a beautiful young man and I didn’t know it.’ https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/oct/20/michael-stipe-photography-art-solo-single-extinction-rebellion

Thom Yorke and Michael Stipe. I dare you not to smile.

Michael Stipe (1980s)

michael stipe & courtney love