The Bear is returning for a third series. And earlier this month, REM were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, reunited as a four-piece to perform Losing My Religion at the induction ceremony, and Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill Berry gave a 41-minute interview to CBS News. [Who has been accessing my dreams? What’s next? A new UK government maybe?]
Despite never existing at the same time, these two cultural phenomena are forever linked. And launched in 2022, 11 long years after REM disbanded, Christopher Storer’s series used the band’s music in such a stunning, heart-rending way it made even the longest of long-term fans listen anew.
