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Rapid Eye Monster: R.E.M. and the Reconstruction of New Fables

Gerrie Lim, Big O, September 1994

IF ROCK LYRICS ARE the fragile touchstones of this post-punk era, one concisely summarizes all the aspirations and angst of these psychically shifting times.

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