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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 09/09/2026

Tomorrow we catch up on Slowdive with their most recent record, Everything Is Alive! If you have any thoughts about this album, let us know in the comments and we'll read 'em on the show!

Slowdive - Everything Is Alive on CD and the t-shirt it came with

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 12/08/2026

So! How's that new Death Cab record been hitting everyone? Adam & Andrew are recording our episode on Death Cab For Cutie — I Built You A Tower (2026) tomorrow. Feel free to leave your thoughts on the record in the comments below!

I built you a tower LP and CD, as well as tote bag, sticker postcard, and 11x17 poster they threw at me in the record store when I picked up the album

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 03/07/2026

I want to know the measure from here to forever I want to feel the pressure of God or whatever Now it seems more than ever There's no hands on the levers I want to feel the pressure of God or whatever Death Pod For Castie returns soon for Asphalt Meadows! Tell us what this record means to you.

Death Cab For Cutie's Asphalt Meadows LP playing on a turntable

Bandcamp digital release of Asphalt Meadows Acoustic written to a minidisc, being played back on an MD deck.

Amp and a CD changer that apparently needs to be dusted

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 26/06/2026

Intrusive thoughts every time I listen to Silversun Pickups' second album.

Cillian Murphy Peaky Blinders: LET ME MAKE THIS PERFECTLY FUCKING CLEAR NO FUCKING SECRETS THIS YEAR

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 30/05/2026

HEY KIDS, ROCK AND ROLL NOBODY TELLS YOU WHERE TO GO, BABY We're wrapping up our long-running series on R.E.M. this week now that we've covered all 15 LPs! Reply below or write in to thesilentdiscographer@gmail.com if you have any R.E.M. thoughts you want to share!

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 17/05/2026

THE SILENT DISCOGRAPHER HAS ACHIEVED THE FABLED HALO NUMBER

still from the opening sequence of The Silent Cartographer

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 11/05/2026

Not everyone can carry the weight of the world.

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 29/04/2026

I will make it through the day Until the day becomes the night I will make it through the night This week we record our episode on R.E.M.'s fond farewell, their final record: COLLAPSE INTO NOW (2011). Feel free to reply if you have any thoughts or memories to share with us on the record!

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 15/03/2026

Belief has not failed me, and so I am put to the test. Finally recording!! Get ready to drown a horse with us as we Accelerate into 2008! If you've got thoughts or memories to share about Accelerate or Live At The Olympia, feel free to reply below or write in to thesilentdiscographer@gmail.com!

Accelerate, live at the Olympia, and Austin city limits

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 20/01/2026

Get ready to drown a horse with us as we Accelerate into 2008 for our next episode! If you've got thoughts or memories to share about Accelerate or Live At The Olympia In Dublin, feel free to reply below or write in to thesilentdiscographer@gmail.com!

R.E.M.'s Accelerate on various formats and Live at the Olympia in Dublin

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 19/01/2026

I love Accelerate, but unfortunately it came out in 2008, so while the master isn't completely brickwalled to shit, it's pretty close. We won't get a 25th Anniversary remaster til 2033, but the old two disc 45rpm LP is at least a little bit less compressed, unlike the single disc rerelease.

R.E.M.'s Accelerate playing on a turntable

A TASCAM DR-40 recording the LP at 24/96

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 17/01/2026

Yeah I got plans Friday night. Laser plans.

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 11/01/2026

Okay so I found something weird on the internet, and now it's in my home. It seemed funny? I don't know anymore.

R.E.M. fleece blanket that I stumbled on for like twelve (peter) bucks while looking for something else entirely

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 05/01/2026

Christening a new old DVD player with a new old copy of In View. Verdict: this thing is refreshingly fast, and Mike Mills would be a great weatherman.

DVD copy of In View: the Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 on top of an Integra DPS 5.5

DTS Surround selected in the setup menu on an unnecessarily large trinitron

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 03/01/2026

how hard could it be, they have multiple airports

walkman on a table playing leaving new york by r.e.m.

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 15/12/2025

Take another trip AROUND THE SUN (2004) with us as we prepare for the next episode, along with IN TIME, IN VIEW, LIVE, PERFECT SQUARE, and art in the Bush years. If you've got thoughts or memories to share about this record, feel free to reply below or write in to thesilentdiscographer@gmail.com!

R.E.M.'s Around The Sun in a few different formats, as well as some supplemental releases of the era.

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 08/12/2025

My hobby is squinting at low res photos of music studios in the early 2000s and trying to identify rack equipment.

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 07/12/2025

This week we're sweating out the sweltering summer heat of R.E.M.'s 12th studio record, REVEAL (2001), here in the dead of winter. If you've got thoughts or memories to share about this record, feel free to reply below or write in to thesilentdiscographer@gmail.com!

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 23/11/2025

She's a sad tomato She's... 8 miles of soup, no bowl

low res stills of the various japanese teens lipsyncing in the crush with eyeliner video

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 22/11/2025

When my beloved Sega system gets lost...,..

bad cell phone photo of a CRT displaying "SATURN RETURN" from the R.E.M. Reveal DVD

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 12/11/2025

I found and watched my Man On The Moon blu-ray finally. I know everyone was worried sick, you may relax now.

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 12/11/2025

Michael Stipe in Falls To Climb: "Who threw the final stone?" Ramza Beoulve, working on his Squire fundamentals:

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 11/11/2025

Our next episode recording enters the third and final leg of R.E.M.'s career with their eleventh album, UP (1998) as well as their score for Man On The Moon. If you've got thoughts or memories to share about this record, feel free to reply below or write in to thesilentdiscographer@gmail.com!

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 07/11/2025

Live look-in at the Silent Discog group chat right now:

A Discord message from Adam saying: "dudes, it's friday and I am blasting the great beyond. good vibes."

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 14/10/2025

We're recording our next episode this week, so I'm going to take this little cassette on a New Adventure in Hi-Fi of its own.

New old stock cassette copy of R.E.M.'s New Adventures in Hi-Fi

Back of shrink-wrapped tape stood up on a Nakamichi BX-2

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 30/09/2025

We're gearing up for our next episode, covering R.E.M.'s tenth studio(ish) record, NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FIDELITY (1996). If you've got thoughts or memories to share about this record, feel free to reply below or write in to thesilentdiscographer@gmail.com!

New Adventures in Hi-Fi in a bunch of releases and formats arrayed on a NAIHF hoodie. there's also an electrolite single and a copy of IRS' R.E.M. In The Attic

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 25/09/2025

At one point Mike said there should be a “moratorium” on people in the front holding their phones up. Also before their encore they all pretended to leave the stage by turning their backs to us for 10 seconds. All in all, great night. This ends Silent Discographer: From the Road.

The Baseball Project, featuring (from left), Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn, and Mike Mills perform on stage. Not pictured is Linda Pitmon on the drums who was very much there but can’t be seen from this far back.

The Baseball Project briefly turn their backs to the audience before their encore.

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 25/09/2025

Adam here. Saw half of our boys tonight at the Minus 5/Baseball Project show in Philly. Mike and Peter walked past me and I almost fainted. Also turns out “Ohtani” makes a killer chorus to a song. I can admit that even if I hate the Dodgers.

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 19/09/2025

Phew! Our Monster episode was almost tanked by technical difficulties, but thankfully Dre is a genius and managed to save the day. This was a really fun and heartfelt conversation, I'm so glad we didn't lose it. @emilyemeo.bsky.social was a wonderful guest and we had tons of material to work with.

I just grabbed a picture I already had of the monster cassette on a white desk before I unwrapped it.

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 18/09/2025

cramming in the demos disc ahead of time

demos cd from the monster rerelease in a CD player with some headphones

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 18/09/2025

Put pepper in my coffee, I forgot to bark on command

monster cassette next to a walkman and some loss porta pros on top of a hardback copy of the name of this band is r.e.m. by peter ames carlin

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 17/09/2025

lol the bungie 30th anniversary poster has officially been replaced in the frame

radio free europe poster in a frame, on a chair

andrew wearing sunglasses and the radio free europe shirt

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 12/09/2025

In the meantime, our next recording will be on R.E.M.'s ninth studio record, MONSTER (1994), as well as Road Movie and Parallel. If you've got thoughts or memories to share about this record, feel free to reply below or write in to thesilentdiscographer@gmail.com!

Monster on a bunch of formats, Road Movie and Parallel on laserdisc, a few single CDs

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 29/08/2025

we're doing the remaster cd first though building up before I get to the remix lol

r.e.m. monster 25th anniversary remaster cd in a fiio dm13 cd player

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 29/08/2025

Looking forward to popping the 30 year old shrinkwrap on this sucker as we prep for our Monster episode.

andrew's hand holding a sealed copy of r.e.m.'s monster on cassette. it has a platinum plus certified sticker on it so it's a later run, but it's digalog so I'm not worried about generation loss.

back of the tape, with the big goofy digalog sticker, which just means it's a copy of the digital master instead of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a tape

The end of the address line says "blah blah blah"

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