{"id":71763,"date":"2022-08-24T10:16:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T08:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/?p=71763"},"modified":"2022-08-24T10:45:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T08:45:25","slug":"chronic-town-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/chronic-town-40\/","title":{"rendered":"Chronic Town 40"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/300625308_10159595392643725_1593778207972480483_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71764\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/300625308_10159595392643725_1593778207972480483_n.jpg 526w, http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/300625308_10159595392643725_1593778207972480483_n-400x400.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/300625308_10159595392643725_1593778207972480483_n-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kronisk by? Ikke kun by, for i USA er en &#8216;town&#8217; noget langt mindre og mere provinsst\u00f8vet end den st\u00f8rre &#8216;city&#8217;. Hvilket i denne forbindelse m\u00e5ske giver en god indgang til at h\u00f8re det tidlige R.E.M., der ude fra fjerne Athens, Georgia stemplede ind med et udtryk, som &#8211; ialfald p\u00e5 de f\u00f8rste tre regul\u00e6re albums <em>Murmur<\/em> (1983), <em>Reckoning<\/em> (1984) og <em>Fables of the Reconstruction<\/em> (1985) &#8211; bragte en i postpunken hidtil uh\u00f8rt landlig aura. En usagt l\u00e6ngsel efter noget oprindeligt, noget tabt, syntes at strejfe som r\u00f8d stemningstr\u00e5d gennem bandets tidlige numre, der via krogede afveje, syngemumlede (!) Michael Stipe-ord, guitarringende Byrds-reminiscenser og gedigent smukke vokalharmonier (tak, Mike Mills!) transmitterede sl\u00f8rede billeder fra en gammel, hurtigt-forsvindende verden. Selvom pladen umiddelbart ikke kunne opdrives her i landet f\u00f8r efter de to f\u00f8rste regul\u00e6re albums, er det i dag 40 \u00e5r siden R.E.M. udsendte sit f\u00f8rste mini-album, <em>Chronic Town<\/em> (1982). &#8216;Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)&#8217; er m\u00e5ske det allerbedste af dets fem dejligt enslydende numre, men der er en slags video med levende billeder af R.E.M. p\u00e5 vej dengang til \u00e5bningserkl\u00e6ringen &#8216;Wolves, Lower&#8217;, so here goes&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"R.E.M. - Wolves, Lower (Official Video)\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zJB628tWEHk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_middle\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/chronic-town-40\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"dark\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"fb-share-button  \" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/chronic-town-40\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"small\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kronisk by? Ikke kun by, for i USA er en &#8216;town&#8217; noget langt mindre og mere provinsst\u00f8vet end den st\u00f8rre &#8216;city&#8217;. Hvilket i denne forbindelse m\u00e5ske giver en god indgang til at h\u00f8re det tidlige R.E.M., der ude fra fjerne Athens, Georgia stemplede ind med et udtryk, som &#8211; ialfald p\u00e5 de f\u00f8rste tre regul\u00e6re &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/chronic-town-40\/\" class=\"more-link\">L\u00e6s videre <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chronic Town 40<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_middle\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/chronic-town-40\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"dark\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"fb-share-button  \" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/chronic-town-40\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"small\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":283,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-rocknroll"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/283"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71763\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jensunmack.dk\/wordpress-3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}