Michael Stipe & Douglas Coupland talks about Ego

August 4, 2017 9:08 PM

In which Michael Stipe and Douglas Coupland talk about ego at the 2017 Heartland Festival.

Warning: contains a few NSFW moments.
posted by philip-random (15 comments total)

Michael Stipe has one screen credit that I know of, as Captain Scrummy. He was co-starring with Kate McPhearson of the B52's, and they were both minor but essential characters.
posted by Slap*Happy at 9:23 PM on August 4, 2017 [3 favorites]

Pete And Pete at the Beach
posted by philip-random at 10:14 PM on August 4, 2017 [1 favorite]

OMG Michael Stipe and I have almost literally the same beard! OMG!
posted by hippybear at 11:11 PM on August 4, 2017

My moustache is longer, though.
posted by hippybear at 11:11 PM on August 4, 2017

And Stipe also has a septum piercing.

I think the last time I actually saw him was sitting on a shelf on The Colbert Report.
posted by hippybear at 11:29 PM on August 4, 2017 [1 favorite]

Okay, I've actually watched the video now. It's a really good watch, an interesting conversation about ego in a way that you might not be expecting. (Well, except for one digression that one expects these days.)

I had never before connected that Out Of Time and Generation X: Tales Of An Accelerated Culture came out within 6 months of one another. I was entirely obsessed with both. I can't say I really stuck with REM but I have stuck with Coupland over the years.

Anyway, I'll stop flooding the thread. I really enjoyed this a lot! Thanks for posting!
posted by hippybear at 12:10 AM on August 5, 2017 [3 favorites]

That is quite the beard.
posted by pharm at 3:51 AM on August 5, 2017

beard game strong: no dispute
posted by Sebmojo at 5:02 AM on August 5, 2017

As long as we're citing Stipey's screen credits, here he is in Arena Brains.
posted by pxe2000 at 5:24 AM on August 5, 2017

I couldn't get past Coupland's sleeptalking. A shame I liked his stuff a great deal back in the day (haven't kept up after Girlfriend in a Coma).
posted by oddman at 7:16 AM on August 5, 2017

I thought Kurt Russell was great.
posted by leotrotsky at 7:52 AM on August 5, 2017 [1 favorite]

but will they ever be venerable?
posted by philip-random at 8:27 AM on August 5, 2017

I think the last time I actually saw him was sitting on a shelf on The Colbert Report.

HIYO!!
posted by Pendragon at 11:01 AM on August 5, 2017 [1 favorite]

I miss R.E.M.
posted by 4ster at 12:47 PM on August 5, 2017 [1 favorite]

There seems to be a bit of overlap with this other MeFi post from today.
posted by 4ster at 1:00 PM on August 5, 2017 [1 favorite]