Blog: THE CULTURE OF ME

Curated by the likes of Peter Buck of R.E.M., Amy Poehler, Phil Morrison, director of "Junebug", David Byrne, Jonathan Lethem and others, the 20th anniversary series of special edition sets will start being delivered in January of 2009, officially marking the 20th year of one of indie rock's greatest labels. Pre-orders will begin September 8 at mergerecords.com and only those who preorder/register will get a spot on the recipient list. As if that weren't enough, turns out the entire SCORE! Merge Records: The First 20 Years project will benefit specific charitable causes handpicked by the curators. [...]

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