30 Sep, 2011 Lessons of R.E.M.: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do Categories: Art and creativity, Identity • Tags: accelerate, automatic for the people, bill berry, brain aneurysms, breaking up, identity, indie music, lifes rich pageant, michael stipe, mike mills, monster, murmur, music industry, peter buck, r.e.m., reveal, up • No Comments • by Wampus Reactions to the recent breakup of R.E.M. ranged from shock to nostalgia to acceptance. After 31 years — effectively three times as long as The Beatles were on the radar, or… Read More →