I had a meeting yesterday and another one today with schools. Both went very well, and we start a couple more after school clubs over the next few weeks. There is also the possibility of some additional project work as well. All very exciting, as I watch the workload go up and up. I was chatting to a chap at the coffee kiosk at the station the other day, and I found myself almost moaning at the workload. I must try to make sure I don't do that, it must sound dreadfully ungrateful considering what I do and how lucky I am to be doing it. Amongst little snippets of news that sneaked through into my world today was the news that REM have split up. After 31 years together they have decided to amicably call it a day. I felt quite sad about this news, as they have been there as a bit of a soundtrack to my life, and in particular to my relationship with Mrs Plug. Even though the obituaries today cite the last few albums as patchy, I would suggest that their last album was actually quite strong. It is good that they have not decided to go out in a blaze of aggression and court cases. It is so typical of their intelligent alternative approach to all they did. Lyrically they were never quite up there, as Michael Stipe chose to deliberately hide away from lyrical analysis if he could, by not printing lyrics and by keeping them deliberately low in the mix. This made for frustrations for me, but added a bit of mysticism to others. It will be interesting to see what he does next. He is clearly an intelligent man.
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