The fact that the Red Hot Chili Peppers have been around as long as R.E.M. is bound to make even the most sprightly and secure thirty-something feel old, and given the intermittent rumblings of extended breaks within the Chili Pepper camp since the recording of By The Way, today’s news of a long term hiatus should not come as to great a surprise to anyone. In a steady filtering of information that sounds more and more like a reluctant retirement than a momentary breather, Chad Smith told MusicRadar.com that the group’s hiatus will last at least another year, perhaps more. I may not be a prophet, but I would put good money on a worst case scenario here -- you can only pretend to be a horny teenager for so long. [Aversion]