Friday, September 5, 2025
Time: 8:35 P.M.
Song: Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)
Artist: Baz Luhrmann
Mode of Consumption: Ripping songs off of CDS to add to MP3 collection.
Link to song: https://open.spotify.com/track/6bROd4U6i4AgQGhYJonPgq?si=995de2e0e9c94bac
We talked about going to a football game tonight, but both decided to stay home. Twenty-five years ago, it wouldn’t have been a discussion. I would have been playing in a football game.
Fifteen years ago, it wouldn’t have been an option. It was my job. Go cover a football game.
Now, it’s 2025, and I don’t have to go to football games. Not that it’s a punishment to go. I am just free to go or not go.
So, It’s a Friday night and I’m 43. No big plans. No plans really at all. Since we had talked about going to the game, I hadn’t considered what I would do instead.
We ate and both went about our own activities. While I didn’t just want to veg out in front of a TV screen, I didn’t have the enthusiasm to do anything too strenuous.
I went down to the basement and picked out a few CDs from the recently bought pile and brought them up to rip songs to add to the MP3s I listen to almost daily, especially during trips to work and back.
I picked “So” by Peter Gabriel. It’s surprising how little Peter Gabriel I had in the MP3 collection. I look forward to songs like “Red Rain” and “In Your Eyes” popping up in the rotation.
Then it was on to The Cranberries “No Need to Argue.” Finally, “Zombie” will blast someday when I really need it.
The third CD was “Now, that’s what I Call Music, Volume 2.” This one was straight from my days in high school. Back when I was going to football games to play in them. It’s a mix of pop, rock, hip hop and rap.
And Baz Lurhmann’s track. The one that tells to appreciate your youth while you have it. I probably never thought when I was 18 that I’d be ripping that song from a CD when I was 43.
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