Audio Time Traveling

I'm not a competitive minded person for the most part. I always shyed away from such things as a child and as an adult. I guess that is part of why I was never intentionally athletic. Granted, some sports that are very popular around here bore the life right out of me, I do have a few I love to watch or play. Even then it is not enjoyed for the competition side of it all.

Anyway, I recently discovered my car radio has a second set of programmable FM station buttons. Not expecting to find much for them I programed a group of stations I expected never to listen to, but as is often the case I can't seem to find a decent song on the main set of station I programed so I defaulted to these new ones. Some very good stuff I remember from days gone by and road trips as a kid. Listening to songs of the 70's or 80's as I did whatever I did while on the road. It is honestly a nostalgic thing hearing those songs again. A comforting surprise to have that new set of stations to turn to.

So while I was driving the other night I came across a station that had a game on (here's the tie-in) and at first I sarcastically thought, "Oh great." Then it settled in for a moment and I was smiling. It was a Hershey Bear's hockey game being broadcast and man I was a happy camper as I listened. Of course I don't care much about who they were playing or if they were winning, but I did care about nostalgia. I could hear the announcer in the stadium just behind the radio broadcasters talking. I could hear the crowd go nuts when the Bear's get close to the net. In my mind I was back in time. Both in the memory of actually being their, but even more so of the memory of riding in the car with it playing. At the time I found it so comforting even while I didn't much care about the game itself. It had an element of excitement to ride home tired in the night while the game continued on and so as I drove the other night (and again tonight) while it played I had a nice trip down memory lane.

No big revelations or fights to be had there, just a memory.