REASONS YOU SHOULD PASS ME THE AUX CORD

One of the pleasures quarantine has reintroduced to my life is the drive with podmates to places like “Costco” which reminded me of high school in the summers and also of family vacations. It awakened nostalgia but also reignited an old neurosis...

REASONS YOU SHOULD PASS ME THE AUX CORD 

I know different eras. 

Even though I am the oldest in the birth order, I am the smallest (“the baby”) and so often feel like I need to “jockey for position.”

I’ve been going through a hard time emotionally and I don’t think I should be exposed to any songs that involve A minor chords, mentions of boats, or Kanye produced beats between 2012-2014. Are you sure you’ll be able to manage those restrictions?

Are we getting close to Costco? I’ll gauge the mood in the car and decide whether to “pump up” the energy or “wind down.” 

C’mon you don’t really want to think about the music so much! You want to be in the moment. Give me the aux cord now.

Instead of worrying about what song to play next, you could be makin…