Today the nostalgia mode is activated — the radio started it. I’m so easily influenced by music!

It’s strange to say, but I come from an era when playlists were made on cassettes, recorded from the radio or other CDs and cassettes. I made a dozen myself for my friends, and Adam’s Song playing this morning reminded me that it was a constant in those years.

Enema of the State by Blink-182 was one of my favorite CDs in middle school. I still remember when a friend of mine lent it to me.

At that time, the other album I listened to most was All That You Can’t Leave Behind by U2; it was a gift from my mother’s hairdresser(!). I loved it and still do. Maybe it was with that album that I started learning the concepts of “melody” and “arrangement”.

Well, I know what to listen to today.