Monday; July 6
Last weekend I listened to the soundtrack of much of my growing up years. One of the stations on “IHeart Radio” played back-to-back-to-back episodes of American Top 40. If you are a child of the 1970s and 1980s, the voice of Casey Kasem has a very special tone to it. Each week he counted down the tunes that were bringing us entertainment and – from time to time – shaping our thoughts. It was fun to spend a lot of the holiday weekend reliving my youth. As I reflected on these shows, a couple things came to mind. First, I found that the songs promoted emotions that were typically more positive than negative. I smiled a lot more than I lamented. I enjoy music – especially oldies – and maybe it is because they remind me of the good times. The other thing that I noticed was that, as much fun as I had listening to these songs, I didn’t want to go back to those times in history. The reruns were fun, but not overly ...