good old radio

I just rediscovered the simple joy of listening to the radio. After years of being plugged into my Wlkman and then my Discman and then my iPod, I have grown accustomed to having the music I want to listen to literally at my fingertips. All I have to do is select the song I want to hear and voila! I hear it playing. Though I always have the shuffle function turned on. the only songs I ever hear playing are those stored in the memory, no matter how random the order may be.

The radio on the other hand is about unpredictable sound trips. You never know what you're gonna get. Okay, so maybe the DJ's do have some sort of playlist where they get their particular mix of songs to play. But you're still pretty much at their mercy. Unless it's an all-request program, you most likely have to still wait for your favorite song to play--that is, if the DJ would decide to play it in the first place. Otherwise you're stuck with an eclectic mix of songs, some of which you'll like and others which could potentially just annoy you no end. Either way, you have no control, save for the freedom to switch to another station should the DJ's incessant chatter get to your nerves.

Which I must say isn't entirely a bad thing. At the very least, you might actually find a new song you'll like. Cliched as it is, the possibilities are endless. Randomness ain't so bad after all.

Looks like my iPod would be getting it much needed rest after all this time...