Conditional Reality

Well, I’m sure you don’t want to hear anymore jokes about how none of us knew the words back then. I won’t bore you with any of those. But the humming era was much richer than the popular histories have been letting on. We knew how to harmonize and counterpoint. Our melodies were inspired. Even the ones we stole from old songs. Everyone hummed. It was glorious. You only had to step out of your house and walk down the sidewalk at any time of day or night to hear a symphony. TV sales were at an all time low.

Labels: Memoirs from the ages