On the way home the other day, I hit a ridiculous amount of traffic on the highway heading home from a doctor’s appointment. I swerved at the last possible exit and created a series of detours that took longer than if I’d just stayed put on the highway and let the traffic die out. I did a couple of errands and photographed some old stomping grounds and was still in the car when the Vermont station I listen to hit noon for their retro lunch beginning with People are People by Depeche Mode.

I dialed it up to glass shattering volume and sand along gustily, and when it ended, I decided it was time for a new Spotify list, this one celebrating the fortieth anniversary of my high school graduation as well as the fortieth anniversary of some of the best music ever. No question.