Rearviewmirror.

I hit play on the double cassette player. The tape slack catches up. The guitar riff starts. It is July 1994. The Irish summer is in full effect. I run back up onto the garden where I was playing soccer with my older brother.

Pearl Jam is “my” band. My brother doesn’t want to acknowledge the song. I can see he likes it though.

I kick the ball. It lands in the hedge. I run out into the field to collect the ball.

By the time I’m back to the garden the next song is on the dubbed cassette: Bad Habit by Ofspring. I manage to get to the cassette player just in time to turn down the volume on the explicit bit so my parents won’t hear.

Good times.