Christina, the kids, and I were driving to Sonic on Monday and what should play on the radio but "Everything Falls Apart" by Dog's Eye View. I was immediately transported back to the summer of 1995 where I decided that I was going to get into music in preparation for high school. I was back on the old green recliner in my room in the basement, listening on my new JVC stereo, writing down all the names of bands and songs, flipping through my brother's BMG catalogs, and circling or putting question marks next to every album. After the song finished, the DJ freaking took a phone request that was dedicated to some girls that broke a dude's heart. I laughed, just like I would have laughed 20 years ago. If they had followed it up with some Better Than Ezra or Collective Soul, I don't know if I ever would have come back.
