Overheard while checking out at the local grocery store, to the strains of “Little Pink House” by John Cougar Mellencamp:

Clerk: Boy, they’re playing a lot of oldies today.

Bagger: Yeah, I heard Madonna a little bit earlier.

I remember when “Little Pink House” first started playing on MTV. I remember when MTV first started on cable. This was back in the dawn of prehistory when MTV actually played music videos. I remember when the phrase “oldies” referred to Motown hits on WAMD.

I’m only 33 for heaven’s sake (turning 34 in June).