Dry Fire (What's on the Radio?)

Dry Fire
Originally uploaded by Mattlong.

After finishing supper at a north-side pizza joint, Dave and I continued our conversation at his truck.

We were talking about how we woke up at Pemberton Music Festival one morning to the sound of a Tragically Hip song to which neither of us knew the name, but both of us recognized and at least I knew the words to. The name having escaped us - or having decided that we had never caught the name to begin with - we began a new topic.

"I hate it when they over play songs," Dave said. "Hey, what song do you think is playing on 102.9 right now?"

I guessed, "Aw... I dunno. Probably something by Arcade Fire."

I was definitely right.

Dave then showed me a game that he sometimes plays when he's in the car on his way to and from work during rush hour. "I scroll through my programmed stations and try to name the songs that come up. It's a challenge..."

Sure enough, as he demonstrated, we came upon a station that was playing the very Tragically Hip song which we were both talking about. And sure enough, the DJ did not announce the title.

The name will continue to vex us. I refuse to look it up on the internet.

I'm S&M like that sometimes.