I didn’t choose music to listen to these past two days. I was on the road. Didn’t bring the headphones. So sadly, the music I heard was Top 40 blasting out from radios in cabs, the clock radio in the hotel and as background in the restaurant. I’m sitting here trying to recall a single tune. I can’t. Says something about the state of radio these days.
What I did notice were people. Moreso than in Toronto, in Manhattan everyone (under 40) was on a smartphone. It was a shock to see. Everyone talking or tapping away on their phone or had ear buds firmly locked in place. Everyone seamlessly navigates by peripheral vision, this wordless, no-look dance at happens along the filled sidewalks.
What were they listening to? Is what they are messaging so urgent?
