I was visiting one of the women from our church in the nursing home yesterday. Each room has a calendar of special events going on during the month. On Sunday afternoons, they have "Old Time Radio" in the lobby/common room. I assume that means that they play recordings of old radio shows for the residents. Pretty cool! I almost stayed around just to see what they were going to feature. (I have a fondness for old radio programs.)
Then, the black curtains of horror closed in around me! I began to realize that--in some distant future--folks my age in nursing facilities might be subjected to reruns of "American Idol" or "Wife Swap" on the pretext of reliving the "good old days"!
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Just picture it-- oldies stations playing marathons of Brittany Spears, Beyonce, and 50 Cent to misty-eyed seniors who now like their music loud just because they can't hear it anymore. I get all choked up just thinking about it...
I, too, gag at the thought of it.
All those senior citizens with piercings and tattoos bejeweling their wrinkles!
Of course, I laugh at stations who play 80s music (1980s) as "oldies." It's not really nostalgia, it's more like nastalgia: recalling the pop culture of your childhood with horror and/or derision.
It may not be a word, but it should be.
Geez, Allen. Thanks for ruining my evening. A truly scary thought.
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