Today, however, I stopped on a station because I heard Pearl Jam and that’s when I noticed the station’s identifier on my car radio flash “Adult Hits.”

Adult hits? Seriously??

Classic rock was fine because that at least aligned grunge and alt rock with the likes of Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix, as they should be.

But “adult hits” are the Barry Manilows and James Taylors I groaned to when it was played by either my or ny friends’ parents. Admittedly I don’t dislike Barry Manilow but he’s not what I actively seek to listen to and I certainly don’t think of him and Eddie Vedder in the same light just like I’m sure someone listening to James Taylor wouldn’t be expecting their station to transition to Pearl Jam.

I’m truly old.