A song that reminds you of a particular friend.

I saw a conversation online recently where tech workers were talking about how they had no friendships with colleagues and would be uncomfortable if they did. That made me ineffably sad, but when I thought about it, I realised they had a point. I haven’t made any genuine or enduring friends through work for a very long time. Listening to Shudder / King of Snake by Underworld elicits a wry smile and makes me think of my friend Andy, who I met at work and still count among my closest friends, even though we now live on different sides of the world. It reminds me of the adventures we had running around London as if it were our own personal theme park in the 2000s. All the overlong lunches, blurry late nights, sketchy mornings after, and the omnipresent magic bus. Somehow, we managed to make a decent enough showing at work to avoid drawing the ire of management and getting fired. I like to think they found our capers in the office amusing, including wrapping entire pieces of furniture and equipment in tin foil. Miss you. Love you, buddy.