Rugby League came back last night. 

With it came the return of my favourite pastime: playing music loudly over the top of sporting fixtures.

It's a win-win situation. Consuming two disparate types of media at once is a pretty great way of multitasking. Plus, you get to avoid listening to any commentators you don't like.

Sure, it does nothing for my comprehension of the game (is Steve Renouf still playing?) and means I miss more action and nuance than I should, but I'll take the music of Violent Soho over the chatter of Ray Hadley any day.

This is of course nothing revolutionary. People have been doing it for generations, maybe you do it in your house: if you do, I'm always open to great music/sport pairings. But being able to do it again makes me feel like things are starting to become normalish.

It's brought back one of my favourite ways of listening to music. Eyes on the screen, drink in hand, volume up high, mind switched off. It might not mean anything to you, but it's pretty big for me.

If your favourite ways of listening to music are still on ice, I hope it's not for long. Stay safe.