Earworms and Song Loops

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Doctor, My Eyes
How a Jackson Browne earworm led me to deal with a particularly annoying eyeworm
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FTA: Eels - Not Ready Yet
Sometimes the world is just too scary to engage with
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8 New Albums That Quiet My Monkey Mind
I'm finding myself gravitating toward quieter, contemplative fare in 2025
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Pop Goes the Weasel
An insidious nursery rhyme is this week's earworm
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UB40 - Rat in Mi Kitchen
FTA: The year our small home housed 17 living creatures
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Breaking Up With a Missing Person Is Hard to Do
Forgetting what words are for in a state of perpetual mental hopscotch
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An Earworm "House Party"
A playlist of songs about houses and homes, as chosen by you, the wormheads.
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Madness - Our House
Moving into a new house is indeed madness. And it's also fucking awesome.
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Violent Femmes - Country Death Song
My transition from metal-head to new-waver began with the Femmes' 2nd album, Hallowed Ground
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80 Favorite Songs of 2024 - The Rest
Combining the last 23 songs into one long post to wave goodbye to a excellent music year
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FTA: Jeff Buckley - New Year’s Prayer
Feel no shame for what you are
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80 Favorite Songs of 2024 - Part 5
Punkish, Indie-ish, British-ish, and full of attitude and humor
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80 Favorite Songs of 2024 - Part 4
Hip-Hop and Global Music get the focus for this week's installment
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10 Favorite Albums of 2024, Part 2 (1-5)
Jami, Kevin, Sam and I reveal our final five records of the year in a convergence of music madness
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Earworms and Song Loops
Earworms and Song Loops
The songs and bit-o'-songs that gets stuck in my head, worming to the digital surface, and inspiring a host of personal stories along the way.
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