Earworms and Song Loops

How I Beat the Snot Out of Myself (redux)

Pixies' Surfer Rosa album to the rescue. The final part of the Allergy Trilogy.

Feb 16 • Steve Goldberg

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Seeing Pat Benatar in Concert with my BFF Ricky Springfield

The story of how I attended a Pat Benatar concert as a nerdy 15-year-old with early 80s rock royalty.

Feb 9 • Steve Goldberg

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Me, Pat Benatar, and My Sister Lisa: Part 4

When there's nothing that you can do

Feb 3 • Steve Goldberg

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January 2026

Me, Pat Benatar, and My Sister Lisa: Part 3

Mini Memoir Jumps Ahead to 2018.

Jan 27 • Steve Goldberg

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Me, Pat Benatar, and My Sister Lisa - Part 2

20 Years Later: Drugs, Pregnancy and Meeting the Baby Daddy

Jan 19 • Steve Goldberg

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Me, Pat Benatar, and My Sister Lisa

A multi-part excerpt from a memoir I'm writing about my sister

Jan 12 • Steve Goldberg

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FTA: Jeff Buckley - New Year’s Prayer

Feel no shame for what you are

Jan 4 • Steve Goldberg

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December 2025

Yet Another Favorite Music of 2025 List

But this time it's songs, not albums

Dec 23, 2025 • Steve Goldberg

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My Ten Favorite Albums of 2025

Kevin, Sam, and I gather once again to share our highlights from an exceptionally robust year (musically speaking)

Dec 17, 2025 • Steve Goldberg, Sam Colt, and Kevin Alexander

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My 5 Most Insidious Earworms of 2025

A dollop of the 80s, a touch of the 60s, a pop-star, and a radio/TV jingle that seems to never go away

Dec 10, 2025 • Steve Goldberg

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FTA: Randy Newman - Short People

The satire in this 1977 hit song was lost on a vertically challenged 10 year-old kid; Five years later, Michael J. Fox would provide the representation…

Dec 4, 2025

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November 2025

Ten Favorite Albums From the First Half-Decade

A quartet of music nerds contemplate our top ten lists from 2020-2024. Mere furniture rearranging? Or a discovery of themes, patterns, and perhaps even…

Nov 26, 2025 • Steve Goldberg, Kevin Alexander, Sam Colt, and Songs That Saved Your Life

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