Earworms and Song Loops

R.I.P. Todd Snider💧

Another brilliant musician gone too soon.

Nov 16 • 

Steve Goldberg

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The Cars - Hello! Hello Again!

🙋🏻‍♂️(Re)Introducing myself and EW&SL to those new, forgetful and everyone in-between. Plus a musical earworm from The Cars 🚘, and a bonus playlist…

Nov 12 • 

Steve Goldberg

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October 2025

FTA: Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face

Where Stevie wonders: What if our sense organs were combined?

Oct 23 • 

Steve Goldberg

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TWEET🐣: Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence

All I ever wanted, all I ever needed, is here in my arms

Oct 13 • 

Steve Goldberg

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September 2025

Catch Me (Now) I’m Falling

A case of "seasonal" earworms leads to an exclusive photo exhibit of canines catching treats (and balls) mid-air.

Sep 29 • 

Steve Goldberg

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TWEET🐥: David Byrne - I Met The Buddha at a Downtown Party

Bringing back the popular THIS WEEK'S EMBEDDED EARWORM TUNE series

Sep 22 • 

Steve Goldberg

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A Self Called Nowhere: Psychedelia, No-Self, and a Surreal, Rockin' Good Time

Chase Roper from Kiss Me, Song of Blog invited me to write a guest essay on his all-things They Might Be Giants newsletter. I said yes immediately.

Sep 15 • 

Steve Goldberg

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Chase Roper

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August 2025

Dogs and Cheese and Shoes and Sid

Exploring my history as a silly songwriter and a memory of an old friendship

Aug 14 • 

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June 2025

Doctor, My Eyes

How a Jackson Browne earworm led me to deal with a particularly annoying eyeworm

Jun 11

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FTA: Eels - Not Ready Yet

Sometimes the world is just too scary to engage with

Jun 5 • 

Steve Goldberg

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May 2025

8 New Albums That Quiet My Monkey Mind

I'm finding myself gravitating toward quieter, contemplative fare in 2025

May 26 • 

Steve Goldberg

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Pop Goes the Weasel

An insidious nursery rhyme is this week's earworm

May 18 • 

Steve Goldberg

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