Earworms and Song Loops

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 • 

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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 • 

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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 • 

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Pop Goes the Weasel

An insidious nursery rhyme is this week's earworm

May 18 • 

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April 2025

UB40 - Rat in Mi Kitchen

FTA: The year our small home housed 17 living creatures

Apr 30 • 

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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

Apr 22 • 

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February 2025

An Earworm "House Party"

A playlist of songs about houses and homes, as chosen by you, the wormheads.

Feb 6 • 

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January 2025

Madness - Our House

Moving into a new house is indeed madness. And it's also fucking awesome.

Jan 30 • 

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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

Jan 21 • 

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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

Jan 8 • 

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