Earworms
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This is The Nightmare Before Christmas It would be unfair to say Christmas snuck up on me this year. It’s done everything to make its coming known; settling down in store shelves even before the Halloween candy could have its turn. But, despite the foretelling, my apartment remains inconspicuous, innocuous, not a trace of the
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I know exactly how Hedwig got into my head. It was Wayne County being interviewed in a BBC documentary about the Velvet Underground’s “Walk on the Wild Side”. Then I remembered this compilation CD that I got through my Mojo subscription, I Love New York Punk. Wayne County’s “Fuck Off” is the second track. And
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I wouldn’t call it an earworm (or ohrwurm) as defined by EarwormsResearch.org – “the earworm phenomenon – getting a catchy, annoying little song, tune, or jingle stuck in one’s head“ – though the song has been stuck in my head. Then again worms aren’t all bad. Slimy and squirmy, the earthworm feeds the earth –
Vincent Young 