Opening by Philip Glass In Reverse with Fractals ... An Experimental Attempt at Destroying Involuntary Musical Imagery

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For the last week, something horrible has been happening.
I wake up in the middle of the night with Joe Walsh's "Life's Been Good" running through my head.

After several failed attempts at returning to a peaceful sleep, I eventually pass out from exhaustion.

Then, upon waking in the morning I am tortured with another song assaulting my brain..."What a Feeling" from the 80's movie, Flashdance.

Why?

Why??

WHY???

These little buggers are called Earworms.
I don't like that word.
At all.
I don't want to even contemplate having an actual worm in my ear and that's all I can think of when I hear that word.
It's almost as bad as "fungible."

Fungible Earworms

cries

The scientific term for this is apparently Involuntary Musical Imagery ... so let's go with that instead.

I reversed my performance of "Opening" by Philip Glass. I plan on listening to the droning, organ-like effect multiple times throughout the evening whilst shouting "BE GONE HORRIBLE 80'S MUSIC."

We shall find out the results of my experiment in the morning.

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