Oh, *Brain*!

[gnomi]

Can someone please explain to me why "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" has been playing in my head since I woke up this morning?

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[mabfan.livejournal.com]

"Hey! Who turned out the lights?"

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Hey! Who turned out the lights?

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

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[gnomi.livejournal.com]

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[mabfan.livejournal.com]

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[gnomi.livejournal.com]

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[mabfan.livejournal.com]

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[gnomi.livejournal.com]

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[mabfan.livejournal.com]

"Hey! Who turned out the lights?"

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Hey! Who turned out the lights?

[(Anonymous)]

You guys are great!

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

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[gnomi.livejournal.com]

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[mabfan.livejournal.com]

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[gnomi.livejournal.com]

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[mabfan.livejournal.com]

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[gnomi.livejournal.com]

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[mabfan.livejournal.com]

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[gnomi.livejournal.com]

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[mabfan.livejournal.com]

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[gnomi.livejournal.com]

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[mabfan.livejournal.com]

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[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

I had that two days ago. I'm afraid you may have caught it through the Internet. ;)

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes. The Internet vector of Smiths Earworm. Highly contagious.

[anahcrow.livejournal.com]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Is that a comment about the earworm, about the Smiths, about the song specifically, or all of the above? :-)

[anahcrow.livejournal.com]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! (All of the above made worse by the fact that it brought "There Is A Light" from Rocky with it.)

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh. I understand that. I'm *immensely* susceptible to earworms.

[anahcrow.livejournal.com]

I'm usually immune, but not to RHP. :( It's a CURSE. The Smiths aren't much better, nor Depeche Mode. :p What is it about men in makeup? :(

[farwing.livejournal.com]

But now I have the Neil Finn cover running around in my head. Mmmmm. Neil Finn. So musically dreamy.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Glad to have given you the Neil Finn earworm! :-)

[byrne.livejournal.com]

I thought this post was for ME until I saw who was posting. Then I got confused for a moment. :D

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Heh. The moment I posted, I had a brief "Oh, no! Either byrne or tygerseye will think it's about/for them!" moment.

[fauxklore]

On a more serious note, I'm in the middle of Daniel Levitin's "This is Your Brain on Music," and I've been told he explains earworms. (I also intend to hear him speak at the Library of Congress next week, as part of their excellent series on "Music and the Brain.")

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Both the book and the talk sound interesting! I should find the book at my local library.

[fauxklore]

The lecture series has been fascinating so far and, if Levitin speaks anywhere near as well as he writes, I have high expectations.

They have been recording all the lectures and claim they are going to webcast them eventually. I'm on their mailing list and I intend to post a link when the webcasts are up.

[lonfiction.livejournal.com]

So it was YOU! I knew someone was telepathically eavesdropping on me last night while I was reviewing notes and outlines for finishing THE LIGHT THAT WILL NOT FAIL* next. :)

*Novella loosely structured on this line from one of the Gnostic Gospels:

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[lonfiction.livejournal.com]

Forgot the quote:
Step away from the others/
and I shall tell you the mysteries of the Kingdom./
It is possible for you to reach it/
but you will grieve a great deal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Judas

Each act builds on the theme of a segment of that verse.

The title comes from The Gospel of Truth:

Say, then, from the heart, that you are the perfect day, and in you dwells the light that does not fail.


http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/gostruth.html