Not three days ago, a friend of mine told me that the German word for a song stuck in your head is ohrwurm (earworm). And now, This article about the phenomenon shows up on Blogdex. I have found in my research that the implantation of the parasites is more effective if the recipient’s brain has to go looking for the song. So, if I say “Laughter, tears, hopes, fears,” you’re more likely to want to punch me than if I just whistle the tune.

In other toe-tapping news, we have Eigenradio: the music without the redundancy. ‘Eigenradio plays only the most important frequencies, only the beats with the highest entropy. If you took a bunch of music and asked it, “Music, what are you, really?” you’d hear Eigenradio singing back at you. When you’re tuned in to Eigenradio, you always know that you’re hearing the latest, rawest, most statistically separable thing you can possibly put in your ear.’ 100% of visitors to my office have asked that I turn it down. It’s really effective for killing earworms.