name that mental illness

[sheramil]

my brain has somehow become a juke-box for random audio samples. anything can set it off, and the results are often bewildering.

recently i was introduced to a guy named Timothy. immediately - centred perfectly between my ears, in stereo - that old guy who owns a cat named Timothy, from the 1951 Warner Brothers cartoon "Chow Hound", saying "Whoah, I see you've caught another mouse, Timothy. Well, you've earned your keep... mmm, earned it."

a few days ago i saw a usenet post from my friend in Finland, Kristian Lahdensuo. bam, straight away, Frank Zappa's "Satuuma (Finnish Tango)", all three minutes and fifty seconds of it.

last night on SBS, Silvio Rivier showed a short film about the town in Germany where Hoehner Harmonicas are made. EVERY TIME someone blew a harmonica, my brain repeated a pseudo-musical phrase from, jesus god, Spike Jones' "Man on the Flying Trapeze" - "Doodles" Weaver playing a harmonica chord, singing a note as if tuning himself to the harmonica, followed by a cow-bell rattle.

i CAN'T TURN IT OFF.

[Mindgames]

It's entirely natural, just some individuals (and at some periods) notice it more than others.

The cognitive mapping of memories is by associative grouping - your brain links fragments of memory by using others it already has, to build a bridge. In your case, it has decided, maybe a little more than in the past, that music figures in the connection process. If you think about the trigger event, and the music that it triggers, then there WILL be a link, even if it's a vague one.

Unfortunately there's no way to control associative groupings - if I say "orange" you cannot help but recall the fruit, the color, the county, the juice and the chemical warfare agent. Different people have them in a different order of priority, but once you address one element in a group the others are brought to your conscious mind every time.

and before anyone says "synesthesia", that requires the music to be heard, not remembered. Synesthetes are convinced the music is coming in via their ears, not floating about in their brains.

mG

[Mr Karl]

i CAN'T TURN IT OFF.

why the hell would you want to, it's called harmony, I used to suffer from it too, I miss it

[Lady Alias]

Wow, that's quite interesting. I'm afraid I can offer no advice, but I remember that used to happen to me about two years ago. Though, the jingles were only 30 seconds long, about. It lasted about 6 mths.

[sheramil]

why the hell would you want to, it's called harmony, I used to suffer from it too, I miss it

harmony.

harmony, he says.

i want you to find the shittiest, stupidest AM radio station in your region, strap two radios to the sides of your head, turn them on and then snap off the volume controls so you can't turn them off. then cuff your hands behind your back and ENJOY THE HARMONY.

[sheramil]

Unfortunately there's no way to control associative groupings - if I say "orange" you cannot help but recall the fruit, the color, the county, the juice and the chemical warfare agent.

untrue. i get the Flaming Lips' "She Don't Use Jelly".

she likes her hair to be real orange.

[Mr Karl]

AM radio, but that's only meant for news, noone in their right minds listens to music on AM , especially with the ionisphere the way it is

[sheramil]

AM radio, but that's only meant for news, noone in their right minds listens to music on AM , especially with the ionisphere the way it is

yes. yes, i KNOW. just shut up and do it.

[Bondage Clown]

Shermil,

I tihnk that what you need is a combination marathon...

1 part Mighty Morphin Power rangers
1 part Buffy the vampire slayer
1 part Law and Order SVU
1 part Spongebob Squarepants
1 part Dangermouse

And you will be cured

[Anarkey]

did you study piano as a child .. did you play , or do you play any instruments..
do you write your own sheet music .?

I think your being haunted by Frank Zappa's ghost,that or he moved into the left frontal section of your brain just to finish writing some unfinished music.
OR ,, you gotten some bad Vegemite, the jar some put 2 hits of real 225 into .OR.......

Any case sounds like what Frank Zappa had ,he would visualize sounds and some sounds would make him think of other ,movies ,pictures ,showtunes,music,he's seen or heard as a child , and as he was growning up..

But i heard not sleeping for like 3 days and then sleeping for 4 hours and getting up an writing music ,or doing art , for the next 16 hours ,,and then sleeping for 4 hours and doing it allover again for a month will do that to you..
take 2 valuim every 4 hours and sleep for a day ,OR watch the Dangermouse
works for me

[mmmcherry]

at least its not the fucking vonage commercials... *kills self*

[Buster Friendly]

i name this mental illness

"Johanne Kruckermier's"

after Johanne Kruckermier.

[Mr Karl]

OK best way to turn it off, drink a lot, and if that doesn't work, drink some more

[Anarkey]

damm it i meant take 4 vallium every 2 hours lol
silly me

[sheramil]

did you study piano as a child .. did you play , or do you play any instruments..

they me join the australian boy's choir when i was 8. no-one that age should be forced to sing in latin. instruments.. euphonium, guitar and some keyboards. now, generally, pc - ReBirth is a pretty damn good synth emulator.

do you write your own sheet music .?

*shudder* not any more.

[sheramil]

damm it i meant take 4 vallium every 2 hours lol
silly me

well. the funny thing about the Australian medical system at the moment, is.. they don't like to prescribe painkillers or sedatives. because they are concerned about people becoming addicts. a lot of medicos have signs on their doors stating "WE WILL NOT PROVIDE SCRIPTS FOR PAINKILLERS". they are more than happy to hand out antibiotics, though; they're hard to sell because they're losing their effectiveness, as new strains of resistant bacteria evolve.

ah well. back to my home-made prozac.


.. needs more ice-cream.

[Nudemuse]

snippped

and before anyone says "synesthesia", that requires the music to be heard, not remembered. Synesthetes are convinced the music is coming in via their ears, not floating about in their brains.

mG

Not to mention smells, colors etc.

But back to the question at hand mG is entirely correct. The human brain is an amazing and very odd thing.

[sheramil]

But back to the question at hand mG is entirely correct. The human brain is an amazing and very odd thing.

worst part, is - no manual. imagine how far you'd get if you had to try to work out Windows by trial and error.

[Anarkey]

ohh hell no ,i dont even wanna try that one

[malcolm]

dont feel to bad. sometimes, when im just standing aorund Ill think of a funny joke and start laughing real maniaclly or if im really stressed out-I hear that fay ray scream in my head(you know form the original king kong?).

[sheramil]

dont feel to bad. sometimes, when im just standing aorund Ill think of a funny joke and start laughing real maniacally...

... heh, heh, heh... "panoe".

you're asking "wtf"? google for +panoe +punt

[mmmcherry]

hehee aww im jealous... you guys have something to actually laugh about heh!

[TheQuietPlace]

dont feel to bad. sometimes, when im just standing aorund Ill think of a funny joke and start laughing real maniaclly

Ahaha. I get that occassionally. But I don't laugh maniacally.

[Angel Slayer]

i was in a baja fresh yesterday and saw a hunchback, which brought up an episode of Mr Show in my mind and i laughed very loud. also, i constantly rock out in my head and play air guitar to it.

[Anarkey]

the other voices in my head Wont let me listen too music,only the stuff ther writing at the time and ther such frigging lousey writers......

its allways this constant drone of some Gregorian chant but it soundsmore like like Pee Wee Hermans play house theme backwards with some wierd Xylophones mixed in to make it so ya CANT HEAR ALL THE FYCKIN WORDS <<<and STOP FYCKIN HUMMIN <IF YA DONT KNOW THE WORDS STOP FYCKIN HUMMIN....

ok im gonna go back too sleep.............Now...

[Anarkey]

ok imbetter now ,had a smoke and my cup of coffee ,,, err sorry bout that^

I cant sleep .....

[sheramil]

ok imbetter now ,had a smoke and my cup of coffee ,,, err sorry bout that^

I cant sleep .....

whatever floats your boat, dude. i find several highly caffienated fizzy drinks help me get to sleep, but as this thread has amply demonstrated, i ain't got both oars in the water.