Distraction

Charles Mingus’s “Fables of Faubus” is one of those pieces that haunt me. Maybe it’s a meme, a virus of sorts, for which I have no immunity.

It’s not just the tune, it’s the whole thing. I’ve heard every version of it I could get my hands on, and they’ve all been imprinted somewhere in my head, only to come back and distract me when I least expect it.

Be it as it may, this piece will stay with me for a long, long time - until death or dementia gets it.

This reminds me of Musicophilia, by Oliver Sacks.