Migraine and Literature

Migraine and Music

Artificial Migraine Poster. © 2004 Dennis (http://zigkiss.com/Artificial_Migraine_Poster.jpg, July 30, 2004)

Artificial Migraine

"Here is... thee one, thee only Artifical Migraine." (Tracie Stanton, Zigkiss)

The Coral

Song "Migraine" from CD "Nightfreak and the Sons of Becker" (2004)

DJ Signify

Song "Migraine" from CD "Sleep No More" (2004)

Edith Frost, This is me, Marker drawing, circa 1991. © 2004 Edith Frost (http://www.edithfrost.com/index.php/C39/, December 31, 1991)

Edith Frost

"I'm a singer-songwriter -- never had the occasion to mention SS [Scintillating Scotoma] in a song as far as I can remember. But then a lot of the songs are a bit disjointed and surreal, and I guess I do tend to mention lights and stars and things a lot, for no particular reason. Hmmm..."

(From the artist's website, July 17, 2003)

Charles Gounod (1818-1893)

In a letter to a friend dated 1882, the French composer wrote: "I have a terrible migraine... I cannot see you any longer - impossible to go to your house... a thousand regrets to you".

Mike Lane

"I am just finishing my new CD, to be called 'Five Acts to Follow'. It is a kind of 'concept album', in that it features five different bands - all of which are really just me! One of these 'bands' is called Migraine Tambien. I picked the name because it sounds like 'My Green Tambourine', which was the name of a hit song back in 1968. (I know this is all very strange!)"

(Mike Lane, Email to Klaus Podoll, November 19, 2004)

Aksak Maboul, LP (left) and CD covers (right) from "Onze Danses Pour Combattre La Migraine", 1977 / 2004. © 2004 Cra/Cram (ZYX) (http://www.cloudsandclocks.net/CD_reviews/ aksakmaboul_odpclm_E.html, http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/ B00009LI7K.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg, September 12, 2004)

Aksak Maboul

LP "Onze Danses Pour Combattre La Migraine" (1977) / CD (2004)

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

"Mahler's migraine surely did not influence history. There is also no proof that it influenced his compositions." (Haan and Ferrari, 2000)

Marilyn Manson, Head hurts, 2002. © 2004 Marilyn Manson (http://marilynmanson.com/journal/images/headhurts1.jpg, May 2002, 2002

Marilyn Manson

"A postcard from the migraine fields So we will now return our efforts to the melolagnia at hand. DRUMS!!! (Doctor's orders.) >From the migraine fields, MM"

(http://members.tripod.com/MMDiogue/mmanson/enews/journal.htm, May 25, 2002)

The Migraines

"'Amazingly, the name [The Migraines] ties into spirituality,' Shawn said. 'That definitely was part of a God's plan.'" (John DeGroff, The Migraines)

Nurse With Wound, Chance Meeting of a Defective Tape Machine and Migraine, United Durtro / Anomalous Records, 2003. © 2004 United Durtro / Anomalous Records (http://www.holocenesound.org/irr/disco/chancemeeting.jpg, August 7, 2004)

Nurse With Wound

CD "Chance Meeting of a Defective Tape Machine and Migraine" (2003)

Elvis Presley

"Elvis Presley's private struggle with intractable migraines revealed"

(Terri Miller Burchfield, April 19, 1999)

Brad Preston

"Migraine-induced Madness" (2004) - "Composition and keyboards by ... Brad Preston (who wrote this while suffering from a severe headache)."

(Norman Feaster, Whole Note(TM) - The OnLine Guitar Community, September 8, 2004)

Puddle of Mudd

Song "Migraine" from CD "Abrasive" (2001) - "No pain no gain migraine..."

The Schøyen Collection MS 2401, Oslo and London (http://www.nb.no/baser/schoyen/5/5.20/ms2401.jpg, November 19, 2004)

The Schøyen Collection MS 2401

The manuscript in Neo Sumerian on clay, Babylonia, 2000-1800 BC, describes the ritual of the priests' dialogue with the Gods concerning incantations against migraine, drawing on mythological sources.

Slipknot

Song "Skin Ticket" from CD "Iowa" (2001)

Troubled Hubble

Song "Migraine" from CD "Broken Airplanes" (2001) and "Penturbia" (2002) - "I've been a migraine sufferer for 10 years and basically the song is a release for me. It refers to my mother a lot, who is also a clinical headache sufferer. . 'i saw my mom floored, on her knees begging lord oh lord / take away this pain from me / i saw my mom floored, on her knees begging lord oh lord / can you help me please.'"

(Chris Otepka from Troubled Hubble, Email to Klaus Podoll, October 11, 2004)

Jeff Tweedy

"If the album has a unifying theme, it's the casual descent of beauty into chaos; a number of songs start quietly and end in complete disorder-a form of musical entropy-perhaps inspired by Tweedy's lifelong battle with unpredictable migraine headaches."

(Akiva Gottlieb, Wilco - A Ghost Is Born, Stylus Magazine, June 21, 2004)

Author: Klaus Podoll
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