I'll do anything if you can get Journey out of my head

The boys from Journey have been holding my brain hostage now for about eight days. "Don't Stop Believin'" has been in my head pretty much nonstop since it featured so prominently in the Sopranos finale, two Sundays ago. I can't go a half hour without the record player in my head hitting me with that unmistakable "Just a small town girl..." prompting me to sing a few bars myself.

Don't believe me? Ask my coworkers. Steve Perry is my mental jailer, his searing vocals my prison bars.

Apparently I'm not alone. The 1981 hit has made it to No. 1 on the iTunes music rock chart.

Kind of fitting, I guess, since the Sopranos finale has been kicking around in my head for more than a week now, too. It says something when a TV show is so rich and complicated that it leaves you thinking about it for days after.

At first, I thought Tony was dead. Then I said in this space that he was alive. But now I'm certain that he's dead, in part because of show producer David Chase's post-show line "It's all there," and in part because of this incredibly well reasoned and well researched piece, which the author has considerately whittled down to a manageable 5,000 words.

In case you don't have the 20 minutes to read the link, I'll summarize: It was Tony's last supper.