ashes, ashes, we all fall down; or: hysteria much?
Forbidden love originally uploaded by hambox
One great thing about the culture of fear we’re perfecting in these United States is that we spring fully into panic mode without missing a beat. Good job, everybody! Pat yourself on the back, but DON’T TOUCH ME! EW!
Here’s the playlist from Ken Freedman’s show on the ever-excellent WFMU. Create your own song list to accompany your flight to non-swine-flu-ey climes!
- Rutles
Piggy In The Middle - Beatles
Piggies - Sebadoh
The Freed Pig - Black Sabbath
War Pigs - Lou Reed
The Blue Mask - James Last
Mexican Hat Dance - White Stripes
China Pig - Al Jazzbeaux Collins
The Three Little Pigs - Pink Floyd
Pigs On The Wing - Moondog
Pigmy Pig H’art Songs - John Loudermilk
The Asiatic Flu - Waylon Jennings
Ain’t No God in Mexico - Dale Hawkins
Little Pig - Angry Samoans
I’m a Pig - Primus
Pork Chop’s Little Ditty - Plasmatics
A Pig is a Pig - Sadis Euphoria
Lake of Pigs - Captain Beefheart
China Pig - Tom Waits
Filipino Box Spring Hog - Morning 40 Federation
God Help Me - Pigbag
Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag - Green Jelly
Three Little Pigs - Brigitte Fontaine and Areski
La Grippe - Ferrante & Teicher
Mexican Hat Dance - Elvis Costello & The Brodsky Quartet
Swine - Dan Deacon
Piggled - Miss Piggy
I Will Survive - Queen
Mad the Swine
As Jefffro pointed out on FB, the Hamblog does not cause the swine flu.
HAMDEMIC! HAMDEMIC! 😛
This playlist is BRILLIANT!!! YAY!!!
I think I shall pull out my game of Pass the Pigs and have this playlist brooding in the background. 🙂
I just got a box from corporate filled with bottles of antibacterial gel to pass out to all employees. I am all: what, now surgical masks?
Love the playlist. The Freed Pig is my favorite song of all time.
Other amusing FB comments:
Felipe Ramirez at 9:58am April 29
I saw a woman coughing on the bus so I punched her in the neck. I’ve got to stop this habit!
Karen Mondragon at 10:06am April 29
I don’t believe in the Piggie flu, it’s a conspiracy started by the Bird flu supporters!