ashes, ashes, we all fall down; or: hysteria much?

forbidden love

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

4 Comments

  1. hambox on April 29, 2009 at 8:52 am

    As Jefffro pointed out on FB, the Hamblog does not cause the swine flu.



  2. regina on April 29, 2009 at 10:12 am

    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. 🙂



  3. cloudy on April 29, 2009 at 11:14 am

    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.



  4. hambox on May 4, 2009 at 7:06 am

    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!