'Tis the season. This is a short mixtape to ward off the flu formerly known as swine. I randomly remembered some hip hop lyrics, mentioning flu or flu like symptoms, by artists such as Method Man, King Tee, and Craig Mack. So I isolated those lyrics + a sniffling beat box performance by King Tee and mashed them all up to a dope beat by Madvillain. From there, I went to a great piece of advice from Screamin' Jay Hawkins and then to a gimme for a mix like this: Mudhoney's "Touch Me, I'm Sick". Then on to a Canadian shoegaze band that put out a more slightly hip hop track called "Sicker this Year". Then a very somber 60's folkie/jazzy track written from the perspective of a teen aged girl on her death bed, who in spite of all the medicines and care, knows she will die and is, of all things in the world, most sad to lose the music in her life, to which the singer's mother attributes the onset of the illness! Next is great tip for the flu season from a country feller named Nat Stuckey called "The Least You Can Do Is Wash Your Hands" which is basically a criticism of dirty hippies, but it's still a good idea. The Pogues sing a deathbed rant to carry us home and that's it. I didn't want to drag this theme out. Fifteen minutes is enough to give the H1N1 virus. If any of us should contract this illness, may it last as long as this mix before we recover.

(So, basically, this is an experiment borne of boredom, per usual, and cements my reputation as a world class dork for all time.)

At least while I made this thing, I stayed away from people, which, of course, in all actuality is a major risk factor for contracting the dreaded swine flu.

Innoculation available:

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