Musical Accompaniment for the End of the World

In the unlikely event that Harold Camping is correct, wouldn't it be nice to go out humming along with some appropriate music? The selections are presented here in alphabetical order by artist, because I think it especially silly to be highly organized in my response to the apocalypse.

Barry McGuire: Eve of Destruction
(does double duty as a protest song)

Billy Joel: We Didn't Start The Fire
(or maybe Only the Good?)

Blondie: Rapture
(sort of)

Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper

(And the MORE COWBELL! version, with Christopher Walken and Will Ferrell)

IT BOYS! End Of The World

Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around

(Good old Man-in-Black)

Kansas: Dust in the Wind

(or the studio version)

King Crimson: Epitaph
(a classic)

Metallica: The Four Horsemen
(It would really make me happy if I never have to listen to Metallica again)

Pink Floyd: Goodbye Blue Sky
and
Pink Floyd: Goodbye Cruel World/Is There Anybody Out There?

REM: It's The End Of The World
(This is a no-brainer)

Sawtell & Shefterr "Apocalypse Jazz - The last man on earth OST"

(Have you seen the movie?)

The Doors: The End
(really should have let this one go last)

2012 Movie Theme ( it aint the end of the world )

(original artist uncertain)

YES: Tempus Fugit
(maybe)


OK - that's enough from me, but please contribute your personal "end notes" if you like. - Happy last day on Earth everybody!


Hat-Tip(s):
 This IGN article was the idea source for some of these.
 NPR has some creative suggestions too, and there are over 3800 responses on Facebook.

Creation Museum Claims Proven

Proof positive the Man and Dinosaur co-existed!

FOR NO PARTICULAR
REASON OUR STORY IS LAID
IN THE "STONE AGE" - MILLIONS
AND BILLIONS AND TRILLIONS
OF YEARS AGO - PROBABLY
BEFORE ANY OF YOU PEOPLE
WERE EVEN BORN

Check out the video for the full story:

UPDATE: The video originally linked on YouTube has since been removed. Click this link to search for a currently available version.


The Real story being Chuck Jones 1939 debut as the director of Daffy Duck - and so history was made.

Why The Public Option Sucks

[Via The Far Left Side, where you will find much more]

Smoking Lettuce

Stunningly STUPID: Representative Steve Buyer believes smoking lettuce is the same as smoking cigarettes.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Moment of Zen - Smoking Lettuce
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Newt Gingrich Unedited Interview

[from The Daily Show]

Here a longer clip of the same from C-SPAN:



Maybe Steve Buyer has a been smoking of some lettuce himself? Hey Steve? How about sharing some of that good stuff with the rest of us!

... and THEN I went to Buyer's site and read this:

BUYER PROMOTES BETTER PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY;

Washington, D.C.—The House of Representatives today passed the Senate Amendment to H.R. 1256, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which gives the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to regulate tobacco products. The FDA is already an over-stressed and under-resourced federal agency which will now be burdened with responsibilities that goes against its core mission—ensuring the safety of our nation’s food, drugs, and medical devices—to regulate an inherently risky product. Congressman Steve Buyer’s (IN-04) mission is to improve the nation’s public health, and he believes there is better policy to help smokers quit than the Senate Amendment to H.R. 1256.

I feel SO much safer knowing that Steve Buyer is out there fighting for our safety.

When Pigs Fly

With all the hype about the swine flu, I could resist posting this ...



... and at the left-uppermost are the news media, who have consistently over reported the seriousness, and failed to retract their errors when they later get it right, allowing the bad information to keep circulating. I actually heard one local news anchor give one estimate for the number of deaths in Mexico, and then just a few minutes later giver another LOWER number. Is it a pandemic, not a pandemic, and we should be appropriately cautious. Hysterical new media sources don't help things one bit.

[From GraphJam, of course]

*** Update ***

Greg Laden has much more extensive comments on the swine flu and the real reasons we need to be concerned. Greg has a great Bill Maher clip too.

*** Another Update ***

This editorial from Nature.