"Touch Me I'm Sick" is a song by the American alternative rock band
Mudhoney. It was recorded in March 1988 at Seattle's Reciprocal
Recording studio with producer Jack Endino and lead vocals by Mark Arm
(pictured). The song was released as Mudhoney's debut single by
independent record label Sub Pop on August 1, 1988, with "Sweet Young
Thing Ain't Sweet No More" as the B-side. "Touch Me I'm Sick" has darkly
humorous lyrics with a sarcastic take on issues including disease and
violent sex. When it was first released, the song was a hit on college
radio. Its heavily distorted and fuzzy guitars, snarling vocals, blunt
bass line and energetic drumming contributed to a dirty sound that
influenced many local musicians, and helped develop the nascent Seattle
grunge scene. According to AllMusic, "the song's raw, primal energy made
it an instant anthem which still stands as one of [grunge's] all-time
classics". A staple of Mudhoney's live shows, it remains the band's most
recognizable song.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_Me_I%27m_Sick>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1842:
Three days of rioting erupted after a parade in Philadelphia,
celebrating the end of slavery in the West Indies, was attacked by a
mob.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombard_Street_riot>
1971:
The Concert for Bangladesh, a pair of benefit concerts
organised by Ravi Shankar and George Harrison for refugees of the
Bangladesh genocide, was held at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, New
York.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Concert_for_Bangladesh>
1984:
Commercial peat-cutters discovered the preserved bog body of a
man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, North West England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindow_Man>
2009:
A shooting at the Israeli LGBT Association building in Tel Aviv
resulted in the deaths of two people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Tel_Aviv_gay_centre_shooting>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
scouthouse:
(Scouting, US) A building where members of the Scout Movement hold their
meetings.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scouthouse>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
All Profound things, and emotions of things are preceded and
attended by Silence.
--Herman Melville
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Herman_Melville>