"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.

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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

_____________________________ 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

___________________________ 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