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(If the world does not end tomorrow at 6 p.m., then we can resume the usual alphabet game next Friday.)<\/p>\n

Hold on world \u2019cause you don\u2019t know what\u2019s coming \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI Wish We\u2019d All Been Ready<\/a>,\u201d Larry Norman
\n\u201c Eve of Destruction<\/a>,\u201d The Dickies
\n\u201c Until the End of the World<\/a>,\u201d U2
\n\u201c 1999<\/a>,\u201d Prince
\n\u201c The Man Comes Around<\/a>,\u201d Johnny Cash
\n\u201c Earth Died Screaming<\/a>,\u201d Tom Waits
\n\u201c The Apocalypse Song<\/a>,\u201d St. Vincent
\n\u201c We Will All Go Together When We Go<\/a>,\u201d Tom Lehrer
\n\u201c I\u2019ll Never Get Out of This World Alive<\/a>,\u201d Hank Williams
\n\u201c We\u2019re All Gonna Die Someday<\/a>,\u201d Kasey Chambers
\n\u201c I\u2019ll Fly Away<\/a>,\u201d Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch
\n\u201c Nothing But Flowers<\/a>,\u201d Talking Heads
\n\u201c It Is Well With My Soul<\/a>,\u201d Mahalia Jackson
\n\u201c Soon<\/a>,\u201d Daniel Amos
\n\u201c Around the Sun<\/a>,\u201d REM
\n\u201c The Revolution Starts Now<\/a>,\u201d Steve Earle<\/p>\n

My own eschatology is much closer to the last song than it is to the first. But anyway, what apocalyptic music am I missing?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"