Mayfest pulls plug on pig flu scare
Oh, how the sausage turns.
Almost exactly one year ago, I was performing on the Zone Stage at Mayfest 2008 in Fort Worth, vainly competing for audience share with the far more appealing Ham Bone Express. I didn’t stand a chance.
“I’m not finished entertaining you yet!” I hollered as the crowd abandoned me for the bright lights and carny appeal of the neighboring pig races.
Wonder how those little piggies are feeling today? I’ll bet current events have really got them on the run.
Have you heard about this swine flu epidemic?
Via @guidelivemusic on Twitter, I learn that Tarrant County Health Department authorities have canceled Mayfest 2009 “in the interest of public health and safety.”
Seems a bad case of Texas Swine Flu Hysteria has upset the old corn dog cart. (Hats off to faddish social media, proving to be quite the valuable tool in helping foment viral spread of public health scares!)
Who’s coughing now, Mayfest?
Actually, I’d been feeling a bit down since the Mayfest folks declined to bring me back for another run at that Ham Bone Express crowd. I don’t think they appreciated my account of last year’s festival.
Not feeling so bad any more. Except for a little cough, that is. Might be running a temperature, too. I think I’ll go to the mall, hang out with the crowd and breathe some fresh air.
Posted in: at 5:21 pm Thu, Apr 30, 2009.
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Did you really need to play another pre-noon gig, Ken?
Good point, Shawno.
But to be fair to Mayfest (2008), they did book me for the red-hot 8 p.m. slot.
I was the Zone Stage headliner!
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Playing “Her Shit Don’t Stink” for a bunch of cranky toddlers brings a whole new meaning to the phrase, “In the Zone.”
I have the immunity – I will go south, mop up the afflicted and carve out a new empire – I AM INVINCIBLE! (steps off curb, gets run over repeatedly by same DART bus whom passed my stop five times last week).