Abraham Nussbaum

Physician, Teacher, Writer


Blood Bank

A turnip with the words: You're right, you can get blood from one

Songs about labeling specimens, spinning down platelets, and meeting someone at the blood bank. The picture is an NIH advert. Dial 64509 to check the turnip’s blood type.

  1. Blood Bank * Bon Iver
  2. Bloodbuzz Ohio * The National
  3. Blue As Your Blood * The Walkmen
  4. Kissing My Love * Cold Blood
  5. Cold Blooded * Ol’ Dirty Bastard
  6. Cold Blooded * Kid Cudi
  7. Dread Beat An’ Blood * Linton Kwesi Johnson
  8. Sorrow, Tears and Blood * Fela Kuti/Timmy Regisford
  9. You’re Not Good Enough * Blood Orange
  10. Fire In The Blood/Snake Song * The Bootleggers (feat. Ralph Stanley + Emmylou Harris)
  11. Are You Washed In The Blood? * The Louvin Brothers
  12. Bad Blood * Crooked Fingers
  13. Little Room * The White Stripes
  14. What Color Is Blood * Parquet Courts
  15. Soon * My Blood Valentine
  16. Laughing With A Mouthful of Blood * St. Vincent
  17. Shed Some Blood * Rhye
  18. Fire In The Blood * The Bootleggers
  19. Blood Bank * Vitamin String Quartet