Katrina media fatigue hits Slampo

Besides the mere sight of FEMA director Michael Brown's alleged wig, there's the no-small-matter of overuse of the song, "Louisiana 1927."

...could someone issue a cease and desist order against further use of that great Randy Newman song, as performed by the great Aaron Neville, as lulling and sentimental background music for scenes of the flooding? It’s been a good week now, and it’s obviousness in the current context has rendered it a soggy cliché. Next time we hear it we may drop to one knee, throw out our arms and sing out "Mammy ...")

He suggests this as a replacement:

“Give him water
When he gets thirsty
Tell him that water mighty fine when you dry.
Give him attention when he gets sickly
Give him the graveyard
In case he die.”

--- Junco Partner, as performed by Professor Longhair

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