The election campaign movie feature "Mississippi Mudd Slangin': Don't Start No Stuff, Won't Be No Stuff" will return after this commercial break. ... Blues fans, listen to America's homegrown music, courtesy of the secretary of state. DGI (Darned Good Intelligence) records present "Colin Powell and Friends Sing the Blues." This 2 CD set features some of your favorite blues, country and folk songs performed by White House staffers and their friends. Listen to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas sing the Clarence Carter classics Strokin' (a duet with Anita Hill) and Patches. And how about Rush Limbaugh's former house maid. singing a soulful rendition of Aretha Franklin's "Dr. Feelgood":
"If you've been feelin' kinda ill, let me call Dr. Feeeelgood to fix me up with all those pills...."
Dig Rumsfeld, Cheney and Bush, the Top Dawgs, singing their version of Edwin Starr's R&B hit "WAR."
"War! What is it good for? Duh! Doesn't everyone know that we're fighting against terrorism?"
Check out Condoleeza Rice's remake of Betty Wright's "Clean up Woman."
"Someone's big mouth has let a secret out. Now the investigation is on. So everybody sing along: Just make it easy for the clean up woman...
And your secretary of state wails a bluesy version of Tenesee Ernie Ford's "Sixteen Tons."
"You give millions to Iraq and what do you get....Another day older and deeper....You guys know the rest..."
And there's more! You'll also get the bonus track featuring the song stylings of Kobe, John Muhammad and Lee Malvo singing Sam Cooke's "Chain Gang."
You can purchase this 2 CD set for the reasonable price of 19.95 plus state tax, municipal tax, shoe tacks and tic tacs. Send your money and social security number (for Intelligence purposes) to: Colin Powell and Friends P.O. Box 777931 Cootie Creek, MS 39299 and 1/2.
You can also call 1-800-MYCOLIN and purchase Colin Powell and Frends by Visa/Master, J-Tran or (if it still exists) Jitney Jungle Gold Card. Order now while supplies last! We now return to our movie feature.
Ken Stiggers is a television producer in Jackson.