Way down yonder in the Bayouland, past twisting urban blight and rotting moral fibers, a lone green thing, rana N'waleenzius, sits on the banks of the Mississippi and laments the conflicting conditions of alienation and restlessness in the modern world:

"Wooo-ooo-ooo! Woooo-ooo-ooo! Ain't gawht no home! No place to roam!"

The cry of the homeless frog was recorded by Buddy Holly, The Band and Joe Ely. It was used in the movie Diner as a symbol of teenage wander...