Since age 11, novelty songs, cutesy lyrics, and musical jokes don't do it for me. But on this week's show (Thursday 9:00 AM, Sunday 8:00 AM) I go beyond wacky humor and funny lyrics, all the way to irreverant absurdity. Transcendent, cosmic humor.

Lothar & The Hand People

This week's music is off the wall. It's music in the vein of the transcendently irreverant cartoon show "Ren and Stimpy." Featured artists: Lothar & The Hand People, the first band to use synthesizers extensively and musically. Their off the wall track is the song "Sex and Violence." (which, other than an occasional "um" is pretty much the entire lyric)