I write, produce, and perform on old time radio broadcast variety show (podcast) called The Hour of Misery and Light Entertainments hosted by Odious Ari and with ridiculous guests that I voice, myself. Odious and guests (pigeons, tap dancers, time traveling minotaurs, etc.) take on difficult issues like aging, loss, overpopulation, and the absence of inherent meaning in life.
Here are a couple of episodes:
Episode 9: The Grim Reaper, Our God Shirley, The Flying Rearendas, and Our Dear Listeners
In this episode, Odious has just returned from an endurance art tour of Koreatown and feels the need to spend quality time with his listeners. Listeners call in and Odious offers top shelf life coach advice. The Grim Reaper shows up with a new message from Shirley (There IS a God, and her name is Shirley.). The results are in, the metrics are assessed and human beings are in big effing trouble. The Grim Reaper sings a song on Shirley’s behalf about it.
Episode 7: Schopenhauer, Epictetus, Living, Dying, and Vaudeville
In this episode, Odious is going through some kind of “thing” and ponders humanity’s existence. Luckily, he has help sorting through his confusing thoughts with guest star philosophers Arthur Schopenhauer and Epictetus!
Schopenhauer’s wise and pessimistic words inspire Odious to write a musical in his honor, and in this episode we are blessed to hear the first song from Schopenhauer: The Musical! As per The Cockroach Quartet’s new contract, I must credit them as composers and performers on this track.