THE PREPOSTEROUS BOLLOX OF THE SITUATION

While Princess Wei and Rev. Stang made their trek from Ohio to Texas, L.A. and San Francisco, and back, spreading disease, climbing rocks in national monuments, and breaking limbs all the way, they recorded daily road reports for HOUR OF SLACK. While these too-honest reports admittedly required strenuous editing, interspersing them with “regular” abnormal SubGenius material (such as rants about religion, stupidity and conspiracies) has made them at least seemingly more seemly. Other contributors include Mr. F. LeMur, The Large, Rev. Penn Jillette, Rev. Frodis “Suds” Pshaw, Dr. Sinister, Dr. Hal, Lonesome Cowboy Dave, Puzzling Evidence, The Firesign Theatre and Dr. Philo Drummond. Incidentally, the March 11 episode of the NPR show “To the Best of Our Knowledge,” we are told, will feature interviews with Rev. Stang along with Howard Stern, Camille Paglia, Jack Abramoff and others. The theme is “Scoundrels!” ( http://ttbook.org/ )

Rev. Penn Jillette — yes, a real SubGenius Minister — wrote a book (partly about atheism) called “God, No!” and in this episode we excerpt the first chapter of his audiobook. It simply kicks ass. Some discussion about the late Christopher Hitchins from a recent Radio Synaesthesia ties into it, as does Part 2 of Rev. Xister’s “Ship of State” media barrage. Bits of Puzzling Evidence, The Large, and a sermon by Rev.”Suds” Pshaw work themselves in, and the show climaxes with a touching Xmas “Bob” hymn by Popess Pantiara Evokavitch. This episode was produced somewhat “on the fly” at Stang Ranch, Stangsville, Texas just before Xistlessnessmess 2011, so some subject matter (such as Kim Jong Il’s death) may seem unseemly and untimely. Well, that’s Time Control for you.