The Imaginary Radio Programme: Drennon Davis Presented by The Pajama Men

As the joke about the nation’s television goes; you don’t listen to American radio to hear what’s on. You listen to it hear what else is on and no one knows this like Drennon Davis. The San Franciscan has apparently lost decades of life idling by the wireless and gets brilliant quirky revenge with his satirical musical comedy show The Imaginary Radio Programme. 

If Davis isn’t the world’s foremost radio impressionist he’s definitely tuned somewhere near the top. Music-genre parodies, drearily accurate DJs and absurd sponsor messages are broadcast solely via his beatboxing skills, looper and ukelele, while a keyboard accompanist engages in filthy duets. Indeed, a delightful immaturity is streamed through all the stations of Davis’ Imaginary Radio, as their names suggest; ‘KLUB’, ‘K-Rap’, ‘Klas: Music for your sanity’, ‘KOCK’, and ‘KUNT: Music for pussies’. For each, the multi-talented animator provides charming artwork slides; you’ve never seen the latter station’s name next to so many cute kittens.

And if words like ‘kittens’, ‘quirky’ or ‘ukelele’ make you prickle, don’t worry. Many of Davis’ broadcast bashes come complete with a universally accessible dick joke. In his Morrissey impression he cries; “I have an uncircumcised heart. It’s more sensitive than normal hearts”. His brilliant Nic Cage impression ends up similarly cock-centered. 

It would perhaps be penis envy to dwell on such things too much. The Imaginary Radio Programme may just be the most inspiring show about what you can create when your entire world revolves around radio, and not just your genitals.