Adult Swim has created a spot-on parody of the pomposity of synthesizer/composers Xangelix (Vangelis), Morgio Zoroger (Giorgio Moroder), and Carla Wendos (Walter/Wendy Carlos). The premise of Live at the Necropolis: Lords of Synth centers on long-lost footage from a 1986 contest to determine who can create the greatest sonic tribute to Halley's Comet. As commentator Edgar Tangram (nice Tangerine Dream allusion) explains: "Whoever scores the celestial dance of the comet most evocatively will be named the Lord of the Synth. The losers will be banned from music for a period of 100 years." Other details of the clip ring all too true: the insufferable self-regard each of the contestants possesses; the clunky mid-'80s headphones; the ludicrous eyewear; the stoic nerdiness of the announcers; the "pulsating ball of pure energy" that is in attendance. Things take on a goofily apocalyptic tone near the end, but rest assured, the healing power of synthesizers is reaffirmed and everyone lives geekily ever after. Dunno about you, but "Don't look now, but Carla Wendos has executed an absolutely killer tritone which has given Xangelix a rather untimely boner" will always have a special place in my memory bank.