Named the best radio station in America by Rolling Stone magazine four years running, WFMU is considered the alternative radio station. The New York-area noncommercial, free-form station features programming ranging from pure rock and roll to flat-out uncategorizable strangeness such as cooking instructions, off-kilter kids' music, and spoken-word mash-ups. LCD (Lowest Common Denominator), the station's program guide begun in 1986 as a visual counterpart to WFMU's oddball programming was a wicked cocktail of satire, cultural news, alternative history, and provocative artwork that quickly gained noteriety and earned its own devoted cult following. It ceased publication in 1998 and its back issues have become treasured and valuable collector's items.

The Best of LCD: The Art and Writing of WFMU collects for the first time the magazine's best writing and artwork including work by some of the biggest superstars of the cultural underground, such as Harvey Pekar, Nick Tosches, Chris Ware, Daniel Clowes, Kaz, Ken Freedman, Luc Sante, Johnny Marr, Amy Rigby, Mark Newgarden, Ron English, Daniel Johnston, Richard Sala, Tony Millionaire, Pat Moriarity, Wayno, and many more.

"The aesthetic of 91.1 WFMU, New York's legendary free-form radio station, is defiant eclecticism born of the cultural and musical ideals of the 1960s. This musical philosophy translates into a careening, relentlessly aggressive collection of cartoons, illustrations, essays, charts and various other media in LCD, a compilation of material from the meticulously arranged program guides the station released between 1986 and 1998. LCD stands for 'Lowest Common Denominator,' but one glance at the book's contents confirms the sarcasm that such a title suggests. In truth, the collection is a celebration of everything but popular appeal: an appreciation of old rock and roll songs translated into French resides comfortably with a series of cartoons documenting bizarre moments in history, such as the opening of the first Santa Claus school. Connoisseurs of the bizarre have a bountiful flea market of vaguely dated junk to explore, including a distinctly creepy interview with Gumby creator Art Clokey, an in-depth feature on obscure Hawaiian exotica records and enough wholly inexplicable and vulgar cartoons that one can imagine R. Crumb being a big fan. For those who delight in failed show-business tales, the sporadic contributions of Andy Breckman, a former SNL staff writer and Don Mclean tourmate, are laugh out loud highlights each time they appear." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

Named the best radio station in America by Rolling Stone magazine four years running, WFMU is considered the alternative radio station. LCD (Lowest Common Denominator), the station's program guide?begun in 1986 as a visual counterpart to WFMU's oddball programming?was a wicked cocktail of satire, cultural news, alternative history, and provocative artwork that has earned its own devoted cult followers. It ceased publication in 1998 and its back issues have become treasured?and valuable?collector's items. Dave the Spazz has spent the past twenty years hosting a weekly radio show on WFMU, self-publishing, freelance writing, making artwork, singing in punk-rock bands, and holding down one crummy job after another.