Stephen Lynch 3 Baloons

Musical comedy performer Stephen Lynch used to be an elementary school teacher, but he insisted on performing his students’ lessons on guitar, and he reprises many of them on his latest CD, 3 Balloons. “Pilgrims raced against the clock/Looking for a place to dock/They said, ‘Fuck it,’ there’s Plymouth Rock/Write it down, motherfuckers!” Not surprisingly, he was fired from the gig but Lynch, a New York transplant who starred in the Broadway adaptation of The Wedding Singer, has a gift for pop culture parody and non-politically correct humor. His songs, whose subject matter ranges from HIV tests to pubic hair maintenance in Medieval times, make “Flight of the Conchords” look stodgy. On “Fishin’ Hole,” he explains how his son didn’t enjoy their fishing trip, as he “didn’t like the feeling of the worm in his hand.” “He’s an asshole/My kid’s an asshole,” he goes on. “I swear he just don’t float my boat.” 4 out of 5 stars.