Lisa: Lisa is the lead singer and front person for Radiana. Though she has had a long career in music she finds herself starting a new band from the ground up. She's in her late 40's now and has to compete with young and eager pop bands that are cuter, more desperate, and more ambitious. In other words, everything she used to be. She often finds herself in odd and annoying situations in the same way as Larry David or Louis C.K., with similar awkward results. Played by Lisa Hammer.
Diego Diego: Diego is the band's manager. He's a little person with a big personality. He doesn't speak much English but has a huge bodyguard who also functions as his translator, verbally, and physically. He deals with club promoters in unnecessarily violent ways. He is very secretive and might be a Columbian drug lord, but no one can tell for sure. He doesn't take shit from anyone. Lisa is currently his only client so he has to work a couple of different jobs to pay the bills. He has a very jealous Colombian girlfriend.
Maury: Diego's giant of a bodyguard. He is physically intimidating, multilingual and very intelligent. He owes a life debt to Diego's father who saved him during the Cuban revolution.
Jonno and Jake-o Gunz: Brothers who hate each other. Jonno is the guitarist for Radiana, Jake-O desperately wants to play in the band but his brother won’t let him. The brothers’ real last name is Grzegorsiewicz (pronunciation unknown). They fight over everything. These quarrels will often come to blows. They still live with their parents in New Jersey. Jonno is often mistaken for Josh Groban. Jake-O doesn’t think he looks like Josh Groban. They are both in a relationship with Missy, the backup singer.
Missy Riggle: She's a tiny sweet back-up singer and Lisa's very good friend and intern. She has trouble saying “no” which has embroiled her in a love triangle between the two brothers. She was a fan of Lisa's and has weaseled her way into Lisa's life. Now Lisa can't get rid of her. She is constantly changing religions. And lovers.
Louis "Thunder" Ahmet: He's an introverted drummer who is a conspiracy theorist. He used to smoke a lot of weed and got real paranoid. Occasionally he will dole out advice that has little to do with reality.
Jimmy Bomz: He's an outgoing guitarist who will sometimes say something wildly inappropriate or prescient. He smokes a lot of crack. He shouldn’t have sugar.
Nina Volt: The quirky female bass player. She is a mix of Zoey Deschanel and Terri Garr. She might be bipolar.
Victor Krieg: He's the megalomaniacal owner of a record label. He blasts music in his office of rival bands, to Lisa’s chagrin. He's no nonsense and runs his label very much emphasizing the "biz" in showbiz. Krieg also distributes Radiana's rival band, Late Cambrian. He is technically inept and living in the 70’s. He does a lot of coke.
Kira: She was a big Bulgarian movie star in the 80’s and 90’s, she is a woman in her 30’s who still dresses like she is 16, and is hot enough to carry it off. She is daring and unconventional, and gives Lisa really, really bad romantic advice, including hiring male prostitutes. She is a train-wreck.
NewTron: He's a one-man band who is pretty terrible but for some reason is on Victor Krieg's label. Really likes Radiana and he introduces them to Victor. Victor eventually confides that NewTron is a tax write-off.
Late Cambrian: Late Cambrian is the rival band. Its members are Olive Hui, backup singer and keyboardist, John Wlaysewski as lead singer and lead guitar and Nunzio on bass. Late Cambrian is a real band based in Brooklyn, NY who is described as existential club/pop rock.
Secretary Wendy: Wendy is a brilliant, Harvard educated businesswoman/bodyguard who started late in her career. She is in an entry level secretarial position at Victor’s label but should be running it. She tells Lisa to basically transform into a 20 something Asian girl with brown hair, chopped bangs, black rimmed glasses and bright red lipstick, to trend on YouTube and gain a following.
Cody the Intern: Cody has been a fan of Lisa since he discovered her band in the 00’s. He is obsessed with “old school” music from the 80’s and 90’s and has created an altar to Lisa. He lives in his overbearing mother’s basement and often dresses in wigs and gowns and dances to old music videos of Lisa’s former bands. He interns at WFMU and talks the DJ into booking Radiana on a live show when rivals Late Cambrian cancel.
DJ Dark: DJ Dark wears pink sweatpants during the day, a fluffy scrunchie in her hair, and slurps caramel frappuccinos from Starbucks. By night she’s a gothic mistress of darkness with her own ethereal radio show on WFMU. She only likes Goth makeup and fashion and generally doesn’t know or care about the music or the culture. She is short-tempered and reluctantly gives in to Cody who begs her to book Radiana. She really grills Lisa during the live interview.
Dr. Kim: Dr. Kim is Lisa’s very blunt gynecologist. She explains the joys of aging in a flippant manner.
Intern Bradley: Intern Bradley is being trained by Doctor Kim. She has him sit in on Lisa’s gyno exam. To his horror, Lisa accidentally squirts him in the face with pee when she sneezes.
The Pee Vampire: A tall, dark man dressed as a vampire who asks to watch Lisa go to the bathroom at a café.
The Dangler: A very depressed male gigolo who spends the night crying at Lisa.
Mr. Pinky: A Wall Street businessman who asks if he can pay Lisa to smell her feet.
Diego Diego: Diego is the band's manager. He's a little person with a big personality. He doesn't speak much English but has a huge bodyguard who also functions as his translator, verbally, and physically. He deals with club promoters in unnecessarily violent ways. He is very secretive and might be a Columbian drug lord, but no one can tell for sure. He doesn't take shit from anyone. Lisa is currently his only client so he has to work a couple of different jobs to pay the bills. He has a very jealous Colombian girlfriend.
Maury: Diego's giant of a bodyguard. He is physically intimidating, multilingual and very intelligent. He owes a life debt to Diego's father who saved him during the Cuban revolution.
Jonno and Jake-o Gunz: Brothers who hate each other. Jonno is the guitarist for Radiana, Jake-O desperately wants to play in the band but his brother won’t let him. The brothers’ real last name is Grzegorsiewicz (pronunciation unknown). They fight over everything. These quarrels will often come to blows. They still live with their parents in New Jersey. Jonno is often mistaken for Josh Groban. Jake-O doesn’t think he looks like Josh Groban. They are both in a relationship with Missy, the backup singer.
Missy Riggle: She's a tiny sweet back-up singer and Lisa's very good friend and intern. She has trouble saying “no” which has embroiled her in a love triangle between the two brothers. She was a fan of Lisa's and has weaseled her way into Lisa's life. Now Lisa can't get rid of her. She is constantly changing religions. And lovers.
Louis "Thunder" Ahmet: He's an introverted drummer who is a conspiracy theorist. He used to smoke a lot of weed and got real paranoid. Occasionally he will dole out advice that has little to do with reality.
Jimmy Bomz: He's an outgoing guitarist who will sometimes say something wildly inappropriate or prescient. He smokes a lot of crack. He shouldn’t have sugar.
Nina Volt: The quirky female bass player. She is a mix of Zoey Deschanel and Terri Garr. She might be bipolar.
Victor Krieg: He's the megalomaniacal owner of a record label. He blasts music in his office of rival bands, to Lisa’s chagrin. He's no nonsense and runs his label very much emphasizing the "biz" in showbiz. Krieg also distributes Radiana's rival band, Late Cambrian. He is technically inept and living in the 70’s. He does a lot of coke.
Kira: She was a big Bulgarian movie star in the 80’s and 90’s, she is a woman in her 30’s who still dresses like she is 16, and is hot enough to carry it off. She is daring and unconventional, and gives Lisa really, really bad romantic advice, including hiring male prostitutes. She is a train-wreck.
NewTron: He's a one-man band who is pretty terrible but for some reason is on Victor Krieg's label. Really likes Radiana and he introduces them to Victor. Victor eventually confides that NewTron is a tax write-off.
Late Cambrian: Late Cambrian is the rival band. Its members are Olive Hui, backup singer and keyboardist, John Wlaysewski as lead singer and lead guitar and Nunzio on bass. Late Cambrian is a real band based in Brooklyn, NY who is described as existential club/pop rock.
Secretary Wendy: Wendy is a brilliant, Harvard educated businesswoman/bodyguard who started late in her career. She is in an entry level secretarial position at Victor’s label but should be running it. She tells Lisa to basically transform into a 20 something Asian girl with brown hair, chopped bangs, black rimmed glasses and bright red lipstick, to trend on YouTube and gain a following.
Cody the Intern: Cody has been a fan of Lisa since he discovered her band in the 00’s. He is obsessed with “old school” music from the 80’s and 90’s and has created an altar to Lisa. He lives in his overbearing mother’s basement and often dresses in wigs and gowns and dances to old music videos of Lisa’s former bands. He interns at WFMU and talks the DJ into booking Radiana on a live show when rivals Late Cambrian cancel.
DJ Dark: DJ Dark wears pink sweatpants during the day, a fluffy scrunchie in her hair, and slurps caramel frappuccinos from Starbucks. By night she’s a gothic mistress of darkness with her own ethereal radio show on WFMU. She only likes Goth makeup and fashion and generally doesn’t know or care about the music or the culture. She is short-tempered and reluctantly gives in to Cody who begs her to book Radiana. She really grills Lisa during the live interview.
Dr. Kim: Dr. Kim is Lisa’s very blunt gynecologist. She explains the joys of aging in a flippant manner.
Intern Bradley: Intern Bradley is being trained by Doctor Kim. She has him sit in on Lisa’s gyno exam. To his horror, Lisa accidentally squirts him in the face with pee when she sneezes.
The Pee Vampire: A tall, dark man dressed as a vampire who asks to watch Lisa go to the bathroom at a café.
The Dangler: A very depressed male gigolo who spends the night crying at Lisa.
Mr. Pinky: A Wall Street businessman who asks if he can pay Lisa to smell her feet.