The Harvard Lampoon boasts itself as the longest running humor magazine based on the English language. Along with the vast numbers of humorists who have gone on to careers in the comedic entertainment industry, the organization will occasionally honor those whom it finds worthy of being included in the notable ranks of humerati. The latest of these honorees is the controversial synth-glam maven Peaches, who will be honored in an induction ceremony tonight in the mysterious “Lampoon Castle” located just outside of Harvard Square in Cambridge, MA.

Peaches (real name Merrill Nisker Beth) will be the guest of honor at the society’s Annual Canadian Synthpunk/Glam Rock Awards Dinner. The Lampoon is recognizing the female singer for her contributions toward breaking down gender-related stereotypes in the music industry (to put it lightly) with songs such as “I Feel Cream,” “Diddle My Skittle,” and “Tent In Your Pants.” As you can plainly tell, her songs regularly deal with conservatively taboo issues of sex in such a brutally honest fashion that you can’t help but laugh at the ridiculousness of sexuality as a whole (no pun intended). Along with her live band the Herms (short for hermaphrodite) her live performances feature gender-blending shock-rock extravagates that make the glammed-up, cross-dressing New York Dolls of the 1970's look like NPR’s Garrison Keillor in Sunday church services.

Peaches joins the ranks of honorees the likes of Bill Cosby, Winston Churchill, Chevy Chase, John Wayne, Robin Williams, Kurt Vonnegut, John Cleese, and James Brown. Although she is not the first honoree to address socially bashful topics that immediately place them in the controversial “bad person” societal filing, she is perhaps the first honoree to vocalize those viewpoints with her predetermined level of clarity and honesty, not to mention the fact that she is one of few women to be granted the title of honorary Lampooner.

The Harvard Lampoon has been running counter to the established Harvard undergraduate paper The Harvard Crimson since 1876. Many of the goings-on associated with the Lampoon are held under the strictest confidential secrecy in an area, it is believed, several stories beneath the “Lampoon Castle.” Rumors of alleged orgies and wild Animal House-style parties (which was produced as a syndicated offshoot of the scholastic publication, namely National Lampoon) run rampant across the Harvard campus. The induction ceremony, as well as the pre-party Peaches-songs karaoke jam, will all be videotaped and later uploaded to Peaches’ youtube channel, Peaches TV. If, by chance, the ceremony involves some form sado-masochistic ritual like paddling, I’m sure that Peaches will take her hits and then turn it on the ‘pooners to show them how it’s really done.