Profundity wrapped in absurdity is exactly what we crave from one and only punk jazz visionary Mike Dillon. In one way or another, each of the 14 tracks comprising his latest offering, 'Life Is Not A Football,' live up to that archetype. A recording with the Big Easy coursing through its veins and equal parts Frank Zappa and The Butthole Surfers in its DNA, 'Life Is Not A Football' is a no-holds-barred affair, complete with rallying cries for equality and tolerance, truth-to-power political and existential rants and plenty of inside jokes. Dillon and company seethe, stutter, glide, pummel, prank and rage, often all at once on tracks like Robo Tripping Vikings, Speed Trap and Iggy In the Van.