Dear LFTP: the unnamed funeral musician, read by Mike

• Why don't obituaries mention the musician who played the funeral?

Ben asks Mike to read the next letter: a musician's pet peeve that obituaries never name the musician who played the funeral, though they prepare more than the pallbearers. The hosts mock the self-importance ('do you just shut up and play that harp?'), then Ben - who has played funerals - says being approached afterward is flat-out awkward: the day isn't about him, though a sincere thanks from family is fine. The Secular advice suggests the musician's name belongs on the program. The segment closes the radio hour: the KTIA sign-off, a goofy 'against the groove' exchange with Boova, and agreement that an officiant complimenting the music mid-grief is different from a stranger asking for CDs.