He says he doesn't sing the songs that have religious words or meaning, and he notes, rightly, that many of the most famous "Christmas" songs are better described as winter songs many of them written by Jews.

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Dear Fran, the first line of my intrigue romance is: No one writes songs about Paris in the winter.

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There's even a show with songs by The Flaming Lips planned for this winter at the La Jolla Playhouse in Southern California.

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