This morning, Gothamist introduced us to Dr. Lanny Latham, a life coach whose goal is to make you “Get Psyched!” (He’s currently giving seminars at Rififi.) But how does Latham compare to our all-time favorite optimism champ, party-rocker Andrew WK?
 Andrew WK |
 Dr. Lanny Latham |
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| Catchphrase | Party Till You Puke! | Get Psyched! |
| Lecture series | “The Joy Trilogy,” in which he discusses “pure fun and total love.” | “Get Psyched,” in which he discusses getting psyched. |
Philosophy |
“I want to have a party! I want to have a party! I want to have a party! You cannot kill the party!” —from “Long Live the Party” | 7 Steps to Leading a Better Life: (1) Get Psyched (2) Have Fun (3) Pump It Up (4) Go for It (5) Enjoy (6) Drink Plenty of Fluids (7) Get Psyched. |
| Inspirational moment | “I wanted to give myself a bloody nose, and then take a picture of it [for my album cover]. But my nose didn’t bleed enough after I hit myself with a brick. I had to use this follow-up plan, which was this little water bottle full of pig’s blood that I’d gotten from the butcher shop.” [Ink 19] | “I was actually in a dark place when … I looked down an alley and saw a dog whimpering in the corner. It dawned on me that things would be a whole lot better for that dog if it simply got more psyched. So I went up to the dog and told it to ‘get psyched.’ And it worked. The dog started barking like crazy.” |
| Totally unsurprising news | Parties with Aqua Teen Hunger Force. | Owns a Psych-odometer™. |
| Drug of choice | Salvia. | Self-satisfaction. |
Fan testimonial |
“I slammed my buddy John against a brick wall and he wasn’t too happy. But then after I played your song for him he totally thought it rocked!” —Coventry Climax, from MySpace | “After working with Lanny, I am less paranoid about my neighbors.” —Wayne Storm, from the A-Team |
| Psychedness rating | !!!!!…! | !!??! |
