29 Aug
Excuse me while I whip this out…
25 Aug
Luke Ski Update - August 25th, 2010
Hey, I’m getting married one month from today! Hooray! 
On a completely unrelated note, myself, Carrie Dahlby, Devo Spice, and Insane Ian have been immortalized in the webcomic “Frog Raccoon Strawberry” by TV’s Kyle! check it out: http://www.dummcomics.com/index?sid=717
WHAT’S LUKE PLUGGING NOW?:
“What A Ripoff! Volume 2″ continues in the tradition of Volume 1, wherein Luke attempts to get his hands on more money from his fans so he can pay off the cost of his wedding. This album is made up of tracks Luke Ski has produced over the past few years that did not end up on either “Target: Audience” or “Too Much Stuff”, some of which have never been heard anywhere before. It also has cover versions and parodies of Luke Ski tracks by Tom Smith, Steve Goodie, Devo Spice, as well as cameos by Carrie Dahlby, Worm Quartet, Insane Ian, Soggy Potato Chips, and many other FuMPers (see “Explained Outtakes Part 2″). There’s also a couple of spoken word tracks, including the infamous original version of “True Tales Of Ignorance From The Caricature Stand”. The album has been described by Ken “Madman on the Loose” Sherlock as, quote, “worth getting”.
Track listing:
1. Hi, I’m Luke Ski - Soggy Potato Chips - 0:21
2. Jack-A-Bye - 4:21
3. Fandom Dazzle - featuring Carrie Dahlby - 3:07
4. Brett Favre, Will You Stay Or Will You Go? - 1:30
5. I Want My Mischke Back - with Carrie Dahlby - 4:06
6. My Favorite Part (demo) - Tom Smith - 5:30
7. You Might Be A Trekkie (live at HyperiCon 2009) - Steve Goodie - 5:49
8. Map Light - Steve Crist, with Worm Quartet - 1:56
9. BACON! (John Denver As A Mofo Version) - Tom Smith - 5:31
10. Bacon 2: Electric Boogaloo - Devo Spice - 2:57
11. Why I Left Las Vegas A Day Early - 7:37
12. Explained Outtakes Part 2 - 8:43
13. True Tales Of Ignorance From The Caricature Stand - 20:07
14. (unlisted bonus track from Insane Ian’s “The Last Arcade”) - 8:10
Total length - 1:19:46
To order the CD version, $14 plus shipping:
http://www.thegreatlukeski.com/products-page/?product_id=202
To order the MP3 version, $9.99:
http://www.thegreatlukeski.com/products-page/music-downloads1/what-a-ripoff-volume-2/
- NEW LUKE SKI FAN VIDEOS:
“MY PARENTS BOUGHT ME INTELLIVISION” by Jered Perez
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhdhr0e2MrY
“WHAT’S UP SPOCK?” by Shana Farris
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K55EXQuMvjM
“FANBOY (2010 EDITION)” by Emily Ann Meyer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP8V6ol9OWY
“TOO MUCH STUFF” by Steven Fox
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg7VDUfOrN8
And a couple by yours truly,
“MARVEL POPPINS” by the great Luke Ski
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzueL0-KfEA
“DEMENTIA REVOLUTION” by the great Luke Ski
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScXUbBGMPDQ
- LUKE & CARRIE’S BAD RAPPORT
Carrie Dahlby & Luke Ski are up to 22 episodes of their pointless Podcast!
You can listen, download, and/or subscribe at http://badrapport.com
- THE FUNNY MUSIC PODCAST
Devo Spice & Luke Ski interview the artists who posted songs on the FuMP dot com the past week.
You can listen, download, and/or subscribe at http://feeds.feedburner.com/funnymusic
- TOUR DATES:
ARCHON 34
http://www.archonstl.org/34
St. Louis, MO - Westport Plaza
October 1st thru 3rd, 2010
Yes, the weekend following my wedding, I’ll be returning to Archon, one of my favorite conventions of the year. I’ll be doing a concert on Sunday afternoon per usual. Once I know the exact time and place, I’ll let you all know.
I have been invited to perform at both CON ON THE COB and OVFF. I want to be there for both of them, but the fact that I no longer have a vehicle of my own (It was parked on the street and a neighborhood kid crashed into it and totaled it), coupled with pre-and-post-wedding financial concerns make it unclear as to if I’ll be able to make it to one or both of these. I’ll keep you all updated. I am hoping to perform at WINDYCON again, and since it is local, will be easy for me to arrange to get to.
- “I Kissed A Nerd” by the Damsels of Dorkington
“I KISSED A NERD” the debut song by the hot and hilarious Damsels of Dorkington is now a free MP3 download at the FuMP Sideshow! http://www.thefump.com/side.php?id=753 You can also check out the music video, featuring a cameo by Luke Ski on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arjiHvkVXfA Their website is http://damselsofdorkington.com
- Dr. Demento played “FANBOY (2010 EDITION)”
Also, “STOOGEFIGHTER” and “YOU NEED PROZAC, CHARLIE BROWN”
by Cirque du So What? both made The Dr. Demento Show’s Top 10 Countdown!
Please REQUEST for them to be played again at: http://drdemento.com/request
Listen to the show online at: http://drdemento.com/online.html
- THE MAD MUSIC DEMENTIA TOP 20 COUNTDOWN!
Please go register at the Mad Music Archive forums here:
http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/signup.aspx
Submit your weekly votes at the voting page here:
http://www.djparticle.com/mmdt20/
You can listen to the show here:
http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/mmtop20.aspx
- HELP LUKE & SARA PAY FOR THEIR WEDDING
Luke Ski, that would be me, is getting married to Sara Trice in 47 days. We are paying the bulk of the wedding costs ourselves. If you’d like to help us out with that, buying stuff from my website is an easy way to do so. As always, it is located at http://www.thegreatlukeski.com , click on the STORE link. “WHAT A RIPOFF! VOLUME 2″, an odds-and-ends compilation was just released, and my “GREATEST HITS VOLUME 1″ 2-CD set would make a great gift for someone who you’d like to introduce to my music.
Additionally, I’m always looking for more work as a caricature artist & cartoonist. If you’d like to hire me to draw caricatures at your party or event, or commission some cartooning artwork from me, go to http://www.artbylukeski.com for all the details. Thanks.
08 Aug
“What A Ripoff! Volume 2″ released on CD & MP3
Click here to order the CD version, or click here to order the MP3 version.
21 May
Greatest Hits Volume 1 Available Now!
Volume 1 of Luke’s Greatest Hits is available now in the store! Featuring two updated classics and a whole lot of music from Luke’s early career.
19 May
Luke Ski Update - May 19th, 2010
- LUKE & CARRIE’S BAD RAPPORT EPISODE #15 NOW POSTED
You can listen, download, and/or subscribe at http://badrapport.com
- “DEATHWORKS SKG” by Cirque du So What?
New sketch now available at http://www.thefump.com
- KEYCON 27
http://www.keycon.org
Radisson Hotel - Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA
May 21st thru 23rd, 2010
Luke Ski is returning to Keycon, as is Worm Quartet, and we’re bringing Devo Spice and Power Salad with us. Hey, that’s all 4 members of “Cirque du So What?”! They’ll have to rename the country Canadementia!
KeyCon Schedule (All of our concerts are in the Peregrine room):
Friday night:
8:00 pm - Devo Spice
10:00 pm - Worm Quartet
11:00 pm - Cirque du So What?
Midnight - Mature Masquerade (judging time ent. by Worm Quartet)
Saturday:
1:00 pm - the great Luke Ski
5:00 pm in Boardroom - Koffee Klatch with Luke Ski (& maybe others?)
7:00 pm - Masquerade (judging time ent. music by Luke, Devo, WQ, & PS)
Sunday:
1:00 pm - Power Salad
- THE NITE SHOW WITH MISCHKE on Twin Cities radio, WCCO 830 AM
Listen live, or hear past episodes at the website:
http://wcco.cbslocal.com/shows/mischke
Subscribe to the podcast:
http://podcastrss.play.it/the-nite-show-with-mischke_mp3_128.xml
- “STOOGEFIGHTER” and “YOU NEED PROZAC, CHARLIE BROWN”
by Cirque du So What? both made The Dr. Demento Show’s Top 10 Countdown!
Please REQUEST for them to be played again at: http://drdemento.com/request
Listen to the show online at: http://drdemento.com/online.html
- Bad news in radio: Chicago’s 97.9 FM the Loop drops “The Dr. Demento Show”
Remember Chicagoans, you can hear the show every week and any time at the official website of “The Dr. Demento Show” at http://drdemento.com/online.html If any of you would like to write a friendly letter to the Programming Director of WLUP in the hopes they will change their mind, you can do so here: http://www.wlup.com/contact.aspx
- Hey, look at this short silly video Carrie and I made:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K70F6rCHb7c
- TOUR DATES: HYPERICON 6, NERDAPALOOZA 2010, GENCON INDY 2010
03 May
“LUKE & CARRIE’S BAD RAPPORT” PODCAST VIDEO EPISODE #1
“Blasted Bill and Moonbeam’s Pod Of Destiny” did their first video PodCast earlier this year. It featured a time plot, a green screen, and a tiny net. Here are links to watch it on YouTube: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 (Each part is 10 minutes long, so if you’re pressed for time, just watch Part 3, that’s the most important part). It ended with a gauntlet thrown in the faces of Luke Ski and Carrie Dahlby to create a video PodCast that would top theirs. So Carrie and I are brought the fight to their turf, and world premiered the first ever video installment of our PodCast “Luke & Carrie’s Bad Rapport” at PenguiCon in Detroit on May 1st, 2010.
Due to how YouTube works, we had to keep the episode to under 10 minutes, so we managed to do an encapsulated version of our PodCast complete with four comedy music tracks, News of The Stupid, and many of the regular segments you tolerate so much. If you enjoy it, please tell your friends about it on line by sharing the YouTube link and/or the link to Bad Rappor t .com, and also please leave comments for us here letting you know what you thought of the show. If there is enough demand, we will do more in the future. Thanks for reading, and we hope you love it!
You can listen, download, and/or subscribe at http://badrapport.com
You can leave us COMMENTS at the web site, http://badrapport.com ,
Or leave a VOICE MESSAGE by dialing (916)-LUKE-SKI ,
Or you can email us at badrapport@gmail.com ,
You can follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/badrapport ,
And we now have a Facebook page ,
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Luke-and-Carries-Bad-Rapport/191794823586
We’re recording a new regular episode tonight, so please get those comments in on the video episode, and episode 13 and the MarsCon special! Thanks! 
- Luke Ski
27 Apr
Luke Ski Update - April 27th, 2010
- “STOOGEFIGHTER” by Cirque du So What? makes #5 on Dr. Demento’s Top 10!
Please REQUEST for it to be played again at: http://drdemento.com/request
Listen to the show online at: http://drdemento.com/online.html
- LUKE & CARRIE’S BAD RAPPORT VIDEO PODCAST #1 TO WORLD PREMIERE AT PENGUICON!
“Blasted Bill and Moonbeam’s Pod Of Destiny” did their first video PodCast earlier this year. It featured a time plot, a green screen, and a tiny net. (You can view it in 3 parts on YouTube.) It ended with a gauntlet thrown in the faces of Luke Ski and Carrie Dahlby to create a video PodCast that would top theirs. So Carrie and I are bringing the fight to their turf, and world premiering the first ever video installment of our PodCast “Luke & Carrie’s Bad Rapport” at PenguiCon in Detroit this weekend. Carrie Dahlby has a concert in the music room (Niles I/II) on Saturday which starts at 2:00 pm. At approximately 2:30 pm during her concert set, we will show the 10 minute episode, and thoroughly destroy BB&MPOD with our sheer awesomeness. This is not to be missed, people. Be there (and go see Carrie’s concert too)!
- PENGUICON 8.0
http://www.penguicon.org
Troy, MI - Troy Marriott (suburb of Detroit, MI)
April 30th thru May 2nd, 2010
This Linux and general sci-fi/fantasy convention has an excellent music track filled with dementia, nerdcore, and filk, as arranged by Jean “Jayekitty” Prior.
PenguiCon Music Schedule: All concerts are in Niles I/II, except where noted
* = not listed on the official PCon schedule
Friday:
5:00 PM - Soggy Potato Chips
7:00 PM - Max De Groot
8:00 pm - 19 Action News
9:00 pm - Devo Spice
*9:45 pm - Cirque du So What?
10:15 pm - Worm Quartet
11:00 PM - Stone Crazy Pirates - in Ballroom ABCD
Midnight - Open Filk
Saturday:
10:00 am - Merry Miskatonic
Noon - Bill Roper
1:00 pm - Peter Alway
2:00 pm - Carrie Dahlby
*2:30 pm - Luke & Carrie’s Bad Rapport Video PodCast #1 World Premiere
3:00 pm - Tom Smith - in Ballroom ABCD
4:00 pm - Frank Hayes
5:00 pm - the great Luke Ski
6:00 pm - Toyboat
7:00 pm - FuMP-for-All (featuring every FuMP artist in attendance!)
9:00 pm - Power Salad
10:00 pm - Open Filk
Sunday:
11:00 am - Insane Ian
Noon - Dual Core
1:00 pm - Positive Attitude
2:00 pm - Dementia DIY / FuMP Sideshow
3:00 pm - Closing Jam
Also, there will be a showing of “Mystery Spatula Theatre 11: Mission To Mars” in the Film Room on Saturday at 6:00 pm.
More tour dates include DEMICON, KEYCON, HYPERICON, and NERDAPALOOZA! Go to the Tour Dates page for details.
21 Apr
New PodCast Episode full of Luke Ski rarities!
- Luke & Carrie’s Bad Rapport: Episode #013 - The Gopher Distraction PodCast
It’s EPISODE 13! So get ready for the longest episode to date, chock full of stuff for all the hard core Luke Ski fans out there! Learn about the depths of his neuroticism as talks about his self-perceived failures as the preeminent Star Wars musical satirist of the late 90’s / early 2000’s! Stand agape as he tells of song ideas from the past that were so bad, that he himself can’t even remember what they were all about! Hear him recite A Capella THREE NEVER BEFORE HEARD PARODY SONGS from his notebook archives! Also in this episode we discuss people who don’t know how magnets work, Carrie tells us about her trip to the Wisconsin Dells and her experiences performing the Opera “La Boheme”, we describe the worst movies we have ever seen, more song origins, and Luke tells us where he’s not performing this summer. All that plus comedy tracks by Ookla The Mok, Cirque du So What, Carla Ulbrich, and more, jam packed into a special edition jumbo-sized 2 1/2 hour long Episode 13! WE DARE YOU TO LISTEN!!! (And we promise to not makes these episodes this long in the future.)
You can listen, download, and/or subscribe at http://badrapport.com
You can leave us COMMENTS at the web site, http://badrapport.com ,
Or leave a VOICE MESSAGE by dialing (916)-LUKE-SKI ,
Or you can email us at badrapport@gmail.com ,
You can follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/badrapport ,
And we now have a Facebook page ,
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Luke-and-Carries-Bad-Rapport/191794823586
Check out this excellent review of my latest album projects. Thanks Dave! 
http://suprmchaos.com/bcEnt-Mon-041910.index.html
13 Apr
MarsCon 2010: Dementia Macros contest & bonus PodCast episode!
- The MarsCon 2010 Dementia Macros Contest!!!
U can has prizes for yer MarsCon pics wit the funneh kapshins!
Because we refuse to let the fun and magic of MarsCon 2010 come to an end, I hereby announce the MarsCon 2010 Dementia Macros Contest! How do you enter? Here’s your instructions:
(1.) Make a Dementia Macro using a picture from MarsCon 2010. You can use one of your own pictures, or you can use somebody else’s (some people’s posted photo collection links are below).
(2.) Post it at the Dementia Macros LiveJournal Community, http://www.livejournal.com/users/dementia_macros , sometime between now and Tuesday, April 27th at 11:59 pm CST. Enter as often as you want, but you will only be eligible for one of the top 3 places.
The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will be announced sometime shortly after that on the internet in some way (I’ll decide which way would be best when the time comes). The contest will be judged by the MarsCon 2010 Dementia Radio Listener Guest Of Honor, Snapper!
There are three prizes to choose from: A copy of my latest CD “Too Much Stuff” (http://www.thefump.com/store_release.php?id=61), A full color with body & background Caricature (example: http://lukeski.livejournal.com/585172.html), and a dozen custom made Chibis drawn by Luke Ski (example: http://lukeski.livejournal.com/584831.html). Third place winner gets to choose one of those prizes, second place gets to choose two, first place gets all three. For more examples of caricatures & chibis, visit http://www.artbylukeski.com
U can has entreez? Then go post um! Squee!
Some MarsCon 2010 Picture Links:
Devo Spice:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/63721124@N00/sets/72157623468736609/
Davros:
http://s105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/Davroz451/2010-03-04%20MarsCon%202010/
[Note from Davros: Look on the left side for all sub-albums. Note that a few days have folders for more than one camera, marked either G10 (my pocket rocket) or 50D (my heavy-hitter SLR)]
Baron Dave Romm:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=153392&id=530260137&l=c3cbe57f9d - Th. & Fri.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=154431&id=530260137&l=8703280654 - Sat.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=154794&id=530260137&l=f87bc464bc - Sun.
[Note from Baron Dave: FB allows unlimited uploads, which is good, but compresses really small, which is bad for things like macros. If anyone wants a higher res image to play with, let me know (and be specific about which pic).]
Poohbear:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2059858&id=1221795033&l=67855e1e85
Kristi:
http://kristisphotosite.shutterfly.com/#:emid=site_other&cid=SHARE3SXXXX
If you have a gallery of MarsCon photos you’re willing to donate to the 2009 Dementia Macros Contest, please let me know and I’ll add them to the list! Kthxbai!
SEE PREVIOUS YEAR’S WINNERS:
2009: http://lukeski.livejournal.com/422170.html
2008: http://lukeski.livejournal.com/277401.html
- Luke & Moonbeam & Carrie & Blasted Bill’s Bad Pod Rapport Of Destiny: Episode 2 – Post-MarsCon 2010 Wrap-up Report!
Well, the title pretty much explains everything you need to know, but I’m too OCD to not type something here, so here goes. It’s Luke & Moonbeam & Carrie & Blasted Bill’s Bad Pod Rapport Of Destiny, Episode 2, our Post-MarsCon 2010 Wrap-up Report! Recorded Sunday night March 7th in Nate Boi’s hotel room after all of MarsCon 2010’s activities had come to an end. We had a room full of friends & artists, including Brendan from Nuclear Bubble Wrap, Chris Mezzolesta of Power Salad, and Insane Ian who didn’t say anything during the whole episode. Perhaps he was deep in contemplation on which MarsCon T-shirt he should order from Spreadshirt. In any case, here’s 18 minutes of post-con-nal bliss. Enjoy!
You can listen, download, and/or subscribe at http://badrapport.com
You can leave us COMMENTS at the web site, http://badrapport.com
Or leave a VOICE MESSAGE by dialing (916)-LUKE-SKI ,
Or you can email us at badrapport@gmail.com ,
You can follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/badrapport ,
And we now have a Facebook page ,
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Luke-and-Carries-Bad-Rapport/191794823586
- Reminders:
REQUEST STUFF FOR THE DR. DEMENTO SHOW!
What stuff? Stuff like…
“Wreckin’ By The Book (The Cake Wrecks Song)” by Carrie Dahlby
“You Need Prozac, Charlie Brown” by Cirque du So What?
“StoogeFighter” by Cirque du So What?
“God Hates Comedy Musicians” by Cirque du So What?
“Anime Fan” by the great Luke Ski, featuring Carrie Dahlby
Make your requests at: http://drdemento.com/request
Listen to the show online at: http://drdemento.com/online.html
“STOOGEFIGHTER”
by Cirque du So What?
Download the MP3 of the track for free at http://www.thefump.com
Watch the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt9lg2nilPo
“WRECKIN’ BY THE BOOK (THE CAKE WRECKS SONG)”
by Carrie Dahlby, featuring the great Luke Ski,
ShoEboX, Chris Mezzolesta, Devo Spice, & Wyngarde!
Download the MP3 of the song at http://www.thefump.com/fump.php?id=1279
Watch the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e10Zo-2KEIM
“ANIME FAN”
by the great Luke Ski, featuring Carrie Dahlby!
Download the MP3 at the Funny Music Project:
http://www.thefump.com/fump.php?id=1280
CIRQUE DU SO WHAT?
It’s the sketch comedy dementia super-group comprised of
the great Luke Ski, Devo Spice, ShoEboX of Worm Quartet, and Chris
Mezzolesta of Power Salad!
Get our debut album “PROCRASTINATORS OF THE APOCALYPSE” right now at
http://www.cirquedusowhat.net or http://www.baconnipples.com
Upcoming Tour Dates:
PENGUICON, DEMICON, KEYCON, HYPERICON, NERDAPALOOZA, GENCON INDY
Details coming soon.
PLAY MARIOKART WII WITH LUKE SKI!
My MarioKart Wii code is 1162-0579-0945. If you’d like to race with me via
Nintendo WFC, please email me your code. Thanks, and I’ll see you on the
pixelated racetrack!
THE MAD MUSIC DEMENTIA TOP 20 COUNTDOWN!
Please go register at the Mad Music Archive forums here:
http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/signup.aspx
Submit your weekly votes at the voting page here:
http://www.djparticle.com/mmdt20/
You can listen to the show here:
http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/mmtop20.aspx
