CARRIE DAHLBY HAD A BABY!
On Leap Year Day 2012, at 1:55 pm Carrie Dahlby gave birth to Alexander David Rasey, 8 lbs 4 oz, 21 inches long. He has blonde hair, and Carrie says he looks just like his Daddy, Josh Rasey. Much congratulations and hugs to both of them. If you want to tell Carrie and Josh congrats, you can do so by calling 916-LUKE-SKI (that's 916-585-3754) and leave them a voice message, which we will play to them on our podcast, "Bad Rapport". Welcome to the world, Alex! http://tinyurl.com/CarrieAndAlex
- MARSCON 2012
My 10th MarsCon has come and gone, and despite a viral infection in my sinuses, it was amazing and fun. We'll be going into great detail on it on the FuMPcast and Bad Rapport, so listen to forthcoming episodes of those to find out about what all went down. You can see some of the concert videos which were filmed by Jered Perez at his blip.tv channel: http://blip.tv/mr-tuesday
CIRQUE du SO WHAT?'S 3rd album "STUPID COWBOY THING - VOLUME 2: ADDITIONAL SQUID" released!
At long last, all of the remaining unreleased material by Cirque du So What is available to the unsuspecting public on our third album "Stupid Cowboy Thing - Volume 2: Additional Squid". It's got more R-rated sketch comedy covering such important issues as abortion, gun control, the Black Eyed Peas, jerks, waffle irons, racism, hentai, the FCC, and of course, tile. You can order the CD now at: http://www.thefump.com/store_release.php?id=98 Do it now, Superhorse commands it.
- "LET'S DO IMPROV!" by Cirque du So What?
Download it now for free at the FuMP: http://www.thefump.com . Back in my formative years as a comedy performer, I had two diametrically opposed schools of thought vying to influence me. The PG-rated ruled and structured improvisation club I worked at, versus the R-rated intentionally offensive dadaist anarchy that ensued when I filmed sketches privately with my close friends. This sketch explores the pros and cons of both, giving a loving hug and a middle finger simultaneously. This track is from our new album "Stupid Cowboy Thing: Volume 2 - Additional Squid", available now in the FuMP store.
"LUKE & CARRIE'S BAD RAPPORT: BEST OF 2011" album released!
Our second collection of spoken word excerpts from "Bad Rapport", the podcast co-hosted by Luke Ski and Carrie Dahlby, spanning our episodes from 2011 is now available for purchase at thegreatLukeSki.com. It features appearances by our friends, spouses, and colleagues from The FuMP, and often Luke gets slapped by Carrie, and you can hear it.
To order the CD version w/ MP3 download, $9.99 plus shipping:
http://www.thegreatlukeski.com/products-page/?product_id=223
To order the MP3 version, $4.99 download:
http://www.thegreatlukeski.com/products-page/?product_id=224
- "I'D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR!" by Scooter Picnic, featuring Luke Ski
When TV's Kyle read my old comic book parody of the Star Wars trilogy, he was astounded at my repeated use of the catch phrase from Robocop, "I'd buy that for a dollar!". This inspired him to want to write a song using that as the chorus hook, so he did with his Scooter Picnic partner Insane Ian, recruiting me to do the last verse to complete this trifecta of epic win! I was so busy preparing for MarsCon that I forgot to plug it on my mailing list while it was still a free download. Sorry, my bad. You can still hear it for free at it's page at the FuMP, or, you can fork over 99 cents to download it, so you too can say "I'D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR!" http://www.thefump.com/fump.php?id=1516
- "BLUES CAMPBELL" FAN VIDEO BY DON COLEMAN!
At my concert at MarsCon over the weekend, I world premiered a whole lot of new video content which I will be using at my forthcoming live shows. Aiding me in making this a reality, Donald Coleman, aka "Dr. Don", made an awesome fanvid for me of my tribute to the Evil Dead / Army of Darkness trilogy and it's lead actor, "Blues Campbell". There's a bit of horror gore in it, so be warned, but take a look and let's tweet the hell out of it, so hopefully @GroovyBruce will take notice. Or take Burn Notice? Anyway, here's the link, you primitive screwheads: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yto9JlLWgBs
- TOUR DATE:
MARCON 47
http://marcon.org
Hyatt Regency Columbus - Columbus, OH
April 6th thru 8th, 2012
It's been a few years, but I am finally returning to MarCon in Columbus! Also performing after an absence will be Tom Smith, which is appropriate because it's Easter weekend, and at MarCon they all treat him like he's Jesus Christ. In that analogy, I'm going to assume I'm Judas. So we need someone to be the rock in front of the tomb, so who better to bring the "rock" than Chris Mezzolesta of Power Salad? Chris is making his first ever appearance at MarCon, and along with me and Tom will doing a block of concerts on Sunday, making it the first ever FuMP Easter Special! Events are subject to change, but here's some of what I will be doing there that weekend:
FRIDAY:
5:30 pm, Union E - Luke Ski singing at the “Surfing Safari” themed Opening Jam filk
10:00 pm, Union E - Open filking
SATURDAY:
11:30 am, Union E - Panel: “The Future of Filk”
5:30 pm, Union E - Panel: “Dr. Demento Is Still On The Air! The Underground Comedy Music Scene”
8:00 pm, Franklin A-D - Masquerade, with judging-time entertainment by the great Luke Ski
10:00 pm, Union E - Open filking
SUNDAY:
11:30 am, Franklin A-D - Tom Smith concert
1:00 pm, Franklin A-D - the great Luke Ski concert
2:30 pm, Franklin A-D - Power Salad concert
4:00 pm, Union E - Luke Ski singing at the Closing Jam filk
- "RAY TV" 20th ANNIVERSARY VIDEO
February 29th, 2012 was the 20th Anniversary of the first 'episode' of "Ray TV" the R-rated video sketch thing I did with my friends for 5 years during the mid 90's. To commemorate that, I made the following short video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUDo_eT0FxY (Has some NSFW language.)
- NEW "CIRQUE DU SO WHAT?" ON THE MAD MUSIC TOP 20 REVENGE COUNTDOWN!
All the new tracks from "Stupid Cowboy Thing - Volume 2: Additional Squid" are now up for voting for the Mad Music Top 20 Revenge Countdown! Please go vote and let DJ Particle know which tracks from the album you like best!
Please go register at the Mad Music Archive forums here:
http://www.madmusic.com/signup.aspx
Submit your weekly votes at the voting page here:
http://www.madmusic.com/top20voting.aspx
You can listen to the show here:
http://www.madmusic.com/mmtop20.aspx
- REQUEST NEW "CIRQUE DU SO WHAT?" TRACKS FOR "THE DR. DEMENTO SHOW"!
It's still the best show ever. You can listen at: http://drdemento.com/online.html . If you'd like to request a song, or your favorite track(s) from "Stupid Cowboy Thing - Volume 2: Additional Squid", you can do that here: http://drdemento.com/request . Please include your email address when requesting. Thanks! 🙂