Check out this dumb video I made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V1YHcLMdgw
~ Luke Ski, 5-11-2012

HEADLINES:

- LUKE SKI'S KICKSTARTER
STRETCH GOAL UPDATE: We're at 55% with 7 days to go!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/335203126/luke-skis-av-concert-rig/posts/217863

- PLEASE SUGGEST A 2011 LUKE SKI SONG FOR THE 2012 LOGAN AWARDS!
http://www.loganawards.com/nomination-form/

- "THE BALLAD OF OPTIMUS PRIME" FANVID BY JERED PEREZ
http://blip.tv/mr-tuesday/amv-the-ballad-of-optimus-prime-6116854

- TOUR DATES:
DUCKON http://duckon.org St.
Charles, IL June 1st - 3rd, 2012
DEEPSOUTHCON http://www.dsc50huntsville.com
AL June 15th - 17th, 2012
CONVERGENCE 2012 http://convergence-con.org
MN July 5th - 8th, 2012

- LUKE & CARRIE'S BAD RAPPORT: Episode #063 – Rent-A-Baby
http://badrapport.com

- THE FUNNY MUSIC PODCAST hits EPISODE #100!!!
http://www.thefump.com/podcast.php

...and more!

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HEADLINES:

- LUKE SKI'S KICKSTARTER STRETCH GOAL UPDATE

We are currently at $3,020! That's 55% of the way to my stretch goal
of $5,500 with 7 days left to go!

To recap, if I hit my STRETCH GOAL of $5,500, I will plan a
“LukeSkiCon” weekend featuring the “FuMP Fest” concert in the
Chicago area for all the donors who are able to make it. For the
donors that aren't able to make it, I will do a live webcast of the
concert, and make the concert recording available to all the donors.
For details, read this update: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/335203126/luke-skis-av-concert-rig/posts/217863
, and/or watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CENo99cOQ3Y
.

So please donate if you can, and please tell your friends online
about it. Remember, there are all kinds of awesome pledge prizes you
can get, like bacon, t-shirts, artwork, puppets, a song about you,
cake balls, house concerts, and Luke Ski mowing your lawn! Here's
the link to the donation page: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/335203126/luke-skis-av-concert-rig
. This Kickstarter ends at Noon CST on Saturday, May 19th. Thanks
again so much to everyone who donated, let's see if we can make
LukeSkiCon happen again!

~~~

- PLEASE SUGGEST A LUKE SKI SONG FOR THE LOGAN AWARDS!

The 2012 Logan Awards for Excellence In Comedy Music will be held at
DeepSouthCon in Huntsville this June, hosted by Dr. Demento himself.
The awards will honor the best comedy music of 2011, and it would be
a dream come true if I were to win one of these prestigious cat
statuettes. Songs of mine that have already made the Nomination
suggestion list are "Skeksis Back" (Video), "Sneaking Snacks into
the Cinema" (Original Song), and "Snoopy The Dogg" (Parody Song).
"Jabba Jive" and "We Are The FuMP" which were both written by me
also made the list for Parody Song. Thank you to the fans who
submitted those suggestions.

Please take a look at this list of my other eligible songs/videos.
If you think any of them are so good that they deserve an award,
then please go to the nomination suggestion page and submit them.

Parodies:
- WalkingSilly
- Sheldon's Delight
- Serenity
- I'm That Type Of Spy
- Red Bank NJ
- Skeksis Back
- The Star Wars Chanukah Song

Originals:
- Smeg Head

Videos:
- "Flat 29 Is The Flat For Me" by Flat 29
- "My Figuas" by Possible Oscar
- "Stupid Cowboy Thing" by Cirque du So What?
- "You Just Don't Get It, Do You?" by Paul & Storm
- "Shortest Song" by Insane Ian
- "Second Shortest Song" by Insane Ian

Suggestions for Nominations will be taken until May 31st. Here's the
link to the Nomination suggestion page: http://www.loganawards.com/nomination-form/

~~~

- "THE BALLAD OF OPTIMUS PRIME" FANVID BY JERED PEREZ

Jered "Mr. Tuesday" Perez continues to be an awesome purveyor of
Luke Ski fanvid goodness! This time he tackles an old fan favorite,
"The Ballad Of Optimus Prime", my filked-up celtic tribute to the
leader of the Autobots, done with the Nick Atoms in 2003, long
before Mr. Bay got his hands on him. Check out the video here: http://blip.tv/mr-tuesday/amv-the-ballad-of-optimus-prime-6116854

~~~

- TOUR DATES:

DUCKON 21
http://duckon.org
Pheasant Run Resort - St. Charles, IL (far west Chicago suburb)
June 1st - 3rd, 2012

This isn't 100% confirmed, but it looks like I will be doing a
concert at DucKon on Sunday afternoon. Details TBA.

DEEPSOUTHCON 50
http://www.dsc50huntsville.com
Embassy Suites Huntsville - Huntsville, AL
June 15th - 17th, 2012

Special Media Guest of Honor Dr. Demento! Performing at DeepSouthCon
this year: the great Luke Ski, Devo Spice, Worm Quartet, Power
Salad, Tom Smith, Rob Balder, Carla Ulbrich, Steve Goodie, Nuclear
Bubble Wrap, The Boobles, and Danny Birt! This will also be the
location of the 2nd Annual Logan Whitehurst Memorial Awards for
Excellence in Comedy Music, hosted by Dr. Demento himself!

CONVERGENCE 2012
http://convergence-con.org/
DoubleTree By Hilton Bloomington Minneapolis South - Bloomington, MN
(Twin Cities area)
July 5th - 8th, 2012

At long last I am very happy to be returning to ConVergence! I am
doing a concert in Harmonic ConVergence on Saturday night at 7 pm,
with Possible Oscar following me at 8:30 pm.

~~~

- LUKE & CARRIE'S BAD RAPPORT
Episode #063 – Rent-A-Baby

This episode is done in a style that I like to call “thrown together
quickly”. We start off with a quick visit with Blasted Bill and
Moonbeam of Pod Of Destiny fame recorded just after PenguiCon. Then
we jump ahead to Luke & Carrie in the Wisconsin Dells following
their visit to the Twin Cities so baby Alex could meet his
grandparents and great grandparents. We recap the trip as well as
PenguiCon and Luke’s day at the Ultimate Marvel Marathon. Then we
return home to Josh & Sara and wrap up with News of the Stupid
and remind people to please donate to Luke Ski’s Kickstarter,
because if it hits the stretch goal of $5,500, we will throw
“LukeSkiCon” featuring the “FuMP Fest” concert in Chicago (see
website for details, Kickstarter ends on May 19th). We also have
comedy & music tracks by Mikey Mason, Power Salad, Steve Martin,
Wyatt Cenac, Brak, and Digital Underground, and a drawing of Carrie
and Luke as ducks for no reason. Episode length: 1:38:47

Listen, download, subscribe, leave us COMMENTS at http://badrapport.com
You can leave a VOICE MESSAGE for the podcast by dialing
(916)-LUKE-SKI
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/badrapport
RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/LukeCarriesBadRapport
iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/luke-carries-bad-rapport/id335287593

~~~

- THE FUNNY MUSIC PODCAST

Devo Spice and Luke Ski interview the artists who posted songs at
the FuMP dot com over the past week. Recent episodes include:

Episode #98: Tom Smith
Episode #99: Consortium of Genius and Insane Ian
Episode #100!!!: Scooter Picnic and Chris Waffle,
and we listen to highlights from the past 100 episodes!!!

Webpage: http://www.thefump.com/podcast.php
RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/funnymusic

The FuMPcast is recorded live on Thursday nights at 9:00 pm CST on
Dementia Radio. To listen live, just take whatever audio program you
use to listen to streaming audio online (WinAmp, iTunes, Windows
Media
Player, RealPlayer, etc.) and have it play the following address:
http://dementiaradio.org:8027
. If you need more help tuning in, visit
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. Dementia Radio
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