FREE PREVIEW OF MARSCON 2013 FUND RAISER ALBUM!

Over at the Bad Rapport podcast page, I've posted a 35 minute free preview of the MarsCon 2013 Dementia Track Fund Raiser 3-CD & MP3 album. It features live songs by TV’s Kyle, Worm Quartet, The Boobles featuring Dino-Mike, Consortium Of Genius, Devo Spice, the great Luke Ski, and a lot of folks from the FuMP!

Direct MP3 download link:
http://tinyurl.com/MarsCon13PREVIEW

Podcast page:
http://badrapport.com/2013/01/10/episode-077-5-marscon-2013-dementia-track-fund-raiser-preview/

MARSCON 2013 DEMENTIA TRACK FUND RAISER ALBUM NOW AVAILABLE!
4 hours of the best live comedy music concert excerpts from MarsCon 2012!

$20 for the download-only version:
http://marscondementia.com/products-page/2013-cds/marscon-2013-dementia-track-fund-raiser-3-cd-set-download-only/

$30 for the 3-CD set with instant download:
http://marscondementia.com/products-page/2013-cds/marscon-2013-dementia-track-fund-raiser-3-cd-set/

- ATTENTION PODCASTERS & D.J.s:

Link to MarsCon 2013 long commercial (6:17):
http://tinyurl.com/MarsCon13adLONG

Link to MarsCon 2013 short commercial #1 (1:18):
http://tinyurl.com/MarsCon13adSHORT1

Link to MarsCon 2013 short commercial #2 (1:17):
http://tinyurl.com/MarsCon13adSHORT2

It would greatly appreciated if you’d be willing to play any of the commercials above on your shows. Thanks!

- And don't forget everybody...

2013 LOGAN AWARDS OPEN NOMINATIONS, DEADLINE JANUARY 14TH, 11:59 pm
Nominate your favorite comedy songs of 2012!
http://www.loganawards.com/nomination-form/

The Mad Music Top 20 Revenge!

Vote for your favorites on the Mad Music Top 20 Revenge!!!

Vote for "When You Wish Upon A Death Star", "Luke, Are You Carrie?" and other songs you like! :D

Sign up at MadMusic.com n order to be among the voting crowd! :)

MarsCon 2013 Dementia Track Fund Raiser 3-CD and/or MP3 album now available!

MarsCon Dementia Track Update 1/8/2013

HEADLINES:


- MARSCON 2013 DEMENTIA TRACK FUND RAISER ALBUM NOW AVAILABLE!
4 hours of the best live comedy music concert excerpts from MarsCon 2012!

$20 for the download-only version:
http://marscondementia.com/products-page/2013-cds/marscon-2013-dementia-track-fund-raiser-3-cd-set-download-only/

$30 for the 3-CD set with instant download:
http://marscondementia.com/products-page/2013-cds/marscon-2013-dementia-track-fund-raiser-3-cd-set/


- Other Dementia Track events:
DEMENTIA SMACKDOWN WRESTLING - Friday at Midnight in the A.V. Club Room
DEMENTIA FAN SHOWCASE - Saturday at 10 AM in the Karaoke Krypt
FLAT 29 PODCAST RECORDING - Saturday at Noon in the Fuji panel room


- 2013 LOGAN AWARDS OPEN NOMINATIONS, DEADLINE JANUARY 14TH, 11:59 pm
Nominate your favorite comedy songs of 2012!
http://www.loganawards.com/nomination-form/


- MARSCON 2013 DEMENTIA TRACK SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED!
See who's performing this year and when!
http://marscondementia.com/dementia-track-schedule/


- "TABLE 27" SEEKS VOLUNTEER
If you'd like to earn a free weekend badge by volunteering to help
run "Table 27", contact Jean Prior at phoenix@spundreams.net


- MARSCON REGISTRATION ENDS ON JANUARY 31st
Weekend badges are $50 until Jan 31, after that they are $65 at the door.
http://marscon.org/2013/register.php


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- MARSCON 2013 DEMENTIA TRACK FUND RAISER ALBUM NOW AVAILABLE!

As we have done every year since 2008, I have scoured through all 11+ hours of the live comedy music concerts from MarsCon 2012 and put together a 4 hour long 3-CD set / MP3 album of all the best performances and funniest moments from last year's convention. All the proceeds from this Fund Raiser go towards covering the hotel room costs of the non-Guest-of-Honor Dementia Track performers, "Table 27" dealer room fees, and other Dementia Track related expenses. The track list for this year's collection is as follows:

Disc A:
1. MarsCon 2012 Friday intro
2. After The Fish - TVs Kyle
3. It's Just A Dream (Luigi's Lament) - TVs Kyle, featuring Nate Boi
4. The Floating Princess - TVs Kyle, featuring Seamonkey, JayeKitty, and the great Luke Ski
5. How To Speak ShoEboX - Cirque du So What?
6. Interrupting Technology, and Applebees Birthday - Cirque du So What?
7. Pizza Time - Cirque du So What?
8. Let's Do Improv! - Cirque du So What?
9. CdSW Outro, and Sara turns tricks
10. Worm Quartet intro
11. New Band Name #1
12. you were wrong cabinet sanchez - Worm Quartet
13. New Band Name #2
14. A Song For Worm Quartet To Sing With TVs Kyle - Worm Quartet, featuring TVs Kyle
15. Hold the baby up?
16. The Internet Is A Big Warm Hug For The World - Worm Quartet
17. New Band Name #3
18. Kim Kardashian - Worm Quartet
19. New Band Name #4
20. Save Dat Mermaid - the Gothsicles
21. One Second Ghost - the Gothsicles
22. Eff The Sun - the Gothsicles
23. Sheep - Seamonkey
24. Moo Moo Cow - Seamonkey, featuring Seamonkette
25. Onry Handjob - Seamonkey

Disc B:
1. MarsCon 2012 Saturday intro
2. Everything Is The Worst Thing Ever - Possible Oscar
3. Frogger Is Killing Our Culture - Possible Oscar
4. Captain Mal (Aiming To Misbehave) - Possible Oscar
5. Seamonkey introduces the Boobles
6. Hooters Up The Street - The Boobles, featuring Dino-Mike
7. Maxine's Killer Mammers - The Boobles, featuring TVs Kyle
8. Double Ds - The Boobles, featuring Worm Quartet
9. Dork Whore - Dino-Mike
10. Why Can't I Pee? - Dino-Mike
11. Hymn For Sin - Dino-Mike
12. M.I.L.K. - Consortium Of Genius
13. Lab Coat - Consortium Of Genius
14. Bucket Of Blood - Consortium Of Genius
15. Zombie Apocalypse Barbecue - Consortium Of Genius
16. Bow To Me - Consortium Of Genius
17. Mallet Of Metal - Consortium Of Genius
18. Skinny Jeans - Jeff Reuben
19. Mountain Dew Addict - Derwood Bowen
20. Cat-Girl - DJ Particle, featuring BreakMan Z
21. MarsCon 2012 Sunday intro
22. Nothin' But A Geek Thang - Devo Spice, featuring Worm Quartet

Disc C:
1. Earworm - Devo Spice
2. I Am The Doctor - Devo Spice
3. Luke Ski speaks! #1
4. Snoopy The Dogg (live at DeepSouthCon 50) - the great Luke Ski
5. Blues Campbell (live at DeepSouthCon 50) - the great Luke Ski
6. Smeg Head (live at DeepSouthCon 50) - the great Luke Ski
7. WalkingSilly (live at DeepSouthCon 50) - the great Luke Ski
8. Luke Ski speaks! #2
9. Plastic Thingy - Power Salad
10. 30 Seconds - Power Salad
11. Vampire Book Club - Power Salad
12. Charlie Sheen - Power Salad
13. Time Lord Blues - Brett Glass
14. Eponymous #1 - Feng Shui Ninjas
15. Eponymous #2 - Feng Shui Ninjas
16. Mississippi Squirrel Revival - Beth Kinderman
17. There's A Platypus Controlling Me - Devo Spice
18. Bye Bye Ladies - the great Luke Ski, featuring TVs Kyle and Chris Mezzolesta
19. FuMP roll call, and Dementia Radio freestyle
20. We Are The FuMP - The FuMP
21. MarsCon 2012 outro
22. MarsCon 2013 commercial

It's $20 for the download-only version:
http://marscondementia.com/products-page/2013-cds/marscon-2013-dementia-track-fund-raiser-3-cd-set-download-only/

And it's $30 for the 3-CD set with instant download:
http://marscondementia.com/products-page/2013-cds/marscon-2013-dementia-track-fund-raiser-3-cd-set/

All of our previous year's collections are still available in the Fundraiser Shop as MP3 downloads, and many of them are still available on CD as well. (http://marscondementia.com/fundraiser-shop/)

So please help us out and order the MarsCon 2013 Dementia Track Fund Raiser album today.

Special thanks to all of the MarsCon 2012 performers, as well as Wayne Garmil, Chris Peterson, Byron Lee, DJ Particle, Mike Beucler, and Jered Perez for providing me with the live recordings from MarsCon 2012. These collections wouldn't happen without your help, which is very much appreciated by myself, the Dementia Track performers, and the Dementia Radio listeners.


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- Other Dementia Track events:

A couple of our returning events have changed days & times, so please make note of that everyone...

- DEMENTIA SMACKDOWN WRESTLING
Friday at Midnight in the A.V. Club Room

Every year Dementia Radio DJ and pro wrestling fan Jered Perez uses the latest WWE video games to create avatars of all of the acts appearing at the MarsCon Dementia Track. Then he records them fighting against one another in a 30 minute Battle Royal to see who will be crowned the champion of “Dementia Smackdown Wrestling”! So come root for your favorite act, and witness the virtual violence and senseless slaughter for silly supremacy! Featuring live commentary by DSW commentators Commissioner J.P. Tuesday (Jered Perez) and Duke ‘Flyboy’ DuJour (Luke Ski). Snap into it! Oooh yeah!

- DEMENTIA FAN SHOWCASE
Saturday at 10 AM in the Karaoke Krypt

The one and only DJ Particle will host this event that puts YOU in the spotlight! It’ll be your chance to get up in front of the crowd and show your demented stuff! Are you an up and coming dementia artist with some songs to sing? Are you a Karaoke fanatic who loves to sing your favorite funny tunes? Do you and your friends want to do a lip-sync to the latest demented hit? Then this is the show for you! If you’d like to sign up, just show up and bring any background music you need to perform with either on CD or in MP3 format on a Flash Drive. We’ll put your name in a hat along with our other participants, and we’ll pull names out at random to determine the order of our first rotation. Once we’ve gotten through the first rotation, we’ll go through it again giving people who want to more chances to perform. So bring your talent and creativity and be a Dementia Star!

- FLAT 29 PODCAST RECORDING
Saturday at Noon in the Fuji panel room

Since 2009, our music Guests Of Honor Flat 29 have been doing a podcast called "Big Book Of Everything" in which they'd talk about a specific topic, and create a new song on that topic, and also do quizzes, challenges, and generally just goof around riffing on whatever comes to mind. More recently, they started a companion sketch comedy podcast called "Fistbumpin'", where they do sketches based on the previous "Big Book Of Everything" topic. Well at MarsCon, the lads are going to record some segments for future episodes of their podcasts, so you can come be in the live studio audience and join in the fun! So bring your Peri Peri Sauce, and get ready for some British accented fun!


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- 2013 LOGAN AWARDS OPEN NOMINATIONS, DEADLINE JANUARY 14TH, 11:59 pm
http://www.loganawards.com/nomination-form/

Now that 2012 is over, it's time to celebrate the best comedy music of the year with the 2013 Logan Awards! The website has been updated, and the "Nomination Form" page is now open: http://www.loganawards.com/nomination-form . Be sure to check out what songs have already been suggested on the "Open Nominations" page first, so you don't nominate songs that have already been nominated: http://www.loganawards.com/nomination-list . Our categories are once again Outstanding Parody Song, Outstanding Original Comedy Song, and Outstanding Comedy Music Video. This year's esteemed Jurors are as follows:

Permanent Juror:
- Dr. Demento - host of "The Dr. Demento Show" for 42 years & counting

Fan Jurors:
- “Blasted Bill” Putt - founder of "Dementia Radio"
- Kristen Kerouac, a.k.a. “Kornflake” - Radio DJ & podcaster
- John “Hex” Carter - Founder and Executive Director for Nerdapalooza

Musician Jurors:
- DJ Particle - comedy musician, host of "Mad Music Top 20" countdown
- Jeff Smith - "Raymond & Scum", director of "Stupid Teenagers Must Die!"
- Tony Goldmark - comedy musician, he's also "Some Jerk With A Camera"

You can learn all about them at the Juror page:
http://www.loganawards.com/jurors

The Nominee Suggestion period will be from January 1st through January 14th, 2013. After that, our jurors will pick their favorites from January 15th through 28th. The five Nominees in each of our three categories will be announced during the live recording of “The Funny Music Podcast” on Dementia Radio on January 31st, 2013. The 3rd Annual Logan Awards Ceremony will be held at MarsCon in Bloomington, MN on Saturday March 2nd at 4:00 pm as a part of the MarsCon Dementia Track. Go to MarsConDementia.com for info on the comedy music track, and go to MarsCon.com for info on registering to attend the convention.

Well, what are you waiting for? Go to the Nomination Form and start submitting your favorite comedy songs of 2012, and please spread the word to your comedy music loving friends online about it!

Viva dementia,

~ the great Luke Ski,
Chair of the 2013 Logan Whitehurst
Memorial Awards For Excellence In Comedy Music
http://www.loganawards.com


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- MARSCON 2013 DEMENTIA TRACK SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED!

Here's who's performing on the Main Stage at MarsCon 2013, and when!:

FRIDAY, MARCH 1st:
7:00 pm – Opening Ceremonies, with sketch by Luke Ski & Earl Luckes
9:00 pm – POSSIBLE OSCAR
9:45 pm – STEVE GOODIE
10:15 pm – INSANE IAN
10:45 pm – TV’S KYLE
11:15 pm – WORM QUARTET

SATURDAY, MARCH 2nd:
2:00 pm – THE GREAT LUKE SKI
2:45 pm – FLAT 29 – Music Guest of Honor concert (60 min)
4:00 pm – 3rd ANNUAL LOGAN AWARDS (90 min)

SUNDAY, MARCH 3rd:
1:00 pm - MAX DEGROOT
1:30 pm – POWER SALAD
2:00 pm – MIKEY MASON
2:30 pm – THE FUMP JUKEBOX
3:00 pm – DEMENTIA SMACKDOWN (60 min)

Yes, furry filker MAX DEGROOT will be doing a main stage concert, joining our list of other Main Stage first-timers; nerdy comedy rocker & stand-up comedian MIKEY MASON, and Music Guests Of Honor FLAT 29, the British comedy music trio doing their first ever performance in the United States!!! :D (Music GoH sponsored by Dementia Radio .org!) For links to all of these band's websites, click on their names at this page:
http://marscondementia.com/dementia-track-schedule


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- "TABLE 27" SEEKS VOLUNTEER

Our huge double-wide merch table for the acts of the MarsCon Dementia Track is returning once again, and we need people to staff it. In exchange for your services, you’ll get a free badge into MarsCon for the weekend. Table 27 is just outside the doors to the Main Stage room, and will be open during the Dementia Track concerts. We will do our best to make sure our volunteers don’t miss out on anything at MarsCon they really want to see or do. Our goal is to have 2 or 3 people behind the table at all times when it is open, so if we have 6 volunteers, that should be easy to figure out. So if you’re willing to give us some of your time at MarsCon to help the Dementia Track in exchange for a free weekend badge, email Jean Prior at phoenix@spundreams.net . Thanks.


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- MARSCON REGISTRATION ENDS ON JANUARY 31st

Weekend badges for MarsCon 2013 are $50 until Jan 31, after that they will cost $65 at the door. You can preregister now at the MarsCon website: http://marscon.org/2013/register.php


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Thanks for reading everyone, I'll be back with more updates as new information comes. :)

~ Luke Ski
Chair of the MarsCon Dementia Track


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Logan Awards open! MarsCon line-up announced! Funny 25! Tons of news! - Luke Ski Update 1/2/2013

Over the past year, Carrie Dahlby and I were faced with the challenge of trying to figure out how we could continue to record our fortnightly-ish podcast "Luke & Carrie's Bad Rapport" while Carrie was tending to her motherly duties with her newborn son Alex, who is now 10 months old. As Alex got older and more vocal, he also became more intrusive. Mind you, he is a very happy and well-behaved baby, but his continual squeals of joy often made the podcast frustrating to listen to. It is the assumption of Carrie and myself that there are some people who used to be regular listeners who have stopped listening because of this. Well, I am writing this paragraph to let everyone know that Carrie and I have come up with a new plan for recording podcast episodes that will greatly minimize Alex's intrusions, by about 95%. In a nutshell, we record them on Sundays so Josh can watch Alex in the living room while we record in the computer room. The past 2 epsiodes (#76 & #77) we recorded this way and came out rather well. So we're encouraging those of you who stopped listening to come back and give us a try again. And if you've never listened to "Luke & Carrie's Bad Rapport" before, now would be a good time to give us a chance. Thanks. :) (http://badrapport.com)

We've got lots of new news for the new year! So let's get right to it! :D ~ Luke Ski, 1/2/2013

HEADLINES:

- THE 2013 LOGAN AWARDS NOMINATION SUGGESTION PAGE NOW OPEN!
Submit your favorite comedy songs & videos of 2012, and meet the Jurors!
http://www.loganawards.com

- MARSCON 2013 DEMENTIA TRACK SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED!
See which of your favorite acts is returning to perform this year!
http://marscondementia.com/dementia-track-schedule

- "WHEN YOU WISH UPON A DEATH STAR" #18 ON DR. DEMENTO'S FUNNY 25 OF 2012!
Listen to the Funny 25 countdown here: http://drdemento.com/online.html
Request the song for "the Dr. Demento Show" at http://drdemento.com/request
My detailed thoughts on Funny 25: http://lukeski.livejournal.com/730883.html

- DEMENTIA RADIO INDIE GOGO FUNDRAISER - now with REWARD PRIZES!
http://www.indiegogo.com/dementiaradio - ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT!

- THE FuMP JANUARY SUBSCRIBER SPECIAL
Subscribe to The FuMP this January and receive one month free,
plus a free USB drive loaded with all the music we released in 2012!
Details: http://www.thefump.com/subscriptions.php

- LUKE SKI SONGS CHARTING ON OTHER 2012 COMEDY MUSIC COUNTDOWNS!
Mad Music Top 50: http://www.madmusic.com/playlist.aspx?Show=MMDT20_12-FY
Wacked-Out 40: http://www.madmusic.com/playlist.aspx?Show=AOTA-121229
Wacky 30: http://www.madmusic.com/playlist.aspx?Show=BWR-13-01-01

- LUKE & CARRIE'S BAD RAPPORT
Episode #077 - Mint Loaf Custody Hearing
http://badrapport.com

- THE FUNNY MUSIC PODCAST
Episodes #132 & #133 - http://www.thefump.com/podcast.php

REMINDERS:

- "STEALING LIKE A HOBBIT" MUSIC VIDEO FINALLY ON YOUTUBE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWHbX6kKu5s
The song was also mentioned by the Houston Press:
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2012/12/hobbit_songs.php?page=2

- TOUR DATES:
MIDWINTER GAMING CONVENTION - http://www.midwintergamingconvention.com
- Milwaukee, WI - Jan 17-20, 2013

...and more!


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HEADLINES:


- THE 2013 LOGAN AWARDS NOMINATION SUGGESTION PAGE NOW OPEN!

Now that 2012 is over, it's time to celebrate the best comedy music of the year with the 2013 Logan Awards! The website has been updated, and the "Nomination Form" page is now open: http://www.loganawards.com/nomination-form . Be sure to check out what songs have already been suggested on the "Open Nominations" page first, so you don't nominate songs that have already been nominated: http://www.loganawards.com/nomination-list . Our categories are once again Outstanding Parody Song, Outstanding Original Comedy Song, and Outstanding Comedy Music Video. This year's esteemed Jurors are as follows:

Permanent Juror:
- Dr. Demento - host of "The Dr. Demento Show" for 42 years & counting

Fan Jurors:
- “Blasted Bill” Putt - founder of "Dementia Radio"
- Kristen Kerouac, a.k.a. “Kornflake” - Radio DJ & podcaster
- John “Hex” Carter - Founder and Executive Director for Nerdapalooza

Musician Jurors:
- DJ Particle - comedy musician, host of "Mad Music Top 20" countdown
- Jeff Smith - "Raymond & Scum", director of "Stupid Teenagers Must Die!"
- Tony Goldmark - comedy musician, he's also "Some Jerk With A Camera"

You can learn all about them at the Juror page:
http://www.loganawards.com/jurors

The Nominee Suggestion period will be from January 1st through January 14th, 2013. After that, our jurors will pick their favorites from January 15th through 28th. The five Nominees in each of our three categories will be announced during the live recording of “The Funny Music Podcast” on Dementia Radio on January 31st, 2013. The 3rd Annual Logan Awards Ceremony will be held at MarsCon in Bloomington, MN on Saturday March 2nd at 4:00 pm as a part of the MarsCon Dementia Track. Go to MarsConDementia.com for info on the comedy music track, and go to MarsCon.com for info on registering to attend the convention.

Well, what are you waiting for? Go to the Nomination Form and start submitting your favorite comedy songs of 2012, and please spread the word to your comedy music loving friends online about it!

Viva dementia,

~ the great Luke Ski,
Chair of the 2013 Logan Whitehurst
Memorial Awards For Excellence In Comedy Music
http://www.loganawards.com


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- MARSCON 2013 DEMENTIA TRACK SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED!

Here's who's performing on the Main Stage at MarsCon 2013, and when!:

FRIDAY, MARCH 1st:
7:00 pm – Opening Ceremonies, with sketch by Luke Ski & Earl Luckes
9:00 pm – POSSIBLE OSCAR
9:45 pm – STEVE GOODIE
10:15 pm – INSANE IAN
10:45 pm – TV’S KYLE
11:15 pm – WORM QUARTET

SATURDAY, MARCH 2nd:
2:00 pm – THE GREAT LUKE SKI
2:45 pm – FLAT 29 – Music Guest of Honor concert (60 min)
4:00 pm – 3rd ANNUAL LOGAN AWARDS (90 min)

SUNDAY, MARCH 3rd:
1:00 pm - MAX DEGROOT
1:30 pm – POWER SALAD
2:00 pm – MIKEY MASON
2:30 pm – THE FUMP JUKEBOX
3:00 pm – DEMENTIA SMACKDOWN (60 min)

Yes, furry filker MAX DEGROOT will be doing a main stage concert, joining our list of other Main Stage first-timers; nerdy comedy rocker & stand-up comedian MIKEY MASON, and Music Guests Of Honor FLAT 29, the British comedy music trio doing their first ever performance in the United States!!! :D (Music GoH sponsored by Dementia Radio .org!) For links to all of these band's websites, click on their names at this page: http://marscondementia.com/dementia-track-schedule

Stay tuned, because as soon as I can get it done, I will be posting the MarsCon 2013 Dementia Track Fund Raiser album on CD & MP3, featuring all the best live music & comedy from MarsCon 2012!


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- "WHEN YOU WISH UPON A DEATH STAR" #18 ON DR. DEMENTO'S FUNNY 25 OF 2012!

Listen to the Funny 25 countdown here: http://drdemento.com/online.html

2 years ago, I was shocked to see "It's Good To Be The King" hit #1 on Dr. Demento's Top Ten so late in the year, and that act alone put it on the Funny 25 that year. In case you hadn't noticed, I pretty much decided to take 2012 off from making new major songs, and I had early on resigned myself to the fact that I would not have a song on the Funny 25 this year. But in November, once I decided to answer the call of my fans and the good Doctor himself, I was crossing my fingers and was hoping that the same "King" thing would happen again. I believe Dr. D's words last month were that my Star Wars / Disney song "took the request page and ran off with it" or something to that effect, because it hit #1 after just one week, placing it at #18 on the 2012 Funny 25 countdown.

Thank you so much to Dr. Demento and my fans without whom this song would not exist, literally. Your incessant nagging brought forth what could be my next "Grease Wars". Thank you to the AMAZING Bob Emmet for the incredible music. Thank you Carrie Dahlby and Chris Mezzolesta for your fabulous vocals.

If you'd like to see "When You Wish Upon A Death Star" make the Top Ten in January, you can request it again here: http://drdemento.com/request . Be sure to include your email address so it counts towards the Top Ten!

"Green Eggs And Peas" by Cirque du So What (written by Devo Spice) was #24 on the countdown, so hooray for that as well. Congrats to Ookla The Mok for snagging 3 spots on the Countdown, including #1, as well as Devo Spice at #4, Carrie Dahlby, Flat 29, Steve Goodie, and Art Paul Schlosser!

For more fun overanalyzation of the Funny 25, check out my LiveJournal post about it: http://lukeski.livejournal.com/730883.html . It includes a list of all 18 of my songs that have made the Funny 25 over the past 15 years, which you can turn into a nifty iTunes playlist and/or mix CD!


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- DEMENTIA RADIO INDIE GOGO FUNDRAISER
http://www.indiegogo.com/dementiaradio - ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT!

The website for the 24-hour online streaming comedy music station "Dementia Radio" has long been in need of a major overhaul. Meanwhile, web programmer Devo Spice found himself suddenly unemployed and looking for freelance web work. So "Blasted Bill" Putt, founder of dementiaradio.org, decided to start a fund raiser that helps two entities at the same time! The purpose of this new Indie Gogo campaign is to raise the funds to pay Devo Spice to overhaul DementiaRadio.org! Some of the new features the updated website will have include: a database of all songs played with links to purchase those songs and request them for "The Dr. Demento Show" & the MMT20, ratings, keyword list sorting functions, pages for individual shows, staff, and DJ bios, integrated podcast pages, current song playing display, pirate cast button for DJs, a Dementia Radio App, and more!

Some reward prizes have recently been added to the campaign. One of them is an exclusive download album of 8 tracks that are either very rare or have never been released anywhere else before! Contributing acts include the great Luke Ski, Cirque du So What?, Carrie Dahlby, Devo Spice, TV's Kyle, Insane Ian, and Carl Hatmaker. You can get that for a $20 donation, estimated delivery January 2013.

Their goal is to raise $4,300 by the end of the day on January 4th, 2013. Right now they have only raised $787. So if you have the means to do so, please donate something so we can help Devo Spice and help Dementia Radio! And please spread the word to your comedy music loving friends online! :D


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- THE FuMP JANUARY SUBSCRIBER SPECIAL

The FuMP is having a special on subscriptions. If you subscribe during the month of January you will get 1 month free and a free FuMP branded USB drive with all of our 2012 releases on it.

Subscribers get unlimited high quality downloads, digital compilations, high quality RSS feeds, 20% off compilation CD purchases, and Level 2 gets you the CDs as they come out as well.

For details and to subscribe click here:
http://www.thefump.com/subscriptions.php

Please pass this on to any of your friends online that you think would enjoy being subscribed to the FuMP dot com! :D


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- LUKE SKI SONGS CHARTING ON OTHER 2012 COMEDY MUSIC COUNTDOWNS!

The fans did not forget me this year in others corners of the web...

---THE MAD MUSIC TOP 50 OF 2012, hosted by DJ Particle!---

#39 - "When You Wish Upon A Death Star"
#12 - "I'd Buy That For A Dollar" by Scooter Picnic, featuring Luke Ski
#2 - "Luke, Are You Carrie?" by Carrie Dahlby, featuring Luke Ski

That last one is all the more befuddling when you consider that "Devo, Are You ShoEboX?" was #41, and the original that started it all "Kyle, Are You Ian?" by Scooter Picnic was in the low #50s.

You can listen to the show here:
http://www.madmusic.com/playlist.aspx?Show=MMDT20_12-FY

---WACKED-OUT 40 OF 2012, hosted by Anthony "A-Log" LoGatto!---

#25 - "I'd Buy That For A Dollar" - Scooter Picnic, featuring Luke Ski

You can listen to the show here:
http://www.madmusic.com/playlist.aspx?Show=AOTA-121229

---THE WACKY 30 OF 2012, hosted by Wacky Ben Pulliam!---

#21 - "I'd Buy That For A Dollar" - Scooter Picnic, featuring Luke Ski
#18 - "Luke, Are You Carrie?" by Carrie Dahlby, featuring Luke Ski
#16 - "When You Wish Upon A Death Star"

You can listen to the show here:
http://www.madmusic.com/playlist.aspx?Show=BWR-13-01-01

Thanks so much to Emi, Anthony, and Ben for playing my stuff, and to their listeners who have been requesting and voting for my songs to get played again!


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- LUKE & CARRIE'S BAD RAPPORT
Episode #077 - Mint Loaf Custody Hearing

It’s New Year’s Eve, and what better way is there to spend the evening and say goodbye to 2012 than to listen to some of the best comedy music of this year that slipped through the cracks and somehow never got played on any of our previous 2012 Bad Rapport episodes? Well, there’s probably a lot of better ways to spend the evening on New Year’s Eve, but tough, you’re stuck with awesome tunes by Smashy Claw, Kobi LaCroix, Morning Sidekick, Power Salad, TV’s Kyle, Consortium Of Genius, Ookla The Mok, Paul & Storm, Tenacious D, Devo Spice, and Cookie Monster. These tracks and many others played earlier this year on Bad Rapport are all fine contenders to be suggestions for nominations for the 2013 Logan Awards, so please head over to the website between January 1st through 14th and get your suggestions in while you still can! Also in the episode, Luke and Carrie tell us about their respective Christmas hauls (double meaning inferred), discuss geeky traditions of various holidays throughout the whole year, read some News of the Stupid, and there’s some more caricature stories which contain just enough sweet, sweet ignorance to make Luke Ski smack his forehead quite loudly, captured in glorius 128k digital stereo, so keep an ear out for that. Thanks for listening everyone, and we’ll talk to you all again in 2013! Episode Length: 2:28:03

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http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/luke-carries-bad-rapport/id335287593


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- 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 #132: George Gidley, and Phil Johnson of Roadside Attraction
Episode #133: Devo Spice, and Austin Aeschliman of Smashy Claw

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
the Dementia Radio website, http://dementiaradio.org . Dementia Radio
can also be heard on Roku.


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REMINDERS:


- "STEALING LIKE A HOBBIT" MUSIC VIDEO FINALLY ON YOUTUBE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWHbX6kKu5s

You may not have heard about this, but "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" is in movie theatres NOW! This seemed like the perfect excuse for me to get off of my old-media, outdated-business-model butt and finally post my music video for my most popular song of all time, "Stealing LIke A Hobbit" to YouTube. At the end, I added a plug for my new piece "When You Wish Upon A Death Star" at the FuMP, in the hopes to give that some more attention as well. So as you and your friends online get hyped for part one of "The Hobbit", please help get me some publicity by sharing "Stealing Like A Hobbit" with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, and anywhere else that nerdy web traffic is generated. Thanks, and enjoy your second breakfast!

The song was also mentioned by the Houston Press:
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2012/12/hobbit_songs.php?page=2


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- TOUR DATES:


--- MIDWINTER GAMING CONVENTION 2013 ---
http://www.midwintergamingconvention.com
Hyatt Regency Milwaukee - Milwaukee, WI
January 17th, 18th, 19th, & 20th, 2013

I'll be doing a concert there on Friday night at 5 pm.


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THE "...and more!" SECTION:


- STUFF YOU CAN BUY AT LUKE SKI DOT COM:

"WHAT A RIPOFF! VOLUME 3" collection of b-sides, outtakes & other bits!
To order the CD version w/ MP3 download, $14.00 plus shipping:
http://www.thegreatlukeski.com/products-page/?product_id=225
To order the MP3 version, $9.99 download:
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"LUKE & CARRIE'S BAD RAPPORT: BEST OF 2011" podcast excerpts album!
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

To see the full list of products, visit the LukeSki.com Store at:
http://www.thegreatlukeski.com/products-page/


- THE MAD MUSIC DEMENTIA TOP 20 REVENGE

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


- HIRE ME TO DRAW CARICATURES FOR YOUR PARTY!

Yes, I am available to draw caricatures at your party or event
in the Chicagoland tri-state area! The details are at:
http://www.artbylukeski.com/caricatures-for-parties-events/
And for individual caricatures or cartooning work,
check out the rest of http://www.artbylukeski.com


- THE DR. DEMENTO SHOW

It's still the best show ever.
You can listen at: http://drdemento.com/online.html ,
and if you'd like to request a song, you can do that here:
http://drdemento.com/request
Please include your email address when requesting. Thanks! :)


- LukeSki.com's FREE MP3 OF THE WEEK is:

"INSANE AND THE BRAIN"

Download it for FREE now at http://www.thegreatlukeski.com
And please tell your friends online!


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My annual overanalysis of Dr. Demento's Funny 25 Countdown, 2012 edition

DR. DEMENTO'S FUNNY 25 COUNTDOWN OF 2012:

Listen to the episode now a http://drdemento.com/online.html

Color coded key:
Bold - track new to 2012
Orange ndash; track by or significantly featuring Luke Ski (* = cameo)
Blue – FuMP track
Light blue – track by a FuMP artist that wasn't posted at the FuMP