LUKE SKI NEWS:
- "GREATEST HITS: VOL. 2" 2-CD SET ON SALE FOR $5!
Link: https://lukeski.bandcamp.com/album/greatest-hits-volume-2-2004-2009
- MUSIC VIDEO FOR "STAR WARS PREQUEL HOMESICK BLUES"
Link: https://www.thefump.com/music/song/back-that-thang-up
- LUKE SKI DOES GUEST VOCALS ON DEVO SPICE'S LATEST "BACK THAT THING UP"
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s804W8pIBNA
- 2021 LOGAN AWARD NOMINEES INCLUDE THINGS LUKE SKI APPEARS ON
Full list of Nominees: https://www.loganawards.com
Nominated for Outstanding Comedy Music Video: "Spider Verses" by Devo Spice featuring 1‑Up, Insane Ian, Bonnie Gordon, TVs Kyle, LEX the Lexicon Artist, and the great Luke Ski!
Nominated for Outstanding Parody Song: “Zoom Meeting“ by Devo Spice featuring Insane Ian and the great Luke Ski!
And congrats to fellow parody nominee Carrie Dahlby for "Doctor Fauci"!
The winners will be announced at the Logan Awards Ceremony & Concert at FuMPFeST 2021 on August 20th, 2021. Speaking of which...
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FuMP STUFF:
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- FuMPFeST 2021 is on and in-person,
with our Guest of Honor Dr. Demento
celebrating his 50th Anniversary!
FuMPFeST returns to it's original hotel and returns to being an in-person event where we will be celebrating the 50th Anniversary of "The Dr. Demento Show" with the good Doctor himself as our Guest of Honor! And I, the great Luke Ski, am lucky enough to be one of this year's booked scheduled performers! Woo-hoo! It will be so great to see all of you again!
Events:
DR. DEMENTO'S FESTIVAL OF DEMENTIA
The 11th Annual Logan Whitehurst Memorial Awards for Excellence in Comedy Music
The FuMPFeST Music Video Contest
The "Dumb Parody Ideas" Contest and more!
Performing 1-Hour Concerts:
INSANE IAN (who is also our MC for the weekend)
AMY ENGELHARDT
BAD BETH AND BEYOND
BILL LARKIN
CARLA ULBRICH
NUCLEAR BUBBLE WRAP
ROSS CHILDS
STEVE GOODIE
THE GOTHSICLES
WORM QUARTET
and THE GREAT LUKE SKI!
Appearing:
SULU - One of Dr. Demento's original live radio show crew!
DEVO SPICE - the Con Chair who made all of this possible!
CHRIS MEZZOLESTA - on the ones and twos!
CARRIE DAHLBY and more probably!
FuMPFeST convention registrations are being accepted online until July 31, 2021, after that you'll have to buy them at the door. The Hotel Room Block rate closes at 5pm Centrral time on August 1, 2021, so please make your hotel reservations as soon as possible to help us fill our room block by August 1st. To register, get links for the Hotel Room block, and for all other information about FuMPFeST 2021, visit our website.
FuMPFeST 2021
http://fumpfest.com
The Westin Chicago North Shore - Wheeling, IL
August 20th, 21dt, & 22nd, 2021
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- "LUKE SKI SEEKS MISSING EPISODES OF DEMENTIA RADIO'S "THE LOONEY BIN"
Episodes 17 & 18 were from December 2001, and Episodes 41, 42, 43, and 44 were from about September through December of 2002. If you have copies of them, please email me at thegreatlukeski@gmail.com
- POWER SALAD'S "RED BEANS AND RICE" MUSIC VIDEO
As a surprise for MarsCon 2021, Chris Mezzolesta of Power Salad and myself teamed up to make a music video for "Corned Beef and Cabbage" for his follow-up song "Red Beans and Rice"! It's got cameos by some friends from the FuMP, so check it out!
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjtjSCuz9gE
- INSANE IAN'S "INTERNET FAMOUS" MUSIC VIDEO
Insane Ian released a music video that was many tears in the making, with TONS of amazing cameos by "Internet Famous" people, including me!
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqcH1VePw7g
- DR. DEMENTO'S 80TH BIRTHDAY
Barret Hansen, aka Dr. Demento celebrated his 80th birthday earlier this year! Woo woo woo! Many members of the FuMP recorded a birthday greeting for him! Behold!
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7l4E6lXfyc
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ANIMATION INDUSTRY CAREER NEWS:
- I HAVE UPDATED MY DEVIANTART PAGE
I have recently organized my DeviantArt page, so you if want to see a whole bunch of my art from the past decade or more all organized into neat little categories, follow the link.
Link: https://www.deviantart.com/artbylukeski
- DIENNE AND DARIUS "FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS" ANIMATIC
I made a cleaned-up animatic of another popular piece of audio from TikTok with Dienne and Darius! I'm very proud of how great this turned out!
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myjbxmEkG4U
- DTOONS' CONROY CAT: WHAT CHU GOT? "MARIO GALAXY LAUNCH STAR" SHORT
I was the storyboard revisionist on this 1-minute cartoon by Dtoons! Can you spot the scene where I added a ton of freeze frame gags?
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B9x9Gq2Jv8
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“MIGHTY MAGISWORDS” STUFF:
- AWESOME HOVERSWORD T-SHIRTS AND ART FROM JANA NACHAR!
Magiswords super-fan sent myself, Kyle, and Lindsay some awesome gifts that she made herself! Check them out in this video!
Video: https://www.facebook.com/lukesienkowski/videos/10157997872776964
- AWESOME CARTOON REDUX OF THE SONG "PROHYAS AND VAMBRE" BY CALEN!
When awesome Japanese "Mighty Magiswords" fans make awesome things! This is based on the song "Prohyas and Vambre" from "What's My Name" which I wrote and storyboarded!
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d57fxtLCV6w
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RANDOM STUFF:
- TIKTOK: "STAR WARS TRADING POST" REVIEW IN THE STYLE OF ROSS CHILDS
Video: https://www.tiktok.com/@the_great_luke_ski/video/6960163176625327365
- A LUKE SKI BIRTHDAY VIDEO FROM MOM SKI
Video: https://www.facebook.com/lukesienkowski/videos/10157913505441964
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PODCASTS:
- LUKE & CARRIE'S BAD RAPPORT
Episode #140 - Not Comical Enough
Link: http://www.badrapport.com
- KYLE & LUKE TALK ABOUT TOONS
Episode #190 - There’s a Platypus Controlling Luke
Episode #191 - I Distinctly Recall the 80s Being the 50s
Episode #192 - Schrodinger’s Homosexuality
Episode #193 - Unambiguous They
Episode #194 - Pizza Express
Episode #195 - Creepypasta Worm
Episode #196 - #ReleaseTheGriffinCut
Episode #197 - Baby Baby Legend Legend: Dinosaur?
Episode #198 - Weird Neglectful Kermit Time
Episode #199 - Smurfette's Island TV
Links: http://www.kyleandluke.com - http://www.facebook.com/kyleandluke
- THE FUNNY MUSIC PODCAST
Episodes #556 thru #576
Podcast audio Link: http://www.thefump.com/podcast.php
YouTube video Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/FunnyMusicProject
Recorded LIVE on Thursday nights at 9pm EST / 8pm CST / 7pm MST / 6pm PST
Dementia Radio link for listening to live audio: http://listen.dementiaradio.org:8027/listen.pls
Twitch link for watching live video: https://www.twitch.tv/The_FuMP
- ESCAPE FROM VAULT DISNEY
"Earth Live"
Link: https://escapefromvaultdisney.libsyn.com/earth-live
"Earth To Ned" Episode 17: Ned Vs Food
Link: https://escapefromvaultdisney.libsyn.com/earth-to-ned-e17-ned-vs-food-with-puppeteer-grant-baciocco
"The Muppet Show" Season 4 Episode 18: Christopher Reeve
Link: https://escapefromvaultdisney.libsyn.com/the-muppet-show-s4e18-christopher-reeve
Bonus Minisode! Muppet stuff that should be on Disney+ but isn't!
Link: https://escapefromvaultdisney.libsyn.com/bonus-minisode-muppet-stuff-that-should-be-on-disney-but-isnt
"THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE" - LUKE SKI'S GUEST CHOICE EPISODE!!!
Link: https://escapefromvaultdisney.libsyn.com/the-emperors-new-groove
Link: https://escapefromvaultdisney.libsyn.com
- THE EMPEROR'S NEW PODCAST
Episode 19: "The Mystery of Micchu Pachu"
Link: https://anchor.fm/theemperorsnewpodcast/episodes/The-Emperors-New-Podcast-Episode-19-The-Mystery-of-Micchu-Pachu-ev9umc
Episode 20: DVD Bonus Disc
Link: https://anchor.fm/theemperorsnewpodcast/episodes/The-Emperors-New-Podcast-Episode-20-DVD-Bonus-Disc-evitde
Link: https://anchor.fm/theemperorsnewpodcast
- The Best of "Escape From Vault Disney": THE NEW GROOVE SPECIAL!
Animated by Micah Hirch!
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0GG4vlTxD4
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!!! IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HIRING ME !!!
!!! FOR ANY TYPE OF FREELANCE WORK, !!!
...here are my corresponding websites for these categories:
Storyboard Artist: https://www.luke.ski
Voice-Over: https://www.luke.ski/voiceover
Art / Cartooning: https://www.luke.ski/art
Caricatures: https://www.luke.ski/caricatures
...or if what you'd like to hire me to do doesn't fall into any of those categories, email me at thegreatlukeski@gmail.com with a description of what you'd like to hire me to do, and I will get back to you promptly.
~~~ And in case anybody wanted to help me out via donation, ~~~
To set up a regular monthly donation:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lukeski
Or to send me a one-time donation, use one of the following:
PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/LukeSki
Cash App: $LukeSki
Venmo: @thegreatLukeSki
Thank you for your consideration during these hard times. ~ Luke
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- "MIGHTY MAGISWORDS" ON HULU & HBOMAX!
All 88 episodes of the TV Series are all available to binge-watch on Hulu & HBOmax!
Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/series/mighty-magiswords-d09abf08-8fa1-4f34-96ee-9f6be398a0fe
HBOmax: https://play.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GXkbcJQWAII-njwEAABwy
- JOIN THE DR. DEMENTO FACEBOOK GROUP!
Join the for-realsies actually factually OFFICIAL DR. DEMENTO FACEBOOK GROUP! This is group is moderated by members of the FuMP, and Dr. Demento himself is there interacting with fans, looking for classics and new hits of comedy music the fans are talking about to play on his weekly internet show! We're at 20,000 members and growing! Join today! :D
Link: http://www.facebook.com/groups/drdemento
- NOW PLAYING AT LUKE SKI'S BANDCAMP PAGE:
All my "Star Wars" songs on one album for just $9.99!
"GREATEST HITS VOLUME 1: 1996-2003" - 2.5+ hours of hits!
"GREATEST HITS VOLUME 2: 2004-2009" - Another 2.5+ hours of hits!
"BE AMUSED BY ME" - my 2011 album
"4th GRADE TALENT SHOW" - my latest album
You can also get my entire digital discography there for just over $50!
Listen / buy them now at: http://lukeski.bandcamp.com
