Started by: the great Luke Ski

	Goofy Gary Arnold   Offline  -  Artist  -  02-19-14 02:53 PM  -  12 years ago
	fiogf49gjkf0d Hi Luke, I don’t think I’m on your subscription list, but I see your newsletter sometimes at various places. To be honest, I rarely look at it, and when I do, I scroll through it quickly and only glance at the highlights. Firstly, and perhaps mainly, it’s simply not how I get my news about you. I listen to LCBR, the FuMPcast, and the madmusic shows, so I hear your audio clips, as well as reading the websites and clicking on links. I don’t do Twitter, but I see your posts on FB. So, for the most part, I already know what you’re up to. Secondly, it’s just too long, and most of it is repeat reading of things I already know about. What I need to know is what’s different, what’s new? Like appearing on the Scope, or where are you performing next? I don’t want to read a novel just to order a McDonald’s meal, gnome sane? Nothing wrong with advertising, but I would say to separate things into bite-sized chunks. Coca-Cola seems to be a pretty successful company, how do they advertise? In a Coke advertisement, they don’t mention Minute Maid, Frutopia, Bonaqua, Aquarus, Dasani, Fresca, Barqs… and all the other products they own. Those products have their own commercials. Just my humble thoughts on the subject. Dementially yours, Gary

	the great Luke Ski   Offline  -  Artist & D.J.  -  02-12-14 12:51 PM  -  12 years ago
	fiogf49gjkf0d So, according to MailChimp, I have about 800 subscribers to this e-mailing list. Of those, only 150 actually open and read the email. Of those, between 0 and 5 people actually click on any of the links. So as I type these words, I wonder if anyone is actually reading them, and if my fortnightly/monthly efforts to keep everyone up to date with all-things-me-related is worth the exorbitant amount of time and effort I am putting into it. I'm too deep into MarsCon season to change my ways now, but as the year progresses, I may reconsider my promotional efforts. If any of you have any thoughts on it, please let me know. Thanks, ~ Luke Ski, 2/12/2014 ~~~ HEADLINES: - LUKE SKI POSTS FIRST F.A.W.M. SONG, "BECAUSE OF BOB"! fawm.org/fawmers/lukeski --- MARSCON DEMENTIA TRACK --- * FUND RAISER HIT ITS INITIAL GOAL! SECOND GOAL: $500 marscondementia.com/fundraiser-shop * ORDER THIS YEAR'S DEMENTIA TRACK CARTOON T-SHIRT NOW! See the image here: tinyurl.com/MC14DTshirt Order it as soon as you can at dementiaradio.spreadshirt.com * WEBSITE GETS MAKEOVER, NEW LOGO COLORED BY LINDSAY SMITH! marscondementia.com * THE MARSCON DEMENTIA TRACK NOW HAS A FACEBOOK PAGE! www.facebook.com/marscondementia * DEMENTIA RADIO ROOM PARTY STILL NEEDS VOLUNTEERS Email thegreatlukeski@gmail.com if you're interested in volunteering. - LUKE SKI APPEARS ON "THE SCOPE" PODCAST! www.thescopeshow.com/episodes/episode-165-the-robocop-scenario-growing-up-is-hard-to-do/ - LUKE & CARRIE'S BAD RAPPORT Episode #098 - Odd New Wave 2 badrapport.com - KYLE & LUKE TALK ABOUT TOONS Episode #9: EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN www.kyleandluke.com - THE FUNNY MUSIC PODCAST Episodes #190-#191 - www.thefump.com/podcast.php REMINDERS: - "FAKE ADULT" - a new song by the great Luke Ski! Download it now at Bandcamp: lukeski.bandcamp.com/track/fake-adult Please REQUEST it for "The Dr. Demento Show": drdemento.com/request and please include your e-mail address so it counts towards the Top Ten! - LUKE SKI COVERS THE ORIGINAL "SCUD RAP" Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW2AbFLtjJc - CARRIE DAHLBY'S INDIEGOGO CAMPAIGN IS 63% TO ITS GOAL! www.indiegogo.com/projects/fund-carrie-dahlby-s-3rd-album - UPDATED TOUR DATES: RADCON 6B - www.radcon.org - Pasco, WA - February 14-16 MARSCON 2014 - marscon.com - Twin Cities, MN - March 7-9 (MarsCon Dementia Track website: marscondementia.com) CHI-FI 0 - chi-fi.org - Chicago, IL - Saturday, March 29th EERIECON 16 - www.eeriecon.org - Grand Island, NY - May 2-4 DUCKON 23 - www.duckon.org - Wheeling, IL - June 6-8 FuMPFEST 2014 - fumpfest.com - Wheeling, IL - June 20-22 ...and more! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HEADLINES: - LUKE SKI POSTS FIRST F.A.W.M. SONG, "BECAUSE OF BOB"! In 2012 I did a Kickstarter in which one of the donation prizes was that I would write a song inspired by the donor, and release them all on a CD. I am participating in February Album Writing Month this year as an attempt to write and record the 9 songs I owe to those donors. If I can get them done quickly enough, I will release the CD at MarsCon 2014. My first song, "Because Of Bob", is inspired by my largest donor, Bob 'Number 11' Mathews, whose donation directly led to everything mentioned in the song happening, most importantly, fulfilling my promise to anyone who donated over $1,750.00 that I would mow their lawn. Bob donated $2,200. You can hear/download it and the rest of the Kickstarter/FAWM songs I'll be making at fawm.org/fawmers/lukeski . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- MARSCON DEMENTIA TRACK --- * FUND RAISER HIT ITS INITIAL GOAL! SECONDARY GOAL: $500 Thank you so much to everyone who bought the album & ordered the new logo t-shirt! Thanks to your generosity, we've raised the initial goal of $1,000 to cover the hotel room costs for our out-of-town, non-Guest-Of-Honor performers! Huzzah and hooray! :D Our secondary goal is to raise an additional $500. This is to reimburse myself for other Dementia Track expenses that I have paid for out of my own pocket, including the dealer room fees for 'Table 27', the printing of the Fund Raiser CDs, screenprinted logo t-shirts, new signage, and other expenses. So if you haven't ordered the 4-hour long 2014 album on CD or MP3, please consider picking up this year's collection. It is available along with all of our previous year's collections at marscondementia.com/fundraiser-shop . * ORDER THIS YEAR'S DEMENTIA TRACK CARTOON T-SHIRT NOW! MarsCon 2014's theme is “Time is the key”. So, I drew all the Dementia Track participants as time travelers from fandom and pop-culture and arranged them on a T-shirt. (see the image at tinyurl.com/MC14DTshirt ) You can get the shirt from Dementia Radio's page at Spreadshirt: dementiaradio.spreadshirt.com . Remember, we will not have this t-shirt for sale at the convention itself, so if you want to have one to wear at the convention, you need to order it by about February 14th to ensure it gets shipped to your home in time. Please note also that nobody (besides Spreadshirt) is making any money off of these shirts. They are not a part of the Dementia Track Fund Raiser, they are just being made because the fans wanted nifty shirts to wear. Special thanks to “Blasted Bill” Putt for setting up the shirts for us on the Dementia Radio Spreadshirt account. For a closer look at the individual drawings, visit marscondementia.com/performers . * WEBSITE GETS MAKEOVER, NEW LOGO COLORED BY LINDSAY SMITH! Our webmistress Sara Trice has given marscondementia.com an update, which includes our new tag-line "The World's Longest-Running Fandom Convention Comedy Music Concert Series". Also, I asked the Lindsay Smith if she'd do a professional coloring job to the new MarsCon Dementia Track logo I designed, and it looks phenomenal! So stop by the website and check out what an awesome job she did, and for any other information you may need. * THE MARSCON DEMENTIA TRACK NOW HAS A FACEBOOK PAGE! Why? Because internet! We're currently at 92 likes, so please come by and 'Like' our page and join in the discussion as the excitement builds towards March 7th! It's at www.facebook.com/marscondementia . * DEMENTIA RADIO ROOM PARTY STILL NEEDS VOLUNTEERS The folks of Dementia Radio .org are doing another room party celebrating their station, it's DJs, and the comedy music it plays. However, they are in need of volunteers to help for a couple of hours each at the party. Nate Boi, the guy in charge of the party, said this regarding volunteering: "When I say "help for a couple of hours", that's pretty much what I mean. Just be in the room for two to three hours, check IDs, hand out drinks, and generally make sure no one's doing anything stupid. I don't need a *lot* of stuff from you. But I do need you to commit and show up." People interested in volunteering should email me at thegreatlukeski@gmail.com . Thanks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - LUKE SKI APPEARS ON "THE SCOPE" PODCAST! Inspired by my song 'Fake Adult', hosts Jared, Shane, and Adam invited me to sit in on their podcast "The Scope" to take part in their discussion on just what makes a person an adult. You can listen to the audio podcast, or watch us all on video via their YouTube page! The links are all at their website: www.thescopeshow.com/episodes/episode-165-the-robocop-scenario-growing-up-is-hard-to-do/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - LUKE & CARRIE'S BAD RAPPORT Episode #098 - Odd New Wave 2 I am currently trying to write at least 9 songs for February Album Writing Month, so I really don't have the time to write up a pithy description for this episode. In it we do 'Let's Call Ken' and Ken says stuff about things. Then Carrie tells us what she's been up to, including imagining "Rocky Horror" as performed by the characters from "Thomas The Tank Engine". She also tells some cute stories about Alex that prove that he's developing a keen sense of taste when it comes to pre-school television. The music in this episode is a follow up to Episode #67 where I played nothing but 'Odd New Wave' songs from the 80's for no reason whatsoever. So go watch that awesome new Radio Shack Super Bowl commercial again and breakdance to these radical tracks by Styx, Devo, Art Of Noise, The Nails, Peter Schilling, Oingo Boingo, Herbie Hancock, Talking Heads, and the Stray Cats. Gnarly. Episode Length: 1:32:40 Listen, download, subscribe, leave COMMENTS @ badrapport.com You can leave a VOICE MESSAGE for us by dialing (916)-LUKE-SKI You can email us at badrapport@gmail.com You can follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/badrapport You can follow us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/badrapport RSS Feed: feeds.feedburner.com/LukeCarriesBadRapport iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/luke-carries-bad-rapport/id335287593 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - KYLE & LUKE TALK ABOUT TOONS Episode #9: EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN This week, Kyle and Luke have some general toon talk including cartoon related things they got for Christmas. Also, they discuss finding their old artwork and making something new out of it! Our website is www.kyleandluke.com , and please leave us COMMENTS on our Facebook group: www.facebook.com/kyleandluke Subscribe to our RSS feed at kyleandluke.libsyn.com/rss iTunes itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/kyle-luke-talk-about-toons/id725309162?i=169130669 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - 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 #190: EMC of Positude Episode #191: Dan Hart Webpage: www.thefump.com/podcast.php RSS feed: 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: dementiaradio.org:8027 . If you need more help tuning in, visit the Dementia Radio website, dementiaradio.org . Dementia Radio can also be heard on Roku. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ REMINDERS: - "FAKE ADULT" - a new song by the great Luke Ski! My first new song in over a year has gotten a lot of positive feedback, with 22 comments on its page at the FuMP, and more from Facebook & Twitter. You can still leave a comment for it at the FuMP if you like, as it's the primary form of compensation FuMP song posters recieve. Download the MP3 now for 99 cents at the FuMP, www.thefump.com/fump.php?id=1762 , or you can get it from my Bandcamp in a variety of digital audio formats: lukeski.bandcamp.com/track/fake-adult Additionally, Dr. Demento played "Fake Adult" on his Jan. 25th show! If you'd like to hear him play the song again, and possibly make the Top Ten for February, you can REQUEST "FAKE ADULT" for "The Dr. Demento Show" at drdemento.com/request , and please include your e-mail address when you do so it counts towards the monthly Top Ten tabulations! In related news, my "Surfin Bird (Family Guy Remix)" mash-up was #10 on Dr. Demento's Top Ten for January 2014! Freakin' sweet! As always, you can listen to the show every week at drdemento.com/online.html . I always do, and you should to. :) "Fake Adult" has also been at or near the top of the charts of the Mad Music Dementia Top 20 for the past 4 weeks! Thanks to everyone who's been voting! If you'd like to vote & listen, check out the links below in the "and more" section. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - LUKE SKI COVERS THE ORIGINAL "SCUD RAP" January 29th was the 20th birthday / anniversary of the comic book "Scud: The Disposable Assassin". Creator and 'Mountain Dew guy' Rob Schrab asked his fans to post fan art birthday cards for Scud. Rather than creating a new piece of fan art, I created a cover version of the original "Scud Rap" from the Sega Saturn 1997 video game. I then took a whole lot of Scud fan art I did in the 90's and made a image gallery music video and put it on YouTube. Then, I posted all that old fan art to my Scud fan art galley on my Deviant Art page. "Scud Rap" cover by Luke Ski video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW2AbFLtjJc Luke Ski's "Scud" fan art gallery at Deviant Art: artbylukeski.deviantart.com/gallery/43357561 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - CARRIE DAHLBY'S INDIEGOGO CAMPAIGN IS 63% TO ITS GOAL! www.indiegogo.com/projects/fund-carrie-dahlby-s-3rd-album Carrie Dahlby says: "The FuMP's resident uterus, Carrie Dahlby, is ready to put out her 3rd album after 5 years have passed since her 2nd album! Your contribution will be used to fund the creation of 2 new fully produced comedy songs (1 of which will be an album exclusive), the creation of the physical CDs of "Sing All Funny Jokes", and additional money to make sure the contributor perks are a thing that exist. Sample some of Carrie's music here: www.thefump.com/artist.php?id=14 Remember to share this campaign with your friends, and thank you for all you do! I love you guys!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - TOUR DATES: ** RADCON 6B ** www.radcon.org Red Lion Inn - Pasco, WA February 14th, 15th, & 16th, 2014 I will be their Music Guest of Honor doing a concert on Saturday night at 7 pm in the Bronze Room, and I'll be doing a panel called "Current Comedy Music Fandom: What Dr. Demento Stared" on Sunday at 11 am in Room 2207. ** MARSCON 2014 ** Main convention website: marscon.com Dementia Track website: marscondementia.com DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Bloomington-Minneapolis South Bloomington, MN (Twin Cities area) March 7th, 8th, & 9th, 2014 This year's Dementia Track will have Music Guest Of Honor HENRY PHILLIPS doing a one hour show, and the crew of MEEP MORP STUDIOS doing a Q&A about their documentary "UNDER THE SMOGBERRY TREES" joined by DR. DEMENTO himself! We'll also have main stage concerts by the great Luke Ski, Devo Spice, Worm Quartet, Power Salad, Possible Oscar, Carrie Dahlby, Insane Ian, TV's Kyle, Mikey Mason, DJ Particle, and Beth Kinderman & The Player Characters! Currently pre-registration for a weekend badge for MarsCon 2014 is $50.00. The price will increase on February 1st, so get your badge before Midnight on January 31st, 2014. ** CHI-FI 0 ** chi-fi.org Hilton Palmer House Hotel - Chicago, IL Saturday, March 29th, 3:00 pm to 3:00 am I'll be performing at this event, but I don't know what time yet. If you bought a pre-reg for Chi-Fi 2014 (now 2015) admission to the event is free. If you'd like to buy a ticket for the event, you can do so here: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/562039 ** EERIECON 16 ** www.eeriecon.org Byblos Niagra Resort and Spa - Grand Island, NY May 2nd, 3rd, & 4th, 2014 EerieCon's music track has a new chair, Adam English of Ookla The Mok! Adam asked me if I'd help kick off his first year as he brings nerdy comedy music to the Buffalo / Niagra Falls area convention scene! Stay tuned for coming details on who else besides Luke Ski and Ookla The Mok who will be performing there. ** DUCKON 23 ** www.duckon.org Westin Chicago North Shore - Wheeling, IL June 6th, 7th, & 8th, 2014 No details on when my concert will be yet, but I will have one. Also, the Toastmaster will be Tom Smith, and the Music Guest Of Honor will be Dan The Bard. ** FuMPFEST 2014 ** fumpfest.com Westin Chicago North Shore - Wheeling, IL June 20th, 21st, & 22nd, 2014 At LukeSkiCon 2013, Devo Spice announced that he will be the chair of FuMPFest 2014, a convention dedicated to the FuMP and funny music in general. We are proud to announce that the Guest of Honor at the first FuMPFest will be none other than legendary radio personality Dr. Demento! He will be joining us for the weekend giving presentations, playing funny music, signing autographs, and joining in all the FuMPy fun that we have planned. Also performing will be Devo Spice, the great Luke Ski, Worm Quartet, Power Salad, Carrie Dahlby, Insane Ian, Tony Goldmark, Possible Oscar, Tom Smith, Raymond & Scum, Seamonkey, Garden Fresh, Dan Hart, and more! FuMPFest will take place at the lovely Westin Northshore in Wheeling, IL, from June 20-22, 2014. Our hotel group rate is $109 a night. If you call be sure to mention “FuMPFest” so you get the group rate (and we get credit for the booking, which is very important). Or you can book online using this link: www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/res?id=1308017870&key=53D4D Registration for the convention is available online for the discounted rate of $35 for the weekend. Registration at the door will be $45 so you can save yourself some money by pre-registering now at: fumpfest.com/registration/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE "...and more!" SECTION: - STUFF YOU CAN BUY AT LUKESKI.BANDCAMP.COM : - "LUKE SKI'S PUPPET VIDEOS: VOLUME 1" DVD A 2-hour DVD full of all of Luke Ski's puppet videos from YouTube, including "The FuMPet Show"! Order it now for $14.99 plus shipping: lukeski.bandcamp.com/merch/luke-skis-puppet-videos-volume-1-dvd - "WORST. TRIBUTE. EVER. (A TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT LUKE SKI)" A 2-CD, 100-minute-long album of covers of Luke Ski songs done by his colleagues from the the FuMP & "The Dr. Demento Show!" 2-CD set with MP3 download - $14.99 plus shipping: lukeski.bandcamp.com/album/worst-tribute-ever-a-tribute-to-the-great-luke-ski - "LUKE & CARRIE'S BAD RAPPORT: BEST OF 2012" CD All the best more-than-tolerable moments from Luke & Carrie in 2012! CD - $4.99 plus shipping: lukeski.bandcamp.com/merch/luke-carries-bad-rapport-best-of-2012-cd To see the full list of products, visit: lukeski.bandcamp.com - THE MAD MUSIC DEMENTIA TOP 20 REVENGE Please go register at the Mad Music Archive forums here: www.madmusic.com/signup.aspx Submit your weekly votes at the voting page here: www.madmusic.com/top20voting.aspx You can listen to the show here: 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: www.artbylukeski.com/caricatures-for-parties-events/ And for individual caricatures or cartooning work, check out the rest of www.artbylukeski.com - THE DR. DEMENTO SHOW It's still the best show ever. You can listen at: drdemento.com/online.html , and if you'd like to request a song, you can do that here: drdemento.com/request Please include your email address when requesting. Thanks! :) - thegreatLukeSki.com's FREE MP3 OF THE WEEK is: "THANK Q" Download it for FREE now at www.thegreatlukeski.com And please tell your friends online!