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Luke Collis Sienkowski (born January 14, 1974), better known as the great Luke Ski or simply as Luke Ski, is an American
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,
filk Filk music is a musical culture, genre, and community tied to science fiction, fantasy, and horror fandom and a type of fan labor. The genre has existed since the early 1950s and been played primarily since the mid-1970s. Etymology and defin ...
, and
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artist, who writes, records and performs comedy music. The decapitalization of "the great" in Sienkowski's stage name is his own preferred spelling, and the title has appeared as such on all of his albums to date. The name was partially inspired by the Muppets character
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, who often proclaimed himself "The Great Gonzo". Sienkowski had the most requested song on the
Dr. Demento Barret Eugene Hansen (born April 2, 1941), known professionally as Dr. Demento, is an American radio broadcaster and record collector specializing in novelty songs, comedy, and strange or unusual recordings dating from the early days of phonograp ...
radio show in 2002, 2003, 2011, and 2014 with his songs "
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" featuring Sudden Death, "Stealing Like a
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", "
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the Dogg", and "Fake Adult" respectively. Topics of his parodies have included ''
The Lord of the Rings ''The Lord of the Rings'' is an epic high-fantasy novel by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, intended to be Earth at some time in the distant past, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's boo ...
'', ''
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'', ''
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'',
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and
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. Sienkowski is best known for bringing parodies of rap and hip-hop to
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. He sings to pre-recorded music, often in costume or with props. Much of his work satirizes science fiction movies,
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, and their
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and are often from a fan perspective. Many of his longer works are snippets of song parodies collected together into an extended medley, such as ''Grease Wars'' or ''It's A Fanboy Christmas''. Since 1996, Sienkowski has released numerous albums. He is a frequent performer at
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and
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conventions. He is also a caricature artist, and has done the
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for several of his own albums (with the notable exception of ''UnCONVENTIONal'', which features the artwork of
John Kovalic John Kovalic (born Robert John Kovalic, Jr. on 24 November 1962) is an American cartoonist, illustrator, and writer. Career Born in Manchester, England, Kovalic is best known for his ''Dork Tower'' comic book, comic strip, and webcomic, and oth ...
). Outside of comedy music, Sienkowski hosted the weekly show ''Dementia Revolution'' on Dementia Radio, and currently co-hosts a bi-monthly
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with musician Carrie Dahlby called ''Luke and Carrie's Bad Rapport'', in which the two discuss a variety of topics and regularly feature comedy music. Sienkowski also worked as a
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, writer, and
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of various characters on the
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series ''
Mighty Magiswords Mighty may refer to: * ''Mighty'' (The Planet Smashers album) * ''Mighty'' (Kristene DiMarco album) * ''The Mighty'' (1929 film), a 1929 American action film *''The Mighty'', a 1998 comedy-drama film * ''The Mighty'' (comics), a DC Comics title *Th ...
'' from 2015 to 2018'','' and co-hosts the animation podcast ''Kyle & Luke Talk About Toons'' with ''Magiswords'' creator Kyle A. Carrozza. He portrayed
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on three episodes of the narrative podcast '' The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd''. He appeared as several characters in the
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production "Let's Play Doctor" at the 2004 MarsCon.


Discography

Below is a list of all of Sienkowski's commercially released albums:


Studio albums

* ''
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'' (1996) * ''
Shadows of the Bunghole A shadow is a dark area where light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object. It occupies all of the three-dimensional volume behind an object with light in front of it. The cross section of a shadow is a two-dimensional silhouette, o ...
'' (1997) * '' Carpe Dementia'' (1999) * '' Uber Geek'' (2002) * ''Worst Album Ever'' (2003) * ''UnCONVENTIONal'' (2005) * ''BACONspiracy'' (2007) * ''Target: Audience'' (2008) * ''Too Much Stuff'' (2009) * ''Be Amused by Me'' (2011) * ''Because Of Bob: Luke Ski's Kickstarter FAWM album (songs I wrote about people for money)'' (2014) * ''4th Grade Talent Show'' (2014)


Compilations

* '' Forgotten Fishheads Vol. 13'' (2000) - rarities * ''
Forgotten Fishheads Vol. 27 Forgotten or The Forgotten may refer to: Film * ''Forgotten'' (1933 film), an American film directed by Richard Thorpe * ''The Forgotten'' (1973 film), a psychological horror film * ''The Forgotten'' (1989 film), a television action movie for ...
'' (2000) - rarities * ''Forgotten Fishheads Vol. 42'' (2004) - rarities * ''Forgotten Fishheads Vol. 69'' (2004) - rarities * ''Forgotten Fishheads Double Feature'' (2004) - rarities * ''Psycho Potpourri'' (2004) - compilation * ''Forgotten Fishheads Vol. Zero'' (2004) - rarities * ''Are We Stalling For Time?'' (2004) - live * ''Forgotten Fishheads Vol. Zero'' (2004) - rarities * ''May The Farce Be With You'' (2005) - compilation * ''Animation Compilation'' (2005) - compilation * ''Trek-Wutchyalike'' (2006) - compilation * ''What a Ripoff! Volume 1'' (2008) - compilation * ''Greatest Hits Volume 1: 1996-2003'' (2010) - compilation * ''What a Ripoff! Volume 2'' (2010) - compilation * ''What a Ripoff! Volume 3'' (2012) - compilation * ''Greatest Hits Volume 2: 2004-2009'' (2015) - compilation


Produced by Luke Ski

* ''MarsCon 2007 Dementia Track Fund Raiser CD'' (2007) - produced and contributed to compilation * ''MarsCon 2008 Dementia Track Fund Raiser CD'' (2008) - produced and contributed to compilation * ''MarsCon 2009 Dementia Track Fund Raiser CD'' (2009) - produced and contributed to compilation * ''MarsCon 2010 Dementia Track Fund Raiser CD'' (2010) - produced and contributed to compilation * ''MarsCon 2011 Dementia Track Fund Raiser CD'' (2011) - produced and contributed to compilation * ''MarsCon 2012 Dementia Track Fund Raiser CD'' (2012) - produced and contributed to compilation * ''MarsCon 2013 Dementia Track Fund Raiser CD'' (2013) - produced and contributed to compilation * ''MarsCon 2014 Dementia Track Fund Raiser CD'' (2014) - produced and contributed to compilation * ''MarsCon 2015 Dementia Track Fund Raiser CD'' (2015) - produced and contributed to compilation He has songs in several compilations featuring artists other than himself, including ''Technobabble'', ''Laughter Is A Powerful Weapon Vol. 2'', ''Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes, Volume 15'' and ''Earpicac''.


Video compilations

* ''The Ego Has Landed'' (2006)


References


External links


the great Luke Ski

Dr. Demento
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Art by Luke Ski
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ski, Luke 1974 births Living people American novelty song performers American satirists American male songwriters Place of birth missing (living people) American comedy musicians American parodists Filkers Parody musicians 21st-century American singers 21st-century American comedians 21st-century American male singers