Luke Ski

Luke Collis Sienkowski (born January 14, 1974), better known as the great Luke Ski[nb 1] or simply as Luke Ski, is an American parody, filk, and rap artist, who writes, records and performs comedy music. The name was partially inspired by the Muppets character Gonzo, who often proclaimed himself "The Great Gonzo".[1]

Luke Ski
Luke Ski at Windycon 2005
Luke Ski at Windycon 2005
Background information
Birth nameLuke Collis Sienkowski
Born (1974-01-14) January 14, 1974
GenresParody, filk, hip hop
Years active1996–present
MembersLuke Ski
Websitehttp://www.thegreatlukeski.com/

Sienkowski had the most requested song on the Dr. Demento radio show in 2002, 2003, 2011, and 2014 with his songs "Peter Parker" featuring Sudden Death, "Stealing Like a Hobbit", "Snoopy the Dogg", and "Fake Adult" respectively.[2][3] Topics of his parodies have included The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Spider-Man, Keanu Reeves and Hamlet. Sienkowski is best known for bringing parodies of rap and hip-hop to Science Fiction conventions. He sings to pre-recorded music, often in costume or with props. Much of his work satirizes science fiction movies, television, and their marketing 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 science fiction and gaming conventions. He is also a caricature artist, and has done the cover art for several of his own albums (with the notable exception of UnCONVENTIONal, which features the artwork of John Kovalic).

Outside of comedy music, Sienkowski hosted the weekly show Dementia Revolution on Dementia Radio, and currently co-hosts a bi-monthly podcast 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 storyboard artist, writer, and voice actor of various characters on the Cartoon Network series Mighty Magiswords from 2015 to 2018, and co-hosts the animation podcast Kyle & Luke Talk About Toons with Magiswords creator Kyle A. Carrozza.[4][5][6] He portrayed P.T. Barnum on three episodes of the narrative podcast The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd.[7] He appeared as several characters in the Shockwave Radio Theater production "Let's Play Doctor" at the 2004 MarsCon.[8]

Discography

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

Studio albums
  • Fanboys 'n Da Hood (1996)
  • Shadows of the Bunghole (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)
  • Needlessly Meta (2023)

Compilations
  • Forgotten Fishheads Vol. 13 (2000) - rarities
  • Forgotten Fishheads Vol. 27 (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)

Notes
  1. 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.

References
  1. "Escape From Vault Disney: Muppets Haunted Mansion on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  2. Morris, Jeff. "Dr. Demento Funny 25 of 2002". Demented Music Database. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  3. Morris, Jeff. "Dr. Demento Funny 25 of 2003". Demented Music Database. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  4. Foster, Tom (2018-05-19). "10 Facts You Didn't Know about Mighty Magiswords". TVOvermind. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  5. "Luke Ski goes to Hollywood (more specifically, to Cartoon Network) – the great Luke Ski". Thegreatlukeski.com. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  7. "Radio Adventures Cast & Crew". Doctorfloyd.com. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
  8. "Shockwave Distribution CD & Tape List". Romm.org. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
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