Fund Raiser hit initial & 1st Stretch goal! Currently at 18% to 2nd Stretch goal, and other updates!

FUND RAISER UPDATE:
We hit initial goal of $500, and our 1st Stretch Goal of $800! If you’d like to help us hit our 2nd stretch goal (another $160, for which we are currently 18% of the way there), you can pick up this year’s 4-hour MP3 collection of live comedy music from MarsCon 2017 for $20 at the Shop page, you can pick up past year’s collections (including all 12 of them for just $100) at the Past Fundraisers page, or you can make a general donation by using the PayPal Donate button in the right column.
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QUICK NOTES:
“Dementia Water Aerobics” with Kornflake returns! Sat & Sun at 10am in the pool!
StarF will be joined in his concert by his regular collaborator Mattari 2600!
“The FuMP Jukebox” acts will include Beth Kinderman, Carrie Dahlby, Alex Rasey, Brett Glass, Karl Brown, & M.T. Foyer (Michael Sienkowski)
“Dementia Smackdown Wrestling” will be held this year on the 2nd floor in the Anime/YA Room (Hawks Ridge IV)
– The “Space Oddity Music Club & Brew Pub” room party has returned for it’s 10th year for your night time drinking and singing needs. Details on the Other Events page.

At this point, most of everything is in place. So I hope you are all ready to get your comedy music mojo working in full effect for MarsCon 2018!

MarsCon 2018 Fund Raiser launched, and more updates!

Performers added: STARF! and THE FAITHFUL SIDEKICKS!
 
See the performance schedule on our SCHEDULE page!
Read all about them on the PERFORMERS page!


Event added: “USE YOUR WORDS” live on the main stage hosted by brentalfloss!

Hosted by one of the game’s creators, our Music Guest Of Honor brentalfloss, a bunch of the Dementia Track Acts will compete for the greatest prize of all: your laughter!
More events may be announced, read all about them on the OTHER EVENTS page.

THE MARSCON 2018 DEMENTIA TRACK FUND RAISER MP3 ALBUM!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nearly 4 hours of live concert excerpts from MarsCon 2017, only $20!
Track list & purchase link: https://marsconcomedy.wordpress.com/shop/
Our initial goal: $500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To hear a FREE 30-MINUTE PREVIEW of the album, listen to or download Episode 133.5 of LUKE & CARRIE’S BAD RAPPORT podcast:
Link: https://ia801506.us.archive.org/3/items/LCBREp133point5/LCBR_Ep133point5.mp3

You can also order all of our past year’s Fund Raiser albums for $20 each, or a bundle of the complete collection of 10+ years of Fund Raiser albums (44 hours of content) for $100! For info on how to order those, visit the PAST FUNDRAISERS page.

HOTEL ROOM BLOCK DEADLINE
A reminder: the deadline for the MarsCon 2018 hotel room block at the Hilton is February 9th, at a rate of $108 plus tax per night. You can make your reservation at the following link: http://group.hilton.com/MarsCon2018

PRESS RELEASE:
Here’s a full press release about the MarsCon 2018 Dementia Track written by Ian Bonds. Feel free to use it to help promote MarsCon:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WjdMUR4CS1RwaZNnFaKeqKKabiyABJN5B0iTe5DJKuo/edit?usp=sharing

SOCIAL MEDIA:
Tell us you’re going (or interested) on our Facebook Event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1746967775611648/
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/marscondementia
Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/MarsConDementia

MarsCon 2018 Music Guest of Honor BRENTALFLOSS! Also newcomer Donita Smith and more!

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MARSCON 2018
March 2nd through 4th, 2018
Hilton Minneapolis/St Paul Mall of America – Bloomington, MN
Dementia Track website: http://marscondementia.com
Main Convention website: https://marscon.org/2018/

MUSIC GUEST OF HONOR: BRENTALFLOSS!

AND MARSCON NEWCOMER: DONITA SMITH!

Donita Smith 200Also performing:
Devo Spice
Insane Ian
The Library Bards
the great Luke Ski
Marc with a C
Power Salad
TV’s Kyle and Lindzilla
and more to be announced!

Returning events/things include: the immense “Table 27” merch table full of CDs & swag by all our performers, “Dementia Smackdown Wrestling” hosted by Commissioner J.P. Tuesday and Duke “Flyboy” DuJour, the “FuMP Jukebox” concert, and the traditional closing “Dementia Smackdown” concert! More events to be announced.

Watch the video announcement on YouTube!

And please share it online!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-8Z_llqgcw

 

Podcasters, streamers, & radio DJs! Here’s a 60-second audio commercial!
Please download it and play it on your streams & shows!
https://tinyurl.com/MarsCon2018DT

Registration (done through the main MarsCon website):

  • Adult weekend badges are $50 through 1/31/18, $65 at the door.
    Single day adult badge prices are Friday $25, Saturday $40, & Sunday $25.
  • Child (6-12) badge prices are $25 through 1/31/18, $30 at the door.
    Single day child (6-12) badge prices are Friday $10, Saturday $20, & Sunday $10.
Coming soon: The MarsCon 2018 Dementia Track Fund Raiser MP3 album, featuring nearly 4 hours of comedy & music highlights recorded live at MarsCon 2017! All proceeds cover the hotel costs of the track performers!

I’ll be updating this website soon with the info for the forthcoming 2018 convention. For now, get registered and get psyched for another great year of funny music!


~ Luke Ski,

Chair of the MarsCon Dementia Track

~ Carrie Dalhby,
Vice Chair of the MarsCon 2018 Dementia Track

and the MarsCon 2018 Dementia Track Team:
~ Devo Spice, Jered Perez, Byron Lee, John Eichenlaub, Insane Ian, & Chris Mezzolesta

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Comedy & Music Guest of Honor JUDY TENUTA! Also the Library Bards and more!

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MARSCON 2017
March 3rd thru 5th, 2017
Hilton Minneapolis/St Paul Mall of America – Bloomington, MN
Dementia Track website: http://marscondementia.com
Main Convention website: https://marscon.org/2017/index.php

COMEDY & MUSIC GUEST OF HONOR: JUDY TENUTA!

AND MARSCON NEWCOMERS: THE LIBRARY BARDS!

AS WELL AS: MARC WITH A C!
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ALSO PERFORMING:
CARRIE DAHLBY,
DEVO SPICE,
THE GREAT LUKE SKI,
INSANE IAN,
MIKEY MASON,
POWER SALAD,
TV’S KYLE with LINDZILLA!

Registration for a weekend badge is $65 at the door.
Single day adult badge prices are Friday $25, Saturday $40, & Sunday $25.
Single day child (6-12) badge prices are Friday $10, Saturday $20, & Sunday $10.

Please head over to the Shop page and pick up the MarsCon 2017 Dementia Track Fund Raiser MP3 album! It’s nearly 4 hours of live concert recordings from MarsCon 2016, for only $20.00! All proceeds cover the hotel costs of the track performers!

Fund Raiser Initial Goal: $840 – ACHIEVED!
Stretch Goal: $1080 – ACHIEVED!!!
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Thanks so much to all our donors! The MP3 albums are still available to order all year round, so feel free to buy / donate anytime! 😀

Announcing the MarsCon 2017 Comedy & Music Guest Of Honor!

Click the link below to watch the surprise announcement on YouTube!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajHDxNeQ8O4

MARSCON 2017
March 3rd thru 5th, 2017
Hilton Minneapolis/St Paul Mall of America – Bloomington, MN
Dementia Track website: http://marscondementia.com
Main Convention website: https://marscon.org/2017/index.php

I’ll be updating this website soon with the info for the forthcoming 2017 convention. For now, watch the above video to find out all the initial booked acts and planned events, and get psyched for another great year of funny music!

~ Luke Ski,
Chair of the MarsCon Dementia Track

MarsCon 2016 Podcast Round-up!

MarsCon 2016 was a “Mighty” success! Here’s all the podcasts that covered the weekend’s festivities, so you can relive what all went down!

Kyle & Luke Talk About Toons – Episode #63: Show Me Your Finest Dolphins
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with TV’s Kyle, Luke Ski, Lindsay Smith a.k.a. Lindzilla, & Carrie Dahlby
recorded Sunday morning at MarsCon 2016 in front of a live studio audience!
3-6-2016 – http://ognetworks.tv/c/kyleandluke/show/62ac56a2644bac34e2c3adb18a7c03fb

The Funny Music Podcast – Episode #299 – with Devo Spice and Luke Ski
3-10-2016 – http://www.thefump.com/podcast_episode.php?id=1277

The Insider – Episode #110 –  with Devo Spice, featuring Insane Ian
3-22-2015 – http://devospice.com/insider_public/insider_110.mp3

Luke & Carrie’s Bad Rapport
– Episode #123: Enthusiastic, Sober, and Paying Attention

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4-2-2016 – with Carrie Dahlby & Luke Ski
http://badrapport.com/2016/04/02/episode-123-enthusiastic-sober-and-paying-attention

MarsCon 2016 Dementia Track acts, events, & Fund Raiser announced!

MARSCON 2016
March 4th thru 6th, 2016
Hilton Minneapolis/St Paul Mall of America – Bloomington, MN
Dementia Track website: http://marscondementia.com
Main Convention website: http://marscon.org/2016/index.php

We’re proud to announce our Main Stage concert line-up for MarsCon 2016…

Luke Ski 2016 cropped web sizeMusic Guest Of Honor:
THE GREAT LUKE SKI

As requested by the Con Chair, Jolene Hardy, this year’s Music GoH is none other than the man who through sheer will and obnoxious audacity manifested the MarsCon Dementia Track into existence over a decade ago, the great Luke Ski. He’s “The Dr. Demento Show’s” most requested act of the 21st Century, and he’s won 2 Logan Awards for Oustanding Song Parody. Currently working as a Storyboarder, Writer, and Voice-Over artist at Cartoon Network on “Mighty MagiSwords”, he’s taking time off from Turner to bring his nerdy comedy music back to his favorite convention ever in a 1-hour concert on Saturday afternoon!

Special Event: The LOGAN AWARDS

Whitney Avalon's Logan Award 2014 200The 6th Annual Logan Whitehurst Memorial Awards for Excellence in Comedy Music is a concert and award ceremony celebrating the best in comedy music from the year 2015. Awards will be given out in the categories of Outstanding Parody Song, Outstanding Original Comedy Song, and Outstanding Comedy Music Video. We’ll be showing the videos and performing the songs live on stage, and handing out the three awards to the winners at the end. For details on this year’s jury and nominees, visit the Logan Awards website.

Returning favorite comedy music acts performing on the main stage:

STEVE GOODIE
CARLA ULBRICH
DINO-MIKE
KATIE GOODMAN
DEVO SPICE
SCHÄFFER THE DARKLORD
RAYMOND & SCUM
TV’S KYLE featuring LINDZILLA
POWER SALAD
INSANE IAN

To learn more about our acts, visit the Performers page.
Other events include:
DEMENTIA SMACKDOWN WRESTLING
with commentary by J.P. Tuesday & Duke ‘Flyboy’ DuJour
KYLE & LUKE TALK ABOUT TOONS live podcast panel
THE FuMP JUKEBOX concert
DEMENTIA SMACKDOWN concert
For details on these, visit the Other Events page.

THE MARSCON 2016 DEMENTIA TRACK FUND RAISER MP3 ALBUM!

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For just $20, this nearly 4-hour MP3 download album features highlights from all the live main stage concerts of MarsCon 2015! The funds raised go to cover the hotel room costs of all the non-Guest-of-Honor comedy music acts of MarsCon 2016. To buy it now, go to the Shop page. To hear a FREE 30-MINUTE PREVIEW of the album, listen to or download Episode 450 of Devo Spice’s podcast ‘Manic Mondays’.

REGISTRATION for MarsCon 2016 is $65 at the door. So get psyched for another awesome year of the MarsCon Dementia Track!

Thanks, and I hope to see you all at MarsCon 2016!
~ Luke Ski,
Chair of the MarsCon Dementia Track

MarsCon 2015 Video & Podcast Coverage Round-Up

MarsCon 2015 is in the history books, and it was glorious! Thanks so much to everyone who came and made MarsCon 2015 another kick-ass year of fun, comedy, and music! 😀 To start out our coverage round-up, here’s a couple of VIDEOS courtesy of Jered Perez.

Here’s this year’s Opening Ceremonies sketch, written by the great Luke Ski, with additional jokes by Tony Goldmark, and starring Luke Ski, Sara Trice, Earl Luckes, Kevin Quigley, Bill Putt, Heather Quigley, Tony Goldmark, and Carrie Dahlby:
http://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10204208913570066

Here’s the Dementia Smackdown Wrestling MarsCon 2015 Battle Royal, hosted by Commissioner J.P. Tuesday and Duke ‘Flyboy’ DuJour:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jMyuHWavHg

Per usual, a whole bunch of PODCASTS were either recorded at MarsCon, or are recapping MarsCon upon returning home. I’ll be adding to this list below as they are posted.

– The Funny Music Podcast: Episode 247
3/12/2015 – http://www.thefump.com/podcast_episode.php?id=1224

– Kyle And Luke Talk About Toons: Episode 38 – Luke Fails Upward
3/14/2015 – http://ognetworks.tv/c/kyleandluke/show/156d616f740cfe8d451d979bd588bb31

– The Flopcast: Episode #149 – Live At MarsCon 2015: The Flop Game
3/15/2015 – http://flopcast.net/149.html

– Luke And Carries Bad Rapport: Episode 116 – Moonlight Over Winfield And Burbank
3/17/2015 – http://badrapport.com/2015/03/17/episode-116-moonlight-over-winfield-and-burbank/

The Flopcast:  Episode #150 – MarsCon 2015 Part 2: Enjoy Your Inflatable Instrument
3/22/2015 – http://flopcast.net/150.html

The Flopcast:  Episode #151 – MarsCon 2015 Part 3: Nun Cookies
3/29/2015 – http://flopcast.net/151.html

PS: The MarsCon 2015 Dementia Track Fund Raiser surpassed it’s goal due to some very generous people who donated large sums of money outside of the CD/MP3 album sales drive! 😀 Thanks so much to them and to everyone who donated! 😀

 

Get the MarsCon 2015 cartoon T-shirt NOW! Also, the Fund Raiser is stuck at 76%!

MarsCon 2015 cartoon t-shirt web 1400I’d like to apologize for not getting this year’s MarsCon Dementia Track cartoon t-shirt done any earlier than now. I have been multitasking like crazy for the past month, mostly working on MarsCon-related things. The good news is, it is up for sale now, the bad news is, if you want to have one to wear at MarsCon this year, you’ll need to ORDER IT RIGHT NOW, or at least in the next couple of days (I recommend by February 18th at the latest). Again, I apologize for the delay, and I hope you all will pick up the cartoon shirt, as well as the new color MDT logo t-shirt also available at the Dementia Radio Spreadshirt pageClick here to go to the T-Shirt page for details and to see a larger image of the cartoon.

MarsCon_logo_vectorIn other news, the MarsCon 2015 Dementia Track Fund Raiser has been stalled out at 76% for over 2 weeks! Please help us hit our goal by ordering your own copy of this year’s Fund Raiser album today!

Once again, I’ve compiled almost 4 hours of highlights from MarsCon 2014‘s Main Stage comedy music concerts and the Dementia Fan Showcase onto a 3-CD set and as a downloadable MP3 album. The funds raised by these albums will go towards paying for the hotel rooms of the non-Guest-Of-Honor MarsCon 2015 Dementia Track performers.

Buy the 3-CD set with instant MP3 download for $30 here:
http://marscondementia.com/product/marscon-2015-dementia-track-fund-raiser-3-cd-set-2/

Buy the MP3 download only version for $20 here:
http://marscondementia.com/product/marscon-2015-dementia-track-fund-raiser-3-cd-set/

FREE 40-MINUTE PREVIEW:
http://badrapport.com/2015/01/13/episode-114-5-marscon-2015-dementia-track-fund-raiser-preview/

We do intend to put all the previous year’s albums up in the recently reconfigured Shop page. As soon as they are up in there, we will let everybody know.

Announcing the MarsCon 2015 Dementia Track performers & Fund Raiser album!

The MarsCon Dementia Track is proud to announce our Main Stage concert line-up for MarsCon 2015…

Music Guest of Honor
ROB PARAVONIAN!

Besides having several hits on “The Dr. Demento Show”, Rob Paravonian is a standup comedian known the world over for his Pachelbel Rant and viral videos which have been viewed millions of times. Using music to get the laughs, Rob has opened for George Carlin and Lily Tomlin, has appeared on Comedy Central and VH1. Rob is an old friend to many of the participants of the MarsCon Dementia Track, and we are very happy to finally have him here as our Music Guest Of Honor.  Rob Paravonian’s appearance is sponsored by Dementia Radio .org.

We’re also happy to announce making their first ever appearance at MarsCon,
SPONGE AWARENESS FOUNDATION!

And making his first MarsCon appearance since 2005,
TONY GOLDMARK!

And returning favorites:
CARRIE DAHLBY, DEVO SPICE,
MIKEY MASON, WORM QUARTET,
THE GREAT LUKE SKI, TVs KYLE,
and POWER SALAD!

For more details, visit the ‘Schedule‘ page, as well as ‘Performers’, and ‘Other Events’.

MarsCon 2015 Dementia Track Fund Raiser 

Once again, I’ve compiled almost 4 hours of highlights from MarsCon 2014‘s Main Stage comedy music concerts and the Dementia Fan Showcase onto a 3-CD set and as a downloadable MP3 album. The funds raised by these albums will go towards paying for the hotel rooms of the non-Guest-Of-Honor MarsCon 2015 Dementia Track performers. (The track list is pasted at the bottom of this post.)

Buy the 3-CD set with instant MP3 download for $30 here:
http://marscondementia.com/product/marscon-2015-dementia-track-fund-raiser-3-cd-set-2/

Buy the MP3 download only version for $20 here:
http://marscondementia.com/product/marscon-2015-dementia-track-fund-raiser-3-cd-set/

FREE 40-MINUTE PREVIEW:
http://badrapport.com/2015/01/13/episode-114-5-marscon-2015-dementia-track-fund-raiser-preview/

Promos! Promos! Promos!

Our initial goal for this year’s Fund Raiser is $800! Please help us hit that goal and spread the word about the awesomeness of MarsCon by sharing the following promotional video & audio (and the free preview mentioned above) on your social media. Podcasters, please play some or all of these audio promos on your shows! We really appreciate your support!

Video ad on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKuKm5raMNk

Audio ads for podcasters & streaming audio & radio DJs:
Long commercial (5:21): http://tinyurl.com/MarsCon15adLONG
Short commercial #1 (0:52): http://tinyurl.com/MarsCon15adSHORT1
Short commercial #2 (1:10): http://tinyurl.com/MarsCon15adSHORT2

Pre-Reg Prices go up after January 31st!

Currently pre-registration for a weekend badge for MarsCon 2015 is $50.00. The price will increase on February 1st, so get your badge before Midnight on January 31st, 2015, and get psyched for another awesome year of the MarsCon Dementia Track!

MARSCON 2015
Main convention website: http://marscon.com
Dementia Track website: http://marscondementia.com
Hilton Minneapolis/St Paul Mall of America – Bloomington, MN
March 6th, 7th, & 8th, 2015

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The MarsCon 2015 Dementia Track Fund Raiser album track list:

DISC A – FRIDAY:

1. Opening Ceremonies: The Chronoball Run – the great Luke Ski & Earl Luckes
2. Friday intro
3. The Epic Conclusion of EpicSaxCon – Possible Oscar, featuring TV’s Kyle
4. The No No Facebook App App Song Song – Power Salad
5. Wasted Space Oddity – Power Salad
6. Laurie, Laurie – Power Salad
7. Strictly Speaking – TV’s Kyle, featuring Power Salad
8. I’m Tired Of Pretending I Don’t Like Spaghetti – TV’s Kyle
9. Kittens For Sale – TV’s Kyle
10. Tokusatsu Heroes – Scooter Picnic
11. Let’s Get Silly – Insane Ian
12. Run This Game – Insane Ian, featuring Devo Spice
13. Shut Up, Ian! – Insane Ian
14. Worm Quartet intro
15. Straight Outta Concepts – Worm Quartet
16. The antifish vs. Delta baggage claim – Worm Quartet
17. Eskimo Pie Is Not Pie And Contains Very Little Eskimo – Worm Quartet
18. A brief explanation from Luke Ski
19. I Don’t Matter (Live at LukeSkiCon 2013) – Worm Quartet
20. What the Fudd?

DISC B – SATURDAY:

1. Jack Bauer – Ken ‘Madman’ Sherlock
2. Duck Face – Derwood Bowen
3. The Shittim Wood Tree – Karl Brown
4. Pregnancy Is Strange – Carrie Dahlby
5. Killing You Softly – Carrie Dahlby
6. Luke, Are You Carrie? – Carrie Dahlby & the great Luke Ski
7. Almost Parent Time – Carrie Dahlby, featuring Earl ‘Wyngarde’ Luckes
8. In The 80’s – Devo Spice
9. Bad Wolf – Devo Spice
10. South Park Junkie (2012) – Devo Spice
11. Fake Adult – the great Luke Ski
12. I’d By That For A Dollar (Four Quarters Ultimix) – Scooter Picnic & the great Luke Ski, featuring Lindsay Carrozza
13. Because Of Bob – the great Luke Ski
14. The Bitch Song – Henry Phillips
15. Sweet Little Blossom Of Mine – Henry Phillips
16. Girlfriend – Henry Phillips
17. Standing On The Shoulders Of Freaks – Henry Phillips

DISC C – SUNDAY:

1. Sunday intro
2. Gonna Make You Sore (Everybody Dance, OW!) – DJ Particle
3. Pandarendansen – DJ Particle
4. Red Wedding – Beth Kinderman and the Player Characters
5. Malcolm Reynolds – Beth Kinderman and the Player Characters
6. Best LARP Ever – Beth Kinderman and the Player Characters
7. Tim Wilson tribute sound check
8. King Of The White Trash – Mikey Mason
9. My Apologies – Mikey Mason
10. Settle – Mikey Mason
11. If I Had A Dating Profile – Kornflake, featuring Doornail
12. Pregnant Women Are Smug – Carrie Dahlby & Beth Kinderman
13. Greg Brady Wants Me Dead – Half of S.A.F.
14. Best Phone – Cirque du So What?
15. Toenails – Kornflake
16. Fish Heads – The Feng Shui Ninjas
17. Araby – Kornflake
18. Nateboi, Are You Particle? – DJ Particle & The All-Powerful NateBoi
19. DuckTales – TV’s Kyle
20. Surfin’ Bird (Family Guy Remix) – the great Luke Ski
21. Pico & Sepulveda – Power Salad, featuring the MarsCon 2014 Dementia Track Performers
22. Sunday outro