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"Worst Album Ever"

DETAILED INFORMATION:

It's the new CD by 'the great Luke Ski', "Worst Album Ever", featuring his demented Eminem parody smash hit, "Stealing Like A Hobbit".  The album contains 16 songs, 20 tracks.  Album length: 73 minutes, 37 seconds.  Includes guest appearances by Hot Waffles, the Nick Atoms, Tom Smith, Ookla The Mok, Tony Goldmark, Sudden Death, and Power Salad.  The album was released as a surprise on Saturday, July 26th, 2003, at Luke Ski's performance at the GenCon Indy Costume Contest in Indianapolis, IN.  Released six months early, because you demanded it.  You're welcome.  :)

On CD Printing:

1. Jon Archer - 3:18
2. Because I'm Jedi - 3:53
3. Stealing Like A Hobbit - 5:34
4. Gilbert Explains It All, Part I - 2:10
5. House Party At Arkham Asylum - 4:59
6. The Ballad Of Optimus Prime - featuring "the Nick Atoms" - 5:24
7. Fangirls, Shake That Booty! - featuring "Hot Waffles" - 5:54
8. Gilbert Explains It All, Part II - featuring Tony Goldmark - 3:36
9. The Pirate Song - a song by Tony Goldmark, featuring "the great Luke Ski" - 3:03
10. Ozzman - a song by "Sudden Death", featuring "the great Luke Ski" - 4:07
11. Cthulu Fthagn - a song by Tom Smith, featuring "the great Luke Ski" - 2:40
12. Play That Filky Music - a song by "Power Salad", featuring "the great Luke Ski" - 3:44
13. Mr. Worf - a song by "Ookla The Mok", featuring "the great Luke Ski"
      Gowron Said Knock You Out - featuring "Ookla The Mok" - 7:14
14. Gilbert Explains It All, Part III - 1:46
15. 88 Lines About 44 Simpsons - 3:42
16. Ode To Mrs. Grass Chicken Noodle Soup - 4:23
17. Gilbert Explains It All, Part IV - 2:05
18. Christmas In Hogwart's - 2:58
19. Gilbert Explains It All, Part V - 0:16
20. Yes, We Have No Bananas - featuring "the Nick Atoms" - 2:55

the great Luke Ski - WORST ALBUM EVER! - © 2003, Luke Sienkowski, All rights reserved.
Produced by GNOME Productions, Madison, WI - LukeSki@Juno.com - www.LukeSki.com

Cover Art Text:

This CD's cover, tray card, and inner color booklet were hand written.  Here is a transcript of all of the important information from the art that isn't covered anywhere else on this page:  This is a comedy CD filled with song parodies done for the purpose of satire.  All celebrity voices are impersonated, because no celebrities were willing to appear on this CD.  Special Thanks section:  Be sure to thank:  fans, conventions, D.J.s, artists, family, friends, wife, etc.  More specifically:  The Nick Atoms, www.thenickatoms.com, the Hot Waffles, www.hotwaffles.com, Tom Smith, www.tomsmithonline.com, Ookla the Mok, www.otmfan.com, Tony Goldmark, www.dqydj.com, Sudden Death, www.suddendeath.org, Power Salad, www.powersalad.com, DJ Skrabble, Paul Fresh (& Wolfgang), Amy Sienkowski, Daniel Robinson, Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Dr. Demento, Spin The Bottle Inc., Specialist Keith "KeeterMan" Rose, Stephanie Anne Wild!!!  (Come up with something sweet and witty to say that lets people know how smart, beautiful, wonderful, and funny she is, and that I love her more than anything ever.)  Other stuff:  *  Buy the benefit album "Laughter Is A Powerful Weapon" at www.funnymusicians.com.  *  PLUG MY WEBSITE, DUH!  www.LukeSki.com, e-mail: LukeSki@Juno.com.  *  This album is dedicated to:  Gilbert Gottfried, because he rules!

Liner Notes:

First of all, don't read these liner notes until you've listened to the CD. Second of all, these notes are for informative purposes only, so you won't find any jokes in here. Cover photo by Caroll Pearson. Graphic design by Luke and J.T. Sienkowski. CD printing by RSRT Digital Master Works. All background music, engineering, and mixing was accomplished by J.T. Sienkowski & Paul Hettiger (DJ Skrabble & Paul Fresh) at their studio in Madison, WI., except where noted in the following liner notes. All comedy parody satire material was conceived, written, produced, directed, and performed by "the great Luke Ski", and is © 2003, Luke Sienkowski, all rights reserved, except where noted in the following liner notes. All of the subject matters satired and the original versions of the songs parodied on this CD are © to the parties listed in their corresponding footnotes at the end of the liner notes. All celebrity voices are impersonated. Liner notes editor: Luke Sienkowski

1. Jon Archer
A parody of "Clint Eastwood"[1] by Gorillaz.
Subject: The Star Trek prequel TV show, "Enterprise"[2]. 

2. Because I'm Jedi
A parody of "Because I Got High"[3] by Afroman.
Subject: The film "Star Wars: Episode II: Attack Of The Clones"[4]. 

3. Stealing Like A Hobbit
A parody of "Cleaning Out My Closet"[5] by Eminem.
Also contains brief parodies of "Stan"[6] and "Lose Yourself"[7], also by Eminem.
Subject: The book/film trilogy "The Lord Of The Rings"[8]. 
Additional vocals: Amy Sienkowski singing the 'Arwen/Dido' chorus vocal.
Music arrangement: Daniel Robinson, in his home studio in Fayetteville, AR.

4. Gilbert Explains It All, Part I

5. House Party At Arkham Asylum
An original song by 'the great Luke Ski'.
Subject: 'The Joker' and the villains of DC Comic's "Batman"[9]. 
Contains a brief sample from "Don't Whiz On The Electric Fence" by Ren & Stimpy[10]. 
Additional vocals: The LukeSkiCon '98 Tabernacle Choir.

6. The Ballad Of Optimus Prime - featuring "the Nick Atoms"
An original song by 'the great Luke Ski'.
Subject: The toy line / TV show / animated film, "The Transformers"[11]. 
Music arrangement: "the Nick Atoms" (Coburn, Wyngarde, Dr. Ted Nelson).
"The Nick Atoms" appears courtesy of Turnidoff Records. Find out more about "the Nick Atoms" and their music at www.thenickatoms.com.

7. Fangirls, Shake That Booty! - featuring "Hot Waffles"
An original song by "Hot Waffles" and 'the great Luke Ski'.
Subject: All the fine ladies of convention & fandom life.
Lyrics and vocals: 'the great Luke Ski' & "Hot Waffles".
Music arrangement: "Hot Waffles".
Engineering, mixing, & musical embellishing: DJ Skrabble & Paul Fresh.
Song idea: Chris Waffle of "Hot Waffles".
This song is © 2003 Luke Sienkowski & Christopher Calkins. "Hot Waffles" appears courtesy of Superpickle Music Arts / Sacrilicious Records / themselves. Find out more about "Hot Waffles" and their music at www.hotwaffles.com.

8. Gilbert Explains It All, Part II - featuring Tony Goldmark
Additional vocals: Tony Goldmark.

9. The Pirate Song - a song by Tony Goldmark, featuring "the great Luke Ski"
An original song by Tony Goldmark.
Subject: Pirates.
Music and lyrics: Tony Goldmark. 
Additional pirate vocals & dialogue: "the great Luke Ski". 
Guitar: David Phillips. Bass Guitar: Christopher Kee. Drums: Peter Tucker. Accordion: "Big Lou" Seekins. Music engineered and mixed by Garth Webber at Red Rooster Studios, Berkeley, CA. Mastered by John Greenham at Paul Stubblebine Mastering. This song is © 2001 ~ 2003 Tony Goldmark. Originally from his CD "Masterpiece Weirder". Tony Goldmark appears courtesy of Don't Quit Your Day Job Records. Find out more about Tony Goldmark and his music at www.dqydj.com/tony/homepage.htm

10. Ozzman - a song by "Sudden Death", featuring "the great Luke Ski"
A parody of "Ironman"[12] by "Sir Mix-A-Lot".
Subject: Ozzy Osbourne and "the Osbournes"[13] TV show.
New lyrics, music, & vocals: "Sudden Death".
Ozzy, Beavis & Butthead[14] vocals: "the great Luke Ski".
This song is © 2003 Tom Rockwell. For the full details on the production of this song, visit their website. "Sudden Death" appears courtesy of themselves. Find out more about "Sudden Death" and their music at www.suddendeath.org.

11. Cthulu Fthagn - a song by Tom Smith, featuring "the great Luke Ski"
A parody of "Hakuna Matata"[15] from the film "The Lion King".
Subject: The "Cthulu" demon stories of H.P. Lovecraft[16].
New lyrics, guitar, & co-lead vocals: Tom Smith.
Co-lead vocals: "the great Luke Ski".
Recorded live at ConFusion 2003 by Tim Ryan. Thank you, Tim.
This song is © 2003 Tom Smith. Tom Smith appears courtesy of Pretzel Productions. Find out more about Tom Smith and his music at www.tomsmithonline.com.

12. Play That Filky Music - a song by "Power Salad", featuring "the great Luke Ski"
A parody of "Play That Funky Music"[17] by Wild Cherry.
Subject: A comedy musician tries to musically fit in at a sci-fi convention.
New lyrics, music, & vocals: "Power Salad".
Contains brief samples from "You Might Be A Trekkie" by "the great Luke Ski".
This song is © 2003 Chris Mezzolesta. For the full details on the production of this song, visit their website. "Power Salad" appears courtesy of Marianth Records. Find out more about "Power Salad" and their music at www.powersalad.com.

13. Mr. Worf - a song by "Ookla The Mok", featuring "the great Luke Ski"
An original song by "Ookla The Mok".
Subject: The Klingon character "Worf" from the "Star Trek"[18] TV / film series.
Lyrics: Rand Bellavia and Adam English
Music & vocals: "Ookla The Mok" (Adam English, Rand Bellavia, Michael Mallory, Chris Gajewski).
"Worf" rap vocals: "the great Luke Ski"
Recorded live at MarCon 2003 by a Sony Hi-8 Handycam Vision Video Recorder. 
This song is © 2003 Rand Bellavia (BMI) and Adam English (BMI). For the original studio version of this song (without Luke Ski), go out and buy "Ookla The Mok's" new CD "oh, okay, L.A.". "Ookla The Mok" appears courtesy of Total Train Records. Find out more about "Ookla The Mok" and their music at www.otmfan.com

(Still track 13.) Gowron Said Knock You Out - featuring "Ookla The Mok"
A parody of "Mama Said Knock You Out"[19] by LL Cool J.
Subject: Klingons, specifically those from the TV show "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"[20].
Music: "Ookla The Mok" (Adam English, Rand Bellavia, Michael Mallory, Chris Gajewski).
Additional vocals: "Ookla The Mok's" Nerd Circus.
Recorded live at MarCon 2003 by a Sony Hi-8 Handycam Vision Video Recorder.
(See above for "Ookla The Mok" info.)

14. Gilbert Explains It All, Part III

15. 88 Lines About 44 Simpsons
A parody of "88 Lines About 44 Women"[21] by "the Nails".
Subject: The TV show "The Simpsons"[22].
Contains brief samples from the TV show "The Simpsons"[23], and from "88 Lines About 44 Women" by "the Nails"[24].

16. Ode To Mrs. Grass Chicken Noodle Soup
An original spoken word piece by 'the great Luke Ski'.
Subject: Mrs. Grass Chicken Noodle Soup[25]. 
Trombone & vocals: Specialist Keith "KeeterMan" Rose.
Bongo: Chris Mezzolesta of "Power Salad" (See track #12 for "Power Salad" info).
Recorded live at Dementia: 2001.
Bongo provided by Davros.
Originally released on the charity CD "Laughter Is A Powerful Weapon (Funny Musicians For A Serious Cause)" with all proceeds benefiting the Twin Towers Orphan Fund. Go buy a copy right now at www.funnymusicians.com.

17. Gilbert Explains It All, Part IV

18. Christmas In Hogwart's
A parody of "Christmas In Hollis"[26] by Run DMC.
Subject: The "Harry Potter"[27] book/film series.
Contains brief samples from the film "Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone"[28].
Additional vocals: DJ Skrabble, Paul Fresh, & Wolfgang.

19. Gilbert Explains It All, Part V

20. Yes, We Have No Bananas - featuring "the Nick Atoms"
A cover version of the folk song by Frank Silver and Irving Cohn (1923). 
Music arrangement: "the Nick Atoms" (Coburn, Wyngarde, Dr. Ted Nelson).
Bridge rant written by "the great Luke Ski".

[1] D. Nakamura, D. Albarn, J. Hewlett, M. Hatori, C. Frantz, T. Weymouth, T. D. Jones, [2,18,20] Paramount Pictures, [3] J. Foreman, [4] Lucasfilm, [5] M. Mathers, J. Bass, [6] M. Mathers, D. Armstrong, P. Herman, [7] M. Mathers, J. Bass, L. Resto, [8] J. R. Tolkien, [9] DC Comics, [10] Nickelodeon, [11] Hasbro, [12] A. Ray, [13,14] MTV Networks, [15] Disney, [16] H.P. Lovecraft, [17] R. Parissi, [19] J.T. Smith, [21,24] M. Campbell, [22,23] 20th Century Fox, [25] Borden Foods Corp., [26] J. Simmons, D. McDaniels, J. Mizell, [27] J.K. Rowling, [28] Warner Brothers.

A few more notes of interest about "Worst Album Ever":

Stealing Like A Hobbit

The most requested song of 2003 thus far on "The Dr. Demento Show" (as of 9-18-03).

House Party At Arkham Asylum

I got the idea for this song back in 1998 or so.  I even recorded some chorus vocals with my friends at a party at my place in Kansas City over Labor Day weekend in 1998.  I was never able to get it together until now.  I wanted my friend Jennifer "Loopy" Smith to do the voice of Harley Quinn, but she fell off the face of the earth, so I had to do the voice myself.  My impressions specifically are the Mark Hamill version of the Joker, and the Jim Carrey version of the Riddler.

The Ballad Of Optimus Prime - featuring the Nick Atoms

I got the idea for this song while I was in the Wisconsin Dells with Stephanie a day or two after we got married.  Little did she know that during one day of our pre-honeymoon getaway trip, I spent most of the day thinking about Transformers singing Irish drinking songs.  I am hoping that the live-action Transformers movie is released sometime in 2005, so that people will think I wrote the song for the movie 2 years from now.

Fangirls, Shake That Booty! - with Hot Waffles

For the first time ever, Luke Ski is labeled as OFFENSIVE!  At least that is what some random family types felt at Milwaukee Gamefest 2003 when myself and Tony Goldmark (subbing for Chris Waffle) performed it live at their masquerade contest.  These same people were also offended that the winner of the contest was a chick in a chain mail bikini.  What I have to wonder is, is they were that easily offended, what were they doing at a convention in the first place?  Anyway...  I look forward to performing this song live with Chris Waffle someday.  And it goes without saying, that at any live performance of this song, females are encouraged to get up and dance.  You can even join us on stage if you like.  It certainly added to the act at GenCon Indy 2003 when it was performed live for the first time.

The Pirate Song - by Tony Goldmark

My theory is, if you take something, and you add a goat to it, it makes it funnier.

Ozzman - by Sudden Death

At this time (9-18-03), it is the #4 most requested song of 2003 on "the Dr. Demento Show".

Gowron Said Knock You Out - featuring Ookla The Mok

This is a live version of a song from my first CD, "Fanboys 'n da Hood", which is now out of print.

88 Lines About 44 Simpsons

This is remade and lyrically updated version of a song from my second CD, "Shadows of the Bunghole", which is also now out of print.

Ode To Mrs. Grass Chicken Noodle Soup

This is a real product.  Go out and buy 2 boxes of it.  One for yourself, and one to give to me the next time you see me live in concert.

Gilbert Explains It All

These were all recorded on the first take.  

Yes, We Have No Bananas - featuring The Nick Atoms

This was also recorded on the first take.  I have video tape to prove it.

Rare black CD variant:

About 50 of the original 1,000 printed have on CD printing that is black with silver lettering.  They were all supposed to be that way, but it was switched to silver with black lettering because the folks at RSRT said they felt the black wasn't looking as good, so I gave them permission to switch.  So, if your CD is black, you have a rarity there my friend.

A batch of CDs printed with glitches:

On a similar but unfortunate note, I have just discovered through fans that have purchased the CD that many of them have identical glitches in them.  They are during the songs "Play That Filky Music" (Track 12), "Mr. Worf" / "Gowron Said Knock You Out" (Track 13), and "Ode To Mrs. Grass Chicken Noodle Soup" (Track 16).  This is a mistake which happened at the printing level, and there is no way for me to tell by looking at them in their shrink-wrapped ready-to-sell state which CDs have glitches and which CDs are okay.  I haven't contacted RSRT yet to inform them of this and to see if they are willing to replace the defective CDs, but once I have and a solution is found, I will list it here so those who would like their CDs replaced can do so.  I apologize for this, it was not a part of the "Worst Album Ever" plan.

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