{Note 7/28/98: Luke Ski found this review and had some comments of his own to add to it! So anything written in red is straight from the Uber Geek himself.} 

Hey all you trick-ass bee-yatches! 
Luke Ski here.  Now that I have a working computer, I've been cruis'n the web, and I found your guy's website.  All I can say is thanks for the amazing review of my work!  I thought I'd give you some commentary to fill in the blanks.  So here goes... 

The first thing that attracted me to Luke Ski was the fact that he had a song called "88 Lines about 44 Simpsons." Now I don't know if you're into New Wave or not, and if you are I know that there are several good recovery programs available, but thanks to V-91's New Wave at 3:00, I know that this was originally a New Wave song called  "88 Lines about 44 Women."  

So I begged Luke for a copy of his CD for awhile, and eventually both of his CD's were sent to me. Lo and behold, there were songs about Star Trek, Mystery Science Theatre 3000, Dr. Demento*, Star Wars, Nintendo 64, Beavis and Butthead, The Animaniacs, and more Star Trek.  

Now I've always considered myself a nerd, but Luke Ski and Co. take the term "geek" to new astounding levels. In fact, I've dubbed Luke Ski the uber-geek. I challenge anyone reading this to prove that they are geekier than the people who comprise Luke Ski's Psycho Potpourri.

I AM THE GREAT LUKE SKI: UBER GEEK!  THE STREETS WILL FLOW WITH THE BLOOD OF THE NON-BELIEVERS!!  ARE YOU THREATENING ME?!  BUNGHOLIO?!?!
 
How are the albums? Well, the one word answer would have to be "funny", but that's not really all that illuminating, now is it? Many songs such as "Insane and the Brain" and "What's up Spock?" are instant classics, with clever lyrics and thoughtful construction. Others are amusing for the sheer sinful pleasure of geeky indulgence. One of my favorite tracks, "Mystery Science Theatre Picture Show" fits into this category. Little more than new lyrics being sung over the title track to "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", it is nevertheless chocked full of references that will make any MST3K insider snort with delight.

THERE WAS A FOLLOW UP SONG CALLED "CHEESY MOVIE - CURSE MY SOUL" (A PARODY OF "HOT PATOOTIE - BLESS MY SOUL") BUT IT NEVER MADE IT PAST MY FIRST DEMO TAPE. I'LL PROBABLY INCLUDE IT IN A BOOTLEG ALBUM OF MY STUFF IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

There is one thing about the albums I found particularly surprising. After listening to them a couple of times I came to realize that someone (I presume Luke Ski) is a REALLY good rapper. He does on the spot parodies of Will Smith, Humpty and others, but has a good deal of talent in his own right. 

YES, THAT'S ME.  HALF "WEIRD AL", HALF "FAT BOYS".  I HATE IT WHEN OTHER FUNNY MUSIC ARTISTS TRY TO DO RAP SONGS, AND MAKE THEM SOUND LIKE SHIT.  THEY BELIEVE THAT JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE WHITE AND THEY'RE RAPPING THAT IT'S
AUTOMATICALLY FUNNY.  WRONG.  THAT PREMISE WAS FINE IN 1988, BUT NOT 1998.  IF YOU'RE GONNA BUST A FUNKY RHYME, DO IT RIGHT, DAMMIT!  

The only thing I'd like to see changed in future  releases is the use of more Psycho Potpourri generated backing music, instead of most of the time simply singing over the original songs.

THERE IS A REASON FOR THIS... "PSYCHO POTPOURRI" ISN'T REALLY A BAND.  IT'S ESSENTIALLY A CLOSE KNIT GROUP OF MY FRIENDS THAT EITHER SHARE THE SAME VISION OF COMEDY THAT I DO, OR ARE ALONG JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT.  I WRITE ALL THE MATERIAL, AND THEY PERFORM THE PARTS THAT BEST SUIT THEM.  SO, DOING PARODIES ARE MUCH EASIER FOR ME THAN DOING ORIGINALS. 

SINCE THE FIRST 2 CDS CAME OUT, CHANGES IN OUR COLLECTIVE LIVES HAVE SEPARATED THE GROUP ACROSS THE MIDWEST.  BECAUSE OF THIS, MY NEXT CD WILL BE BY "THE GREAT LUKE SKI", WITH POSSIBLY SOME CAMEOS BY THE REST OF THE CREW.

MY NEXT CD WILL CONTAIN AT LEAST ONE ORIGINAL SONG, "HOUSE PARTY AT ARKHAM ASYLUM".

By the way, Luke Ski performed at the very first ever "Weird Al" Yankovic convention, AlCon.  I can only bet the crowd was more than pleased with Luke Ski.