2019 Jurors
Jurors for 2019
Fan Jurors
Matt Storm (Stormageddon)
Stormageddon is a host, DJ, podcaster and producer hailing from Brooklyn, NY. He deejays shows for Wormwood Burlesque, Metropolis Burlesque, Rabbit Hole Productions, D20 Burlesque and of course he is the official DJ of the Nerdlesque Festival and Eat Me! A Variety Show. He also hosts, deejays and is a producing member of Magical Girl Burlesque. He has 4 different podcasts he hosts, CC: Autographs — a bi-weekly interview podcast and the “Fun” and Games Podcast — a bi-weekly video game discussion and analysis podcast with co-host Geoff Moonen. Screen Snark — a movie podcast, for movie lovers by movie lovers with co-host Rachel Schenk. Reignite — a deep dive into the sci-fi universe of Mass Effect with co-host MJ Bradley. All of his podcasts can be found on most podcast hosting providers.
He is nerdy about a great many things like video games, board games, TV, movies and comics but none of that rivals his nerdy love of music of all different kinds. He’s on a crusade to save the world one song at a time and he loves creating theme specific playlists for the many shows and parties he works.
Lee Seitz (Eclectic Lee)
Lee Seitz (pictured, right) who uses Eclectic Lee as his nom de dementia, became a full fan of comedy music when Weird Al’s “Eat It” became a hit. After hearing it, Lee immediately went out and bought both of Al’s albums. But it turns out he’s genetically predisposed for comedy music as he then discovered his mother owned Tom Lehrer’s complete discography from back on the day, plus various singles from Ray Stevens and others.
Decades later, the FuMP was launched and Lee became truly consumed by comedy music. To the point Devo Spice allowed him to become the FuMP newsletter editor. Lee is delighted to be selected as a fan judge for the Logan Awards this year.
Bill Burk (Beefalo Bill)
From about 1976–1986, as Beefalo Bill, Bill Burk answered phones on the local (KMET, KLSX) Dr. Demento Shows. About that time he was attending Cal Poly, where he was introduced to the artist who gave us School Cafeteria (a little known accordion player named Alfred Yankovic). Bill was busy studying printing and working on the Mustang Daily. Al was busy studying architecture and playing Coffee Houses at the student union. They both squeezed in time to be WOW counselors and disk jockeys at the college radio station, KCPR. Every other week Bill would drive down to L.A. for the weekend, drive into the station, show his pass, park upstairs and wait for Dr. Demento. to drive up in his Mazda.
Now these phone calls, they weren’t the usual kind of calls that a typical radio station intern would have to put up with day in — day out. Nothing can compare to nonchalantly writing down a check mark next to “dead puppies” (Oh no looks like it is going to make the top 10 again). Or the thrill of someone actually asking for something you have to write down. “the railroad runs through the middle of the house”.
It was a rare pleasure indeed to talk to people who knew these weird songs, work with people who have heard them hundreds of times and had to make up acronyms to keep from getting carpal tunnel. Nowadays, Bill (an active member of the Dr Demento fan group on Facebook) and his wife Cathy reside in California, where he maintains that despite his nickname, he has nothing to do with raising animals for agricultural purposes.
Musician Jurors
Tony Goldmark
Tony Goldmark was born with a silver spatula in his mouth. His parents, a chain music store co-owner and an independent record label owner, gave him a record deal at age 12 faster than you can say ‘nepotism’! Tony’s first forays into submitting songs to “The Dr. Demento Show” displayed his comedy music talents for the world. In 2000, his song “Kill The Backstreet Boys” hit #9 on Dr. D’s Funny 25 Countdown. His song “Teeth Clenched”, a brilliant satire of the band Creed and the Christian Rock movement, was the #3 song of 2003. An early adopter of Harry Potter fandom, Tony did many songs on the topic, and his parody song “Sirius Black” became the #2 song of 2004.
More recently, Tony has made a name for himself in the world of snarky internet review shows, with his “Some Jerk With A Camera” series on his YouTube channel. In them, he skewers the theme park industry, primarily focusing on the Disney theme parks, because the more you are an obsessive nerd on a topic, the easier it is to scathingly tear it down in a comedic way on the internet.
Tony’s latest comedy music album, “Goldmark After Dark”, from which the song “The Guy On TV Is Not Happy” was nominated for a Logan Award for Outstanding Original Comedy Song in 2011, is now available on his Bandcamp page.
The Library Bards (Bonnie Gordon & Xander Jeanneret)
The Library Bards are a nerd parody band consisting of Bonnie Gordon (ABC’s The Quest, R. Mika in Street Fighter V, Silque in Fire Emblem Echoes, Geek & Sundry’s Shield of Tomorrow) and Xander Jeanneret (TBS’ King of the Nerds, Geek & Sundry’s Sagas of Sundry: Madness and We’re Alive: Frontier). They take Top 40 hits and transform them into the nerdy versions they should have been in the first place! With their catchy tunes and nerdy lyrics, the @LibraryBards will be bringing you into the #BardLife in no time! Follow all of their shenanigans at www.librarybards.com
Permanent Juror
Dr. Demento
Dr. Demento is the on-air name of Barret Hansen, the longtime host of The Dr. Demento Show, a syndicated radio show in the U.S. that features novelty and comedy records. Hansen studied music at Reed College in Portland, Oregon and at the University of California at Los Angeles. He first used the Dr. Demento moniker in 1970, in his early days as a Los Angeles disc jockey. By 1974 he was nationally syndicated, playing rare novelty songs from the past and present, from Spike Jones and Tom Lehrer to Frank Zappa and Weird Al Yankovic. Hansen is also an avid record collector and expert on the history of recording who has produced several compilations, mostly for Rhino Records. He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2009. (from Infoplease.com)
The Dr. Demento Show is radio’s weekly two-hour festival of “mad music and crazy comedy” available for streaming on the internet. It is a free-wheeling, unpredictable mix of music and comedy. Along with legends like Spike Jones, Tom Lehrer, Stan Freberg, Monty Python, and Frank Zappa, the Doctor plays new funny songs sent in by amateur and professional singers and comedians. (from Dr. Demento.com)
A documentary film about Dr. Demento, “Under the Smogberry Trees,” is currently in production.
Chairperson
Ian Bonds (Insane Ian)
Insane Ian is an active member of the comedy musician collective known as The Funny Music Project (aka The FuMP) as both a performer and fan of comedy music.
As a comedy musician, II loves video games. He plays them, he reviews them, he collects them, he even writes comedy songs about video games (among other nerdy subjects). Just one look at Ian’s Bandcamp page makes it obvious that Insane Ian is a comedy music juggernaut that cannot be stopped. Very recently, Ian hit a milestone in his career a long time in coming, as he had the #1 most requested song of 2015 on “The Dr. Demento Show”, the name-mangling Brit-tribute, “Benedict Cumberbatch”, sitting firmly atop the Doctor’s year-end Funny 25. With a sharp wit, sarcastic smirk, and a bit of self-deprecation, he’ll bring his unique sound to anyone who won’t tell him to shut up…and even a few that will.
As a comedy music fan, Ian is the admin of the official Dr Demento fan group on Facebook, as well as running all the press things for the FuMP. Double I has been nominated for several Logan Awards over the years but has yet to win one, which has earned him the nickname “Rap Game Susan Lucci”. Considering he did not release any songs of significance in 2018, he is the chairman for the 2019 awards — which he feels is as close to winning one as he’ll get.
