4th Annual Logan Awards to be held at FuMPFeST 2014 in Chicago, with host Dr. Demento
The 4th Annual Logan Whitehurst Memorial Awards for Excellence in Comedy Music will be held at FuMPFeST 2014 at the Westin Chicago North Shore in Wheeling, IL, the weekend of June 20th through 22nd, 2014. Our MC for the concert & ceremony will be legendary comedy music DJ, the one and only Dr. Demento, the Guest of Honor of FuMPFeST 2014, who has also served as a permanent juror of the Logan Awards since it started in 2011.
FuMPFeST 2014 is the first convention being put on by the Funny Music Project website, also known as ‘The FuMP’ dot com, and is chaired by Tom Rockwell, who is the webmaster of the FuMP, as well a comedy music performer who under the stage name ‘Devo Spice’ has been making comedy hip-hop albums for over 20 years, and is a staple act currently heard on “The Dr. Demento Show”. Our master of ceremonies for the weekend will be Insane Ian, another regular FuMP / Demento artist.
At FuMPFeST 2014, Dr. Demento also be giving presentations, playing funny music, signing autographs, and joining in all the fun that we have planned. We’ll also have live comedy music concerts being performed all weekend by such artists as Devo Spice, the great Luke Ski, Worm Quartet, Power Salad, Carrie Dahlby, Insane Ian, Tony Goldmark, Possible Oscar, Tom Smith, Raymond & Scum, Seamonkey, Garden Fresh, Dan Hart, and more! For information on registration and booking a room in our hotel block, visit the FuMPFeST website at http://fumpfest.com .
2013 Logan Award Winners
We are proud to announce the winners of the 2013 Logan Whitehurst Memorial Awards for Excellence in Comedy Music…
Outstanding Comedy Music Video:
Beauty and the Beat — Todrick Hall
Outstanding Original Comedy Song:
29/31 — Garfunkel and Oates
Outstanding Parody Song:
When You Wish Upon A Death Star — the great Luke Ski
You can see the concert & ceremony via the following video links:
Jered Perez’ YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNenkl6dTDM
Power Salad’s Ustream: Part 1:
(skip ahead to the 12:00 marker for actual start of the event)
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/29682317
Power Salad’s Ustream: Part 2:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/29684075
The Funny Music Project has posted a studio version of the Logan Whitehurst medley which opened this year’s Logan Awards, featuring 10 different acts from the FuMP. You can listen to and download it here.