2022 Jurors
Fan Jurors
Erin Sherlock
Erin Sherlock (she/her) has been involved in the comedy music fandom since her beginnings 21 years ago. Her father, Ken Sherlock (also known as the Madman on the Loose on DementiaRadio.org and a former Juror for the 2014 Logan Awards) introduced her and brought her along to concerts of “Weird Al” and other artists of the FuMP when she was young, including to her first Marscon in 2010. Featuring on Sleep Walking Zombies by Carrie Dahlby with her dad when she was just 7 years old she is now a legal adult. Today she goes by the alias BikerIQ, streaming video games on Twitch and posting edited videos on Youtube.
Chrystal Williams
Chrystal Williams (she/her) is a Transgender writer and Podcast Host who has a deep love and appreciation for the art of comedy music even going as far as writing an article on how “Weird Al” Yankovic’s music saved her life as a young trans woman. You can find Chrystal on her Podcast “Gals of Geekdom”, read any of her articles on Medium, or follow her on twitter @chrystalwrox.
Conner Nyberg
Conner Nyberg (he/him) is a film school student (godspeed) with an active love for odd music and films, having his brain subjected to “Weird Al” Yankovic, They Might Be Giants, and Lemon Demon as a wee young lad. His current project is a biographical documentary on the awards’ namesake, entitled Your Friend Logan: The 4‑Track Mind of Logan Whitehurst. He can also juggle (not really).
Musician Jurors
Jace McLain
Jace McLain (he/they) is the front person for the band Nuclear Bubble Wrap and a founding member of the record label Needlejuice Records. From a young age, Jace was obsessed with comedy music and song parodies, and has always been a fan of such artists as “Weird Al” Yankovic, The Arrogant Worms, and a plethora of acts associated with The Dr. Demento Show. In 2005 Jace formed the band Nuclear Bubble Wrap, which attained the #1 song on Dr. Demento in 2010, and won a Logan Award for their song parody “Avada Kedavra.” Recently, Jace co-founded Needlejuice Records, a record label which specializes in physical media, and the very first album signed was none other than Logan Whitehurst himself.
Julia Larson
Julia Larson (they/she/he) is a 29-year-old musician and writer from Clearwater, Florida; Washington, Missouri; and currently Nashville, Tennessee. Julia plays lots of instruments, loves to sing, and began dabbling in comedy music during the late 2000s while performing with big sister Brianna in a comedic acoustic folk music duo called The Organix. These days Julia plays drums for the band Nuclear Bubble Wrap and is writing/recording song parodies for Holy Bongwater, a parody band with partner, Jace McLain.
Tom Rockwell (aka Devo Spice)
Devo Spice (he/him) is a nerdy comedy rapper from New Jersey who has been called “the red-headed stepson of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic and Eminem.” Over funky beats with crisp, clear vocals Devo raps about technology, Doctor Who, life’s daily frustrations, and even ridiculous suggestions sent in by his fans.
Devo Spice performs regularly across the country at science fiction conventions, music clubs, comedy clubs, and any place that has a sense of humor. He has shared the stage with Dr. Demento, Psychostick, MC Lars, Jonathan Coulton, Paul and Storm, and many others. The live show features videos and animations synchronized with the music resulting in a hilarious show that goes over very well with a variety of audiences. Devo also holds the record for most Logan Award wins himself, having received the Robot Cat in 2015, 2018, and TWICE in 2021!
Permanent Juror
Dr. Demento
Dr. Demento (he/him) 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)
Chairperson
Ian Bonds (Insane Ian)
Insane Ian (he/him) 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”. Ian is now the permanent chairperson of the awards.
