Mayo Thompson
| Mayo Thompson | |
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| [[File:|upright|center|frameless]] | |
| Born | 1944 |
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Discography
Solo
Groups
- The Red Crayola (1966-present)
- Main article: Discography
- Saddlesore (1970)
- The Rockin' Blue Diamonds (1972)
- Art & Language (1973-1977)
- Main article: The Red Crayola with Art & Language
- Pere Ubu (1980-1981)
- Megabody (1986-1990)
Collaborations
Ludwig's Law (Moebius, Conny Plank)- The Last of England (soundtrack)
- Seite A Seite A (COWWS Quintet)
Book (COWWS Quintet)- "All Together Now" (Diedrich Diederichsen)
- Buy Me (Pictures) / Buy Me (Stones) (Michael Schirner)
Kunst am Bau (Barnaby O'Rourke, Lars Rudolph)
In the Beginning (Tom Watson, Alexis Hall)- "Little Lips" (Stephen Prina)
- "Digital Man in a Digital House" (Mitchell Kane)
- Country & Watson (Tom Watson)
- Combat de Boxe (Anita Pace)
- Rock & Roll Is Here To Die (Van Oehlen)
Shotgun Wedding (Sven-Åke Johansson Quintett)- Day Is Done (soundtrack)
Music production
Main article: Records produced by Mayo Thompson
Exhibitions
| Title | |
|---|---|
| 2015 |  8th Floor
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| 2016 | ? |
| 2019 | Go to the Window |
| 2020 |  Oily Works
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Exhibition catalogs
| Publication | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 |  Ground Floor / 8th Floor
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with Michael Krebber |
Bibliography
Fiction
| Title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 |  Art, Mystery
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novella |
| 2023 |  After Math
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sequel to Art, Mystery |
Illustrations for short stories
| Author | Title | Publication | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Frederick Barthelme | (various stories) |  Rangoon
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| 1972 | William H. Gass | "The Cost of Everything" from The Tunnel | Fiction Vol. 1 No. 3[1][2] |
Essays
| Title | Publication | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | "Autopatripassionata" | The Fox 3 | with Christine Kozlov |
| 1976 | "Review: Convoy" | The Fox 3 | |
| 1976 | "Natural Alliances" | The Fox 3 | |
| 1976 | "For the Sensitive" | The Fox 3 | |
| 1976 | unspecified contribution | Art-Language Vol. 3 No. 4 | |
| 1977 | unspecified contribution | Art-Language Vol. 4 No. 2 | |
| 1978 | "Baghdad on the Bayous?"[3] |  Howdy from Texas the Lone Star State
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on the '60s Houston music scene |
| 1986 | "Gorki & Co." |  Gorki & Co. / 33 Songs
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on Maxim Gorky |
| 1987 | Albert Oehlen: Unappetitlich ist das Baden im Schleim | ||
| 1987 | "What" | Durch 3/4 | |
| 1987 | "Lasst sie CDs fressen!"[4] | Spex August 1987 | |
| 1989 | "Some Things About Multiples" | Georg Herold: Multiplied Objects and Prints | |
| 1989 | "Was ist eigentlich... Indie-Musik?" | Spex March 1989 | |
| 1989 | "Singles" | Spex August 1989 | short reviews of 60 singles |
| 1990 | "Vitrinization"[5] | Michael Krebber: Apothekerman | published 2001 |
| 1991 | liner notes | Cowws' Quintett - Seite A Seite A | |
| 1991 | "Blind Mapping"[6] | Texte zur Kunst No. 2 | |
| 1992 | "Merlin Carpenter"[7] | exhibition handout | |
| 1995 | "Kauft Reagan Dokoupil?" | Spex | |
| 1998 | [8][9] | Sarah Seager: Proposal for Installation with Sarong Pants... | |
| 2003 | "A Recent Dream Involving Martin Kippenberger" | Hommage to Martin Kippenberger: The 80's, Paintings and Sculptures |
Filmography
Technical
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | co-director | unfinished film with Frederick Barthelme (destroyed) | |
| 1975 |  Mostly About Rauschenberg
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co-director | documentary on Robert Rauschenberg |
| 1986 | The Queen Is Dead | producer | The Smiths music video |
| 1987 | The Last of England | associate producer |
Film music
| Year | Director | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Lawrence Weiner | Done To | "melodic noise" |
| 1976 | Art & Language |  Nine Gross and Conspicuous Errors
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music |
| 1977 | Zoran Popović |  Struggle in New York
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music |
| 1983 | Lizzie Borden | Born in Flames | song: Born in Flames |
| 1987 | Derek Jarman | The Last of England | song: Disco Death |
| 1996 | Bruce & Norman Yonemoto | Japan in Paris in L.A. | music |
| 2006 | Michael Smith |  Portal Excursion
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music |
| 2016 | Bruce & Norman Yonemoto | Far East of Eden | sound design |
| 2016 | Michael Smith |  Excuse Me?!?...I'm Looking for the "Fountain of Youth"
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score |
Actor/performer
| Year | Director | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Art & Language | Nine Gross and Conspicuous Errors
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| 1977 | Zoran Popović | Struggle in New York
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| 1980 |  Ghent music video
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| 1991 | Cosima von Bonin | Die Fröhliche Wallfahrt (The Merry Pilgrimage) |
Appearances in documentaries
| Year | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | South Bank Show S2E02: Rough Trade[10] | 
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| 1995 |  The Red Krayola in Tokyo
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| 1996 | Chicago Connections | |
| 2000 |  Circuit 9
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| 2005 |  God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It
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| 2007 | Psychedelic Revolution '67[11] |
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| 2009 | Do It Yourself: The Story of Rough Trade[12] |
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Radio
| Year | Station | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Pacifica | Mayo Thompson — interesting & rare sounds and yap | host | [13] |
| 1973 | WBAI / KPFT | Community Access Television | producer, interviewer | [14][15] |
| 1994 | Bayerischer Rundfunk | Mayo Thompson Records Nature on the Rauschenberg Estate | field recordings |
References
- ↑ https://wustl.app.box.com/s/gm6tc0muqwrkyonq2jfu0rroghhzg4c2
- ↑ https://thetunnelat25.com/the-tunnel-a-chronology-bibliography/
- ↑ http://www.scarletdukes.com/st/tmhou_mayoart.html
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/Spex0987KoelnFanzine87OCR/page/n58/mode/1up
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B7bITxGoUD_/
- ↑ https://www.textezurkunst.de/en/2/
- ↑ http://www.merlincarpenter.com/mayo.htm
- ↑ https://primo.getty.edu/permalink/f/19q6gmb/GETTY_ALMA21130077270001551
- ↑ https://worldcat.org/title/42249767
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loydtQRR4eA
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmxCiwDlRDo
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tKE-hDDgZQ
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/spacecity03spac_11/page/n31/mode/2up?q=%22mayo+thompson%22
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/wbaifolio1478wbairich/page/32/mode/2up?q=%22mayo+thompson%22
- ↑ https://www.pacificaradioarchives.org/recording/bc1310