View source for Mayo Thompson

{{PersonInfo
| Image1= Introduction-portrait-Thompson.jpg
| Image2= Fingerpainting-portrait-Thompson.png
| Born= 1944
| Died= 
| Country= US
| Discogs=
| Wikipedia=
| RYM=
}}

== Discography ==

=== Solo ===
* {{RLink|Corky}}

=== Groups ===

* [[The Red Crayola]] (1966-present)
** Main article: [[Discography]]
* [[Saddlesore]] (1970)
** {{RLink|Old}}
* [[The Rockin' Blue Diamonds]] (1972)
* [[Art & Language]] (1973-1977)
** Main article: [[The Red Crayola with Art & Language]]
* [[Pere Ubu]] (1980-1981)
** {{RLink|Art}}
** {{RLink|Bailing}}
* Megabody (1986-1990)
** {{RLink|Jorg}}
** {{RLink|Wild}}

=== Collaborations ===

* {{RLink|Ludwig}} (Moebius, Conny Plank)
* ''The Last of England'' (soundtrack)
* [[Seite A Seite A|''Seite A Seite A'']] (COWWS Quintet)
* {{RLink|Book}} (COWWS Quintet)
* "[[All Together Now]]"  (Diedrich Diederichsen)
* [[Buy Me (Pictures) / Buy Me (Stones)|''Buy Me (Pictures) / Buy Me (Stones)'']]  (Michael Schirner)
* {{RLink|Kunst}} (Barnaby O'Rourke, Lars Rudolph)
* {{RLink|Beginning}} (Tom Watson, Alexis Hall)
* "[[Little Lips]]" (Stephen Prina)
* "[[Digital Man in a Digital House]]" (Mitchell Kane)
* [[Country & Watson|''Country & Watson'']] (Tom Watson)
* [[Combat de Boxe|''Combat de Boxe'']] (Anita Pace)
* [[Rock & Roll Is Here To Die|''Rock & Roll Is Here To Die'']] (Van Oehlen)
* {{RLink|Shotgun}} (Sven-Åke Johansson Quintett)
* ''Day Is Done'' (soundtrack)

=== Music production ===
Main article: [[Records produced by Mayo Thompson]]

== Exhibitions ==
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Title
!City
!Gallery
!Dates
|-
|{{flagdeco|US}}
|''[[8th Floor]]''
|New York City
|Greene Naftali
|October 8 – November 7, 2015
|-
|{{flagdeco|DE}}
|[[?|''?'']]
|Berlin
|Galerie Buchholz
|November 11 – December 23, 2016
|-
|{{flagdeco|DE}}
|[[Go to the Window|''Go to the Window'']]
|Berlin
|Galerie Buchholz
|June 28 – August 17, 2019
|-
|{{flagdeco|US}}
|''[[Oily Works]]''
|Los Angeles
|House of Gaga
|November 21, 2020 – January 30, 2021
|}

=== Exhibition catalogs ===
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Cover
!Publication
!Notes
|-
|2018
|[[File:8th-Floor-front.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|''[[Ground Floor / 8th Floor]]'' (2018)
|with Michael Krebber
|}

== Bibliography ==

=== Fiction ===
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Cover
!Title
!Notes
|-
|2018
|[[File:Art-Mystery-front.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|''[[Art, Mystery]]''
|novella
|-
|2023
|[[File:After-Math-front.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|''[[After Math|After Math: Art, Mystery, Part II]]''
|novella
|}

=== Illustrations ===
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Cover
!Title
!Publication
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" |1970
| rowspan="3" |[[File:Rangoon-front.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|''Rangoon''
| rowspan="3" |''[[Rangoon]]'' (1970)
|various short stories by [[Frederick Barthelme]]
|-
|"Regular Everything"
|
|-
|"Gregory Park"
|
|-
|1971
|
|"[[Regular Everything II]]"
|unpublished
|
|-
|1972
|[[File:Fiction-1-3-front.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|"The Cost of Everything"
|''Fiction Vol. 1 No. 3'' (1972)
|short story by William H. Gass from ''The Tunnel''<ref>https://wustl.app.box.com/s/gm6tc0muqwrkyonq2jfu0rroghhzg4c2</ref><ref>https://thetunnelat25.com/the-tunnel-a-chronology-bibliography/</ref>
|-
|1972
|
|"A Way of Knowing"
|''The Texas Observer'', May 12, 1972
|book review<ref>https://issues.texasobserver.org/pdf/ustxtxb_obs_1972_05_12_issue.pdf#page=12</ref>
|-
|1972
|
|"Music, Women and Guns"
|''The Texas Observer'', June 12, 1972
|article by Chet Flippo<ref>https://issues.texasobserver.org/pdf/ustxtxb_obs_1972_06_09_issue.pdf#page=11</ref>
|-
|1972
|
|"The Will to Live"
|''The Texas Observer'', July 7, 1972
|article by Michael Anderson<ref>https://issues.texasobserver.org/pdf/ustxtxb_obs_1972_07_07_issue.pdf#page=21</ref>
|-
|1972
|
|"The Santa Claus Bank Robbert"
|''The Texas Observer'', October 20, 1972
|book review by Bob Cochran<ref>https://issues.texasobserver.org/pdf/ustxtxb_obs_1972_10_20_issue.pdf#page=20</ref>
|-
|1973
|
|"Woman", "Man"
|''The Texas Observer'', April 13, 1973
|<ref>https://issues.texasobserver.org/pdf/ustxtxb_obs_1973_04_13_issue.pdf#page=15</ref>
|}

=== Essays/non-fiction ===
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Cover
!Title
!Publication
!Notes
!
|-
| rowspan="4" |1976
| rowspan="4" |[[File:Fox-1-3-front.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|"Autopatripassionata"
| rowspan="4" |[[The Fox No. 3|''The Fox 3'']] (May 1976)
|[https://ubu.com/media/text/fox/Fox3.pdf#page=91 '''Full article''']
|with [[Christine Kozlov]]
|-
|"Review: Convoy"
|[https://ubu.com/media/text/fox/Fox3.pdf#page=99 '''Full article''']
|
|-
|"Natural Alliances"
|[https://ubu.com/media/text/fox/Fox3.pdf#page=187 '''Full article''']
|
|-
|"For the Sensitive"
|[https://ubu.com/media/text/fox/Fox3.pdf#page=187 '''Full article''']
|
|-
|1976
|[[File:AL-3-4-front.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|
|[[Art-Language Vol. 3 No. 4|''Art-Language Vol. 3 No. 4'']] (October 1976)
|
|
|-
|1977
|[[File:AL-4-2-front.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|
|[[Art-Language Vol. 4 No. 2|''Art-Language Vol. 4 No. 2'']] (October 1977)
|
|
|-
|1978
|[[File:Howdy-front.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|"Baghdad on the Bayous?"
|[[Howdy from Texas the Lone Star State|''Howdy from Texas the Lone Star State'']] (October 1978)
|[https://archive.org/details/howdy-from-texas/page/17/mode/1up '''Full article''']
|on the '60s Houston music scene
|-
|1980
|[[File:Step-by-Step-zine-1980-front.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|"Two men and a bird adrift in a sinking life boat... Last chance for a conversation..."
|''Step by Step'' (1980)
|[https://www.flickr.com/photos/stillunusual/10153594863/in/album-72157718189437608/ '''Full article''']
|with Ian Penman
|-
|1986
|[[File:Gorki-Co-front.png|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|"Gorki & Co."
|''[[Gorki & Co. / 33 Songs]]'' (1986)
|
|on Maxim Gorky
|-
|1987
|[[File:Unappetitlich-ist-das-Baden-im-Schleim-front.png|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|
|''Unappetitlich ist das Baden im Schleim'' (1987)
|
|with [[Albert Oehlen]]
|-
|1987
|[[File:Durch-3-4-front.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|"What"
|''Durch 3/4'' (1987)
|
|
|-
|1987
|[[File:Polytexte-1987-front.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|
|''Polytexte: The Words Meet the Objects'' (1987)
|
|<ref>https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31569060590</ref>
|-
|1987
|
|"Acht Gründe, die Preise zu erhöhen"
|
|
|with Martin Kippenberger and [[Albert Oehlen]]<ref>http://ehfilm.de/ehf-katalog/polytexte.html</ref>
|-
|1987
|[[File:Spex-1987-09-front.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|"Lasst sie CDs fressen!"
|''Spex September 1987''
|[https://archive.org/details/Spex0987KoelnFanzine87OCR/page/n58/mode/1up '''Full article''']
|
|-
|1989
|[[File:Herold-Multiplied-Objects-front.png|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|"Some Things About Multiples"
|''Georg Herold: Multiplied Objects and Prints'' (1989)
|
|exhibition catalog
|-
|1989
|[[File:Büttner-Das-Wichtige-Schwarzweiß-front.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|
|''Werner Büttner: Das Wichtige Schwarzweiß''
|
|exhibition catalog<ref>https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31655802787</ref>
|-
|1989
|[[File:Spex-1989-03-front.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|"Was ist eigentlich... Indie-Musik?"
|''Spex March 1989''
|
|
|-
|1989
|[[File:Spex-1989-08-front.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|"Singles"
|''Spex August 1989''
|[https://rateyourmusic.com/list/dotclub/mayo-thompson-reviews-1989-singles/ '''Full article''']
|short reviews of 60 singles
|-
|1990
|[[File:Krebber-Apothekerman-front.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|"Vitrinization"
|''Michael Krebber: Apothekerman'' (2001)
|
|<ref>From 1990: https://www.instagram.com/p/B7bITxGoUD_/</ref>
|-
|1991
|[[File:Cowws-Quintett-Seite-A-Seite-A-front.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|Liner notes
|''Cowws' Quintett - Seite A Seite A'' (1991)
|
|CD
|-
|1991
|[[File:Texte-zur-Kunst-02-1991-03-front.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|"Blind Mapping"
|''Texte zur Kunst No. 2'' (March 1991)
|
|<ref>https://www.textezurkunst.de/en/2/</ref>
|-
|1992
|
|"'Merlin Carpenter' ['MC']"
|(November 1992)
|[http://www.merlincarpenter.com/mayo.htm '''Full article''']
|exhibition handout
|-
|1995
|
|"Kauft Reagan Dokoupil?"
|''Spex'' (October? 1995)
|
|
|-
|1998
|
|
|''Sarah Seager: Proposal for Installation with Sarong Pants...'' (1998)
|
|exhibition catalog<ref>https://primo.getty.edu/permalink/f/19q6gmb/GETTY_ALMA21130077270001551</ref><ref>https://worldcat.org/title/42249767</ref>
|-
|1999
|[[File:InterCommunication-30-1999-front.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|"Sentimental Passage?: On an Audio and Visual Collaboration"
|''InterCommunication No. 30'' (Autumn 1999)
|
|with Bruce Yonemoto<ref>https://www.ntticc.or.jp/pub/ic_mag/ic030/contents_e.html</ref>
|-
|2003
|[[File:Hommage-to-Martin-Kippenberger-front.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|"A Recent Dream Involving Martin Kippenberger"
|''Hommage to Martin Kippenberger: The 80's, Paintings and Sculptures'' (2003)
|
|
|}

== Filmography ==

=== Director ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!
!Film
!min
!Notes
|-
|1966
|
|[[Unfinished film (1966)|Unknown title]]
|
|unfinished film with [[Frederick Barthelme]]
|-
|1975
|[[File:Mostly-About-Rauschenberg-still.png|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|''[[Mostly About Rauschenberg]]''
|50
|unreleased documentary on artist [[Robert Rauschenberg]]
|}

=== Film music ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!
!Film
!Role
!min
!Director
|-
|1974
|[[File:Weiner-Done-To-1974-still.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|''[[Done To]]''
|"melodic noise"
|23
|Lawrence Weiner
|-
|1976
|[[File:Nine-Gross-and-Conspicuous-Errors-ad.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|''[[Nine Gross and Conspicuous Errors]]''
|music
|24
|[[Art & Language]]
|-
|1977
|[[File:Struggle-poster.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|''[[Struggle in New York]]''
|music
|55
|Zoran Popović
|-
|1983
|[[File:Borden-Born-in-Flames-1983-poster.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|[[Born in Flames (film)|''Born in Flames'']]
|song: "[[Born in Flames]]" (with The Red Crayola)
|80
|Lizzie Borden
|-
|1987
|[[File:The-Last-of-England-poster.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|[[The Last of England (film)|''The Last of England'']]
|song: "[[Disco Death]]" (with Albert Oehlen)
|87
|Derek Jarman
|-
|1996
|[[File:Yonemoto-Japan-in-Paris-in-LA-title.png|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|[[Japan in Paris in L.A. (film)|''Japan in Paris in L.A.'']]
|music (with The Red Krayola)
|30
|Bruce & Norman Yonemoto
|-
|2001
|[[File:Poledna-Actualité-2001-still.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|''Actualité''
|music (with The Red Krayola)
|9
|Mathias Poledna
|-
|2006
|[[File:Portal-Excursion-title.png|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|''[[Portal Excursion]]''
|music
|9
|Michael Smith
|-
|2015
|[[File:Fountain-of-Youth-front.png|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|''[[Excuse Me?!?...I'm Looking for the "Fountain of Youth"]]''
|score
|20
|Michael Smith
|-
|2016
|[[File:Far-East-of-Eden-title.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|[[Far East of Eden|''Far East of Eden'']]
|sound design
|24
|Bruce & Norman Yonemoto
|}

=== Performer/actor ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!
!Film
!Role
!
!Director
|-
|1976
|[[File:Nine-Gross-and-Conspicuous-Errors-ad.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|''[[Nine Gross and Conspicuous Errors]]''
|performer with Art & Language
|24
|[[Art & Language]]
|-
|1977
|[[File:Struggle-poster.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|''[[Struggle in New York]]''
|performer with Art & Language
|55
|Zoran Popović
|-
|1980
|[[File:Portrait-video-front.png|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|''[[Ghent music video]]''
|performer with The Red Crayola
|
|
|-
|1981
|
|''Urgh! A Music War''
|performer with Pere Ubu
|121
|Derek Burbidge
|-
|1991
|[[File:Von-Bonin-Merry-Pilgrimage-still-1.gif|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|''Die Fröhliche Wallfahrt (The Merry Pilgrimage)''
|actor
|16
|Cosima von Bonin
|}

=== Producer ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1986
|[[File:The-Queen-is-Dead-Smiths-title.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|''The Queen Is Dead''
|producer
|The Smiths music video directed by Derek Jarman
|-
|1987
|[[File:The-Last-of-England-poster.jpg|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|[[The Last of England (film)|''The Last of England'']]
|associate producer
|film directed by Derek Jarman
|}

=== Documentary appearances ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!
!Title
!Director
!
|-
|1979
|[[File:South-Bank-South-S2-E2-Mayo-Thompson.png|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|''South Bank Show'' S2E02: "Rough Trade"
|Geoff Dunlop
|{{MediaLink|YouTube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loydtQRR4eA&t=840s}}
|-
|1994
|[[File:Tokyo-interview-Mayo-Thompson.png|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|''[[The Red Krayola in Tokyo]]'' (1995)
|Takeshi Kimi
|{{MediaLink|YouTube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrL1Jms-xzk}}
|-
|1998
|
|''Lost in Music: Chicago Connections''
|Christoph Dreher & Ellen El Malki
|
|-
|2000
|[[File:Circuit-9-interview-Mayo-Thompson.png|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|''[[Circuit 9]]''
|
|{{MediaLink|YouTube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmknAXqdNHE}}
|-
|2005
|[[File:God-Bless-doc-interview-Mayo-Thompson.png|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|''[[God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It (documentary)|God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It]]''
|Amy Scott
|{{MediaLink|Vimeo=https://vimeo.com/16863804}}
|-
|2007
|[[File:Psychedelic-Revolution-67-interview-Mayo-Thompson.png|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|''Psychedelic Revolution '67''
|Christoph Dreher
|{{MediaLink|YouTube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmxCiwDlRDo}}
|-
|2009
|[[File:BBC-Do-It-Yourself-interview-Mayo-Thompson.png|center|frameless|50x50px]]
|''Do It Yourself: The Story of Rough Trade''
|Chris Wilson
|{{MediaLink|YouTube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tKE-hDDgZQ}}
|}

== Radio ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Date
!Time
!Station
!Program
!Role
!Notes
|-
|August 30, 1971
|7:15pm
|KPFT
|''Mayo Thompson: Interesting & rare sounds and yap''
|host
|<ref>https://archive.org/details/spacecity03spac_11/page/n31/mode/2up?q=%22mayo+thompson%22</ref>
|-
|August 3, 1972
|10:00pm
|KPFT
|''Free Music Store: Frank Davis and the [[The Rockin' Blue Diamonds|Rockin' Blue Diamonds]]''
|performer
|<ref>https://archive.org/details/fokpft197208ia/page/n9/mode/1up?q=%22rockin+blue+diamonds%22</ref>
|-
|February 3, 1973
|2:00pm
|KPFT
|''Houston Concert Houston: More from the [[The Rockin' Blue Diamonds|Rockin' Blue Diamonds]]''
|performer
|<ref>https://archive.org/details/fokpft197302ia/page/n11/mode/1up?q=%22rockin+blue+diamonds%22</ref>
|-
|March 2, 1973
|2:00pm
|KPFT
|''Community Access Television''
|
|<ref>https://archive.org/details/fokpft197303ia/page/n21/mode/2up?q=%22mayo+thompson%22</ref>
|-
|March 5, 1973
|9:30pm
|KPFT
|''Community Access Television'' (re-run)
|
|<ref>https://archive.org/details/fokpft197303ia/page/n23/mode/2up?q=%22mayo+thompson%22</ref>
|-
|March 21, 1973
|10:00pm
|KPFT
|''George Thomas and the Family Folk'' (recorded Sept 1971)
|recording, interviewer
|<ref>https://archive.org/details/fokpft197303ia/page/n27/mode/2up?q=%22mayo+thompson%22</ref>
|-
|August 4, 1973
|11:00am
|WBAI
|''Community Access Television'' (re-run)
|producer, interviewer
|<ref>https://archive.org/details/wbaifolio1478wbairich/page/32/mode/2up?q=%22mayo+thompson%22</ref><ref>https://www.pacificaradioarchives.org/recording/bc1310</ref>
|-
|July 9, 1994
|
|Bayerischer Rundfunk
|[[Mayo Thompson Records Nature on the Rauschenberg Estate|''Mayo Thompson Records Nature on the Rauschenberg Estate'']]
|field recordings
|<ref>https://hoerspiele.dra.de/vollinfo.php?tipp=1&dukey=1369863</ref>
|}
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:People|Thompson, Mayo]]