Mayo Thompson
| Mayo Thompson | |
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| 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
| Title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 |  Rangoon
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short stories by Frederick Barthelme |
| 1971 | Regular Everything II | unpublished |
| 1972 | "The Cost of Everything" | short story by William H. Gass from The Tunnel published in Fiction Vol. 1 No. 3[1][2] |
Essays
| Title | Publication | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 |  |
Autopatripassionata | The Fox 3 (May 1976) | Full article | with Christine Kozlov |
| 1976 | Review: Convoy | The Fox 3 (May 1976) | Full article | ||
| 1976 | Natural Alliances | The Fox 3 (May 1976) | Full article | ||
| 1976 | For the Sensitive | The Fox 3 (May 1976) | Full article | ||
| 1976 |  |
Art-Language Vol. 3 No. 4 (October 1976) | unspecified contribution | ||
| 1977 |  |
Art-Language Vol. 4 No. 2 (October 1977) | unspecified contribution | ||
| 1978 |  |
Baghdad on the Bayous? | Howdy from Texas the Lone Star State (October 1978) | Full article | on the '60s Houston music scene |
| 1986 |  |
Gorki & Co. | Gorki & Co. / 33 Songs (1986) | on Maxim Gorky | |
| 1987 | Albert Oehlen: Unappetitlich ist das Baden im Schleim (1987) | ||||
| 1987 | What | Durch 3/4 (1987) | |||
| 1987 | Polytexte: The Words Meet the Objects (1987) | [3] | |||
| 1987 | Lasst sie CDs fressen! | Spex August 1987 | Full article | ||
| 1989 | Some Things About Multiples | Georg Herold: Multiplied Objects and Prints (1989) | |||
| 1989 | Werner Büttner: Das Wichtige Schwarzweiß | exhibition catalog[4] | |||
| 1989 | Was ist eigentlich... Indie-Musik? | Spex March 1989 | |||
| 1989 | Singles | Spex August 1989 | short reviews of 60 singles | ||
| 1990 | Vitrinization | Michael Krebber: Apothekerman (2001) | from 1990[5] | ||
| 1991 | Liner notes | Cowws' Quintett - Seite A Seite A (1991) | |||
| 1991 | Blind Mapping | Texte zur Kunst No. 2 (March 1991) | [6] | ||
| 1992 | Merlin Carpenter | Merlin Carpenter exhibition handout (1992) | Full article | ||
| 1995 | Kauft Reagan Dokoupil? | Spex (1995) | |||
| 1998 | Sarah Seager: Proposal for Installation with Sarong Pants... (1998) | [7][8] | |||
| 1999 | Sentimental Passage?: On an Audio and Visual Collaboration | InterCommunication No. 30 (Autumn 1999) | with Bruce Yonemoto[9] | ||
| 2003 | A Recent Dream Involving Martin Kippenberger | Hommage to Martin Kippenberger: The 80's, Paintings and Sculptures (2003) |
Filmography
Technical
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Unknown title | co-director | unfinished film with Frederick Barthelme |
| 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
|
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 | Polytexte 1987: The Words Meet the Objects[12] | |
| 2009 | Do It Yourself: The Story of Rough Trade[13] |
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Radio
| Year | Station | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Pacifica | Mayo Thompson — interesting & rare sounds and yap | host | [14] |
| 1973 | WBAI / KPFT | Community Access Television | producer, interviewer | [15][16] |
| 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/
- ↑ https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31569060590
- ↑ https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31655802787
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B7bITxGoUD_/
- ↑ https://www.textezurkunst.de/en/2/
- ↑ https://primo.getty.edu/permalink/f/19q6gmb/GETTY_ALMA21130077270001551
- ↑ https://worldcat.org/title/42249767
- ↑ https://www.ntticc.or.jp/pub/ic_mag/ic030/contents_e.html
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loydtQRR4eA
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmxCiwDlRDo
- ↑ http://ehfilm.de/ehf-katalog/polytexte.html
- ↑ 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