Mayo Thompson

Mayo Thompson
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Born	1944
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Discography

Solo

• Corky's Debt to His Father

Groups

• The Red Crayola (1966-present)
  • Main article: Discography
• Saddlesore (1970)
  • Old Tom Clark
• The Rockin' Blue Diamonds (1972)
• Art & Language (1973-1977)
  • Main article: The Red Crayola with Art & Language
• Pere Ubu (1980-1981)
  • The Art of Walking
  • Songs of the Bailing Man
• Megabody (1986-1990)
  • Jörg Schlick & Megabody
  • Wild Thing

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	City	Gallery	Dates
	8th Floor	New York City	Greene Naftali	October 8 – November 7, 2015
	?	Berlin	Galerie Buchholz	November 11 – December 23, 2016
	Go to the Window	Berlin	Galerie Buchholz	June 28 – August 17, 2019
	Oily Works	Los Angeles	House of Gaga	November 21, 2020 – January 30, 2021

Exhibition catalogs

	Cover	Publication	Notes
2018		Ground Floor / 8th Floor (2018)	with Michael Krebber

Bibliography

Fiction

	Cover	Title	Notes
2018		Art, Mystery	novella
2023		After Math: Art, Mystery, Part II	novella

Illustrations

	Cover	Title	Publication	Notes
1970		Rangoon	Rangoon (1970)	various short stories by Frederick Barthelme
		"Regular Everything"
		"Gregory Park"
1971		"Regular Everything II"	unpublished
1972		"The Cost of Everything"	Fiction Vol. 1 No. 3 (1972)	short story by William H. Gass from The Tunnel

Essays/non-fiction

	Cover	Title	Publication	Notes
1976		"Autopatripassionata"	The Fox 3 (May 1976)	Full article	with Christine Kozlov
		"Review: Convoy"		Full article
		"Natural Alliances"		Full article
		"For the Sensitive"		Full article
1976			Art-Language Vol. 3 No. 4 (October 1976)
1977			Art-Language Vol. 4 No. 2 (October 1977)
1978		"Baghdad on the Bayous?"	Howdy from Texas the Lone Star State (October 1978)	Full article	on the '60s Houston music scene
1980		"Two men and a bird adrift in a sinking life boat... Last chance for a conversation..."	Step by Step (1980)	Full article	with Ian Penman
1986		"Gorki & Co."	Gorki & Co. / 33 Songs (1986)		on Maxim Gorky
1987			Unappetitlich ist das Baden im Schleim (1987)		with Albert Oehlen
1987		"What"	Durch 3/4 (1987)
1987			Polytexte: The Words Meet the Objects (1987)
1987		"Lasst sie CDs fressen!"	Spex September 1987	Full article
1989		"Some Things About Multiples"	Georg Herold: Multiplied Objects and Prints (1989)		exhibition catalog
1989			Werner Büttner: Das Wichtige Schwarzweiß		exhibition catalog
1989		"Was ist eigentlich... Indie-Musik?"	Spex March 1989
1989		"Singles"	Spex August 1989	Full article	short reviews of 60 singles
1990		"Vitrinization"	Michael Krebber: Apothekerman (2001)
1991		Liner notes	Cowws' Quintett - Seite A Seite A (1991)		CD
1991		"Blind Mapping"	Texte zur Kunst No. 2 (March 1991)
1992		"'Merlin Carpenter' ['MC']"	(November 1992)	Full article	exhibition handout
1995		"Kauft Reagan Dokoupil?"	Spex (October? 1995)
1998			Sarah Seager: Proposal for Installation with Sarong Pants... (1998)		exhibition catalog
1999		"Sentimental Passage?: On an Audio and Visual Collaboration"	InterCommunication No. 30 (Autumn 1999)		with Bruce Yonemoto
2003		"A Recent Dream Involving Martin Kippenberger"	Hommage to Martin Kippenberger: The 80's, Paintings and Sculptures (2003)

Filmography

Director

Year		Title	Notes
1966		Unknown title	unfinished film with Frederick Barthelme
1975		Mostly About Rauschenberg	unreleased documentary on artist Robert Rauschenberg

Film music

Year		Role	Film	Director
1974		"melodic noise"	Done To	Lawrence Weiner
1976		music	Nine Gross and Conspicuous Errors	Art & Language
1977		music	Struggle in New York	Zoran Popović
1983		song: "Born in Flames"	Born in Flames	Lizzie Borden
1987		song: "Disco Death"	The Last of England	Derek Jarman
1996		music	Japan in Paris in L.A.	Bruce & Norman Yonemoto
2006		music	Portal Excursion	Michael Smith
2015		score	Excuse Me?!?...I'm Looking for the "Fountain of Youth"	Michael Smith
2016		sound design	Far East of Eden	Bruce & Norman Yonemoto

Performer/actor

Year		Role	Film	Director
1976		performer with Art & Language	Nine Gross and Conspicuous Errors	Art & Language
1977		performer with Art & Language	Struggle in New York	Zoran Popović
1980		performer with The Red Crayola	Ghent music video
1981		performer with Pere Ubu	Urgh! A Music War	Derek Burbidge
1991		actor	Die Fröhliche Wallfahrt (The Merry Pilgrimage)	Cosima von Bonin

Producer

Year		Title	Role	Notes
1986		The Queen Is Dead	producer	The Smiths music video directed by Derek Jarman
1987		The Last of England	associate producer	film directed by Derek Jarman

Appearances in documentaries

Year	Title
1979	South Bank Show S2E02: Rough Trade
1981	Urgh! A Music War
1995	The Red Krayola in Tokyo
1996	Chicago Connections
2000	Circuit 9
2005	God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It
2007	Psychedelic Revolution '67
2009	Polytexte 1987: The Words Meet the Objects
2009	Do It Yourself: The Story of Rough Trade

Radio

Year	Station	Title	Role	Notes
1971	Pacifica	Mayo Thompson — interesting & rare sounds and yap	host
1973	WBAI / KPFT	Community Access Television	producer, interviewer
1994	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Mayo Thompson Records Nature on the Rauschenberg Estate	field recordings