tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34523820.post917235817375202763..comments2024-01-25T06:15:15.031-06:00Comments on Trip Inside This House: You've Been Tipped...-valishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10030492982815366929noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34523820.post-68076693749848016952009-10-09T01:19:13.421-05:002009-10-09T01:19:13.421-05:00"Manik" Myk Thompson - Manik Digressions..."Manik" Myk Thompson - Manik Digressions (1991-1995)<br /><br />http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/1984/manikdigressionssmall.jpg<br />http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/3647/myk.jpg<br /><br />I heard "Manik" Myk Thompson before I met him. An ex-girlfriend of mine had a brief relationship with him shortly after ours, and it was through her that I got a copy of his 1994 cassette "Beyond Dysfunctional". His works were intriguing enough to overcome my natural aversion to an ex's new boyfriend, and I soon drafted him into my latest project, initiating an occasional working relationship and a friendship that continues to this day.<br /><br />Myk also started to make me jealous in a way that has nothing to do with girls. Like me, he was making strange, funny, smart home four-track creations, but unlike me (and like another influential friend, Andrew "File 13/Full Dimensional" Aldrich), he had the drive and vision to compile entire cassettes of this material, package them and give them out to people. I just sat and hoarded mine, too unsatisfied and self-conscious to share, waiting for some undetermined day in the future when I could professionally record and release my music. For several years in the nineties, Thompson was releasing a new 60 minute album every year, and it is from these that this compilation derives.<br /><br />While Myk is best known in the open mic night circle that he still haunts for laugh-out-loud folk songs of the political and observational stripe, I have intentionally eschewed this material in favor of his more esoteric efforts. Tape manipulation, samples, skewed poetry, cosmic humor and his always outrageous guitars come together to produce a sound world that is uniquely "Manik". There's even a few bona fide (if slightly left of center) songs.<br /><br />Myk asked me to compile this, and I'm glad he did - it gave me the opportunity to pay tribute to the lesser known side of a talented friend. So sit back, relax and enjoy nearly eighty minutes of Mykadelia!<br /><br />http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VAA1UCWGDharma Bummerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04778638979126956912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34523820.post-37457500951167820102009-09-01T15:03:32.723-05:002009-09-01T15:03:32.723-05:00great feature - you KNOWS free is my favorite pric...great feature - you KNOWS free is my favorite price!<br /><br />and i'm waiting with baited breath for that next 10 questions....<br /><br />WHO will it be? WHO WHO WHO?sr-71noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34523820.post-46266815883515896102009-08-30T05:51:59.451-05:002009-08-30T05:51:59.451-05:00Great addition this evening; uber-thanks to you, ...Great addition this evening; uber-thanks to you, Cher Valis. <br><br>Great links too. Thanks for sharing.Gobinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34523820.post-62021333974139763042009-08-29T04:28:18.293-05:002009-08-29T04:28:18.293-05:00Great new feature and I'm looking forward to l...Great new feature and I'm looking forward to listening to those downloads. Merci beaucoup for tipping me to the radio stations and blog sites as they're always welcome round French parts.Cliff.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34523820.post-65267243898357843532009-08-28T17:35:02.214-05:002009-08-28T17:35:02.214-05:00This is a very interesting new development you got...This is a very interesting new development you got here Valis.<br />I like it! I like the variety (a couple of groups, radio shows, websites) in one post and wow, what can one say about the give aways but THANK YOU SO MUCH! to you and the generous artists who offer them. A lovely addition to your regular progamming.<br /><br />Now what to name your brain child...?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011545670333270194noreply@blogger.com