The group played a few shows in SF recently, which Drag City had said would be recorded for a live album... but from what I hear (from someone who attended), Mayo ended up mainly playing Bob Dylan covers!
― I'm off Twitter, and high on life! (morrisp), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 20:13 (four years ago) link
I've seen Mayo/ Red Crayola twice. Once amazing. Once terrible. Drunk and unable to play.
― Duke, Wednesday, 18 December 2019 23:37 (four years ago) link
Let's hope he's up to it
― Duke, Wednesday, 18 December 2019 23:38 (four years ago) link
He didn’t play so you don’t have to worry about that.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 18 December 2019 23:45 (four years ago) link
Saw him at the Kitchen 4 years or so ago. He didn't play or sing a note. Sat at a desk reading from a detective novel with random excerpts from Jansson's History of Art and his own interpolations. At the end, he asked the audience if there were any questions (there weren't). Couldn't tell if he was trolling. Watched some video of the Corky's Debt Band at the Cropped Out fest around that time and it was a total shambles if memory serves. Remaining tix for LPR show were $35 + 2 drink minimum when i checked. Gave it a miss.
― Deflatormouse, Thursday, 19 December 2019 00:17 (four years ago) link
I was at that kitchen "performance". It was totally impenetrable. IIRC he asked if there were any questions and immediately got up and left.
This Corky's performance was great. His voice isn't what it once was but it was good enough and his physicality was entertaining. The band was aces. Don't know if he played the cropped out fest but guitar was handled by Tom Watson of Slovenly who's played with him/Red Krayola on and off since the Drag City days.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 19 December 2019 01:02 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I knew it was a gamble. At that price it was a stretch, so the uncertainty as to whether he would put a good band together to do it properly this time or wouldn't bother was decisive for me. Glad to hear he did it up. That's one of my favorite records.
― Deflatormouse, Thursday, 19 December 2019 01:19 (four years ago) link
The Corrected Slogans thing at REDCAT was such a pleasure... talk about albums I never dreamed I’d see performed live!
― I'm off Twitter, and high on life! (morrisp), Thursday, 19 December 2019 01:43 (four years ago) link
Just a reminder for you LA folks, this free concert is on Thursday: https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2020/mayo-thompson
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Monday, 6 January 2020 22:58 (four years ago) link
I will be there (assuming there are still tickets left by the time I get to Westwood!). Anyone else here going?
― BeerAdvocate in the streets, Wookiepedia in the sheets (morrisp), Monday, 6 January 2020 23:00 (four years ago) link
I will be there of course (did I mention I work at the Hammer).
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 7 January 2020 00:42 (four years ago) link
No, I didn't realize that! Save me a ticket if you can, ha ha...
― BeerAdvocate in the streets, Wookiepedia in the sheets (morrisp), Tuesday, 7 January 2020 00:44 (four years ago) link
There’s apparently a pretty long guest list, but I’m confident I’ll get a ticket!
― Don’t yell ‘Judas!’ in a crowded theater (morrisp), Friday, 10 January 2020 02:29 (four years ago) link
That was amazing. I’m so happy. It was actually a pretty emotional thing, to be there and see Mayo perform those songs. The band was terrific, too. Thank you, pgwp, for posting about it here.
― Don’t yell ‘Judas!’ in a crowded theater (morrisp), Friday, 10 January 2020 04:44 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ycp3ZOD_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium
― Don’t yell ‘Judas!’ in a crowded theater (morrisp), Friday, 10 January 2020 05:03 (four years ago) link
Yes, it was a great show! I think Mayo’s dogs sitting in the front row was the highlight. One seemed to know all the right times to bark.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 10 January 2020 06:09 (four years ago) link
FYI, he’s doing this again in Chicago, in March:https://www.instagram.com/p/B7ocEkRgkdw/?igshid=13vhma8ks4m7n
― dad genes (morrisp), Saturday, 25 January 2020 20:28 (four years ago) link
bought a ticket! thanks!
― na (NA), Monday, 27 January 2020 17:57 (four years ago) link
I should go to this
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 27 January 2020 20:19 (four years ago) link
I am going to this
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 30 January 2020 14:44 (four years ago) link
chicago show cancelled :(
― na (NA), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 17:53 (four years ago) link
That's too bad. I wonder if it's b/c Mayo's mobility is limited (he was using a cane at the L.A. show).
― tamagotchi revival artist (morrisp), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 17:58 (four years ago) link
I am not going to this
― chr1sb3singer, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 18:19 (four years ago) link
I happened to visit the Drag City website, for the first time in ages; saw this featured, snapped it up - https://www.dragcity.com/products/keep-all-your-friends
― Bob Dylan's iconic Ray Ban sunglasses (morrisp), Monday, 23 May 2022 02:46 (one year ago) link
I'm not the world's biggest Kangaroo? stan, but I found that 'zine entertaining and informative. A real labor of love.
― InternationalWaters, Monday, 23 May 2022 13:32 (one year ago) link
The interviews (and photos) in the zine are so great... it's really a dream come true if you're a fan of this era. Highly recommended!
Just thought I'd share this, as it really made me laugh:
MAYO THOMPSON: I loved the record. I loved that sound. I think it's a very successful record and I now understand why it was not a hit. I had never thought the content would be counted as controversial. It didn't ever occur to me until when I saw my father in Houston. He had been at a golf game with his legal cronies and one of them asked, "How's your Marxist rock band going, Mayo?" I didn't know that people saw it that way. I thought people just listened to music.
― Creature Catcher (Live) (morrisp), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 21:27 (one year ago) link
Hahaha. The Rough Trade era is just about the Marxist-est thing I can think of in all of popular music.Bless.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 8 June 2022 22:01 (one year ago) link
From Drag City News"
WHAT COMES AFTER ART, MYSTERY? DO THE MATH!
“After Math begins where Art, Mystery, the first installment in Mr. Thompson’s two-part novel, left off. The chrome trader Perlat Tile has just witnessed the criminal Pablo Palbon attempt to smuggle a small erotic bronze by Pollaiuolo out of Tirana disguised as a funeral urn. The ensuing trial — described in After Math — pits the gallerist Ms. Jasmine, who wants to acquire the work legitimately, against the state of Albania, which also claims ownership of it. Written in the impeccable prose that we have come to expect from Mr. Thompson, After Math proves that what happens after a plot is foiled can be just as delightful as the action itself.”— Michael SanchezA new novel from the mind of Mayo Thompson is upon all who travel with us! Best known for his work with the psychedelic band, The Red Krayola, After Math is the sequel to Thompson's 2018 novella Art, Mystery. After Math retails what becomes of the cast of characters introduced in Art, Mystery, joint and severally pursuing an erotic Rinascimento statuette attributed to Antonio Pollaiuolo, a pursuit that lands them in court. On the way, their collective and singular fates are unfolded and accounted for, the consequences of the truth of matters for them are brought to bear and a kind of rough justice is seen to have been done, as is appropriate in rough trade.Pre-order your hardcover copy or audiobook (as read by Mayo himself!) before the publication date of September 1st.Mayo Thompson Online: Drag City -https://www.dragcity.com/artists/mayo-thompsonPre Order- mayothompson.lnk.to/aftermath
— Michael Sanchez
A new novel from the mind of Mayo Thompson is upon all who travel with us! Best known for his work with the psychedelic band, The Red Krayola, After Math is the sequel to Thompson's 2018 novella Art, Mystery. After Math retails what becomes of the cast of characters introduced in Art, Mystery, joint and severally pursuing an erotic Rinascimento statuette attributed to Antonio Pollaiuolo, a pursuit that lands them in court. On the way, their collective and singular fates are unfolded and accounted for, the consequences of the truth of matters for them are brought to bear and a kind of rough justice is seen to have been done, as is appropriate in rough trade.
Pre-order your hardcover copy or audiobook (as read by Mayo himself!) before the publication date of September 1st.
Mayo Thompson Online:
Drag City -https://www.dragcity.com/artists/mayo-thompson
Pre Order- mayothompson.lnk.to/aftermath
― dow, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 19:02 (eleven months ago) link
Oh man. I saw him read a big chunk of this at the Kitchen. Had no idea what to expect. I don't know that anybody did. It was just billed as Mayo Thompson at the Kitchen or something. All the cool kids were there and he read and I was totally lost. I did not notice until now that Drag City published that first novel in 2018.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 19:16 (eleven months ago) link
Cool, I gotta read these (I hate that Mayo is at an age where my heart skips when I see this thread revived).
― hypnic jerk (morrisp), Tuesday, 4 April 2023 19:21 (eleven months ago) link
Worried Worried
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 19:29 (eleven months ago) link
Mayo Thompson and the Corky Band are adding more shows, this time on the West Coast! With a NYC date already in place, Mayo Thompson will also be performing Corky's Debt To His Father in both Los Angeles and San Francisco later this August.Celebrate over fifty years of Corky's Debt To His Father this summer and get your tickets fast!TOUR DATES:8/12/23 at (le) poisson rouge in New York, NY8/30 at The Chapel in San Francisco, CA8/31 at Zebulon in Los AngelesMayo Thompson Online: Drag City -https://www.dragcity.com/artists/mayo-thompsonFor more information and interview requests please contact:kathryn at dragcity.com
Celebrate over fifty years of Corky's Debt To His Father this summer and get your tickets fast!
TOUR DATES:
8/12/23 at (le) poisson rouge in New York, NY
8/30 at The Chapel in San Francisco, CA
8/31 at Zebulon in Los AngelesMayo Thompson Online:
For more information and interview requests please contact:kathryn at dragcity.com
― dow, Thursday, 22 June 2023 00:08 (nine months ago) link
Zebulon show doesn’t seem to be posted yet.
― Bittern Storm Over My Hammy (morrisp), Thursday, 22 June 2023 04:16 (nine months ago) link
Mayo was awesome tonight! He seemed revitalized, compared to the last few times I saw him. And the band was hot! Such a great show.
― Stoned Wheat Thing (morrisp), Friday, 1 September 2023 06:43 (six months ago) link
rescheduled Corky's Debt to His Father show finally happened tonight. damn I love this album. anyone know who's in "the Corky Band"? not seeing in rudimentary searching.
― bulb after bulb, Saturday, 2 December 2023 13:44 (three months ago) link
It was a bunch of young-ish folks I didn’t recognize (in L.A.)
― This field is required (morrisp), Saturday, 2 December 2023 15:32 (three months ago) link