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Have you guys ever heard of this? Pretty damn cool
have you guys ever heard of this...
"Basically this DJ fella was out looking for records one day and came across some funky soul records from someone he's never heard of, but after closer inspection he realized that the records were fakes- they were made from cardboard and the grooves in the records were done by hand. These "records" were individual creations and couldn't be played on a record player. It was more about the fascination of being a soul superstar that Mingering Mike made his own records- over 100 albums with extensive liner notes, gatefold interiors, and some with shrinkwrap, as if purchased at real record shops." here is a link to pics of the book about these "records" Mingering Mike: The Amazing Career of An Imaginary Soul Superstar http://www.fecalface.com/SF/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=626&Item id=88 |
That is...weird. From the first few lines I thought this was gonna be about the 'lost' Velvet Underground vinyl, which some guy bought in New York for $0.75, and sold for $$$$.
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whoe ver this gu is made hundreds of records, by hand, unplayable all, but crazy weird and oddly beautiful. I would like to get the book
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High concept.
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that's nutty!
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as nutty as this?
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i want that book too
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It's one of those things that sounds like a cool (read: ironic) art project if a college art student --or even working artist--were doing this. But in the hands of the average Joe (or Mike), it comes off as rather sad (read: weird and a little sick). Feels a little icky.
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it took YEARS!
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Yeah. That kind of obsessiveness bothers me a little. It's a little self-absorbed.
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This is really cool.
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wat? gmku, come ON! obsessiveness seems self absorbed? the whole entire point of this is that is the the ultimate in self-absorption! he created a persona for himself as a Soul singerand created hundreds if not thousands of fake records, including liner notes, covers, inserts etc!
that is ART! |
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said the man with 10 copies of each beatles record! |
yeah, awesome story.
dude wanted to make a record and dude did a record, nothing stopped him. |
another website i read said he actually recorded a load of music too, and that some of it will be seeing the light of day at some point in the future
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I wonder if this guy could actually play music or sing at all? Still... quite amazing.
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talk about building expectation! and now it's mentioned, i bet those "non-records" are going to go for fortunes if someone spots and sells one. |
Sorry. I don't mean it's not amazing. It just strikes me as a little sad.
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No, not the Beatles--the Velvet Underground. But that's different. But don't ask me how. |
Oh, it is sad gmku. very very sad. great art can be made in the midst of humbling patheticness!
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