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Sweet Nuggets: The 1997 to 2007 Collection

Mike McGee — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:14:42 +0000

Sweet Nuggets is a collection of never-before-released live recordings, songs, and miscellany from a variety of previous albums, recorded between 1997 and 2007. This compilation is a complete catalogue of my favorite work.

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ALBUM OVERVIEW
Before I started writing poetry, I formed a number of bands (Goat’s Milk, Echo 3, L.I.N.U.S.) with friends Bryan Coy, Kelley Mayne, Ryan Hernandez, Matt Overby and Bryce Dumont.

Through all of our incarnations, Bryce and I have stuck together, re-forming as Monotwin, an experiment in two very different tastes converging on one sound. Bryce now lives with his family in Devon, England, but we have sworn to never break up the “band” and intend to continue creating music together.

In 2003, just prior to embarking on a very long foray into the world of spoken word touring, Shane Koyczan and I formed Tons Of Fun University, or T.O.F.U., a performance poetry “band,” if you will. Shortly after our formation, C.R. Avery collaborated with us for a stint on CBC’s late-night program “ZeD.” We very quickly realized that C.R. belonged in the group permanently. We’ve released two albums independently and played the vast Canadian festival circuit. C.R. and Bryce have proven to be fantastic artists, consummate musicians and phenomenal producers.

This ensemble of my poetry is a good taste of everything I’ve involved myself with over the last fifteen years of recording. Along with the music and poetry, and some of the very first recordings of certain poems, is a blend of personal messages from friends and family that I’ve saved since 2008.

I hope you enjoy this collection as much as I’ve enjoyed performing these poems over the years. Thank you for being here. You are a sweet nugget.

Love,
Michael Matthew McGee

This Week In McGee Town [7]

Mike McGee — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:33:58 +0000

CYNTHIA FRENCH
Minneapolis poet & slammaster, Miss French, will be in New England all week. She’s featuring tonight at The Dirty Gerund Poetry Show at Ralph’s Rock Diner in Worcester tonight. Her birthday lands on Friday, so Melinda and I are having a party for her at our house. Lemme know if you wanna come by.

WEBSITE
I am annoyed by the limited WordPress/PHP-based site themes available for my site. Probably makes sense considering I am using free ones. Anyone out there design quality themes?

NEW YORK CITY
Heading into New York City on Tuesday, February 16 for my feature at the Bowery Poetry Club. Not sure how long I’m hanging out, but if you wanna make some hang, holler at a nerd.

NEW ALBUM
In my time off from the road, I intend to record an audio version of my book In Search of Midnight. Curious: Should I make it a read-along with page-turning chimes and silliness, or separate tracks, poem-for-poem recording? Both?

AWESOMENESS BEGINS BELOW

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Word to the nerd.
Bunny up.

This Week In McGee Town [7]

Mike McGee — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:33:00 +0000

WEBSITE
I am annoyed by the limited WordPress/PHP-based site themes available for my site. Probably makes sense considering I am using free ones. Anyone out there design quality themes?

NEW YORK CITY
Heading into New York City on Tuesday, February 16 for my feature at the Bowery Poetry Club. Not sure how long I’m hanging out, but if you wanna make some hang, holler at a nerd.

AWESOMENESS BEGINS BELOW

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Word to the nerd.
Bunny up.

Originally published at Mike McGee Town. You can comment here or there.

Vancouver, B.C.

Mike McGee — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:47:15 +0000

Shane, C.R. and I went into a studio this week to record our second, as yet untitled album. It took us about sixteen hours to lay down 11 basic tracks, with four of them being pretty much done as is.

We were there for the majority of two days, unlike the week and two studios it took to create our first album.

This one’s gonna sound pretty sweet, pretty, and sweet. Certain tracks are going to bump, others will lull. The rest are very much T.O.F.U.

Mine and Shane’s work on it is done; now it’s just up to C.R. to bust out his producer wand and make it all gibe and jam. He and I will be at Lime (formerly Rime) on The Drive this Monday night.

So, I am just relaxing in Vancouver through the weekend. It’s great, but cold and wet.

Got to hang out with K80 F-S and a whole slew of Van peeps. I’ll see Alvin Lau this weekend, and then I’ll see Miss Knowles for a couple of days. Man, is she ever missed…

Oh! This is pretty sweet too…

Word to the nerd.

2007: Go For It!