"Mighty" Mike McGee's Electronic Place of Himself.
Typings of a well-traveled, talky, funny, hobo-poet.
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
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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!
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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!
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Oh, December 2006! How I will miss you well into January.
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I have a girlfriend. Her name is Maiya.
Shane Koyczan introduced me to her in May. They are old high school friends. We hung out in her hometown in September, then proceeded to utilize phone cards and free phone minutes as much as possible over the last few months.
She met up with me in Vancouver a couple of weeks ago. We stayed together for five days and four nights. We have many mutual Canadian friends. We introduced each other to our closest friends in B.C.
She saw every performance of mine and T.O.F.U.’s in Van. She is lovely. I love her. I’ve not met a woman who not only seemed to understand me this much, this easily, but was so willing to get to know me and understand who I am and why.
I feel the exact same way about her.
I miss her and those days. They were the best and saddest days I’ve ever experienced. To have spent so much time on the phone, and to finally hold her and be held by her was indescribable. I don’t like not being able to describe anything, but this is enough.
I might see her before March, but it is doubtful.
I will cast under a certain sense of sadness until then, but I will also be very busy doing what I love: talking to large groups of people, making them think, laugh and cry.
Maiya. Wow.
She just sent me a box of warm socks, an orange scarf she she knitted, and she made me an orange t-shirt I’ll have to post an image of to really understand.
I really like wearing orange. A lot of a lot.
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There is an interview with me in the newest issue of Writer’s Digest magazine. Feb ’07 issue to be exact. Pages 20 and 21. Get it it at your local newsstand or bookstore. Check the mom-and-pop bookseller spots before heading to Barnes & Noble, Borders or Chapters in Canada.
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To all San Joseans, there is an article in the back of the current issue of The Wave magazine about living as an artist in Silicon Valley. They quoted me a few times. It’s neato.
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I splurged and got myself a Care Bears hat for $3.00. It had been marked down from $21.00
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Happy Birthday, Bill MacMillan (
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I got some badass orange jackets, shirts, and a hoodie for Christmas. I also got a box of nicotine patches.
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Snow Patrol’s song “Chasing Cars” (my current listenings) is just too good and too pertinent in my life.
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Word to the nerd.
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