Mike Thies - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I grew up in Boulder, Colorado, and currently live in Brooklyn, NY. I like to play music (usually on drums, but everything else appeals to me). Right now Im involved with a couple of projects. STATIC TRIO - Consisting of John grigbsey on bass, and Dave Devine on Guitar. Everyone check out John's website, he is an exceptional visual artist, collaborating with a true friend and all out wonderful artist as well:Kris Hutson. --- --- www.areapostrema.com ------ LEVITATION TRICK - including but not limited to Brian Noll, Topu Lyo, Kenny Warren, Michael Bailey M.T. RAVENS AND CHIMES - I like this band because it's fun, and because Ravens are my favorite birds of all time. ---- www.ravensandchimes.com ---
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/27/2006
Band Website: levitationtrick.net
Influences: Basically my friends and fam, anything Creative, Origional, and honest. But, to be more specific... Jim Jarnusch, Oliver Messiaen, Ron Miles, Art Lande,Edgar Degas, cooking, My Bloody Valientine,The Rocky Mountains, Shuggie Otis, Sam Cooke, Erik Satie, Ali Farka Toure', Grizzly Bear, Nels Cline, Crows, Marc Ribot, Ahmad Jamal, Fred Frith, Roy Haynes, Ivo Papasov and his bulgarian wedding band, the Dap Kings, Coffee, Bob Marley, The Cities of Denver, Montreal, NYC, Boulder, San Francisco, Paris, Vancouver, Beijing, Ji'nan, Telluride, and everywhere else on earth I havent been yet, Nick Drake, Neil Young, Jaga Jazzist, Jack Kerouac, Fela, J Dilla, Harry Parch, Claude Debussy, Bukowski, Alas-no-axis, The Beatles, Hella, The MOMA, The Whitney, William Blake, The Microphones, Joanna Newsome, Battles, Daniel Lanois, Maracatu, Happy Apple, The Claudia Quintet, Martin Dosh, Glenn Gould, Malcom X, Scriabian, Mice Parade, Squarpusher, Legeti, Jan Jelinek, Zakir Hussine, Talk Talk, Eric Truffaz, Michael Jackson, E.A. Poe, Rumi, Christian Fennesz, Chopin, Salvador Dali, Edvard Munch, Bill Frisell, Cuong Vu, King Tubby, Kneebody, Nirvana, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Andrew Hill and thats it. seriously.
Record Label: Better Looking Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

ravens tour pt. 2

Ravens tour pt 2.When I left off last, I believe we were heading to LA. Upon arrival, we promptly ordered some in and out burgers, and crashed. The next night we loaded into the Spaceland gallery (a...
Posted by Mike Thies on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:04:00 PST

ravens tour update pt. 1

So far we have traveled from NY to Montreal where we played a fun show, and I met Nels Cline! Then we headed to Toronto where the music was fun and the folks reminded me of Boston. From Toronto, we ...
Posted by Mike Thies on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:19:00 PST

I found a telephone

One great advantage to living in New York City is the fact that one can easily find valuable stuff on the street that others believe to be garbage. Just about every piece of furniture in my room was ...
Posted by Mike Thies on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:14:00 PST

cell phone gallery

Hello.I've been hearing so much about cellphone film makers lately.At first, I shyed away from the idea of using the cellphone to createart, but then I found some old photo's from an old cellphone, an...
Posted by Mike Thies on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:03:00 PST

A Man Worth Remembering....

Too many thoughts spawn during the regular day to leave them alone. Too many experiences that changed my life and many others alike to not pay homage. This man made his mark, and without him, my lif...
Posted by Mike Thies on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 04:30:00 PST