Mr Bish - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Hello.
It's awfully nice of you to drop by,
but I'm afraid I don't update here much.
Myspace is, in my opinion, dead. I just keep my profile up as a remnant of the by-gone age when this place was a community. You're welcome to try adding me, but it might take me a while to get back to you. I'm more active on the other sites linked below...
I make music by myself and also with a band called ely. I also write words, and make silly pictures and videos. I think a lot, and dream as much or more.
Here's one of the silly videos I've made; it's far from perfect, but I'm a lazy git and it was my first stab at editing in Final Cut...
I like:
Long political and philosophical conversations, which sprawl all over the place, never achieving anything but feeling somehow vital;
short, simple exchanges, "cup of tea?" "please", effortless comfortable communication;
pretty music;
pretentious (and/or un-selfconscious, depending on your viewpoint) film;
new things in old places;
old things in new places;
not feeling too ashamed of being a bit up my own behind, sometimes;
dreaming, all day long;
tea on a sleepy day;
coffee on a busy day;
lunchtime trips to art galleries;
snatched moments of contemplation;
taoism;
love at first (fleeting and last) sight;
spending time with old friends;
a pint of bitter.
I don't like:
People who think that just because setting the world to rights doesn't change anything, it's not worth doing;
unreasonable people;
my bank.
Pages where you might find out more:
my very own blog/website
my music profile on soundcloud
my music profile on thesixtyone
my music profile on stereofame
my musical facebook page
ely's website (currently broken)
I used to have a donate button here, but no one donated and then it broke. I'm not sure if there was a cause/effect relationship in there, but it seemed a bit like begging anyway. If you'd like to support my music, you can buy digital downloads on thesixtyone (link above), and in the not-too-distant future, there'll be an online store for actual physical CDs (how archaic!) on my blog at mrbishmusic.com - so bookmark that site and keep checking back.
Or you could just message me, and I'll be happy to tell you how to send me a cheque. But I won't hold my breath on that front...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/11/2006
Band Website: mrbishmusic.com
Band Members: this is my profile of mostly my tunes. im in ely. we're a band. kenni and marshy and chris are also members. i make my own tunes with the aid of both my brain, my poorly computer, ellsworth, and simon the brick. who exactly contributes the most in this unlikely trio is open to debate and wild speculation.oh. im thomas bishop. nice to meet you.
Influences: being.

hearing noises in my head.

trying to make the noises, and generally failing, but making something not altogether bad along the way.

time well-spent with friends, and time spent without them, cooped up in self-imposed solitary confinement wondering what exactly i am doing with my life.

the piano.

the usual recreational drugs.

dreams.
dreams are awesome.
id happily sleep for the rest of my life if it meant always dreaming.

Sounds Like: the sort of music id like to listen to.
Record Label: Unsigned and unloved
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Update

In addition to my clumsy status update, I thought I'd share this generic 'post-it-to-all-my-social-sites' update on where I've been and what's new:Hello world! I've been so busy with this ongoing move...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:46:00 GMT

Anyone here still?

I've given up on my myspace boycott. Lasted longer than my facebook boycott, but I missed all you lovely myspacers, and I failed miserably to keep my wordpress blog active.I'm trying very hard to sort...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:09:00 GMT

rich list and new blog

I've got a new blog. It's very quiet at the moment, with no comments, and likely no readers either. So go there. I can't promise you'll enjoy it, but I can promise that it will have more blogs by me t...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:03:00 GMT

5k views, free download and little boots

i said i had quit myspace for good. and i have. but i'm here, blogging? let me explain.i'm still logging in on occasion to delete annoying spam comments and such, and to check things are working and c...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:39:00 GMT

enough

enough is enough.i'm in pieces. or one big piece. hard to know which. i feel in pieces. i look like one big bit.anyway, im calling time on myspace for a while. im hardly ever on here anymore, and its ...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:02:00 GMT

the doctor

Reasons why the universe is not right.this is a geeky doctor who post. all week i have refrained from looking at the rumors apparently being reported all over the web. ive only told kenni my suspicion...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:43:00 GMT

digital nocturnes

more music for your delectation.this is almost a full album of new/ish tunes. most (maybe all) of them have been written in the last month. when i shouldve been revising. ive an exam tomorrow and fran...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:06:00 GMT

wuarghah

im feeling incapacitated.this is not an apology or an admission of guilt, but there's lots of people to whom i owe things, and i'm still working on repaying those debts. ive done all i can for most of...
Posted by on Wed, 07 May 2008 08:05:00 GMT

addendum - twenty smaller thoughts

had a shower. this is not part two of the afforementioned ramble, but rather some thoughts on reflection in the shower.1a. lynx recover shower gel is - despite being lynx, and despite looking like the...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:19:00 GMT

rant in d minor

ive written a long blog. it started as a short blog, but then i remembered i had something to rant about, so i ranted, and realised the length had gotten out of hand, so i shall post the rant first, h...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:17:00 GMT