Mark McGuire makes me feel like a lazy bum — which I am for the most part, but for real, Mark, chill out a little bit, quit making the rest of us feel so bad about our lack of productivity. The guy is a couple years my junior and has already released a slew of CD-Rs and tapes to measure up to almost a lifetime’s worth of musical accomplishment. I, for one, have given up on trying to keep up with all the musical fuzz he’s putting out there, because I’m lazy. Luckily for me (and my fellow lazy asses), Emeralds’ Mark McGuire will be releasing a compilation album comprised of rare and hard-to-find tracks from cassette and CD-R releases throughout the past few years.
A Young Person’s Guide to Mark McGuire will be released by Editions Mego on May 10 and was compiled by the label’s frontman Peter “Pita” Rehberg. As an added bonus to you drone nerds out there, Stephen O’Malley of Sunn O))) fame will be doing the design and layout duties for the release. With all that said, I’m now going to consider doing something worthwhile with my life, but probably won’t.
A Young Person’s Guide to Mark Mcguire tracklist:
Disc 1:
01. Dream Team (from 2008 Dream Team CD-R on Wagon)
02. The Marfa Lights (from 2009 A Pocket Full of Rain 2xCS/CD-R on Pizza Night/Wagon)
03. Clague Woods (from 2007 Patterns of Development CD-R on Wagon)
04. Slipstreams (from 2007 Patterns of Development CD-R on Wagon)
05. Stranger Than Paradise (from 2009 Stranger Than Paradise business-card CD-R on Everybody Else Has a Record Label, So Why Can’t I?)
06. Flight (from 2007 Patterns of Development CD-R on Wagon)
07. Ghosts Around the Tree (from 2007 Patterns of Development CD-R on Wagon)
08. The Path Lined with Colorful Stones (from 2008 Light Movement 2xCS/CD-R on Wagon)
09. The Wind on the Winding Road, pt. 2 (from 2008/2009 Open Chords CS/CD-R on Pizza Night/High Spirits)
Disc 2:
01. Radio Flyer (from 2009 A Pocket Full of Rain 2xCS/CD-R on Pizza Night/Wagon)
02. Icy Windows (from 2010 Between Family CS on Wagon)
03. The Lonesome Foghorn Blows (from 2009 A Pocket Full of Rain 2xCS/CD-R on Pizza Night/Wagon)
04. Time Is Flying (from 2010 tour split CS w/ Sam Goldberg on Pizza Wagon)
05. Sun Shining through the Open Barn Door (from 2009 A Pocket Full of Rain 2xCS/CD-R on Pizza Night/Wagon)
06. Explosion Alarm (from 2009 Losing Sleep CD-R on Wagon)
07. Sick Chemistry (from 2009 A Pocket Full of Rain 2xCS/CD-R on Pizza Night/Wagon)
08. Skies (from 2008 Light Movement 2xCS/CD-R on Wagon)
09. Over the Water (from 2010 Between Family CS on Wagon)
10. The Invisible World (from 2010 The Invisible World CS on Cylindrical Habitat Modules)
11. Inside Where It’s Warm (from 2010 Things Fall Apart CD-R on Wagon)
• Mark McGuire: http://www.mcguiremusic.blogspot.com
• Editions Mego: http://www.editionsmego.com