The mystery of Mingering Mike: the soul legend who never existed

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/feb/11/-sp-mystery-of-mingering-mike-the-soul-legend-who-never-existed-jon-ronson

by jvoorhis • 11 years ago

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Jolijn• 11 years ago

They're cardboard albums... What does one call this, outsider art (which would fit since one of the albums is called 'The Outsiders are Back')?

PMan74• 11 years ago

Similar one if you like that kind of thing

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/jan/15/masal-bugd...

pj4533• 11 years ago

I remember the day this broke on the record collector forum http://www.soulstrut.com/

I wonder if that thread is still online someplace?

DiabloD3• 11 years ago

Now that was worth reading... and by worth reading I mean I had work to do and why am I reading HN while I have work to do.

Damnit HN.

spacecowboy_lon• 11 years ago

In the Northern Soul Scene for ultra rare records it was common for DJ's to disguise the real artist to stop any rival DJ's from finding a copy.

JonnieCache• 11 years ago

Check out his actual recordings, they're great!

http://www.mingeringmike.com/mingerplayer/index.html

I can definitely hear winehouse et al singing them. Bring in the string section hafway through. It writes itself! Shame byrne had to be so militant about the terms.

finnh2• 11 years ago

I'm friends with Dori Hadar, the DJ & record collector who found Mike's albums at the flea market. It's an amazing story and it's been great to see Mike get the attention his art deserves, all the way to inclusion in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian.

finnh2• 11 years ago

Hmmm re-reading that it sounds kind of prosaic and press-releasey. here's what I really want to say: Dori is a great guy, the perfect person to find these records. Mike's artwork has reached such a wide audience only because Dori and Mike were able to trust each other, which was not a guaranteed outcome given the circumstances of their meeting.

plus Dori DJ'd my wedding and killed it.

The mystery of Mingering Mike: the soul legend who never existed

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