August 25, 2005

Sixty Six Steps (2005)

Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon Released: August 23, 2005 (RCA/Victor) Format(s): CD, MP3 A childhood trip to The Bahamas found Mike dripping with emotion like never before while listening to the lilting calypso sound of The Mustangs. It was then,…

August 26, 2003

Inside In (2003)

Mike Gordon Released: August 26, 2003 (Ropeadope), vinyl released April 16, 2011 Format(s): CD, LP, MP3 Lyrics were added to the background tracks of Mike’s first feature film, Outside Out and “Inside In”, a spacey, country, funk dream of sorts, was created….

October 8, 2002

Rising Low (2002)

Directed by Mike Gordon Released: October 8, 2002 Format(s): VHS , DVD It was neat to get involved with this Gov’t Mule project since it meant Mike would get to meet more than twenty of his bass heroes. The documentary is about…

Clone (2002)

Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon Released: October 8, 2002 (RCA/Victor) Format(s): CD, MP3 After a few jam sessions, Mike and Leo Kottke decided to resituate where there would be tape decks. Though no album was intended, the recordings of bass and…

November 9, 2000

Outside Out (2000)

Written & Directed by Mike Gordon Released: November 9, 2000 Format(s): VHS, DVD  Neither Mike nor Bruce Hampton remembers who approached who first, but both had the idea to make “The Outstructional Video,” mocking the kind of VHS that would supposedly…

May 1, 1997

Mike’s Corner (1997)

Written by Mike Gordon, Illustrated by Priscilla Foster Released: May 1, 1997 Format(s): Paperback, 148 pages, Bulfinch Press Instead of paying attention to semiconductor physics lectures, or electromagnetic filed theory, Mike zoned out in the back pages of his little blue homework…

October 1, 1994

Tracking (1994)

Directed by Mike Gordon Released: October 1, 1994 Format(s): VHS “While in the studio recording the album Hoister, I sported a video camera. Sometimes I pushed the record button. Others, the stop. Alas, I edited. Using machines small yet sweet, I assembled…