Formerly known as Mr. Whatever Mike has reissued his entire catalog and is now going by his god and mom given name. Having recorded thirty plus albums since 1988 you can find a small sampling of them here and use the link provided to hear all of it. With such underground classics as Electric Babylon, Vampires, Geeks and Lovers and Songs from Nowhere. Mike made a name for himself back in the mid-nineties, of course back then the name was Mr. Whatever. Mike?s music never imitates and he covers a lot of ground incorporating everything form folk to rock to classical to electronica the end result being a kind of Alternative?s Alternative. His guitar playing is superlative. Sometimes going into long solos in a style all his own that at times is so passionate and provocative that the listener is left drained and speechless (don?t believe me? just listen to the one at the end of Dumb Blind Blues Singer). His singing is as equally passionate and he is never afraid to really let it bleed. He sometimes amazes me with the sincerity he can deliver in a line and he can do so because he?s not trying to be sincere he simply is. All of this ability pales in comparison with his lyrics which can stand on equal footing with any of the best lyricists out there. A clever and witty poet and also a soul bearing balladeer. Here is one of my favorite examples from the song ?Ode To Something? ?Maybe the poets search for god?s monologue, is the divine caught in humanity?s rut, in this bleeding oneness I suffer distinct, ode to something I know not what? Back a few years ago he took everything off the Internet and started the monumental task of remixing and remastering everything and even completely reworked some of the older records to improve the sound quality. Now finally finished (except for 3 more yet to be released) all of these records are now available, many of them for the first time. You can use the provided link to download complete albums and sometime in the near future they will be available at ITunes.