The Minni-Thins

Silk of Red Esteem by Shiny Red Nothing

Shiny Red Nothing is the umbrella under which you'll find musician, Jeremiah Strickland. Strickland is also an artist, writer, actor, filmmaker, lay philosopher, and eccentric weirdo. He lives and works in Northern Kentucky with his wife, Elizabeth.

"Silk of Red Esteem" was recorded in his living room, utilizing a shitty acoustic guitar and Garageband on his Macbook Pro. The music is an eclectic mix of fucked-up folk, heavy blues, indie rock, and punk that would best be classified as "Blackgrass."

Melissa Bingle provided the lovely back-up vocals.

"Silk of Red Esteem" is available for free here: http://archive.org/details/GodInTights

For more information or just to connect, "Like" Shiny Red Nothing on Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/ShinyRedNothing

That Old Kentucky Blackgrass

Three new Minni-Thins releases available for FREE streaming or download:

1.) Chorus of the Zombie Apocalypso

http://www.archive.org/details/ChorusOfTheZombieApocalypso

2.) Nonbeing EP

http://www.archive.org/details/Apparent

3.) Devil Can’t Dance EP

http://www.archive.org/details/TheDevilCantDance

 

Minni-Vids Courtesy of Youtube

       

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DECEASED NORTHERN KENTUCKY INDIE ROCKERS, THE MINNI-THINS, RETURN FROM THE DEAD WITH A NEW SINGLE AND TWO NEW EPs

The Minni-Thins burst onto the Independent Music Scene in 2005 with their debut album, “In Black Cause I Asked,” which, thanks in no small part to the strength of the single, “Let Me Be Your Liquor Man,” inspired rave reviews online, in print, and internationally. After recording their sophomore effort, “That Old Kentucky Blackgrass” in the winter of 2007, the Minnis split up, leaving “Blackgrass” unreleased. Now, four years after the band played their final show, the Minnis are returning from the dead just in time for Halloween to release the single, “Chorus of the Zombie Apocalypso,” as well as two new EPs, titled: “The Nonbeing EP” and “The Devil Can’t Dance EP.” The twelve songs that comprise the releases are all culled from the Blackgrass sessions, recorded and produced by (Austin based band) The Quiet Company’s own Matt Parmenter.

All three releases are available for free online at archive.org.

Chorus of the Zombie Apocalypso

http://www.archive.org/details/ChorusOfTheZombieApocalypso

Nonbeing EP

http://www.archive.org/details/Apparent

Devil Can’t Dance EP

http://www.archive.org/details/TheDevilCantDance

Hello from Brooklyn

So, obviously, it's been quite some time since we've updated. Life has taken us all in different directions: Damon has moved to Washington DC, Darin to San Francisco, and I'm in New York. Before moving off, we recorded our sophomore album, That Old Kentucky Blackgrass, and that album is on hold in post production for now. We'll wrap it up and get it to you ASAP, but I wouldn't expect it any time soon. Aaron came and visited me several months ago, and we recorded a third album on Aaron's four track recorder, tentatively called "Waking Up," and Wells is hard at work adding his parts and doing his Wellsian thing. I imagine"Waking Up" will be available early next year. Stay tuned for more...

Julia, On Her Prayer Stand

“Julia, On Her Prayer Stand” is our new song from our newly recorded album, That Old Kentucky Blackgrass (coming 2007), and is now available on our Myspace Profile. It’s a sparse and psychedelic ditty for the Baby Jesus’ birthday, and I hope you like it.

She keeps asking where the door goes. Well, dear, it opens a wall. Go and open it right now, reveal the great hall- let loose the hose that knows where all the words, they go; the point of this speech: This sequence of events is not coincidence.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from The Minni-Thins!

B&N X-Mas Mix

Here's the track listing for the Christmas Mix I made for the gang over at Barnes and Noble. Merry Christmas, everyone!

1) Vince Guaraldi - Linus and Lucy
2) The Minni-Thins - Apparent
3) All Tomorrow's Party - As Tears Go By
4) The Velvet Underground - I Know Where Temptation Lies
5) Beat Happening - Playhouse
6) Iron and Wine - Woman King
7) Pavement - Grounded
8) Spiritualized - Sound of Confusion
9) Pavement - Best Friend's Arm
10) The Flaming Lips - Mountainside
11) Wilco - Hell Is Chrome
12) Flake Music - Blast Valve
13) Track Star - I Don't Wanna Fight
14) Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks - Old Jerry
15) Sukpatch - Smooth Guys (American Mix)
16) Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
17) Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind
18) John Lennon - Well Well Well
19) The Pixies - I Bleed
20) The Spectacular Fantastic - Future Beat
21) Coltrane Motion - Pi Is Exactly Three

That Old Kentucky Blackgrass

zombie

apocalypso is the song of the

prudish

melody we're calling "god" and all his

daughters

are conjourring up six pagan dogs with their priestesses with fiery red flesh headresses on her

THAT OLD KENTUCKY BLACKGRASS

ACT I

1) That Black Black Grass Of Home (Putnam is twisted with all the green, blonde, and grey as Black)

2) The Devil Can't Dance (He is tempted and sways)

3) Germs (The Infection is politely introduced)

4) Apparent (Although it is not)

5) Prolific Shitter (Pleonasm, but he needs it)

ACT II

6) General Manley's Side (Oh, what a sorry saint am I)

7) Save The Nickel And Give It To Her (It gets worse before it gets better)

8) Becky, Go Home (His cousin stays over and stays over again)

9) Purple Wax (The part in which he spills it)

10) Julia, On Her Prayer Stand (Or the part in which it is spilt on him)

ACT III

11) The Itch (Where the infection becomes sentient and civilization grows green)

12) Do The Blackgrass (The dance craze sweeps the infant society)

13) Chorus Of The Zombie Apocalypso (The dead rise to sing along)

14) That Old Kentucky Blackgrass (Satan pays him a visit instead)

COMING SOON

Minni-Movies From The Dame (Lexington, KY)

Here is what happens when we all remember how it goes at the same time and also what it looks like when I dance.

Ugly Uda: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZiThuK5mtw&search=Minni-Thins%20Dame%20Lexington%20Live%20UDA

Mad Matador: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iw96lyrVVk&search=Minni-Thins%20Dame%20Lexington%20Live%20UDA

Let Me Be Your Liquor Man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIYiUZaIVp0&search=Minni-Thins%20Dame%20Lexington%20Live%20UDA

Twenty Six Seconds Of Exposure To Something Possibly Touched On The Doorknob Of The Washroom At Work, But, More Than Likely, From Your Favorite Mexican Restaraunt, Only Cranked: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozWOfOVxteY&search=Minni-Thins%20Dame%20Lexington%20Live%20UDA More to come. And new songs too.