Mad PFessor is the user name of cultural historian and artist Michael Evans of Salt Lake City, Utah, Kalispell, Montana, and Amsterdam, Holland. Between his university and technical college studies, he made a living as a technician and engineer, but he also took photographs, made drawings and artwork, plus wrote articles about musical and artistic events wherever he lived. His multimedia work was printed and distributed via magazines and newspapers in Washington State, Montana, and Utah. At Eastern Washington University, near Spokane, Washington, he was a pioneer in Digital Graphics and Computer Science as they developed together in the 1990's and was making regular contributions to the World Wide Web by the turn of the XXI Century.
The subjects of study Michael Evans pursues via the Internet and other media include:
Musicians associated with the extensive Parliament/Funkadelic network, including singers, instrumentalists, songwriters, album artists, and various staffers. (The name Mad PFessor was derived from his screen name in this genre.)
Theatrical History in specific fields -- one being Amsterdam's Festival of Fools (1975 to 1984) and various artists gathered around that scene, another being a chronology about the artistic career of idiosyncratic Dancer/Impresario Ida Rubinstein.
Great SL Mime Troupe Saga -- Handy Table of Contents: [1]
A printed book climaxing on the first Festival of Fools is due to be published in late 2014.
Specific musicians and their scenes in Utah, Washington State, and Montana via photography and artwork since the early 1980's.
Photos and graphics from Mike's work focused on an 80's Salt Lake City dance band were used in the marketing for "State of Affairs" a successful CD by 004 (pronounced Double-Oh Four) in 2011. Evans also wrote the liner notes for "State of Affairs" on the physical CD by request of the former band members.
"State of Affairs" Liner Notes: [2]
Double Oh-Four Review: [3]
Online video, visual art, and documentation based around the Magpie Summer Workshops in Amsterdam, Holland from mid 2011 through early 2014.
During his temporary return to Northern Utah, Mike was asked to initiate a historical website about an influential local bookstore and alternative shop named the Cosmic Aeroplane (1967-1991). The community response has been unfailingly positive, and people continue to donate material concerning the store and the times it served the public.
Cosmic Aeroplane Memorabila Site: [4]
My current work involves bringing the names of the various artists and their projects above to posterity and scholarship. I am creating historical online projects around this goal, and doing the research to verify and contribute their works to Wikipedia and other contemporary media.
"Since the death of Studs Terkell, others have to step up to tell the stories of the great unwashed." -- Kevin Mahaffey.
== External links ==
E-Portfolio for Michael Evans: [5]
Informal CV for Michael Evans: [6]