Hello and good day (or good evening). Who knows how you got here, but now that you're here, you may as well look around and listen to some of my songs. I mean, you can download them for free. Check out the links at the bottom of the page.

Obviously, this website is still under construction. Sorry. Make the most of it anyway.

So who is the Nowhere Man? I am Patrick Vacek. Back in the day, I started out by just recording cover songs in the comfort of my own home. Eventually I realized that it wasn't that hard to write my own music, so I adopted the moniker Folkor and ended up playing several shows in the Kansas City area using just my electric guitar and my poorly trained voice. I recorded a couple albums around that time, but they aren't particularly good, so you shouldn't worry too much about them. My first album, The Search for Satori, was released in 2004 and consists of songs about cats, cars, days, nights, and everything in between. Graumsamkeit, Manipulation, Bedeutungslosigkeit followed in 2005 and contains more songs about buildings and food.

Later in 2005 I moved to St. Louis, where I played around with a variety of musicians and bands. I kept writing songs and recording demos, but I was too busy to do anything too signficant. I did manage to play a couple shows with as many bands and I occasionally would play a few of my own songs live. In 2008, I rechristened myself The Nowhere Man and finally recorded There and Back Again, which features songs about people, places, and things falling from the sky. After another year of songwriting and infrequent public appearances, I recorded Post Rock Country in 2009.

My last two albums are available on this website for free download, as is a compilation of the best of my other material (such as the better parts of my first two albums along with some demos and outtakes). Follow the links below to go to the specific album pages, where you can begin downloading away.
There and Back Again
Post Rock Country
The Best of the Rest: Version 5

When I'm not busy being a musician or living my regular life, I also occasionally write about music. I maintain a music review blog at patricksmusic.blogspot.com, but I only write when I have time or am particularly inspired. What's there is there. Enjoy. I also have a MySpace page at www.myspace.com/patrickthenowhereman.

This website © 2009 Patrick Vacek. I know it's hardly worth copywriting. I don't care. I also don't care if plaintext HTML websites are extremely old-fashioned.