A Nearly Accurate Autobiography
for Nearly Accurate Times

1965. Born Vincent Truman Mulvihill as the third of two children to John and Mary Mulvihill. Thought he discovered music at the age of eighteen months; was damn pissed when he discovered someone already invented it.  Shat himself continuously.

1970. Favorite album is Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Waters."

1975. Given Panasonic tape recorder for birthday.  Records hours and hours of material, suitable for blackmail at a later date.  Most comedy material recorded bears an uncanny resemblance to Cheech and Chong and Monty Python.

1977. Parents prove themselves to be on the cutting edge of social behavior of the decade by divorcing.

1980-2. Kissed Sharon Eubanks, creating scars for life. Buys first guitar and non-working bass. Joins rock outfit dubbed Monolith, which breaks up and reforms as Paradox minus John, the drummer. Band breaks up again and reunites WITH John, the drummer, but somehow minus Vincent the rhythm guitarist and non-working bass player. Eventually Paradox dumps all its original members, including John the drummer, adds an additional X onto its moniker, and makes a small but noticeable name for itself.

1984-90. Discovered acne and girls. Coincidence does not go with master plan. Master plan devolves into intense masturbation. Assistant-direrected play called Look Back in Anger featuring a young but just as annoying Andy Dick. Received associate's degree in psychology, creating scars for life. Johann the Cat shows up as a stray but refuses to leave.

1990-2. Attended Columbia College to study film and radio. Short film "Four Chamber Music" selected as one of four to show incoming class of following year as example of 'abstract' film making. Adopts questionable name of Uncle Vince Michals for radio work on WCRX-FM. Attended Second City and Annoyance Theatre classes, all the while drinking to excess. Wound up going to AA. Got in a car accident. Went to AAA.

1993-4. Produces and directs first improvisation show, "Ivan's Revenge."

1994. Produces and directs edgy dramatic improvisation show called "Razor Spirits" to excellent reviews. Produces and directs edgy dramatic improvisation show called "Razor Spirits II" to blah reviews. Wrote theme song and appeared in local access show starring Jack Jernigan called "Just Jack".

1995. Writes and stars in one-man show "Poetry & Blindfolds" to raving reviews. Note they were not rave reviews, simply raving. 

1996-8. Continues as improvisational actor and director in a series of shows, including "The Schmitterville Theater Hour" and "Somebody Get That Jewel Bag Out the Tree".  Reviews are positive.

1996. Joins rock outfit Rhumbox Hill and spent the next four years recording an album entitled "Self Titled Debut." Sat in as musical accompanist for "Musical: The Musical", the original full-length improvisational musical.

1999. Produces "Together Again for the First Time" acoustic series at the Heartland Cafe in Chicago using Seinfeld approach (put yourself onstage, but surround yourself with brilliant artists). First single on mp3.com, "Live Without It", released in December 1999.  Rhumbox Hill disbands due to overwhelming abundance of inertia.

2000. Writes and directs first two-act play, entitled "ensemble." Dyes hair to cover premature grey. Masturbates less often. Web site is nominated as BEST WEBSITE on Chicago Area Music webring.

2001. Undergoes wisdom teeth removal and laser eye surgery. Is still unable to see through walls. Records Accrual World with a series of anonymous but talented lackies at an actual studio. Still lives with Johann the Cat, who continues to age in real time. Does brief tour of California. Meets Scott Munn in an improvisation troupe hated to rehearse - tellingly called The Dead Improv Society.  After months of rehearsing, the group implodes after one thirty-minute set.

2001. Co-founds Suspicious Clowns, a comedy troupe, with Munn.

2002. Co-produces, acts in and directs Suspicious Clowns, Suspicious Clowns 2, and Suspicious Clowns 3.  

2003. Produces, acts in and directs Suspicious Clowns 4, Saturday Asylum and Suspicious Clowns 5.  Records CD entitled Ugly Bungalow.

2005. Produces and acts in Suspicious Clowns 6, Suspicious Clowns 7, and Suspicious Clowns 8.  Also co-writes and directs Dry Hump 4.  Records CD called DRINK ME PRETTY.

2006. Johann the Cat dies on June 25.  Produces, writes and directs Remote.  Writes first book entitled Ugly Bungalow.  Work selected for literary journal called Knock.  Works on three films for Columbia College.

2007. Co-produced and directed Suspicious Clowns 9 and Suspicious Clowns 10.

2008. Co-produced and directed Suspicious Clowns' fourth appearance at Chicago Sketchfest.  Writes second book, This is My First Time So Please Be Brutal.  Begins work on new play, entitled "The Tearful Assassin."