There's a teacher named Steven Tainer who was a senior student of Thartang Tulku who apparently 'edited' a lot of the TSK material, and my impression is that that's a euphemism for basically writing it. He does a class at Berkeley Bhuddist Monestary which is archived on their website. Greeeeat teacher

Teaches the kind of approach you seem attracted to, John. You might enjoy his stuff.
Also might like
http://www.amazon.com/Pointing-Out-Great-Way-Meditation/dp/0861713044