Marathon Song Cycles
In 1999 Mark Mallman performed a 26-hour long song titled "Marathon 1". Later, in 2004, Mallman’s s “Marathon Two” session took place back at the Turf Club in St. Paul, Minn. Seventy-five musicians took turns backing Mallman as he performed one song for over two consecutive days, only breaking to go to the bathroom. On October 10, 2010, he completed "Marathon 3", a 78 hour long song complete with 576 pages of lyrics. During the performance, he injured his left foot. He finished at 10pm on Sunday night by biting into a bouquet of flowers and spitting them over the crowd. Mayor Chris Coleman declared Oct 7-10th, 2010 “Mark Mallman Days” in St. Paul, Minnesota in honor of his creative achievement. The mayor's proclamation included the statement “Whereas Mark Mallman is totally AWESOME.” On September 15, 2012 he started "Marathon IV: Road Rouge", a 7day, 150 hour plus performance that will take him from New York to Los Angeles.
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Famous quotes containing the words marathon, song and/or cycles:
“In their eyes I have seen
the pin men of madness in marathon trim
race round the track of the stadium pupil.”
—Patricia K. Page (b. 1916)
“A song is no song unless the circumstance is free and fine. If a singer sing from a sense of duty or from seeing no way to escape, I had rather have none. Those only can sleep who do not care to sleep; and those only write or speak best who do not too much respect the writing or the speaking.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The stars which shone over Babylon and the stable in Bethlehem still shine as brightly over the Empire State Building and your front yard today. They perform their cycles with the same mathematical precision, and they will continue to affect each thing on earth, including man, as long as the earth exists.”
—Linda Goodman (b. 1929)