Marienbad My Love

: marienbadmylove; November 29th, 2011

You’re not
an artist or
a writer

You’re just
a sad
deluded fool
that wishes
he had
a wife

(Hell wishes he
had a life
more like) so
he could blow
her head off and
maybe becoming famous.

NOTES: Taken from i-rant-often.livejournal.com, the words of someone identified as “a_n_algesic” are set in poetic verse. Through the simple act of appropriation, Leach illuminates the larger questions of what defines an artist or writer.

[name withheld] replied (aka "Lighten up Francis")

: marienbadmylove; May 6th, 2011

From: [name withheld] - LJ Comment (lj_notify@livejournal.com)
Sent: Wed 12/02/09 2:36 AM
To: info@marienbadmylove.com

[name withheld] ([name withheld]) replied to your LiveJournal post in which you said:

Want to publish a novel but don’t have time to write? I have a deal for you.
I have lifted copyright protections on “Marienbad My Love,” the world’s longest novel, to encourage wide-scale copying, distribution, transmission and remixing of the 17-million-word work.
William Burroughs said that words don’t have brands on them the way cattle do. Today I am opening the gates of my literary corral and turning "Marienbad My Love" loose on the public. Lasso as many words as you want. In fact, steal the whole herd.
I am making “Marienbad My Love” available through a Creative Commons license, which allows authors to offer their copyrighted work to the public for free and legal sharing, use, repurposing and remixing.
The remixing opportunity is what really excites me. I find it astonishing that 2009 is the 50th anniversary of the publication of Burroughs’ “Naked Lunch,” a novel that remixed snippets of other writers’ texts into a new and unique work. While the book regularly shows up on lists of the best novels of the 20th century, relatively few writers have followed Burroughs’ remixing lead. The conceptual poet Kenneth Goldsmith recently asked “why hasn’t straight appropriation become a valid, sustained or even tested literary practice?” I couldn’t agree more. By inviting the public to legally “plagiarize” my work, I hope to awaken a new generation of writers to the vast possibilities of literary appropriation as a valid creative endeavor. Steal my words and make them your own.

Their reply was:
Subject: Who the F--- would want it?!
Seriously?

S--- is s---. Making it fertilizer doesn't mean it's not s--- anymore.

You know, there are a lot of people who think you may be [name withheld]. I'm not so sure. I want to like that kid, but you make it impossible -- by refusing to comment on my LJ (despite stealing it), so that I can see that you really are in the south, where you claim.

So . . . prove us all wrong. Comment on my LJ, leave an IP trace to show that you aren't in the same location as the kid.

If you don't, at this point? Well, a lot of people are going to assume you're him.

Prove us wrong.

Writing Thru A Writing Through Of A Review of John Cage Writing Through Finnegans Wake

: marienbadmylove; April 21st, 2011

John

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Writing Through A Review of John Cage Writing Through Finnegans Wake

: marienbadmylove; April 21st, 2011

This is a particular type of abRidgement Of the original WRiting for the FinnegAns Wake. This is a creation in its Own Right and Is recorded.

HeRe On its own, the work by CAge is called Roaratorio. KlAuse Schöning helped To assign music tO it, a sort of Radio transmission. Cage decIded to superimpOse himself.

The specially Recorded sOunds in FinnegAns Wake come from a living gRoup of folk musiciAns. These unique fOlk aRtists were surprIsed tO find James Joyce in the composition.

They weRe expected tO perform with CunninghAm's dancers regArdless of whaTever else happened tO be going on. This was the expeRience of a lIfetime of traditiOnal art.

The songs aRe listed in a CD bOoklet. It hAs the total words of the Rewrite, a work that is so JoyceAn and so Cagean. The text Of the Recorded Interview With SchOning is also here.

Note: Taken from a review of John Cage’s Roaratorio published in Gramophone in October 1994, Leach wrote through the text by employing a modified version of the mesostic technique pioneered by Cage. Leach left in place some of the capitalized words that repeatedly spell out “ROARATORIO,” but chose not to arrange them in the typical vertical alignment of the form.

“Nobody's Coming Back to Uranus”

: marienbadmylove; March 16th, 2011

Space Traffic: A sci-fi reboot of Kenneth Goldsmith’s appropriation of New York City traffic reports

Interviewer: "When did you start with the "Death" series?"

Andy Warhol: ... I realized that everything I was doing must have been
Death. It was Christmas or Labor Day, a holiday, and every time you turned
on the radio they said something like, "Four million are going to die." That
started it. But when you see a gruesome picture over and over again, it
doesn't really have any effect.

Stardate 2412:01 Well, in conjunction with the big holiday weekend, we start out with the Kupier Belt horror show right now. Big delays in the Schwarzschild Wormhole either way with quantum fluctuation, only one lane will be getting by. You're talking about, at least, twenty to thirty minutes worth of space traffic either way, possibly even more than that.
Meanwhile the Morris-Thorne Wormhole, not great back to Uranus but still your best option.
And the KG Space Bridge your worst possible option. Thirty- to forty-minute delays, and
that's just going into geostationary orbit. Lower orbit closed, upper orbit all you get. Then back to Uranus every approach is fouled-up: West Side Intergalactic from the 150's,
the Local Interstellar Cloud, the Zeta Reticuli approaches and the Upsilon Andromedae are all a disaster, the Upsilon Andromedae could take you an hour, no direct access to the
KG Space Bridge with quantum fluctuation. And right now across the Cat’s Eye Nebula Trans-Neptunian Space Bridge, you've gotta steer clear of that one. Trans-Time Portal, Hale-Bopp Space Bridge, they remain in better shape. Still very slow on the eastbound Coronal Loop here at the area of the, uh, Proxima Centauri there's a, uh, stalled orbiter there blocking a lane and space traffic very slow.

Stardate 2412:11 Oh, one of the nastiest nights we've had in a while across the Kupier Belt.
Schwarzschild Wormhole can be up to a half an hour in either direction, it's repairs and
only one lane available. Morris-Thorne Wormhole, which was a good way out is a bad way
out now. Now we've got troubles back to Uranus it looks like, uh, now, mmm,
watching here on the Kabuki Blue Martian Telescope, it's double trouble. The north tube all
space traffic's grinding to a halt going back to Uranus, that'll impact the 41st and 40th
Orbit approaches. The center tube, that's another problem: you got a stuck rocket bus
in the tube. We just got a call from Dennis who, um, a member of our space traffic
team, who said that there was only one lane open, the right lane in that tube back to Uranus, with a, uh, rocket bus stopped there, Space Port Authority police crews are on scene. Right now space traffic stacking up, Morris-Thorne Wormhole Uranus-bound, KG Space Bridge can easily take you thirty to forty minutes to go either way, even worse off the Upsilon Andromedae with no direct access to the KG Space Bridge because of repairs
going on and the Trans-Neptunian Space Bridge, still an absolute must to avoid. You've got
quantum fluctuation there and delays on both decks either way.

Stardate 2412:21 Well, we could spend an hour talking about the Kupier Belt right now because that could be the delay going back to Uranus on the Van Allen Belt approach to the KG Space Bridge. It's all because of repairs. Zeta Reticuli approaches are an absolute sickening ride at this point and, uh, going into Venus the, uh, KG Space Bridge with a thirty- to forty-minute delay. They're doing repairs in each direction tonight on the lower orbit. Meanwhile, the Morris-Thorne Wormhole, nobody's coming back to Uranus. Remember Dennis phoned in, our space traffic team member, the last report said there was a stalled rocket bus inside the Morris-Thorne Wormhole? Well, now they're holding all space traffic back on the way back to Uranus so right now you're at a dead stop. And, uh, and looks like here on the K. Blue Martian Telescope nobody getting through as yet. As you, uh, make your way at the, uh, Schwarzschild Wormhole, thirty minute delays either way, that because of repairs. Milky Way Space Bridge, that's where Bobby phoned in, at least a half an hour delay to Tycho with quantum fluctuation, stick with the Eye of Argon or the 59th Orbit . Avoid the Trans-Neptunian Space Bridge either way, use the Trans-Time Portal to avoid repairs there.

Stardate 2412:31 Unbelievable what's happening out there tonight: midnight gridlock. Where do we begin? There is a stalled rocket bus inside the Morris-Thorne Wormhole that is refusing to move, blocking all access to Uranus. That means we're jammed-up deep on the ...

ROGER, TWO-TWO HORSEPOWER

: marienbadmylove; March 12th, 2011

Green. Coming out. Horsepower, Shaddick. Advise, we’ve had shots fired. Shots fired. There are some injuries, uh, lay one on. Parr, Shaddick. Stagecoach, Shaddick. Rawhide is okay, Follow-up. Rawhide is okay. Halfback, roger You wanna go to the hospital or back to the White House? We’re going right… we’re going to Crown. Okay Back to the White House. Back to the White House. Rawhide is okay. Halfback, Crown Halfback, Halfback, Crown Crown, Halfback. Halfback, Crown. We have Muratti requesting a status report on Rawhide. Tell him to stay off the air for now. Rawhide’s alright. Thank you so much. Gordon, Unrue. Gordon, Gordon, Unrue. Go ahead. Gordon. Gordon, Unrue. Go ahead, Drew. Roger. We want to go to the emergency room of George Washington. That’s a roger. Go to George Washington fast. Roger. Sergeant Bell, Gordon. Parr, Shaddick. Parr, Shaddick. Shaddick, Parr. George Washington. Roger. Get an ambulance, I mean get the, um, stretcher out there. Horsepower, Shaddick. You copy, GW? Correct. We’ve made the call. Horsepower, Horsepower, . Let’s hustle. This is Horsepower. Go ahead. …Connecticut Avenue en route Central Cell Block Ah, this is Horsepower. You’re terribly broken. I just caught the tail end. Say again? Horsepower this is Agent, Horsepower. Go ahead. Roger. I have suspect in custody. I’m in an MPD vehicle, heading for, taking him to Central Cell Block. Can I get support please? Okay, let’s send some agents up there to help. Horsepower, Shaddick. Shaddick from… , Halfback. Horsepower, we’re on… en route to the location. Horsepower, Halfback. We have an arrival at GW. Confirm, roger. Would you, uh, contact WFO or some other divisions and get additional people sent to this location. Roger that. Horsepower, .…suspect in custody at Central Cell… . …repeat it. Be advised I have suspect in custody in an MPD vehicle arriving at Central Cell Block. Taking him to central booking and , copy? Repeat it one last time, over. Green, Hilton security room. Go ahead. Hilton security room from Green. Go ahead This is the security room. When you have a chance, give us a call down here. Roger. Go ahead. Go ahead, Brown. Go ahead, Brown. Horsepower, Fencing Master limo. Wanko, Varey. Wanko, Varey. Go ahead, Varey Where you at, ahh, Bob? Over by the door in the front. Alright , you want me to meet you at the parkway there, where you come out in the street. Negative, meet me at the first door here, uh, Go ahead. What’s your location? Standing at the, ahh, entranceway into the, uh . Sullivan, Campbell. Come on out. , Campbell, please . Coming. Horsepower from Opfer. Station calling Horsepower. Roger. We’re gonna leave with Rainbow and go to that location. Station calling Horsepower, repeat please. Horsepower this is Opfer. We’re going to go to that location with Rainbow. Roger, George Crown and Horsepower, Rainbow trail. Depart Crown en route local stop. Horsepower copy, Rainbow trail. Horsepower from Opfer. Opfer, . Roger, if you have any contact at this next location tell them we’re coming in the 22nd Street entrance. Roger, 22nd Street. Break. Halfback, Halfback, Horsepower. Horsepower, Halfback. Roger, be advised Rainbow is coming to your location at the 22nd Street entrance. Can you make sure she gets in? Roger. Burns you copy? Crown and Horsepower from Rainbow trail, Rainbow arrive local stop. Roger. Green Break Halfback, Horsepower. Horsepower, Halfback. Roger, could you get a hold of Shaddick or Parr and have them two-two Horsepower? Roger. Break. Shaddick or Parr you copy two-two Horsepower? Roger, Two-two Horsepower.

Author’s note: "Roger, Two-two Horsepower" is based on a transcript of the command post radio traffic on March 30, 1981, immediately before and after the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. The transcript was prepared by the U.S. Secret Service and is being released in conjunction with the audio of the incident, which is available on http://www.secretservice.gov.

Tags: ronald reagan, secret service

Can science fiction be literature?

: marienbadmylove; February 4th, 2011

YES. Next question: Can Science Fiction be advertising?

YES, if it is “Marienbad My Love With Mango Extracts,” the first-ever paperback version of the world’s longest novel -- now slimmed down and reformulated with beauty-product ad copy!

Like its 17-million-word source novel, “Marienbad My Love With Mango Extracts” is the story of a Christ-haunted journalist-turned-filmmaker who attempts to persuade a married woman from his past to help him produce a remake of the the 1960s French New Wave classic, "Last Year at Marienbad." But instead of confining himself to using elements of B-movie science fiction (as in the original novel), the protagonist of “Marienbad My Love With Mango Extracts” also infuses his cinematic remake with skin care themes appropriated from beauty-product advertising copy.

Leach said he was inspired to reformulate the storyline with this seemingly-unrelated content after reading a magazine story about the glut of beauty-product ads pitching a food angle [see http://bitchmagazine.org/article/beauty-and-the-feast ].

“My favorites are the skin care products with such flavorful ingredients as hydrating milk lotion, nourishing body butter, citrus-infused shaving gel and, of course, mango extracts,” Leach said. “I am fascinated by the pseudo-scientific suggestion that these delicious-sounding products can actually reanimate dead skin cells. It’s science-fiction advertising, which makes it a perfect fit for a science-fiction novel.”

The 285,000-word paperback is available through Amazon.com at http://amzn.to/fIaMec and other retailers. “Marienbad My Love With Mango Extracts” and the 17-million-word "Marienbad My Love" are available as free ebook downloads at marienbadmylove.com.

Like Into Song

: marienbadmylove; January 17th, 2011

(aka "The Psychic Chasms of Tao Lin")
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World’s Longest Novel Gets A Lot Shorter

: marienbadmylove; January 16th, 2011

Author Issues Condensed Edition of Marienbad My Love

First-ever paperback version of world's longest novel cuts word count by 98 percent; reformulated

storyline features beauty-product ad copy; "It’s science-fiction advertising"

Coppell, TX – Three years after publishing the world’s longest novel as a sprawling ebook, Texas writer

Mark Leach has released a slimmed-down version in paperback form.

Titled “Marienbad My Love With Mango Extracts,” the 680-page, 285,000-word novel is a condensed

edition of “Marienbad My Love,” the 17-million-word ebook published in 2008. Leach decided to create an abridged edition as a way to bring an affordable print version to market.

“People would read news stories about ‘Marienbad My Love’ [ see http://

io9.com/5023076/thrill+crazed-space-bugs-swarm-through-worlds-longest-novel ] and then e-mail me to

ask if they could buy a printed copy,” Leach recalled. “And I'd say 'are you crazy? It's 17 million words. It’s thousands of pages. It'll take up half your bookcase and cost you $500 in copying fees and shipping!' So I decided to edit it down to a length that would fit in a single paperback. I sliced away 98 percent of the original text, freshened up the story a bit with some new content and put the resulting work up for sale."

Like its 17-million-word source novel, “Marienbad My Love With Mango Extracts” is the story of a

Christ-haunted journalist-turned-filmmaker who attempts to persuade a married woman from his past to

help him produce a remake of the the 1960s French New Wave classic, "Last Year at Marienbad." But

instead of confining himself to using elements of B-movie science fiction (as in the original novel), the

protagonist of “Marienbad My Love With Mango Extracts” also infuses his cinematic remake with skin

care themes appropriated from beauty-product advertising copy. Leach said he was inspired to reformulate the storyline with this seemingly-unrelated content after reading a magazine story about the glut of beauty-product ads pitching a food angle [see http://bitchmagazine.org/article/beauty-and-the-feast ].

“My favorites are the skin care products with such flavorful ingredients as hydrating milk lotion,

nourishing body butter, citrus-infused shaving gel and, of course, mango extracts,” Leach said. “I am

fascinated by the pseudo-scientific suggestion that these delicious-sounding products can actually reanimate dead skin cells. It’s science-fiction advertising, which makes it a perfect fit for a science-fiction novel.”

As he did with “Marienbad My Love,” Leach is making “Marienbad My Love With Mango Extracts”

available through a Creative Commons license, which allows authors to offer their copyrighted work to the public for free and legal sharing, use, repurposing and remixing.

“The remixing opportunity is what really excites me,” he said. “I want to encourage young writers to

explore the vast possibilities of literary appropriation as a valid creative endeavor. Steal my words and

make them your own.”

###

About "Marienbad My Love With Mango Extracts"

"Marienbad My Love With Mango Extracts" by Mark Leach is a condensed edition of “Marienbad My

Love,” the world’s longest novel. The 285,000-word book is available through Amazon.com at http://

www.amazon.com/Marienbad-Love-Mango-Extracts-Reformulated/dp/1456504797/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&

s=books&qid=1294674097&sr=8-1 and other retailers. The 17-million-word "Marienbad My Love" is

available as a free ebook download at marienbadmylove.com.

Blackout Fell, And I Caught It All On Film

: marienbadmylove; November 18th, 2010

Blackout fell...he filmed her
on the tiled floor
as the dark star exploded
inside her core,
obliterating the last remnants
of human DNA...taking me
in her purple
and swollen micropyle...

Walls of blue glass...
brown intestine jungles...
flesh-eating vines
gently nudged her head
into the right direction...
and frantic parasites
wriggled in my hands
and I began to thrust up
into her firm, pianist fingers...

The camera lens captured
the pale panels of shadows...
I caught it all on film,
editing the various takes
into a new future.

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