Over the past two years, Sandra Benucchio of North Peoria has visited every country in the world except Slovakia (or was it Slovenia), she told Gorko reporters as they worked a weekend shift at the […]
Month: June 2021
‘Thunder King Sprinkler at Dawn’ by Jeebs Finzach (Summer 1932)
Thunder King sprinkler at dawnOne foot tippledT’other sawnlogs. Antonio shifted in the outbuildingSkillet spit, phono-graph’s pho-nemePlowed. Rare wind from the southToday. Thunder King on the horizon. Jeebs Finzach (summer 1932) Notes by Tark Mackintosh ‘Thunder […]
REVOLUTIONARY FITNESS PROGRAM PITS HEALTH ENTHUSIASTS IN DEATH RACE AGAINST CYBORG MANHUNTERS
The Running With Arnold Workout Program, designed by legendary fitness guru Arnold Shwartsinager, promises to keep you on your toes night and day.
NINE CREAMSICLES THAT WILL LEAVE YOU WANTING THE REAL THING
Cover photo by @pablomerchanm Other pics in order by:Nature Zen@sheri_silverAron VisualsAlison Marras@bartosheviczDaniel Öberg@sheri_silver@dani_r_photosMartin Widenka
BOOK EXCERPT: ‘FRIED GREEN RUTABAGAS’ BY MITCHELL O’HARA
But Margaret would not be consoled, and fell into a heap on the fancy carpeting.
TODD AND ASHLEY NEILSON WELCOME SECOND BABY!!!!!!
Todd and Ashley Neilson, two little-known non-celebrities from West Peoria, announced the birth of their second child over Memorial Day weekend. Todd works in waste management and Ashley is a stay-at-home mother. Now these two […]
YOU KNOW THAT SCENE IN ‘ARACHNOPHOBIA’ I AM TALKING ABOUT
You mean the one where the spider drops on the chick’s face in the shower?
Classic Gorko: ‘Frank Robinson, Resident Bag Lady’
Classic Gorko excerpts quoted from memory by a diehard fan of the old zine… I’m pretty sure I still have my copy of the last one you issued The one that contains the LARRY ANDERSON […]
‘IN AMERICA EVERY LITTLE GIRL GETS A PONY’ SAYS AMERICAN TOURIST IN ACAPULCO
Jen Smith of Harrison County and Smith Horse Farm in southern Indiana was overheard enlightening Mexican locals about life in the United States of America earlier today. ‘Every little girl gets a pony,’ she told […]
This Week’s Theme is Antibacterial Gel
As more and more poets are vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, many will begin to experience a strange nostalgia for the year that was 2020-21, with its masks, chlorine doormats, oxygen tanks, and of course Antibacterial Gel.
OH, I JUST DIED IN YOUR ARMS TONIGHT
Who would have thought a boy like me could come to this.