Month: June 2024
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Art by Anthony Acri
ABOUT THE ARTIST Anthony Acri is a cartoonist, illustrator and a social critic, in the terms of Croce or Vidal, who lives in the suburbia of Pittsburgh Pa, with his sister and brother and are all that is left of…
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Book Excerpt: ‘Wondering Stars’ by Mitchell Orange
Gorko subleaser and Entertainment Editor Mitchell Kennedy has been working on his own multi-generational epic, one that places himself at the center in the character of Cheyenne Argot Bluefeather Mitchell.
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‘A Photograph I Want To Paint’ and 2 more by William Taylor Jr.
It’s as good a church as any a temporary haven from the meaner things
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‘Street Work (Forced to Move My Car)’ and 2 more by Hayden Finkelshtain
and take the lawn chair out of the trunk winnie the pooh style no pants just shirt
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Wandering Confusion: A book review by Hugh Blanton
Wandering Stars is the latest novel from Tommy Orange and it’s a hot mess.
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GORKO CHEF RAMBO BOLILLO’S FLING IT AGAINST THE WALL TO SEE IF IT IS COOKED SERIES: CHEESY EGG AND POTATO BREAKFAST CASSEROLE
As many fans of Gorko chef Rambo Bolillo’s world-famous cooking show know, as well as being a huge fan of lunches and dinners, he rarely lets a day go by without indulging in a truly complete breakfast.
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‘New Study Finds that Everyone at That Party Really Did Hate You’ by V N Garmon
The team’s findings point to six major shortcomings that really held you back in the eyes of all those strangers.
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Gee, That Was Weird! The Gorko Interviews Robert Fromberg, author of ‘Gee, That Was Fun: 7 Days of Mayhem, 1983’
I wondered what other odd, accidental, or purposeful damage might have been happening elsewhere during that week of October 1983.
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‘Palm Sunday’ and 2 more by Bruce Gee
His old man was a GI / War II / Brought home a pretty English bride / Not a happy marriage on Moore Street.
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WE TESTED 2 POPULAR CHEF’S KNIVES AND WERE RUSHED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM
The doctors say the hand will recover, but in the meantime we are going to be eating out.
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‘Hot Rod’ and one more by Strider Marcus Jones
fast and furious archangel in paint and chrome brings me home
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WE GAVE DON MARKENBALDI THE COLD SHOULDER AT THIS YEAR’S NEIGHBORHOOD BARBECUE BUT SOMEONE HAD A MICROWAVE SET UP IN THE PARK AND HE JUST REHEATED IT
Dr. Don Markenbaldi, one-time Contemporary American Literature prof, three-time PET/Payfung Prize winner spends most of his time while esconced behind his large walnut desk in his study completely commando back there.
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8 short pieces by Mykyta Ryzhykh
I will look at my dead phone and believe that Оne day Jack Bass will respond to my message in messenger
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The Theme of the Week is Tessellation Nation
This hurly-burly can best be described by this week’s Theme: we have in effect become a Tessellation Nation.
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‘new york city poem #2’ and 3 more by John Grochalski
frank says, i just turned seventy, man can you believe that horseshit?
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YOU ARE GONE FOR 3 SHORT DAYS AND THEY GET A CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL
Revenge will be had upon this Cavalier King Charles, but all in good time.
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WHEN IN ROME, BE SURE TO TRY THE MARITOZZI
We all know the first part of the old adage When in Rome, but how does the rest of the thing go?
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LITERARY CRITIC AND CRACK FIEND DON MARKENBALDI STOOPS TO NEW LOW IN LOCAL 7-ELEVEN
Rambsey Prize in Modernist Poetry winner and local asshole Don Markenbaldi was busted by Gorko reporters earlier today shoplifting peppermint flavored mouthwash from the Third Avenue 7-Eleven. ‘We caught him in the act,’ confirmed beat reporter Pummel Dawn. ‘The son…
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THIS LOCAL FARMER COUNTED HIS CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCHED AND NOW HE IS DEAD
Farmer Reese thought he could go against generations of wisdom and count his chickens before they hatched. Now look at him, dead at 45.
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‘Ode to Eno Peeing in Duchamp’s Urinal’ by Mark Blickley
As I unzip, I wonder, do flies have a soul? Is there a fly heaven where they can go?
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MITCH’S MOVIE MASH: Not Your Grandparents’ Star Wars
we did not in fact see more than 55 minutes of this ugly atrocity, though that was surely enough: this was not your grandparents’ Star Wars.
