Twin Cities musician Mark Mallman has begun his 78-hour-marathon performance

dude has done this twice before, for, i believe 24 hours straight and 48 hours straight..

now he's doing 78...i remember the first one, went a couple times was insane....basically he plays whole time, solo or cycling in teams of musicians....

it's live streaming now on his site:

http://markmallman.com/

sounding very eno right now

i went into the record store in dinkytown where he did the first (2nd?) one. i had no idea what was going on, i just went in on my lunch break to shop, and there was this guy in the window rolling around in a cardboard box with one foot on a keyboard. i figured it was some student thing and ignored it. later on ppl were like omg did you go see the 24 hour song?!? i didn't even know i had!

haha yeah it's honestly amazing just because his mind really starts to unravel at the 24 hour mark, i sort of wonder if he can do 78....like just health wise

saw this guy last year in denver -- only a 45 minute performance tho. met him afterwards, seemed like a pretty chill guy compared to his onstage persona.

yeah he's nice

right now they are progging out heavy

greg norton on bass!@!

this at the turf?

greg norton on bass!@!

For the entire 78 hours?

yep in the basement.....

my friends description one segment

"wow this sounds like Hawkwind

...

wait now it sounds like retarded Meatloaf"

greg norton on bass!@!

For the entire 78 hours?

― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Friday, October 8, 2010 6:29 PM (4 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

no just right as i was posting that norton was on, the musicians take "shifts" and he was on the clock...mallman is the only one that is there for the full 78 hours

That's usually what happens in these music marathons, but I was wondering if things were different here.

yeah mallman plays keyboards and sings so he can take a break from keyboards....i really can't see how it would even be physically possible to play a stringed instrument for that long, you're fingertips would hit bone!

This is really great. I fear for his health, too, but man, just checking in for an hour here and there online has been amazing. I've been too tired/busy to go see this, but I gotta see him cross the finish line! (With the inevitable punchline: "Encore!")

Mallman now talking to a girl while playing two notes on the keyboard.

dude's eating plenty. does he have a bucket on stage or get to hop off when necessary?

Ha, he takes bathroom breaks. Last time he did this, six years ago, he had a "gone pissin'" sign. The band keeps playing while he goes.

Checking in again online: Awesome again. Kind of wish this was the talk of something, anything, because it really should be.

i've been watching this for like 8 hours. this is what tv should be like.

great flute playing going on right now

I read a book in middle school called Lizard Music, about a kid who stays up late after the national anthem and test pattern play on TV (this is the '80s), and all of a sudden finds himself watching a bunch of lizards playing music on TV. That's what this reminds me of...

the home stretch

Went to see him early this afternoon and it was intense--I danced the whole time. Watching now and it's at about the same pitch. His parents were there at a reserved table up front. I'm amazed he's still relatively coherent.

that was gr8

i joined in as he was doing call and response with a p tight band, specifically a monster rock guitar riff. "chuck ain't u got more notes than thaaaaat?????" guitar: denenenenenenaah! x18 or so.

towards the end he was lying on his piano screaming, for some time, "i see nana! i see nana! nana!"

then he rallied somewhat, stood on a chair and said "i went to heaven and met my nana [swings arms in time to band] and we walked thru heaven like this. and she said 'why would you do this to yourself? why would anyone do this to themselves?' and i said 'nana u don't understand! it's all but a dream!' and i came back that night! i came back for you!" & it was clear then that he was gonna make it.

stream isn't working :(

it's over!

honestly dude is amazing.