page_title: Mark Mallman
section_title: Marathon song cycles
hierarchical_section_title: Mark Mallman / Marathon song cycles
caption_attribution_description: English: Mark Mallman performing at The Caves at Carleton College (Northfield, Minnesota) in May 2004.
context_page_description: Mark Mallman is a Minnesota musician and composer for film. Since 1998, he has released 8 full-length studio albums, The End Is Not the End being his most recent.
context_section_description: In 1999 Mallman performed a 26-hour long song titled "Marathon 1".  Later, in 2004, Mallman's "Marathon Two" session took place back at the Turf Club in St. Paul, Minnesota. 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 October 7–10, 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." From September 15 to Sept 22, 2012 he endured "Marathon IV: Road Rogue", an 8-day, 150-hour plus nonstop performance from New York to Los Angeles in the back of a van. Marathon IV: Road Rogue was the first ever intercontinental mobile musical webcast in the history of the Internet. In addition to the pioneering webcast, Mallman also employed a hacked midi brain controller which enabled him to perform music with his brainwaves while he was sleeping.
caption: Mallman performing at The Cave at Carleton College in 2004.
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