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Music

Classic Jarvis

This video for Jarvis Cocker’s – “Running the World” has been online 3 years and only 80,000 people have viewed it. What a disgrace! Jarvis says it all perfectly in the lyrics to this song and the words are provided karaoke style so you can sing along. Watch it, contribute to smashing the . . . → Read More: Classic Jarvis

Poetry

A poem by Matt Bialer

ANTICHRIST

I tell my son get his spiritual house in order
Practice greens, driving range overlooking the Pacific
Every first Saturday     Dad, no religious rants
I don’t love her anymore    Is there someone else?
I can’t answer that     Slicing a lot   Ball not
Where he wants to put it  Light in my eyes   Son,
Need to reconcile with her and the Lord     While there’s
Still time   Dad, I’m not the only sinner here   In the office:
Poetry

A poem by Jak Cardini

I Dont Think Anyone Has Ever Sat Here Before.

Put their shit down. Crossed their legs.
Tried to really sit here. It’s pretty stupid of me to do it now.

There is an uncomfortable stream of cement cutting my back yard in two.
I’ve decided to sit there. It’s 39 degrees outside.

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News

We’re back – new server

Hello Readers

On Retort Magazine’s 9th birthday 27.05.10 we were maliciously compromised by a hacker for reasons unknown.

Now we are back up and running on a new hyper-secure server and we are no longer a subdomain – bookmark the new URL http://www.retortmagazine.com/live

We are in the process of tinkering with the back end . . . → Read More: We’re back – new server