What you need to Know to Fully
Enjoy Mingus and the Nunt
This introduction is written for neophytes who may
have been tempted to read the Daily Mingus first,
and who might have been confused by whatever offerings
it brings on any given day. Nunt.com is Canadian
writer Mingus Tourette's official site, and it boasts
fistfuls of material written by Mingus Tourette,
info on his first published book, his various artistic
projects, contests, associates and archived writings.
And such.
 Nunt:
the book
Nunt is Mingus Tourette's first book,
which came out in September 2004. It is described
by his publisher as "the shocking story of
a man who walks out on his wife and embarks on
a ferocious two year odyssey of womanizing and
alcohol-fuelled violence across a barbaric America".
“Nunt makes Fight Club
look like Three Little Bunnies... these
verses have something to mortally offend everyone
who reads them. I devoured them in one sitting
(before they devoured me), struck again and again
by their tireless and imaginative violence - passion,
really. Tourette wrenches tormented, nihilistic
and surreally brutal feelings out of the pornographic
and into the poetic. Like drinking yourself sober,
there’s virtue in the excess.” –
Daniel Richler
Nunt is available in some fine books stores, and
is also available for online purchase at ZygotePublishing.com.
Read some reviews here.
Or watch the trailer
here.
 The
Daily Mingus
The Daily Mingus is Mingus Tourette's regular
column / blog detailing his obsessions with writing,
drinking binges and his oft-catastrophic relationships
with women. It also ranges to his distaste of
American politics, his fascination with hippos,
evolution, religion, sex dolls and the eventual
rise of our robot masters. Anything goes, so don't
be surprised.
Mingus' Dream
(or how I learned to stop worrying and love the
all-consuming obsession)
Mingus has a dream. It is noble and disastrous,
but there's nothing he can do about it. He wants
to write, full-time, as a day job. He has written
more than a dozen long-form pieces before the
age of thirty, and can't shake the need to keep
writing. The less said about this obsession and
its personal costs, the better.
Zygote
Publishing
Zygote Publishing is a brand-new publishing company
which put out Tourette's first book. As I know
the people involved, and most of the project developed
over drinks and nachos, I am doing a good chunk
of the work where I can. Especially in the publicity
and media department. It is my personal philosophy
that writers should be heavily responsible for
promoting their own work. If they do not, they
stand a good chance of being lost in the cultural
milieu. I advise all writers to learn something
about marketing, branding, and the variety of
media available to them. Be fearless in pushing
literature into realms where only television,
music and film stars dare to tread. If the work
is important, support it.
Currently, Zygote Publishing is also acting as
the distributor. Booksellers and wholesalers,
are urged to contact
the Zygote people about ordering books now.
Regular industry discounts and professional invoices
apply.
 Obscenity
Mingus Tourette often writes in a way that may
be considered obscene by certain people. Obscenity,
however, lies in the eyes of the beholder, and
in Mingus' eye, it is far less obscene to us the
dreaded c-word cunt than it is to invade a sovereign
nation in the name of oil and the Christian God.
If you don't like the use of obscenities, please
fuck off now.
Community
A small community has grown up on the comment
boards. They are friends, online colleagues and
they are to be treated with respect. Certainly,
there is no censorship, but pinheads will be wittily
dispatched with invasive insights and bone-crushing
insults.
Contests
Tourette likes holding contests. They are usually
digital artwork contests based on Tourette's written
work. The latest contest was Tourette's Summer
Tournament of MegaEvil, which had a hell of a
prize. A HELL of a prize.
The Write The Nation Tour
In October of 2004, Mingus Tourette and a volatile
band of writers embarked on a three week cross-country
book tour unlike any in the history of Canadian
letters. It was called the Write
the Nation Tour. Mingus drove 12 000 km in
three weeks, hit fifteen different readings with
ten different poets - all in a pink ambulance.
It was an experience.
Mingus Tourette and the Need for Human
Contact
If you wish to contact Mr. Tourette, please email
him at tourette ATT nunt.com
. He is available for media contact at all
times, and is also available to the general public
for extended drinking, walking, bullshit and massage
sessions.
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