Chloe
Occupation: Actress
Ten Word Bio: Went to school. Met
Mingus. Fucked Mingus. Acts. Fucked up.
Relation to Mingus: The closest
thing Mingus Tourette has to a steady girlfriend
these days, this thing is on again, off again, take
off your fucking clothes, put on your fucking clothes
and get out of my fucking $200 a month basement.
Dr. Richard Castrati
Occupation: Professor of English
/ Novelist
Ten Word Bio: Wrote English PhD.
Taught in Toronto. Fired. Working occasionally.
Relation to Mingus: One of Mingus
childhood friends; these two actually hadn't talked
for several years after their paths diverged.Their
similar interests and Dick's desperation led them
to work together on a literature based television
show called 'LitSLAP'. They occasionally drink together
and yell at each other about existentialists.
K.
Occupation: Various
Ten Word Bio: Difficult to describe.
Relation to Mingus: Mingus' oldest
friend. Still standing when the shit goes down.
Marvin Gander
Occupation: Journalist
Ten Word Bio: Schooled in England.
Fell in love. Emigrated to Canada. Works.
Relation to Mingus: One of Mingus'
good friends - met at BF, suffered through BF and
left BF together. A bit older than the rest of the
crowd, Gander is a bit of a mentor for Mingus and
could be called an intellectual. He actually makes
a living as a non-fiction writer and encourages
Mingus in his writing. He has interviewed Mingus
about writing numerous times
(see Divinity).
Nat
Occupation: Ex-wife
Ten Word Bio: Got knocked up. Got
married. Got miscarried. Got divorced. Fucked.
Relation to Mingus: Ex-wife
Patterson
Occupation: Steel cutter.
Ten Word Bio: Rock and roll.
Relation to Mingus: One of Mingus'
oldest friends. Spent a lot of time being held up
by Mingus in various alleys around the Ville.
Sweaty Charles
Occupation: Malefactor, sinner,
miscreant.
Ten Word Bio: Spent the last
27 years in a drug enduced stupor.
Relation to Mingus: Mingus and
i go back to the days before the breastfish and
before he attained the level of celebrity we now
see him basking in. When i think of Mingus i think
of blood soaked towels, mason jars full of rum,
jonny cash records playing in reverse and running
through the streets in a gasmask and an american
flag diaper. GOD BLESS MINGUS!
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