2. Who's behind Click Opera? The best introduction to who I am is this article in The Guardian Review. I'm a Scot, a musician, a writer, and -- according to this page, gulp! -- the 4697th most significant contemporary visual artist working today. My Wikipedia page is here. You can download six of my early albums free here. Books I've written are here and here. I want to write more books, so if you're a publisher email me! That goes for people wanting to reproduce bits of this blog in print, too.
3. Where can we find out what you're up to, post-blog? From my "personal digital assistant" Maria Wolonski, who announces my engagements in the charming, ringing tones of a talking clock. From the Momus concerts page on LastFM. From my Flickr page and my two YouTube accounts, momasu and bookofjokes. I may even revive my old website (1995-2003), imomus.com.
4. What do you plan to do now? I want to write books and articles. Maybe teach at an art school. Deliver lectures in many lands. Make some more records. Play concerts. Walk around the world. Learn to speak Japanese and live in Japan. Write my own regular newspaper column of cultural commentary (I've written for people like Wired, The New York Times, Frieze, Spike, The Wire, 032c). Hold some more art shows. If you can help me realise these dreams, email me, please!
5. If I want to stage a Momus concert, what do I need to do? Tell your friendly local promoter (or it could be an art gallerist, store owner, festival director) that all I require is travel expenses (from Berlin), accommodation, plus a fee of around €1000 for a regular Momus show (festivals tend to pay more). If that works for the promoters, get them to drop me a line and we'll take it from there. I also do art performances -- live storytelling and unreliable tours.
6. Will you keep the Click Opera archive up indefinitely? Yes, I will. If you feel like helping with the modest LiveJournal and PhotoBucket hosting costs -- or compensating me directly for some illegal mp3s of my songs you've downloaded -- you can make a donation via PayPal here.
7. What's the best way to search the Click Opera archive? Simply type the word imomus plus your search term into a search engine, then follow the links headed "Click Opera".
8. Will you keep reading and responding to comments left under this entry? Yes, I will. Leave your email address if you want a personal response.
9. Why did you stop updating Click Opera? Not because anything went wrong or it got unpleasant. Quite the reverse, in fact. Click Opera was just too damned good: too compelling, too time-consuming, too satisfying. It took over my life. It became my job, the main topic of my conversation, the hub of my self-mediated fame: "Aren't you that guy from the internet?" (Read the piece called Clickswansong if you want to know more about why this blog came to a "happy ending". Or listen to this radio interview with KCSB's Colin Marshall.)
10. Can I step through the door now? Please do! There's a lot to read! You can browse backwards from here, or start at the beginning (Thursday January 15th 2004) and work forwards. The calendar is your friend, or you may prefer to read through the titles displayed in the month view.
Thanks to everyone who's contributed to Click Opera, this big vineyard! You've given me years of pleasure! Happiness, as T.E. Lawrence said, "is a by-product of absorption", and blogging -- the best hobby I ever had -- has been absorbing indeed.
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Hippo birdie two ewes
February 10 2010, 11:59:49 UTC 9 years ago
You still look pretty damn cool. If you were gay I could put it down to the Peter Pan effect but as you are just an anarchic libertine I can't.
Happy birthday Nick and have a rich and happy life full of high quality being rather than the cheap capitalist having that passes for being in our aspirational salmagundy.
You have been a real inspiration. Your music as much as your writting. I shall miss your missives as much as I would miss a friend. Keep on kicking Mr Momus!
Hail and farewell ! The brides of Enderby are calling. Respect.
From Covent Garden to Tasmania... thank you
Anonymous
February 10 2010, 12:29:09 UTC 9 years ago
February 10 2010, 12:30:24 UTC 9 years ago
Well, I am admittedly sad to see the end of Click Opera; in the years of following the blog, I have become fond of it, of you and of several individuals in the virtual community that sprung up around it.
My thanks and appreciation for the articles, the exchanges and the generosity of spirit, creativity and intellectual energy that you brought to this remarkable project.
I will look forward to reading more articles by you elsewhere and wish you the very best with your future endeavours.
Best Wishes - Thomas.
Anonymous
February 10 2010, 12:33:38 UTC 9 years ago
All my love Momus xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Anonymous
February 10 2010, 12:38:48 UTC 9 years ago
Good luck with everything you do from here on, and come play a gig in Stockholm some day!
/axel
February 10 2010, 12:50:54 UTC 9 years ago
Anonymous
February 10 2010, 12:53:14 UTC 9 years ago
Hmmm.
Now it is ending, or has ended....
You are an artist. I wish you many more metamorphoses, and many lifetimes before you die.
(I wish that for me, too.)
Anonymous
February 10 2010, 12:54:54 UTC 9 years ago
Future Nostalgia
February 10 2010, 13:21:06 UTC 9 years ago
I’ve only known the world of Momus for about a year… a bit of a n00b compared to some decade+ long listeners, contributors, friends etc; but in that year, I’ve learned much about culture, art, music, and more… what is possible.
I think you’re brilliant… expect more genius in the future; and would like to thank you for not cutting me any slack for my “mental disability” when responding… and for introducing me to so many interesting commenting folks as well (I’ll miss many of you too).
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Anonymous
February 10 2010, 21:16:06 UTC 9 years ago
Anonymous
February 10 2010, 13:25:00 UTC 9 years ago
It's a shame that you're finishing Click Opera, but I intend to follow you in print, and perhaps in person if you come to the UK occasionally.
All the best.
Anonymous
February 10 2010, 13:32:31 UTC 9 years ago
take care
Carlito
http://bizcarlito.tumblr.com/
Anonymous
February 10 2010, 13:42:17 UTC 9 years ago
a masterpiece.
happy birthday.
-- the minimalist
Anonymous
February 10 2010, 13:50:49 UTC 9 years ago
marxy
February 10 2010, 13:54:21 UTC 9 years ago
;-)
...
Anonymous
February 10 2010, 13:57:38 UTC 9 years ago
haha.
good luck!
(がんばって and so on ... )
Bye
Anonymous
February 10 2010, 14:22:57 UTC 9 years ago
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