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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Anonymous
February 10 2010, 14:40:22 UTC 11 years ago
Godspeed, my young viking
February 10 2010, 14:49:55 UTC 11 years ago
Re: Godspeed, my young viking
February 10 2010, 14:50:29 UTC 11 years ago
Anonymous
February 10 2010, 15:04:53 UTC 11 years ago
I was expecting a grand finale, but this way totally makes sense,
Click opera was a really a nutritious mind-juice, that sometimes turned a 5-10 minute reading into a 1.5-2 hours prospecting event, trawling the web until my head was numb.
What will I'll talk about in dinner parties now?
It was great. Thank you Momus, and best of luck.
KICK OUT THE JAMS MOTHERFUCKER!!!
Anonymous
February 10 2010, 15:05:50 UTC 11 years ago
tanoshikatta desu.
Bye Bye
Anonymous
February 10 2010, 15:24:11 UTC 11 years ago
:(
But Good Luck in your future projects and thank-you for your blog!!
:)
xob.
Adeus e boa sorte
Anonymous
February 10 2010, 15:27:47 UTC 11 years ago
Foi bom enquanto durou.
João
Re: Adeus e boa sorte
Anonymous
February 10 2010, 15:35:49 UTC 11 years ago
Mesmo que não sejas, LOL.
Boa sorte Momus (Good luck Momus)
Anonymous
February 10 2010, 15:31:33 UTC 11 years ago
tanoshi katta desu.
Finnegan's Wake
Anonymous
February 10 2010, 15:39:08 UTC 11 years ago
I've been happily lurking ever since...
Anyway, I just wanted to add my voice to the chorus and thank you for all your thought provoking posts, which have been creative, provocative and inspiring.
ありがとうございます and Penblwydd Hapus!
February 10 2010, 16:05:46 UTC 11 years ago
Where will I go now to get my music film art recommendations?
hmm.
Thanks for the lovely
Anonymous
February 10 2010, 16:23:51 UTC 11 years ago
Take care and enjoy your new free time... Robyn
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Anonymous
February 10 2010, 17:01:40 UTC 11 years ago
A much better way to search via Google, which will search only Click Opera, is to enter followed by search terms.
Happy birthday! And I'm really sorry to see you go!
Anonymous
February 10 2010, 17:32:58 UTC 11 years ago
der.
February 10 2010, 17:50:03 UTC 11 years ago
Anonymous
February 10 2010, 17:33:12 UTC 11 years ago
My introduction to the Momus world was made by your partnership with Kahimi Karie, and the first record I bought was "Circus Maximus", amazingly it was bought in a huge supermarket here in Brasil. It was really a new world for me, how could someone turn the Bible in something that deserves reading? was what I thought back then. It was my initiation to Mike Alway's world too, the great El Records, and what a pleasure to find an old David Hamilton's Book liying in a dusty used books store. Then was Jacques Brel, Gainsbourg (indirectly), Juana Molina, O.Lamm, Pirandello just to name a few...
Sure Imomus is not my only resource on music and Arts, but it opened many doors to me, I'll really miss it.
Anyway good luck with your new projects. See you.
Anonymous
February 10 2010, 17:35:27 UTC 11 years ago
The End
Anonymous
February 10 2010, 17:38:12 UTC 11 years ago
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