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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February 11 2010, 12:44:58 UTC 10 years ago
Sayonara!
B.
February 11 2010, 15:05:29 UTC 10 years ago
Hope to catch up sometime in Berlin or Madrid - Let me know if you're ever in this neck of the woods.
regards
Ben - Eclectiktronik
February 11 2010, 15:21:54 UTC 10 years ago
thought this was appropriate !
adieu
Anonymous
February 11 2010, 15:41:22 UTC 10 years ago
to nick: best wishes on your 50th anniversary, and congratulations on the impressive body of work accomplished in those years. i’ll always follow your work in whatever form it takes (and i know i’ll be bumping into you somewhere again, because i always do).
eDwin
February 11 2010, 16:27:33 UTC 10 years ago
There were more than a few times when it sailed several thousand miles over my head - and several thousand miles to the east - leaving me in the dust, blinking and baffled. But never bored.
February 11 2010, 17:41:19 UTC 10 years ago
Happy birthday, and may it not be your last!
February 11 2010, 18:40:58 UTC 10 years ago
10 years ago
February 11 2010, 19:27:30 UTC 10 years ago
And, happy birthday!
First Post! Last Post!
Anonymous
February 11 2010, 19:56:03 UTC 10 years ago
Ryan
Anonymous
February 11 2010, 23:26:18 UTC 10 years ago
February 12 2010, 03:31:10 UTC 10 years ago
the clicks heard around the world
Anonymous
February 12 2010, 04:28:36 UTC 10 years ago
it's time to stop the charade of geo-politics and war and truly embody a global vision of humanity; drop all the label games and start looking at people as human beings. this earth is not here merely for our material exploitation of it; we are only another species that inhabits it;. the only way out of this global transition is forward, beyond this so-called modern culture, to a real reclamation of our rightful humanity. to an archaic revival for the future...
carpe diem.
February 12 2010, 07:50:30 UTC 10 years ago
This is truly sad day for followers of your blog. I doubt we see eye to eye on many things but damn if you didn't open my eyes and my mind to other possibilities. And for this I thank you. Carpe diem.
good bye
Anonymous
February 12 2010, 09:18:32 UTC 10 years ago
Thanks
Anonymous
February 12 2010, 16:43:36 UTC 10 years ago
Just wanted to say thankyou. I've been reading you daily for about 3 years and have found you consistently entertaining and informative. Even when writing about stuff I have no personal interest in, you were always fascinating - I can pay no higher compliment. Just make sure you make it easy for us to find out what you do next..
Matt M
Anonymous
February 12 2010, 20:51:20 UTC 10 years ago
Here ends a noble blog
May flights of anons troll it to its death
Thank You
Anonymous
February 13 2010, 02:17:19 UTC 10 years ago
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