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Slideshow: Japanese book jackets Posted by: bookofjokes
Video duration: 592 seconds Momus talks about some of his favourite Japanese book jacket design. Related: bunko, design, japan, momus, publishing |
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Boring Books Posted by: bookofjokes
Video duration: 345 seconds A selection of book titles and covers so boring they're interesting. Related: computer, economics, engineering, humanities, math, media, physical, science, social |
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Kumisolo & Momus: Adelaïde Posted by: bookofjokes
Video duration: 260 seconds A cover by Kumisolo and Momus of Arnold Turboust & Zabou's 1986 hit "Adelaïde". This is the Momus mix -- a different version by Kumisolo will feature on a Tsunami Addiction compilation later this year. Related: 1986, french, kumisolo, momus, pop, turboust, zabou |
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Book of Jokes 1 Posted by: bookofjokes
Video duration: 433 seconds Momus reads extracts from the first draft of the first chapter of his fiction, The Book of Jokes, to be published by Paris publishers La Volte in September 2008. Related: book, jokes, la, momus, of, reading, volte, writing |
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Book of Jokes 2 Posted by: bookofjokes
Video duration: 481 seconds Momus is writing a book about the world's most dysfunctional family, a family defined by some of the world's darkest jokes. It'll appear in late 2008, but in the meantime here are some readings of early drafts. Related: book, jokes, la, momus, of, reading, volte, writing |
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Gustav: Total Quality Woman Posted by: bookofjokes
Video duration: 213 seconds This is an unofficial video for the Gustav track "Total Quality Woman", made by Momus and containing his photographs of off-kilter images of women seen in Vienna shop windows. More information on Gustav: http://www.myspace.c om/gustavofficial Her new album Verlass die Stadt: http://www.diskob .com/chicksonspeed-r ecords/verlassdiesta dt/stream.html Related: gustav, quality, total, vienna, woman |
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Momus: What Will Death Be Like? Posted by: bookofjokes
Video duration: 412 seconds Momus performs the 1987 song "What Will Death Be Like?" at the Hebbel-am-Ufer Theatre in Berlin, March 10th 2008. Related: death, momus, pyramid |
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Momus & Tomoko Miyata Posted by: bookofjokes
Video duration: 428 seconds The Berlin rehearsal, on April 20th 2008, for the May 24th Vienna installation performance in which Momus will sing chemical formulae over Tomoko's water bowl music at the city's Technical University as part of the Into The City event: http://www.festwo chen.at/index.php?id =eventdetail&L=1&det ail=185 The drone is provided by a shruti box. Related: bowls, drone, miyata, momus, shruti, tomoko, water |
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Book of Jokes 3 Posted by: bookofjokes
Video duration: 502 seconds Momus is writing a book about the world's most dysfunctional family, a family defined by some of the world's darkest jokes. It'll appear in late 2008. Related: book, jokes, la, momus, of, reading, volte, writing |
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Momus: The Cheque's in the Post Posted by: bookofjokes
Video duration: 373 seconds Rehearsing "An Evening with Momus" (a Newcastle event in which he'll sing one song from each of his eighteen studio albums). This is the track he picked from 1992's The Ultraconformist album (Richmond / Cherry Red Records). Related: momus, rehearsals, ultraconformist |
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Momus & Germlin: Mr Proctor Posted by: bookofjokes
Video duration: 211 seconds A collaboration between Nick Currie from Momus and Joe Howe from Gay Against You and Germlin. Related: against, gay, germlin, howe, joe, momus, mr, proctor, you |
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Revisiting Aberdeen University Posted by: bookofjokes
Video duration: 582 seconds From 1978 to 1982 I was a student at Aberdeen University. This was my first trip back, thirty years later. Related: aberdeen, englit, gaudie, halls, hillhead, new, university, wave |
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Momus and Germlin: Ashes to Ashes Posted by: bookofjokes
Video duration: 231 seconds Momus and Germlin cover David Bowie's Ashes to Ashes for the limited edition box set of 7-inch singles called Recovery, released by Fractured Recordings on September 1st, 2008. http://www.fractu redrecordings.com/re covery/about/ The video is by Jordan Fish and Momus, with a wink and a tip of the hat to David Bowie and David Mallet. Related: bowie, david, fractured, germlin, momus, recordings |
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Yurie Ido, Atsuhiko Sudo, Kasuga Nakamatsu Posted by: bookofjokes
Video duration: 335 seconds An art performance with Yurie Ido (performer), Atsuhiko Sudo (visuals) and Kasuga Nakamatsu (music) at Galerie Weissenseer Freitag, Berlin, March 29th 2008. Nakamatsu plays the hichiriki and gongs. Related: art, berlin, ido, momus, performance, weissenseer, yurie |
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Momus: The Next Time Posted by: bookofjokes
Video duration: 177 seconds A cover of the song Cliff Richard sings in "Summer Holiday" while walking in Athens. Related: cliff, cover, last, momus, richard, time |
