Pod palazzo

[imomus]

I'm back in Venice now after a successful show in Turin (the sound was less bombastic than it was in Venice, and the cafe setting more intimate). Here's Paolo Rumi's photo of our first meeting, six years after I wrote a song about him for Stars Forever. And here's his blog entry about it.

I sang the Paolo Rumi song on Tuesday (with a little help from a lyrics crib sheet), as well as the song I wrote in (gulp!) 1982, "March In Turin". (I just realised it talks about "the marble by the embassy door", but Turin, not being a capital city, has no embassies! How silly I was at 22!)

The next day it was off to Milan (a city I find way too high-GINI for my liking) to see the Triennale gallery, and an excellent show about a designer I knew little about, Joe Colombo. On the train back to Venice (really the only place in Italy I feel entirely comfortable; it's so peaceful and serene and beautiful) I wrote something about Colombo for my next Wired column, imagining living in one of his molded plastic bio-pod capsules. But not in space, in a palazzo here in Venice, evidentemente!

Comments

[akss.livejournal.com]

I heard your podcast from there. It was interesting.
Is it possible to hear some more sounds from Venice.
And what a weather in Venice?

[mooshstache.livejournal.com]

i am a theme park
paolo rumi

[the-bee-box.livejournal.com]

"Paolo Rumi" has always been my favorite track off of Stars Forever. It is such a perfect song. How wonderful for things to come full circle.

[(Anonymous)]

hello, this is Paolo Rumi writing (one month later! I'm using the web to be as quick as a ship sailing from UK to Saint Helena 50 years ago...). you may be surprised but the song is quite a faithful portrait of me... being ironic and dismissively overpromising at the same time...

[the-bee-box.livejournal.com]

Wow!

Very nice to meet you. I'm glad the song is faithful. It really is a tremendously good song.

[cap-scaleman.livejournal.com]

Sounds awesome. What else happend during the preformance? What songs did you have on the set list?

[nicepimmelkarl.livejournal.com]

oi paolo. get glitsch-corbett off the old electric blue and teach him a bit of pesto-sensuality. apart from the low rent, berlin sucks.

[mykwud.livejournal.com]

Joe Columbo rocks!!! In addition to his excellent mystery-solving skills, I loved when he played himself in Wings of Desire.

Turino, citta capitlale!

[(Anonymous)]

You were not too far off w. Turin as a capital. It was the capital of Savoy before the kingdom was split between France and Italy in the 1870's.

BTW Nietzsche's favorite city was Turin, and it was the place he suffered his major breakdown back in 1889.

off-topic

[postmaudlin.livejournal.com]

hi!

on my lj today, i asked folks who i should know (at least in lj-land) and scottbateman said that YOU are someone i should know, and had the most interesting LJ of anyone he knew. may i add you to my f-list?

[butterflyrobert.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're having a great time in Italy! May Apollo continue to bless your trains!

[(Anonymous)]

you look old as lear in that photo.

how do you make money? i'll allow that everyone who leaves comments here seems to own 7 of your albums, but they seem to be pretty smug about it, which suggests they may be the only ones.

[cheapsurrealist.livejournal.com]

you look old as lear in that photo.
how do you make money?

Kids these days. No respect.
Why if you weren't anonoymous I'd turn you over my knee and give your pompous ass a good spanking.

Don't fuck with the older guys. (http://www.cheapsurrealism.com/sounds/Older_Guys.mp3)

[(Anonymous)]

the statement and the question weren't connected. but i like to think maybe 'hisae' is wealthy. i'm not 'anonymous', i just don't have a livejournal account. I'm Ned from queens', cam.

[svenskasfinx.livejournal.com]

From all of the things I've heard of yours, I'd have to say "Stars Forever" is so far my favourite Momus so far..its quotable and has alot of the thoughtfulness that I frequently find on occasion in your blogg..

It sounds like you've had an interesting time.. everyone should be so lucky :)

Best wishes,

Dorian