The Bob Newhart of art

[imomus]

In my unreliable tours at the Whitney I seem to have turned into a cross between "droll" comedian Bob Newhart and an elevator bellboy.



On Sunday I made recordings of the cock-and-a-bull stories I tell in the museum, and I've slung them up here today in the form of a 30 minute mp3 file.

Unreliable Tour Guide (stereo mp3 file, 27.6MB, 30 minutes, a bit of a slow load, sorry. If you want to download the mp3, try the quicker YouSendIt version).

You can also read a third-party account of an encounter with the Tour Guide by New Yorker cartoonist (and tizzy-making beauty) Carolita Johnson, Momus Among Us, on Newyorkette. The New York Times covers the "Bob Newhart of new art" next Sunday.

Update: It seems I'm also on the Associated Press wires today.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks for the link to the thread. I met him once and he was a really nice person to chat with. Your records and his share the same space on my shelves and you both make my favorite 80's singer songwriters. It's good you've not chosen this religion though. Stay alive and kicking :)