Writing the chapter about...

[imomus]

What's going on? Click Opera is in retro-minimalist mode while Momus writes a book.

What book? A full-length fictional confection called The Book of Jokes. If you have any good jokes -- or know a good literary agent -- leave details in the comments section or mail Momus.

When does normal service resume? September 1st.



What's happening in the meantime? This page will be changing every day, with news and announcements and links to old content from the last three years of Click Opera.

What's today's old content?

June 13th 2005: This piece dates from a time when Momus was mainly concerned with inventing new sins. The sin in question on June 13th 2005 was Repressive Inclusiveness. "Your one-size-fits-all philosophy is really a fear and hatred of difference, but it poses as inclusiveness and lack of discrimination."

June 13th 2006: "I may live with Japanese people, but I doubt I'll ever understand them," muses Momus, puzzled and impressed by new films from Joji Koyama and Tujiko Noriko. He's still never seen Sand and Mini Hawaii, but it sounds great.

Where is Momus today? In Berlin, writing the chapter about the family living in the glass house who have to service their dad, an enormous slithering penis.

Next Momus appearance: With Laila France and Kumi Okamoto at the Fleche D'Or in Paris on June 29th.

Momus photos: (As seen above) Flickr.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

momus stop being lazy and write a proper post!

[cap-scaleman.livejournal.com]

The building on the right in this photograph looks rather nice (http://www.flickr.com/photos/imomus/518135241/), but how do you live in it?

[(Anonymous)]

Is that 'the' cap scaleman.

celebrated artist, field recording genius?

i long to meet you sir, i like your beard

[imomus.livejournal.com]

Like this (http://www.juergenspecht.com/documentations/?number=19&overview=1#overview).

[cap-scaleman.livejournal.com]

Good day and nice to meet you too. Who might you be who happen to know me by "'the'" and "celebrated artist, field recording genius"?

[cap-scaleman.livejournal.com]

Oh, and thank you for you interest in my facial hair. :)

[cap-scaleman.livejournal.com]

Awesome, too bad you can't really live in them because of their bad condition. Nice twist on the functionalism of architecture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functionalism_%28architecture%29). Or is it more a kind of futurism? Eh?

[electricwitch.livejournal.com]

"the family living in the glass house who have to service their dad, an enormous slithering penis."

Oh Momus, you so crazy, I don´t really wanna have yo babies.

[imomus.livejournal.com]

Aye, we need a stern crackdown on such themes!

And make it retrospective, all the way back to that degenerate, Sophocles!

The Joke of Books

[zooportj.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the book.

Why not publish chunks as they are written - all of your readers could critique it and add value as it is being produced - a very collectivist means of production?

Re: The Joke of Books

[rodebrecht.livejournal.com]

I knew that everyone's a critic nowadays, but that everybody is part of the book author is a whole new concept!
Wiki books!


I'd prefer to read a few chunks when it's all done and fixated. Raw momus, please, with a lot of penis added!

Re: The Joke of Books

[(Anonymous)]

I helped my flatmate towards a top mark in her hypertext and intertextuality module, on this very subject, 12 years ago. When I hear about the brave new world of interactive or relay fiction it makes me run for the Claire Fontaine notebook and pencil. Still, my flatmate now writes large cheques for things like "Katie Price's Perfect Ponies", so it hasn't all been a waste.