Attempts on her life

[imomus]

"Fuck college,' someone commented here yesterday, 'this journal does the job'.

I'm aware that this is turning into Postmodernism 101, so I thought I'd make a casual entry today talking about more human and down-to-earth things. ('But aren't you just trying to claim some kind of moronic authenticity with this stance, Nick?' Shut up!)



The play I'm doing has been hard work, with rehearsals daily. Then again, on a grey, cold and rainy autumn day, there's really nothing nicer than being in a darkened space with actors and lights. The first performance of 'Angriffe Auf Anne' by Martin Crimp -- with music by me and Kaori Mitsushima -- in front of an audience is at 8pm on November 16th, at the Hochschule Ernst-Busch here in Berlin. If you're in town, come along!

Ist Anne Terroristin?
Ist Anne Künstlerin?
Ist Anne Nichtraucherin?
Ist Anne ein Auto?
Ist Anne?

BAT - Studiotheater der Hochschule für Schauspielkunst "Ernst Busch" Berlin
Belforter Str. 15, 10405 Berlin
(030) 44 01 89-12, Fax 44 01 89-26
E-Mail: kbb@bat-berlin.de

It's Turner Prize season again. Check out the contenders on Tate Britain's site.

The Private World of Kenneth Williams is a BBC Radio 4 programme in which David Benson reads excerpts from the stately homo's diaries in a tremendously good impersonation. Things get fairly nightmarish towards the end, as Williams' loneliness and sexual repression mount.

Comments

[dzima.livejournal.com]

funny thing, i was just checking her website earlier today...

[mzdt.livejournal.com]

kojapan has already been deleted, which is a great shame. More music here (http://www.kojapan.com/audio.htm).

Philosphy 101

[reflejos.livejournal.com]

I believe you do much better philosophy when you don't get messed with so many philosophical terms, and even more, when the issues your handling don’t seem at first, philosophical. I don’t see postmodernism to be interesting as a theme, but in your blog it becomes very fruitful as a point of view, as an attitude towards things and issues.

[ohnefuehlen.livejournal.com]

I'd be sad to see Postmodernism 101 struck from the curriculum; I've learned a great deal from this journal, it's extremely thought-provoking (even if I don't always agree with you: freedom begins with property :)

[tomwalker.livejournal.com]

Um...I haven't talked to her myself, but by most accounts Sybil still alive (the coroner has no listing for her and there were no accidents on that part of 79 that night...there are other holes in the story as well, but those are all I've seen first hand). You can read my journal for the details. I'm not sure why she did it, but it seems like it was either a pointed attack at someone (possibly me) or a joke that missed its mark. I used to have the journal musicconcrete...I suggested you listen to some of her music...I know her pretty well, but I still haven't figured this one out.

If I find out that this comment isn't true, I'll come back and immediately correct it...but I've read journal entries from people who say she's fine. Apparently she threw even her friends for a loop.

But still...czech out the music and films at kojapan.com and music at kojpan.com/planet.html. It's all awesome stuff. I did the music for the film Signals in my dorm room last semester...obviously without the help of a metronome. That film was a good collaboration for she and I, though.

Again, I haven't talked to her myself...so I haven't really accepted anything fully at this point. But listed above is what I've seen or heard from other people...and I hope for all the world that she is fine.

[mattcallow.livejournal.com]

fred dibnah died? damn.

[imomus.livejournal.com]

Wow, if that's indeed a hoax, it's pretty extraordinary.

[imomus.livejournal.com]

She has a twin sister, no? An identical twin sister?

[tomwalker.livejournal.com]

I've been braced for the worst and hoping for the best since I read the journal.

I'll keep you posted with anything I hear...but I get the feeling no one is going to tell me anything directly for a while.

So...I'm still braced for the worst and hoping for the best...until I see her or hear from her myself.

But I do encourage everyone to continue czeching out her sites. But you might not have to think about what she could have done...just kick back and watch the things that she actually does.

[tomwalker.livejournal.com]

Yes...twins...but not identical. You'd never confuse them in person, but they sound the same over the phone. Sybil and Sarah. Sarah has a journal too, but I haven't czeched it in long time (it might be deleted). I'm not going to put a link up because it might be intended to be private...but I could give it to you in some private way (e-mail, IM, or some such thing).

I saw one of Sybil's IM names log onto Instant Messenger last night...so unless it was someone else (which it may have been)...Sybil is fine.

[freddster.livejournal.com]

i don't really like any of those turner prize contenders.

[tomwalker.livejournal.com]

If I step back from it and totally remove myself from the situation, I can see some humor in a hoax as grand as this...but a lot of my friends in Edinboro and Chambersburg have vowed to kill her on sight if it is a hoax.

I don't think I could handle it if it wasn't a hoax--so I'm clinging to that. I'm really hoping that I run into her on campus at some point (it's a small school...if she's here I'll see her eventually).

Again--if I hear differently I'll post as soon as I can.

[brandileigh.livejournal.com]

there's a livejournal community dedicated to dead ljers.
quite strange and rather depressing. i read it all day at work yesterday.

ljers4eternity

momus mentioned on metafilter...

[(Anonymous)]

...on the subject of expat writing about Japan: http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/36857 (http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/36857).

And here's something about the architectural spaces of Japanese homes & baths: http://dhnotebook.asumendi.com/forums/topic_view/29 (http://dhnotebook.asumendi.com/forums/topic_view/29).

I'm hoping we'll get some more cultural observances, maybe even an Momus Radio Berlin MP3 one of these days. I miss them. Maybe when the play's over.

Also: the graphics on the Live Journal are excellent these days, even if the pomo philosophizing is a bit bewildering.

Tim
http://www.travelersdiagram.com/ (http://www.travelersdiagram.com/)

[(Anonymous)]

Do you enjoy going to school in Edinboro? I visited a friend up there on Halloween weekend and it struck me as a rather depressing place...

[jake82.livejournal.com]

Agreed. I hope you continue posting the fascinating philosophical and sociological entries we've seen in the past few weeks! :)

[gorillabiscuit.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veerappan

she can't possibly compare to veerappan....

-tomas

[gorillabiscuit.livejournal.com]

my favorite song by momus is "the end of history"

it has been sung quite a lot to my friends lately...

ventriloquists and dolls is a close second...

-tomas

[tomwalker.livejournal.com]

Yeah...guess not. It's just that she and I have been on a rollercoaster ride for so long. I got worn thin. Both she and I have by now. But I thought someone I loved was dead...and it was all just to hurt me. It wasn't something that should be in Momus's journal...and either he or I can delete it.

I've never hated anyone in my life. I just can't go on promoting her work or saying nice things about her and her accomplishments anymore. I just can't do it. It's personal between she and I. It shouldn't affect anyone else's view of anything.

[tomwalker.livejournal.com]

The official word is that Sybil is alive and well...and probably better than ever. She will continue creating and it will continue to be awesome. There is no need to mourn. Never was. Only reasons to celebrate.

this should take your mind off it for a bit

[gorillabiscuit.livejournal.com]

sounds like she was trying to be "literary". you know how authors and musicians always have interesting things happening to them? well, except for bartok.

anyways, my stomach is rumbling. here are some links that may interest you!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_skull

and

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=19383

-tomas

[imomus.livejournal.com]

Well, I hope she'll leave a message here saying how grateful she is for the plug! And now she's not dead, she'd better live up to the hype!

Nice to know that at least one story has a happy ending in these dark days.

[geeveecatullus.livejournal.com]

I always have a hard time expaining to people what my online friends mean to me.
How can someone you've never met, or only once met, be a friend? Or someone to care about the same way you'd care for a local friend or someone you went to school with ...
But they are -- it is just a meeting of minds... which eventually is all that matters.

There is always a sadness in it when someone who puts their thoughts and creations out for the world to see and hear all of a sudden is no more ...
In some ways the net makes everything and everyone immortal.

Why can someone woth an extensive website full of creations disappear?
How can anyone leaving themselves anywhere all of a sudden not be able to do it anymore?

carry on journal

[(Anonymous)]

thanks for the Kenneth Williams link. Interesting stuff.

[tomwalker.livejournal.com]

I'm relieved that she's alive....

But where's my happy ending?

[Oh...and I read your journal everyday...I'm a big fan, but I never comment because you guys talk about stuff that is over my head].

[aidaho.livejournal.com]

that girl reminds me of thurston moore (appearance wise).

This is Sybil

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks very much for the plug. Sorry about making you sad, I never meant it to hurt innocent people, especially you whom I admire and take inspiration from.
I never knew anyone thought my work was good or even cared enough to be upset about my "death" so all this comes as a shock to me.
Of course I will be living up to all the hype.

This is Sybil (again)

[(Anonymous)]

By the way, I thought I'd tell you, your 'eulogy' for me made me cry because it so wonderful. I wish I could give you something half as good in return and repay your kind words. I can only express how deeply sorry I am for making you upset.

Re: This is Sybil (again)

[imomus.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Sybil! It's great to hear from you!

For some reason the whole thing did upset me terribly. Perhaps it's because I'm working at the moment on this Martin Crimp play which is about a girl who may (we're never quite told) have committed suicide as a work of performance art. But I think I may have known on a subconscious level that you weren't supposed to be dead. Thank heaven you're not. And yes, now go and make the films that that tree out on the North 79 so selfishly seemed to have deprived us of!