Kyoto Grump Radio

[imomus]

He's in Kyoto dressed in a funny eyepatch and hat, but he's not laughing. In fact he's grumping about everything. And you lucky, lucky people can listen for an hour!

Why didn't a single British person take a bath for five hundred years? Why can't you pay in cafes with used underwear? Why does blue light make girls more beautiful? What's wrong with pointing your toes at the Buddha? Why has Oscar Niemeyer got a bit boring? What'll happen if Bush gets in for another term? And where should Momus send this tape, Al Jazeera or LiveJournal?

Kyoto Grump Radio (27.59 MB mono mp3 file, 60 minutes)

Comments

[neurasthenic.livejournal.com]

Your voice is having an appealing sort of paternal effect on me.

"horribly efficient choruses" - that's wonderful.

cheers!

Played you on my radio show tonight. I'm sure you would've much preferred a more recent selection than "Platinum" (is that too a song with a horribly efficient chorus?) but I still find it, and Enlightenment, lovely.

[imomus.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the play, Robyn!

I read some of your poetry and it strikes me as strong:

We spoke, but of what, I somewhat forget
remembering most, the color of your hair,
and the world like salt smoke.

[neurasthenic.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks! That means a lot actually...that poem in particular along with a few others was fueled by the sort of imaginative free reign Dylan Thomas uses. I love poems like "Then Was My Neophyte" which make some sort of irrational, enrapturing sense:

http://plagiarist.com/poetry/1143/