Tell me something about Otto Spooky

[imomus]

Today I'd like anyone who's got a copy of my new album Otto Spooky to tell me something about it... and you.



How does this long-playing Momus record fit into your listening routine? What records do you play before and after it? Have you bought anything since, and is Herr Spooky throwing shade or overshadowed? Were you particularly struck by certain lines? Do Otto's musical textures please you? What's great and what grates? Where does Otto stand in your personal canon of Momus records (assuming you have some other ones)? What do you think of John Talaga's intermezzi? Have you fallen asleep to this music, made love to it, got lost in it, jogged with it, played it in your car while driving through a National Park? Did you cover your children's ears when the song about the fascist boyscout came on? (Assuming you have children, that is.) Did your dog chew James Goggin's digipak (if so, print the JPEG above on stiff card and spray it with some foul-smelling fixative). Do any of the songs play in your head even when the record isn't on? When you're at the supermarket, do you ever look around to see if Robin Hood is there "in a wheelchair buying food", kidney dialysis colostomy bag by his side? Are you a top-scoring, panda-topping Lute Score wizard?

Comments

[imomus.livejournal.com]

Ah, interesting! The thing about the record not being a waste of money is very important, because morale is undermined when records come out that aren't worth their price. That seems obvious, perhaps, but it could undermine the whole business of making records, and to some extent has. I'm just sad that my records, which could entertain so many people, sell so few copies.

I've never heard the intermezzi on random, what a good idea! Must try it.

And I'm so glad the homosexual resonances on Artist Overwhelmed ring true. I think it was a description of my fantasy gay relationship; we'd be terribly snobby culturephags, holidaying in Italy, lightly aroused by the "muscular statuary", listening to Gluck on the iPod. I don't think Death in Venice played a part, more my actual holidays in Italy. And perhaps the essay I wrote, Classicism and Atrocity (http://www.imomus.com/thought200502.html).

Like your last sentiment very much. I can also identify the moment when I decided to do that artistically. I think I called it "optimising my marginality", and I think it was just before I made Tender Pervert.

miles franklin

[sadlittlemonkey.livejournal.com]

my favourite momus line is:

Now when I dream of a man
I see him putting up shelves (shelves!)

it's so simple... yet evokes all these images/emotions. i remember not liking the song when i first purchased stars forever, and now it's probably my favourite.

maybe in the same way, i'll learn to like the artist overwhelmed, which brings me to the question... is that a real quote at the end of the song or is it momus disguised as a found artifact? where's it from? i thought it was brilliant even though i hated it. i wish i could say why.

i also thought of this song as a companion to miles franklin.

<3 <3 <3,

alec
a.k.a. sadlittlemonkey

Re: miles franklin

[imomus.livejournal.com]

So many of the best lines on Stars Forever come from the sitters themselves. Miles told me he dreamed of a man putting up shelves. (I added the exclamation.)

The voice at the end of Artist Overwhelmed is from an Edison phonograph demonstration record. You can hear the whole recording on this page (http://www.nipperhead.com/cylinder.htm).