Regarding Momus

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I'm currently holding a book called Shadows in Bronze, and in the Dramatis Personae list at the front, it has the following to say:

Momus: A 'slave overseer' (another spy)

It also says this later on:

Ned: A rather surprised donkey.

Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Thursday, 24 June 2004 14:51 (nineteen years ago) link

!

Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 24 June 2004 15:05 (nineteen years ago) link

ned is voiced by Eddie Murphy?

jel -- (jel), Thursday, 24 June 2004 16:03 (nineteen years ago) link

I KNEW IT

VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 24 June 2004 16:05 (nineteen years ago) link

hell, you know things are fucked up when Momus is a voice of reason on some of the more recent threads.

Sir Chaki McBeer III (chaki), Thursday, 24 June 2004 16:09 (nineteen years ago) link

two months pass...
I belive the correct American English pronounciation is "mu-moose".

adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 14 September 2004 20:06 (nineteen years ago) link

I have changed my name to Morgus:

http://www.imomus.com/morgus.jpeg

Momus (Momus), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 05:22 (nineteen years ago) link

I notice that 'Momie' hasn't caught on yet.

the music mole (colin s barrow), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 05:23 (nineteen years ago) link

separated at birth?

http://www.imomus.com/morgus.jpeg

vs.

http://www.thegreatcornholio.com/images/cornholio/corn4.gif

Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 05:28 (nineteen years ago) link

Separated at birth?

Momus:

http://www.imomus.com/morgus.jpeg

Captain Feathersword:

http://www.thewiggles.com.au/store/motifs/finals/cf.gif

the music mole (colin s barrow), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 05:31 (nineteen years ago) link

Momusian Morgasboard vs all aboard the good ship Feathersword.

the music mole (colin s barrow), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 05:34 (nineteen years ago) link


Separated at birth?

Momus:

http://www.imomus.com/morgus.jpeg


Bruce Spence (Australian actor):

http://ampimages.homestead.com/files/bruce_spence_mini.gif

the music mole (colin s barrow), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 05:47 (nineteen years ago) link

Morgus = Momus + Fog FX + Very Virile Viking

ex-jeremy (x Jeremy), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 05:48 (nineteen years ago) link

he actually reminds me more of hugo weaving than bruce spence

http://ent.tom.com/img/assets/200403/040316112305qunxing6.jpg

gem (trisk), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 06:18 (nineteen years ago) link

Ah yes. Anyway, it's a given, Momus, that your face is morphologically suited to Australian film and theatre, should you ever consider a career change.

the music mole (colin s barrow), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 08:58 (nineteen years ago) link

Being a sort of psychick daemon or decantable incantatory energy sprite, I am contractually obliged (in a contract signed in blood with a goblin) to appear when invoked.

oddly, this is true. I mentioned Momus once on a rival internet forum, and next thing there he was.

I wonder will it work if I say Momus' name outloud?

DV (dirtyvicar), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 11:12 (nineteen years ago) link

Blimey, here he is!

DV (dirtyvicar), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 11:13 (nineteen years ago) link

Only if you look in the mirror and say it 3 times.

Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 11:16 (nineteen years ago) link

I'll come back to Momus, here.

the bellefox, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 11:40 (nineteen years ago) link

What I was going to say about him was something that I was thinking last night:

The geezer, Momus, has almost never acknowledged my posts; I have not always acknowledged his. But on one occasion he did: on the T.S. Eliot thread, I think, when engagingly he was defending TSE - and he typed, out of the blue, a parody of TSE addressed to me, a marvellous squib about, I think, fire engines. (Or am I projecting that image on to him?) It demonstrated wit, erudition, intelligence and charm. I should be sure not to forget that post, when I think about the geezer Momus.

the bellefox, Wednesday, 15 September 2004 12:17 (nineteen years ago) link

That geezer happens to know Eliot BACKWARDS, as it happens. One Eliot quote per LP minimum.

suzy (suzy), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 12:19 (nineteen years ago) link

what's the point of knowing Eliot backwards, when we live FORWARDS?

DV (dirtyvicar), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 13:04 (nineteen years ago) link

I e-mailed Momus once to see if he fancied a pint, but it turned out his address was not a real one (and anyway he was in a different continent at the time).

has anyone else ever tried and failed to meet Momus?

DV (dirtyvicar), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 13:05 (nineteen years ago) link

He's like the Godot you don't have to wait for.

the music mole (colin s barrow), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 20:58 (nineteen years ago) link

HA!

suzy (suzy), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 21:00 (nineteen years ago) link

three months pass...
http://www.rubenimichi.com/munecos_web/momus_peq.jpg

Hanna (Hanna), Monday, 10 January 2005 13:21 (nineteen years ago) link

Is that a tiny voodoo doll?

Hanna (Hanna), Monday, 10 January 2005 13:24 (nineteen years ago) link

Is that a hot water bottle holder?

I WANT A MOMUS HOT WATER BOTTLE HOLDER!

Johnney B (Johnney B), Monday, 10 January 2005 13:44 (nineteen years ago) link

Awww...it's a lil' baby Momus!

j.lu (j.lu), Monday, 10 January 2005 14:53 (nineteen years ago) link

Does he have something wrong with his eye or is the patch an aesthetic thing?

Charles Dexter (Holey), Monday, 10 January 2005 15:31 (nineteen years ago) link

god how many times do we have to repeat the question??

ken c (ken c), Monday, 10 January 2005 16:12 (nineteen years ago) link

he has the eyepatch thing because he's a pirate, charles.

ken c (ken c), Monday, 10 January 2005 16:13 (nineteen years ago) link

The eyepatch issue should be in the FAQ.

I Am Curious (George) (Rock Hardy), Monday, 10 January 2005 16:15 (nineteen years ago) link

I want one! It's adorable.

Will there be a collector's set, where each month you can buy a new ilx doll? It would be like a twee version of the Franklin Mint.

Leon the Fatboy (Ex Leon), Monday, 10 January 2005 16:18 (nineteen years ago) link

why does that guy momus wear an eye patch?

ken c (ken c), Monday, 10 January 2005 16:21 (nineteen years ago) link

xpost:
Surely it should be the Franklin Bruno Mint, shouldn't it?

Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 10 January 2005 16:45 (nineteen years ago) link


That is soooo cute.

k3rry (dymaxia), Monday, 10 January 2005 16:49 (nineteen years ago) link

Even opening a thread like this one is a guilty pleasure.

Aimless (Aimless), Monday, 10 January 2005 19:08 (nineteen years ago) link

The eyepatch issue should be in the FAQ.
There should be an "Eyepatch Info" menu item at the bottom of every page.

Does that Momus doll have some Shinto purpose, like one of those right-on cats, the Maneki Neko? If you put one on the memorial for a dear departed one, does it insure witty ribaldry in the afterlife?

Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 10 January 2005 19:40 (nineteen years ago) link

Heh, I do like that doll.

To quote Ann Magnuson -- and then alter it a bit:

"They have Momus dolls now? I WANT ONNNNNNNNNNNNE..."

Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 January 2005 20:15 (nineteen years ago) link

four years pass...

maria and i are driving thru northampton mass today - we had dropped the kids off at her sister's house - and my brother calls on the cell-phone and says, hey, are you going to the iron horse tonight? he didn't know that we were driving thru northampton. and then he said, my friend so and so is opening up for momus tonight. and i said, who? and he said MOMUS. and as soon as he said that on the phone momus was walking straight toward our car in the street! so maria yelled, Hey, it's momus! and i yelled at him, hey, momus! it was the weirdest syncronistic event ever. he waved and said something and i popped my head out the car window and said, hey, momus, it's me scott seward from ilx! and he smiled and shook my hand and said i should go to the show at ten and he would put me on the guest list. isn't that nice? sadly, maria and i have way too much to do at home and at the store to go. but it was honestly nice to see him! he looked good. and i forget why he doesn't come to ilx anymore, but i miss his craziness sometimes.

again, it was very bizarre. i had no idea he was in the state today, let alone in our neck of the woods. and to have someone on the telephone yell MOMUS and have him magically appear in front of you on the street!!!! too funny...

scott seward, Sunday, 24 May 2009 01:48 (fourteen years ago) link

:D that's an awesome tale! this dude quit ilx within about 3 weeks of me joining :(

Local Gouda (country matters), Sunday, 24 May 2009 01:52 (fourteen years ago) link

passin' the torch

Vokuhila (latebloomer), Sunday, 24 May 2009 02:22 (fourteen years ago) link

yeah, louis' post about japanese girl bukake was classic

'entertainment purposes' ONLY! (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 24 May 2009 02:25 (fourteen years ago) link

Momus was challopian and slightly scary but tbh lots of interesting shit came out his stupid/insane eastcoaster brain.

languid samuel l. jackson (jim), Sunday, 24 May 2009 02:27 (fourteen years ago) link

i'd say he was certainly intelligent, extravagantly so, and i am always biased in favour of folk like that

Local Gouda (country matters), Sunday, 24 May 2009 02:27 (fourteen years ago) link

tbf lj sometimes he did write, not in a way like yourself where people are hating on the style or whatever, but in a style where he professed quite insane and stupid opinions. I remember reading a post on his blog after he left ILX where he talks about some artists going to North Korea and mentions only positive things about North Korea and mentions that one of the artists was mocked for his pink suit in South Korea. Also remember him praising the 1 child rule in China as a genius of social-engineering. Real willful Pollyanna shit.

languid samuel l. jackson (jim), Sunday, 24 May 2009 02:30 (fourteen years ago) link

extravagantly intelligent?

'entertainment purposes' ONLY! (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 24 May 2009 02:31 (fourteen years ago) link

There's nothing wrong with the one child policy in China. Dude prefers Japanese chicks, you see.

"too worldly to compete on /b/" (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 24 May 2009 02:33 (fourteen years ago) link

Esteban that wasn't even funny.

languid samuel l. jackson (jim), Sunday, 24 May 2009 02:34 (fourteen years ago) link

"birthday Grinch"

I want to know what this is bcz it sounds awesome.

cant go with u too many alfbrees (Abbott), Thursday, 28 May 2009 20:41 (fourteen years ago) link

The Birthday Grinch

don't fear the freeper (suzy), Thursday, 28 May 2009 20:52 (fourteen years ago) link

The Carrey grinch was his grinch image of choice :O

cant go with u too many alfbrees (Abbott), Thursday, 28 May 2009 21:10 (fourteen years ago) link

he was a bit of a prick on the syd barrett RIP thread and I can't believe his post about what he enjoys doing with japanese women hasn't reappeared here it was hall of fame o_O

but he did defend metal box and the flowers of romance to the end so he wasn't all bad

鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 28 May 2009 21:34 (fourteen years ago) link

Wait, you mean something other than the gansha one upthread?

if, Thursday, 28 May 2009 22:08 (fourteen years ago) link

yeah, defending a canonical rock record does kinda redeem all the other shit.

xp

FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Thursday, 28 May 2009 23:13 (fourteen years ago) link

what can I say he was an edgy dude

If you go to the ICA in London, you notice that Japanese girls sometimes seem to be the only people there. I am, in human form, the ICA. I am sustained, like that venerable London arts institution, by the patronage and kindness of these hyper- cultuivated people. I also enjoy fucking them.

-- Momus, Tuesday, January 29, 2002 1:00 AM (5 years ago) Bookmark Link

鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, 29 May 2009 01:52 (fourteen years ago) link

People actually enjoy getting outraged by Momus' steez, don't they?

f1f0 (Pashmina), Friday, 29 May 2009 07:12 (fourteen years ago) link

proof of a true artist

autogucci cru (deej), Friday, 29 May 2009 07:28 (fourteen years ago) link

Sege Gainsbourg

Mark G, Friday, 29 May 2009 08:06 (fourteen years ago) link

I'm not sure whether I think his acknowledging and theorising of his inherent sexism is better or worse than the many posters who are misogynistic without acknowledging it, or even realising it. I think it's probably worse. [...]

― Tits Bramble (Matt DC), Thursday, May 28, 2009 12:13 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

earns u a sarcastic slowburner gif!

FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Friday, 29 May 2009 10:35 (fourteen years ago) link

(xpost and I was so careful about spelling Gainsbourg right!)

Mark G, Friday, 29 May 2009 10:39 (fourteen years ago) link

People actually enjoy getting outraged by Momus' steez, don't they?

― f1f0 (Pashmina), Friday, May 29, 2009 3:12 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark

c'mon on, now you're just asking for the nude photos

鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, 29 May 2009 18:07 (fourteen years ago) link

with helpful arrows to point out momus' steez

鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, 29 May 2009 18:07 (fourteen years ago) link

two months pass...
two years pass...

Momiss?

The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Thursday, 9 August 2012 19:47 (eleven years ago) link

when that marie calloway shit went down i was sort of relieved that momus that dude's like 55 and was still mentioned as having gotten sucked off by her or something. forget the details. do your thing dawg.

dylannn, Thursday, 9 August 2012 20:20 (eleven years ago) link

wait what

The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Thursday, 9 August 2012 20:27 (eleven years ago) link

Calloway " I wanna be rich" C/D ???????????

The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Thursday, 9 August 2012 20:27 (eleven years ago) link

no, bipolar livejournal author marie calloway

dylannn, Thursday, 9 August 2012 20:30 (eleven years ago) link

a delicate flower trod underfoot by the opprsive male hairy sag??

The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Thursday, 9 August 2012 20:31 (eleven years ago) link

i never really got the ilx-hating on momus. and i say that as someone who is largely ignorant of his music, etc output

tracer way otm in this thread and also suzy

dell (del), Thursday, 9 August 2012 20:45 (eleven years ago) link

I think it was love/hate

The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Thursday, 9 August 2012 20:51 (eleven years ago) link

scott's '09 thread revive story is so good, though. instant momus gonna getchoo

dell (del), Thursday, 9 August 2012 20:55 (eleven years ago) link

ne'r shall we soon forget
the geoduck that met us yet
when nude he photographed his parts
and shared them with the bloggin arts

The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Thursday, 9 August 2012 20:55 (eleven years ago) link

xposts def "love to hate" at least. ilx needs more "bad boys" or else it will die the way hair metal did in the nineties and posts will only be revived at strip mall venues in suburban va and downstate ny

dell (del), Thursday, 9 August 2012 20:56 (eleven years ago) link

threads that is. late-period ilx. coming soon to an internet cafe in east fishkill

dell (del), Thursday, 9 August 2012 20:59 (eleven years ago) link

just flagged your post. why? image bombing before five on a weekday. have fun in ilx heaven

dell (del), Thursday, 9 August 2012 21:00 (eleven years ago) link


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