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Momus
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Paisley, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Nick Currie (born February 11, 1960 in Paisley, Scotland), more popularly known under the artist name Momus (after the Greek god of mockery), is a songwriter, blogger and former journalist for Wired. Most of his songs are self-referential or postmodern.
For more than twenty years he has been releasing, to only marginal commercial and critical success, playful and transgressive albums on labels in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan. In his lyrics and his other writing he makes seemingly random use of decontextualized pieces of continental (mostly French) philosophy, and has built up a personal world he says is “dominated by values like diversity, orientalism, and a respect for otherness.” He is also known in certain circles outside the U.S. as a producer. He is fascinated by identity, Japan, the avant-garde, time travel and sex. Live Momus shows are rare but when he does perform he often sings the crowd favourite ‘maf’ from the Stars Forever LP.
He wears a patch over his right eye because he lost the use of it after contracting acanthamoeba keratitis from a contact lens case washed with Greek tap water.
Currently resides in Berlin.
For more than twenty years he has been releasing, to only marginal commercial and critical success, playful and transgressive albums on labels in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan. In his lyrics and his other writing he makes seemingly random use of decontextualized pieces of continental (mostly French) philosophy, and has built up a personal world he says is “dominated by values like diversity, orientalism, and a respect for otherness.” He is also known in certain circles outside the U.S. as a producer. He is fascinated by identity, Japan, the avant-garde, time travel and sex. Live Momus shows are rare but when he does perform he often sings the crowd favourite ‘maf’ from the Stars Forever LP.
He wears a patch over his right eye because he lost the use of it after contracting acanthamoeba keratitis from a contact lens case washed with Greek tap water.
Currently resides in Berlin.
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Tender Pervert
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Ocky Milk
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Circus Maximus
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The Hairstyle of the Devil
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2PM
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The Homosexual
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I Want You, but I Don't Need You
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Lucky like St. Sebastian
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I was a maoist intellectual
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Bishonen
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The Angels Are Voyeurs
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Nervous Heartbeat
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I Am a Kitten
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The Birdcatcher
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The Guitar Lesson
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Shoutbox
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Tilaton wrote:
Funny how it's not more popular.
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OlavOrganist wrote:
I was actually quite surprised at the quality of most of his albums. Loving it more and more with each listen.
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chuckybabu wrote:
hah, I like how this guy has been sued about 100 times.
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OlavOrganist wrote:
Tender Pervert and Circus Maximus are the best albums. This guy's brilliant.
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Kleinempfanger wrote:
FORGET ALL THE BAD THINGS I SAID ABOUT YOU
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Kleinempfanger wrote:
MOMUS I LOVE YOU
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freecadelic wrote:
люблю слушать твою песню platinum
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Kleinempfanger wrote:
YES
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OrneryCat wrote:
Kleinempfanger: Is that why you added him to your friends list?
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meaugusta wrote:
ты меня в гроб вгонишь
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All_Is_Lost wrote:
All of my favorite songs are not on the top 15! Heavy on the Slender Sherbet it seems.. well, that's okay, but I would have preferred to see a few more Poison Boyfriend tracks..
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ChiliLady wrote:
i only listened to 2 songs of him, he sucks, sry2say
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aizsak wrote:
cheeky/cute
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Kleinempfanger wrote:
This guy is soooo arty nobody seems to realize that his music mostly sucks. Lack of depth perception killed his inspiration. Try to write a good song with a hand (or an orange eyepatch) on one eye. It's just impossible. His best song was about his penis...
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aliaspail wrote:
absorbing joemus now. processing...
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thestr8sounds wrote:
Listening to Momus "Timelord" CD on Ubu Web, dl'd it too.
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pinksatellites wrote:
Momus and Howard Devoto, A Story of True Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3YyAYgHeu8
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v_for_violence wrote:
O my love, let's start a trade union for fools!
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gadget242 wrote:
"The Guitar Lesson" can be found on: Don't Stop The Night Slender Sherbet (re-recorded version) Forbidden Software Timemachine
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MYRC wrote:
Does anyone know what release "The Guitar Lesson" is off?
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lizamackenzie added Momus to lizamackenzie’s library. 3 hours ago
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herm2s tagged Momus with pop and tbl. Sunday afternoon
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gift2010, cuatrocuartos, tiobaldu and 11 other people added Momus to their libraries. Sunday morning
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DJH30 wrote about Momus in Top 20 Gigs of 2009. 13 days ago
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Kleinempfanger connected Momus to the group Indy133 is the Messiah. 28 days ago
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veroniqq added Momus to veroniqq’s library. 28 days ago
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Capt_Flamingo uploaded starmaker2 to Momus’s images. 29 days ago
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