On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Jonathan Takagi wrote:
quoted 7 lines Momus has recently found 30 people willing to pay $1000> Momus has recently found 30 people willing to pay $1000
> each to be canonized on his next record--30 songs, each
> 2 minutes long, about each of the donors. So Momus is
> basically becoming famous for 30 people (except for the
> already famous donors, like Cornelius). Nothing bad about
> Momus, it's an ingenious idea, just a dubious choice of
> quotes to sum up an article.
Hey, blame it on Wendy Carlos.
Momus is having to resort to this method of "raising funds" because of a
now-settled lawsuit with Carlos. I actually think it's a great idea, &
apparently people are willing to pay, so he hit the nail on the head.
Peace,
Jeff