Momus, No Momus

Feb 10, ’10 2:48 PM

One of my favorite blog authors posted the final entry to his LiveJournal account today. The inspired musician and artist who calls himself Momus (after the Greek god of mockery and satire and overly mean criticism) announced earlier this year that he had planned to call it quits on the eve of his 50th birthday and today was it. He’s not completely dropped off the face of the internet however,

3. Where can we find out what you’re up to, post-blog? From my “personal digital assistant” Maria Wolonski, who announces my engagements in the charming, ringing tones of a talking clock. From the Momus concerts page on LastFM. From my Flickr page and my two YouTube accounts, momasu and bookofjokes . I may even revive my old website (1995-2003), imomus.com.

He’s been blogging in one way or another for over a decade and I’ve been reading his LiveJournal since it opened in 2004. (Matt Brehe told me about him, I think.) The subject of his daily essays range widely but have mostly to do with culture, art, or Momus himself. Often it’s a combination of all three.

I’ll miss him!

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Vinni Pukh We Love You

Feb 9, ’10 12:06 AM

Presenting Vinni Pukh.

In this episode Vinni comes across a tall tree with a bee hive on the tallest branch. Everybody knows that bees make honey, and Vinnie is a hungry Pukh. He convinces his friend to help him get the honey by way of balloon and umbrella. Sound familiar?

This is the Soviet’s take on the more familiar Disney Winnie the Pooh cartoon. This adaptation was created in 1968 by Soyuzmultfilm, the USSR’s premiere animation studio. In the following years they animated and adapted a few more of the Pooh stories.

My old friend Gene—who grew up in Russia watching these old cartoons—first told me about Vinni Pukh when I asked him about the overly adorable Cheburashka Bear. He recommended one more cartoon to me which is great: Hedgehog in the Fog.

I love you the best Винни-Пух.

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Lehel Kovács: Street View Travel Posters

Jan 30, ’10 11:52 AM

Via Words and Eggs:

Lehel Kovács is a Hungary-based freelance illustrator, and his recent Google Street View series of sketches is deservedly catching lots of internet attention lately. Some of my favorites appear below, but I strongly encourage you all to visit his website, Flickr stream, and blog for more (and I am so grateful for just how much more there is!)