Momus

Momus' Goodden, for instance, has publicly accused Hyperallergic of not playing enough of a leadership role when it comes to pay rates for arts writers.

In this production, Musetta (soprano Sharleen Joynt who sang with sparkle but somehow felt only loosely connected to the other singers) arrived at the Cafe Momus in full Vegas showgirl mode, complete with gold lame bodysuit cut to the hip.

MUSIC Dybbuk: Momus Sings Bowie Momus presents a dark and leftfield take on Bowie's work, concentrating on the early cabaret work, the demos, the avant-garde and eccentric moments.

Even when the action moved to the Cafe Momus on Christmas Eve, there was little visual cheer.

For comparison, we assayed organic extracts from the solitary ascidian Herdmania momus (Savigny, 1816) in the laboratory assays.

Literary or historical examples to consider might include Alberti's Momus, Tarabotti's Tirannia paterna, Manzoni's Storia della colonna infame, Morante's La storia, and Pasolini's Scritti corsari.

These moments of emotional intensity are contrasted with the colourful spectacle of the Cafe Momus and surrounding streets, which present a cross-section of Parisian society in all its noise and vibrancy.

The Cardiff venue's 2012 bash will feature the eccentric and eclectic likes of South Wales artist Davida Hewlett and Japan-based oddball popstar and art critic Momus who, having taken part in an exploratory two-week residency, will kick things off a commissioned performance culled from that collaboration.

The different worlds of the bohemians' attic, the CafEa Momus and the BarriEaA re d'Enfer are patiently and lovingly assembled in a way which paradoxically conveys both historical verisimilitude and a sense of romantic enchantment.

The first, 'L'humanisme d'Alberti: vie civile et contemplation,' offers the following essays: Michael Paoli, "Solitude et engagement civique dans le Theogenius d'Alberti," Francesco Furlan, "'Io uomo ingegnosissimo trovai nuove e non prima scritte amicizie' (De familia, IV 1369-1370): ritorno sul libro De amicitia," Pierre Caye, "Architecture, technique et politique: du stoi'cisme de Leon Battista Alberti au neo-platonisme de Daniele Barbaro," Elisabetta Di Stefano, "Leon Battista Alberti e l'estetica della contemplazione," and Philippe Guerin, "Momus sur son rocher: enquete sur la cause des tempetes." The last subsection, 'L'humanisme florentin et les genres de vie,' contains seven papers: "Pierre Magnard, "Ora et labora" Rinaldo Rinaldi, "Tabula o Navicula?

Momus, part of the decorative range is a wall light available in two versions, with an original oeil-de-boeuf shape, created in aluminium alloy with a wrinkled, white painted finish.

And figuratively: deliciously surreal touches (a pair of transvestites at the Caf Momus; Parpignol capering in a monkey mask) complement the backprojections' suggestion that the Bohemians are living in a beautiful illusion.

The trouble with those other books, the authors say, is that a female graduate contemplating an academic career "cannot help but be left with the impression that being a Professorus momus is too difficult a task for any normal woman."