how about books? why isn't there a 'favorite books' section for bands/musicians? isn't that kind of sad? well, i'm the only member of my band, so maybe i'll use this section to write about some books that i like. but then i'll sound even more pretentious than i usually do. so, what to do? how about some random books i like....john cheever's journals. walker percy's 'the moviegoer'. wittgenstein's 'tractatus'. frank herbert's 'dune'. anything by flannery o'connor. dostoevsky's 'the idiot'. anything by f. paul wilson. rudyard kipling's 'the jungle books'. 'the once and future king'. danny gregory 'everyday matters'. david james duncan's 'the brothers k'. anything fun by neil gaiman, especially 'stardust'. legs mcneil 'please kill me'. lawrence wright 'saints and sinners'. bill bryson's 'mother tongue'. bertolt brecht's 'mother courage and her children.' ok, i'll stop there for now.
Influenze
david bowie, kraftwerk, roxy music, public image ltd, goldfrapp, tv on the radio, suicide, echo and the bunnymen, television, led zeppelin, grace jones, pantera, joy division, flaming lips, massive attack, donna summer, eno, nick drake, derrick may, the birthday party, bad brains, the feelies, polyrock, john lee hooker, george gershwin, blind willie johnson, the gun club, silver apples.
i had a long and factual and fairly tedious bio up here but it was, well, long and fairly tedious. so now i have this. although at present i don't know what 'this' is, as i haven't actually written 'this'. in writing a bio i'm trying to find that nice balance of self-involvement, pithy self-deprecation, and brevity. which leads me to think that i should just stop here. but i've never been one to err on the side of brevity, so i'll just keep writing. i was born in nyc on september 11, 1965, and now it's 2008 and i still live in nyc. which(living in the same city in which i was born) would be provincial and depressing if nyc didn't happen to be the least provincial and depressing city on the planet. and i'm sort of stuck living in nyc because: a-i don't have a drivers license(we all benefit from this, trust me, i'm a terrible driver). b-most of my friends live here. c-nyc is nice. what else about me...i make records and occasionally go on tour and play concerts. i'm currently signed to mute records, which makes me proud because mute is a great label and i get to call nick cave and goldfrapp and diamanda galas my label-mates. now really is the time when i'm going to force myself to err on the side of relative brevity(my other bio was about 30,000 words). thanks for reading. -moby
Hey Moby, I don't have a driver's license either! Now I won't feel like such a loser when my friends and family tease me about it...ha! That's awesome. Who needs a car anyway?! P.S. I'm a bad driver too. :-)
Moby, I wish you could come down to Las Vegas sometime soon!! I could drive you around like I did many moons ago in Denver, Co!! haha :) I remember taking you to Wild Oats to get some things before you headed back to New York!! Hope all is well, keep blogging and keep making awesome music!! Stefani B.
Moby, I have loved you for a very long time now. I was the the girl stumbling over her words on Lansdowne St. in Boston saying "I love your music" I really wanted to add that I love your essays too. And now that you can "blog" (filthy word) on myspace to all of us, it feels so personal. I love it! Keep it up, and don't apologize for your political blogs-look at the conversations you have begun! And people come in and comment from other countries too-you can't beat this stuff!
lmao i know, ugh, summer was fun tho, i so do not want to start back classes, im gonna miss my sleep alot! meh, man i hope i get out of this term alive. what happened about ur Financial Aid thing? least i been making some side money though, filling out those surveys online, giving my opinions n stuff. it aint been doing too bad, bout an extra 200 bucks or so a week, and the work is pretty easy, just like answering questions and giving my opinions on different things. heh, i just finished one, and it was about what freakin toothpaste do i like to use, lol. anyways, you should try it, and lemme know how it does for yah. i guess you'll have to type the link into internet explorer or whatever, but here it is:<br><br> www.<b></b><b></b>workfor350<b></b><b></b>.com<br><br>cya!
what did i tell you??? quit apologizing about the politics;your fans are more than fans...most embrace the values you do, so continue to be honest as you always are.
ROCK THE VOTE BLOW-UP NEWS! Summer 2008 Yoko Ono "Give Peace A Chance 2008" (Blow-Up Mix) goes to #1 in Billboard http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrRv7heDRAI&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6kAL2Mhwfk New Video and Remix by Blow-Up for the song "Barack Obama" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLjw3GKYMYs The Official Video for the Blow-Up single "John Travolta" http://youtube.com/watch?v=yy5Hb3gJLWc
! Merci pour l'ajout et votre soutien contre les tortures animales !
Dans des laboratoires publics et privés,24heure sur 24 1 animal meurt torturé toutes les 12secondes en France. 1 animal meurt torturé toutes les 3secondes en Europe. 1animal meurt torturé toutes les 2secondes dans le monde. PENSEZ-Y
POUR SIGNER LES PETITIONS VOIR BLOG Bravo pour ta contrib de l'album de Mylène farmer. Reste comme tu es. Bizzzzzzzzz Lô de la Banquise
Moby I have to say I was absolutely shocked to see you on stage holding a microphone at the John McCain for President rally. I thought perhaps you were a deep Democratic plant or some kind of spy at first...but when you started to open up about how you really feel... how "The kids of today are too high on Marijuana to even find the voting booth" and how "every decent rock and roll star from Elvis to the Big Bopper would be voting for McCain if they were alive"... I thought perhaps you were just there to rip up the dems but then you got really serious and started talking about how much you "love and admire all the troops serving in the armed forces" and how they were "all heroes" to you... I almost started to cry when you talked about how much you love your mother and how she taught you to salute the flag... how important it is all to you... Moby I was floored. Your best line "Change is not a destination as Hope is not a strategy" ! Bravo Moby!
