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Moby will be joined by actor Ed Westwick and MTV’s Alexa Chung t present an award in New York at the 2009 International Emmy Awards on November 23rd.
More info at http://www.emmys.tv
Wait For Me, the album and track both top John Diliberto, presenter of Echoes, end of year lists. See his full list of Albums and Songs on the Echoes blog or WXPN website.
You can vote for your favorites at xpn.org here.
ha, someone just sent this to me... sweet punk rock nostalgia. recorded in 1983 in bill knapp's basement in bridgeport, ct.
chuck wheat: vocals
chuck moody: drums
jim spad: bass
me: guitar.
ah, i miss being 16 years old in a hardcore band.
mo
so, for a starter let me say thank you to everyone who came to the palace show, and also to the Q contest winner concert we did tonight in london.
both shows were quite unconventional (the palace show was all acoustic, and the Q show was primarily requests from contest winners), and personally i really enjoyed both shows a lot. so, thank you. and thanks to Q for inviting us to come and perform for them and also for letting us play for over 2 hours as opposed to the original 60 minutes that was specified.
now i'm headed back to nyc for a relatively unstructured 5 weeks. after 8 months of steady traveling and touring i cannot even begin to tell you how excited i am at the prospect of 5 weeks of fairly unstructured time. i've had 4 days off since may, and the thought of having some actual time off in new york seems almost narcotic.
after 8 months of touring we only have a little bit left on this tour, but i'm not allowed to announce it at present (although it doesn't involve the northern hemisphere, except for maybe one lone show that we might do in brooklyn in january). so, thank you. thank you for coming to see us play live. and thank you for writing and saying nice things about 'wait for me'. and thank you for being open-minded and supportive. i fly home now. thank you,
moby
Moby's set list from the 'Unplugged' show at the Palace Theatre in London:
love song for my mom
mistake
pale horses
great escape
in this world
we are all made of stars
jltf
one time we lived
when it's cold i'd like to die
find my baby
helpless
interview - sophie heawood
why does my heart?
disco lies
porcelain
wait for me
slipping away
walk with me
natural blues
walk on the wild side
go
lift me up
encore:
honey
ok, so sarah palin is releasing a book. and it's filled with some insightful, thoughtful gems, like: 'here's my philosophy on being a carnivore: If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?' -sarah palin.
well, mrs. palin, let's look a bit more closely at what you've written. you believe that god intended for us to eat animals because they're made out of meat. ahem. i mean, i'm not a professional logician, but i can see that the extension of your logic might lead you to some places with which you might be uncomfortable. bear with me, ok?
your logic sort of stands as:
1 meat is good (due to the fact that you like it)
2 animals are made out of meat (which is obvious, as meat is the stuff that surrounds their bones)
3 thus eating animals is good (and divinely sanctioned).
the problem, of course, being that other things are also made out of meat. like, well, people. and doggies and kitties. and cute little human babies. so if we follow your logic, mrs palin, you are actually suggesting that god intended for us to eat humans and dogs and cats and human babies, as these things are all technically made out of meat. i'm not even being swiftian, i'm just exposing sarah palin's thoughts to some simple logic. which might be problematic, as she is also the person who once talked about looking out her window and seeing vladimir putin staring back (although he's technically 8,000 miles away, unless he's recently moved to kamchatka). or perhaps they do things differently in the palin household, who knows. perhaps she really does think that we're intended to eat humans and kittens and babies, as god did make them (aka-us, in some cases) out of meat. i meah, let's be clear, she's a crazy sociopath, so anything is possible.
-moby
During Sunday's very special 'unplugged' Moby show at the Palace Theatre in London, there will be a short interlude where Moby will answer interview questions put forward by the audience. The interview session will be presented by leading music critic, Sophie Heawood.*
If you would like to ask Moby a question, please go to the merchandise stand where we are taking submissions.
The best questions will be read out during the show!
i've written about insomnia before. it's such a strange malady, and one from which i suffer pretty regularly, but only when i do stupid things like fly from california to switzerland.
it involves breaking my agrarian bodyclock. i'm convinced that my bodyclock wanted me to be a farmer. simple, up with the chickens, to sleep with the sun. better than up with the sun and sleeping with chickens, i'm assuming.
insomnia is so odd, as it's so self-destructive, but yet solely the product of the self. it's only the self. the self at war with itself. the brain deciding it somehow knows best, even though it's crippled by delusion. the delusion that somehow being awake in a comfortable bed in the middle of the night is better than being asleep in aforementioned comfy bed in the middle of the night. the brain says, in it's reptilian core, 'oh, you are trying to trick me, see, you're telling me it's time for sleep but i know better, i'm the responsible one, so i'll keep us awake to make sure we're not eaten by bears or giant sharks.' you try to reason with your brain, saying, 'but brain, look, we're in a hotel room, it's 2009, you are being given a prime opportunity to sleep, why are you keeping us awake? and, for the record, it's been awhile since anyone has been eaten by a bear or a giant shark while staying in a hotel in paris.' but the brain, in its atavistic intransigence, thinks it knows better. the higher learning centers (the nouveau riche johnny-come-lately yuppies of brain architecture) take a back seat to the lizard brain, the limbic brain, the amygdala or whichever tiny peach-pit sized part of the brain decides that sleep is optional.
and then the quasi-hallucinations start to kick in (usually when you've had less than an hours sleep in a 48 hour period, and then preceded by another 48 hour period with 3 hours of sleep). the floor starts moving on its own. people's heads look larger than they actually are. lights move of their own accord. and the eyelids, or the inside of the eyelids, take on the consistency of a dogs tongue. a sandpaper dog, made out of coconut husks. insomnia is a red demon, like anchovies with teeth, filled with revenge.
the idiot pushes his stupid self to the breaking point and is then surprised when things break. the parents eat sour grapes and the childrens teeth are set on edge. assuming the insomniac is also the same person suffering from insomnia. that could only possibly make sense if you, too, haven't slept for a long time. and with the insomnia comes the wide eyed panic. the 'i'm never going to sleep again' panic. the 'this is going to kill me' panic. but it's an unreasonable panic(s), as insomnia is invariably followed by sleep. at some point. when the brain stem decides that it's finally ready to give in. when the bars are removed from the windows and the sleep gods come and whack you on the head with angelic ball peen hammers, resulting in perfect and god given cold sleep. here are some pictures. one of an empty venue and one of a street in paris as seen from a car.
and a word of warning, never offer to shoot an insomniac in the head, as there's a very good chance they'll happily accept your offer in order to finally stop being awake.
moby
Animated video for new Moby single One Time We Lived from Robert Powers (who also created the 'Wait For Me' blip series)
Fans of the Little Idiot can get merchandise in the Moby Store
Venturing Down Under to ring in the New Year, Moby will perform one-off headline performances in Sydney and Melbourne. These will be Moby’s first headline shows in over four years, ensuring these are the first unmissable events of 2010!
Moby: Sydney & Melbourne – January 2010. Tickets on sale Tuesday 17 November here
Sunday 3 January - Palace Theatre, Melbourne 18+ more info
Monday 4 January - Sydney Opera House All Ages more info
the health care legislation has passed the house of representatives. finally. it's not a perfect bill. but it's a good bill. here's some of what it does (or will do, rather, when the senate and the president ratify it) -
1 it provides health care to 96% of americans (that's 35,000,000 more americans than currently have health care)
2 it prevents insurance companies from denying coverage based on pre-existing conditions.
3 it forces insurance companies to compete with each other and with the federal government in offering policies and coverage.
4 it prevents insurance companies from charging more based on the gender of the applicant and here's the great one:
5 it will remove the anti-trust exemption that insurance companies have 'enjoyed' for a long time. this means that insurance companies can be sued for collusion the same way companies in any other industry can.
it's a good day for the 35,000,000 americans who are currently uninsured, and it's a bad day for the insurance companies. hopefully you, like me, are on the side of the 35,000,000 americans who will now have health insurance. and hopefully you, like me, are on the side of the 200,000,000 americans who will no longer be denied coverage based on pre-existing conditions. unless you're a republican, then you're on the side of the insurance companies who have been funneling money into republican campaigns for decades. and if someone says 'i don't want my insurance provided by government bureaucrats' you can say, 'ok, so you'd rather your insurance be provided by insurance company bureaucrats who make bonuses by denying people coverage?' there's been so much misinformation circulating around this legislation (misinformation spread by republicans who have received hundreds of millions of dollars from insurance companies), so it's nice that the bill has finally passed the house of representatives.
thanks
moby
This is bella. I'm not sure any more need be said. The primary purpose of the internets: sending pictures of pets in bumble-bee costumes:
so on the flight from nyc to geneva i watched 'mary and max'. it's a claymation movie that is one of the best movies i've seen in ages. beautiful and funny and emotional and great.
i assumed it had been released recently and somehow i hadn't heard about it. but it turns out it was released in 1999. am i just ignorant? how is it that i'd never heard of this amazing movie? i rarely recommend movies, but 'mary and max' is amazing, and whoever owns it should re-release it as far and wide as possible.
i even looked it up on rotten tomatoes and it had a 96% positive rating from hundreds of reviewers. ok, go watch it, please.
thanks
moby
ok, republicans won governorship in virginia and new jersey. bummer. but not the end of the world.
the real comedy is in new yorks 23rd district, a district that has been republican for over 100 years. everybody was supporting the conservative (read: lunatic right wing) candidate, doug hoffman. rush limbaugh, sarah palin, fred thompson, sean hannity, glen beck supported him, and republicans spent millions of dollars on his candidacy.
rush limbaugh said this 2 days ago:
"When Hoffman wins the race there it will be dismissed as an outlier... Folks, I want you to print these words out. I want you to get the transcript off my website. I want you to print these out, I want you to distribute them, I want you to carry them with you, and we'll just see how close I am to being right when Hoffman wins." - Rush Limbaugh
so with all that money and the support of rush limbaugh and sarah palin, what happened? what happened in this district that has voted for a republican congressman for over 100 years? the democratic candidate won.
notice to republicans: following rush limbaugh and sarah palin isn't necessarily such a good idea if you actually want to win elections. ok, time to play a show in lausanne.
moby
Moby will be at Ministry of Sound on Saturday 14th November playing a DJ set, joined by Christian Smith and Tom Middleton. You can win a pair of guestlist places here, you can also win copies iof the new Wait For Me Deluxe on MOS.com here.
ok, headed to europe now. hopefully see you soon at one of the shows. oh, this is amazing:
it starts with ping pong balls. and in 50 years? or even 20 years? think of the internet in 1989 as opposed to now.
ok, see you soon.
moby
On Monday 16th November Moby will be performing an intimate and exclusive show for Q The Music Club Live At Hard Rock Cafe in London.
This special gig will have a unique twist as Moby will open the forum and ask Fans, Q Readers, Q Radio, Big City Radio and Kiss FM listeners chose his set.
Moby has put together this list of songs from his new album Wait For Me, classic tracks from his back catalogue and a selection of covers for fans to chose from, see the options and cast your vote here. Let us know your choices on Twitter or Facebook!
You can win tickets to be there on moby.com, just click here and fill out the form. Winners will be emailed by Wednesdy 11th November.
Moby will be DJing at Ministry of Sound, London's Saturday Sessions on the 14th November 2009 alongside Tom Middleton. For a your change to win tickets and to download the free Laurent Wolf remix of 'One Time We Lived' head over to the Ministry Blog.
To buy tickets for the event go here.
ok, this might seem odd and sort of self-serving, but i just got my finished copies of 'wait for me' deluxe and i really love the packaging so i took some pictures of it. it's like nighttime on bug plane:
moby