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moby

moby.

About Me

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

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Member Since: 3/16/2005
Band Website: moby.com
Band Members: 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.
Influences: 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.







Sounds Like: moby
Record Label: mute.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

just got back from dj’ing at edc in l.a.

just got back from dj'ing at edc in l.a.kind of amazing, in that it was essentially an underground party for 70,000 people...without question one of the best and most impressive dance events i've ever...
Posted by moby on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:13:00 PST

i think this is a really nice little article.

i think this is a really nice little article.barack likes 'gimme shelter' and 'maggies farm' and john coltrane.that's kind of amazing, actually.a president who likes john coltrane, jay-z, and bob dyla...
Posted by moby on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:15:00 PST

so apparently the yahoo music set we shot for yahoo is available on yahoo music.

so apparently the yahoo music set we shot for yahoo is available on yahoo music.i'm assuming that this means that if you go to yahoo music you can see the show that wetaped for them.  it was fun....
Posted by moby on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:12:00 PST

so, we know that john mccain voted against legislation that would...

so, we know that john mccain voted against legislation that would helpwomen achieve equal pay for doing the same jobs as men.  and we knowthat john mccain has promised to overturn roe v. wade.&nb...
Posted by moby on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:55:00 PST

we all want to leave a legacy, right?

we all want to leave a legacy, right?  it's encoded in our dna that we want to leave something behind afterwe shuffle off this mortal coil(i like the idea of shuffling off a mortal coil, kind of ...
Posted by moby on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:36:00 PST

just got home from san francisco and seattle.

just got home from san francisco and seattle.do you know what seems strange(and forgive me if this sounds like alcoholic-speak)?ok, here's what seems strange: that in america outside of nyc they stop ...
Posted by moby on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:58:00 PST

oh, and rcrdlbl are streaming(and giving away? hopefully, i never know) the holy ghost! remix

oh, and rcrdlbl are streaming(and giving away? hopefully, i never know) the holy ghost! remixof 'i love to move in here'.the holy ghost!(yes, always with the exclamation mark)remix is really, really g...
Posted by moby on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:16:00 PST

so, yes, i’ll be dj’ing at the nublu anniversary party on sunday the 22nd.

so, yes, i'll be dj'ing at the nublu anniversary party on sunday the 22nd.it should be fun, as sylvia(from kudu)will be playing with her new band on the same night.and the nublu guys('guys' being a ge...
Posted by moby on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:15:00 PST

yo yo yo, whasssup???

yo yo yo, whasssup???jus' wanna let U know whasssup w/ me, ya'll.i'm gittin' ready to THROW DOWN some jointson the 1's -n- 2's, aw yeahh!!!!i know U haterzz all ready to dis.i'm sorry, i just can't wr...
Posted by moby on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:53:00 PST

oh, if you live in north america you can now get both ’play’ and ’play b-sides’ on i-tunes, packaged together

oh, if you live in north america you can now get both 'play' and 'play b-sides' on i-tunes, packagedtogether for one low, low, low price($9.99).i'm not sure how we were able to convince THE MAN to rel...
Posted by moby on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:01:00 PST