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mobility-digest        Tuesday, August 17 1999        Volume 02 : Number 082



(mobility) bald, cool people
Re: (mobility) bald, cool people
(mobility) Moby says hi (and how to meet him)
(mobility) zdmobytv
(mobility) moby at first ave  monday the 23rd
Re: (mobility) Re: Good Moby Pix <and> Newbie Info
(mobility) MOBY AT THE HATCHSHELL RUMORS
(mobility) catholics? Here?
Re: (mobility) Re: Good Moby Pix <and> Newbie Info
(mobility) Moby in Minneapolis
(mobility) Moby Tour dates/Vegan Recipes
Re: (mobility) Moby Tour dates/Vegan Recipes
(mobility) The long (long!!!) and short of it...
(mobility) Re: mobility-digest V2 #81
(mobility) Re: mobility-digest V2 #81
Re: (mobility) Moby says hi (and how to meet him)

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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 14:18:41 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (mobility) bald, cool people

Maybe hair filters out unique ideas.......
AHHH IT'S A GOVERNMENT PLOT
C'mon everyone let's shave our heads in protest

~lainey

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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 14:23:29 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (mobility) bald, cool people

dude!! ill shave my head and dye the stubble red!!!

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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 12:28:16 -0600
From: Daniel Cerman <[e-mail]>
Subject: (mobility) Moby says hi (and how to meet him)

Hi, all.  Moby emailed me from a hotel this weekend.  He says
'hi' to everyone on mobility. :)  Here's what else he said:

  a friend told me that they knew someone who had
  trouble getting to meet me at a show.  i love meeting
  people, so my advice to anyone who wants to meet me
  is to come early, like around 6 p.m when we're doing
  soundcheck.  i might be busy, but i could always take
  a couple of minutes to meet someone.  trying to get
  backstage after a show is tricky, what with overzealous
  security guards.  waiting at the bus after a show
  can be a good way to meet up as well.  please feel
  free to post this if you want to.

I'll try to follow his advice and meet him in Denver this
Wednesday.  BTW, that show is free.  You just need to get
a "Team Adventure" card by registering on KTCL's website
(http://www.ktcl.com/).

Daniel       np:  Magic Carpet, "Fore [Taste]"
moby.org

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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:03:55 EDT
From: "- hyponoise -" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (mobility) zdmobytv

moby is going to be on ZDTVs internet tonight umm tonight. i know it airs at
10pm eastern. i dont know about other time zones.

- -jason
n . p . coil . north
www.mp3.com/wilt
"contentment is the absence of feeling"-jeanette winterson


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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 14:09:13 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (mobility) moby at first ave  monday the 23rd

yo moby heads!

i'm going to be doing an in-depth interview with moby at first ave this
comming monday before the show in minneapolis. what i need from all of
you are a few questions you would like me to ask him. i did this the
last time he was here and i know a lot of you were happy that he
answered your questions. so please send them to me!
i will of course be posting the entire interview to the list as soon as
possible.
thanks for your help!

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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:21:54 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (mobility) Re: Good Moby Pix <and> Newbie Info

 Name: Jessica, people call me "clue"
 Age: 18
 Moby Collection: Everything is wrong, Honey, and a Compilation
 Where I first heard Moby:  I first heard him like 2 years ago but the people
i hung out with never really listened to him, but then i went to see him at
woodstock so i got this huge RUSH from hearing his music and seeing him
preform
 Other bands I like: I like everything, but a few of my favorite music people
are: R22, NOFX, Frankie Bones, Rabbit in the Moon, Eryka Badu, Sublime...the
list could go on forever
 So why exactly am I on this list?  I have a Huge thing for moby......anyway
I gotta go to werk now..Ok i'm just letting you know that i'm not boring..i'm
just really tired now and i thought that i should fill this thingy out so
people can get to know me...bye bye kats

==================>>>>>>>>CLUE<<<<<<<<<======================

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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:21:59 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (mobility) MOBY AT THE HATCHSHELL RUMORS

 i heard rumors that moby was going to b playing at the hatchshell in boston
on the 26th. im not sure if they are true but if anybody knows or if moby
himself is reading this, please tell whats going on straight up. thanks alot
guys.


                                        -=*Jeff*=-

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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 11:26:45 +0200
From: but not _the_ frankz <[e-mail]>
Subject: (mobility) catholics? Here?

Canadian Rob wrote:
>  so now I want to hear why I
> should still get these emails (and Kees, i liked yours the best.)

too much honour man,
you must be gay or somthing?

now i dont think Moby was ever a catholic,
but -culturally- we're all christians,
i still have to meet the first Muslim on this list,
- ----------and:
10 reasons to stay on this list is a bit overdone,
but as for me,

i'm waiting for FRIENDS,

cause there's already so much hate, porno, and violence
out there, in the World.

Rob, welcome,
to the MOST peace-fool experience in your Internet-life.

keep posting!
kees
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 'till I Cadillac."
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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 11:08:25 +0200
From: but not _the_ frankz <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (mobility) Re: Good Moby Pix <and> Newbie Info

[e-mail] wrote:
>
> heer are my top ten reasons:
> 10.mobys music is awesome
> 9.hes catholic
> 8.i respect his opinions and he respects ours
> 7.animal rights is the best CD ever produced by electrica
> 6.animal rights is the best CD ever produced by moby
> 5.animal rights is the best CD ever produced by anyone in da world
> 4.hes a vegin
> 3.hes very opinionated and i like people who have their own oppinions and
> aren't followers.
> 2.his music is  the bestest
> 1.moby is a god(in a way)

SORRY,
but these are 10 reasons to like moby, non to be on this list.
- --

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"I'll be riding on the buss,
 'till I Cadillac."
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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 16:08:07 -0500
From: "Davies, Andrew" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (mobility) Moby in Minneapolis

Is there anyone here that is going to see Moby at the First Avenue show in
Minneapolis this coming Monday?  I wanna hook up with some Mobility members!
Mail me and let me know!

andy
gingerbread man
"run, run, as fast as you can,
        you can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!"

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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:14:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: Wigan Ludgate <[e-mail]>
Subject: (mobility) Moby Tour dates/Vegan Recipes

Hello.
Just stoppin in to say hey, pass a word and ask a
question. In DJ Times last month they had an interview
with Moby which i am transcribing but seems pretty
much the same interview he has given to everyone else
since play came out. Also, i caught an article at the
record store i work at in which Moby is cooking at
home. It includes recipes from the world's "most
famous vegan" as the article refers to him. I'll check
what magazine it was for anyone interested.

Finally, a question
Particulary for Mr. Daniel Cerman.
Ummm, Dan. I noticed that the confirmed tour schedule
has been updated. And that the Sept. 8 date in North
Carolina is not there. I suppose i should assume the
worst, but i would like you to let me know if this
show is indeed not going to happen. Thanks Dan:).

Bye all.

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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:25:07 PDT
From: "jason miklian" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (mobility) Moby Tour dates/Vegan Recipes

FYI-it's the Sept. Issue with Armand Van Helden on the cover...Moby's
description of his never fail orgasmic chocolate chip pancakes is great...


>From: Wigan Ludgate <[e-mail]>
>Reply-To: [e-mail]
>To: [e-mail]
>Subject: (mobility) Moby Tour dates/Vegan Recipes
>Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:14:15 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>Hello.
>Just stoppin in to say hey, pass a word and ask a
>question. In DJ Times last month they had an interview
>with Moby which i am transcribing but seems pretty
>much the same interview he has given to everyone else
>since play came out. Also, i caught an article at the
>record store i work at in which Moby is cooking at
>home. It includes recipes from the world's "most
>famous vegan" as the article refers to him. I'll check
>what magazine it was for anyone interested.
>
>Finally, a question
>Particulary for Mr. Daniel Cerman.
>Ummm, Dan. I noticed that the confirmed tour schedule
>has been updated. And that the Sept. 8 date in North
>Carolina is not there. I suppose i should assume the
>worst, but i would like you to let me know if this
>show is indeed not going to happen. Thanks Dan:).
>
>Bye all.
>
>[chris]
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>
>


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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:31:53 -0700
From: kimbalina <[e-mail]>
Subject: (mobility) The long (long!!!) and short of it...

>
> >Just wanted to say welcome to all of the new list members...

Hi, I'm new (sort of) to the list.  I was on the list a year ago while
living with my ex but
things go rough and the emails to much for my seldom checked account but I
have regular access
again and am glad to be back.  Man, I love MOBY.

>
> >Tonight I get to see MOBY in concert in my home town!  This has been a
> >long time coming!!!  I've been telling all of my friends about it and
> >telling everyone to go.  I hope he enjoys it here.
>
> Seeing MOBY was a great fu-king experience for me when I saw him almost
> two years ago w/ my ex.  But it was darn near overwhelming when I saw him
> this past weekend with my new bf.  OHMIGOD!  Here's my story and it may
> or may not interest you in the slightest.....

At the last minute my bf and I decided we could break away from our out of
control lives (*heh*) to travel the two hours for MOBY.  I was way, way
phyched!  My best friend's boyfriend bought me tix for my bday and we
picked them up shortly before we thought the show would start.  We got to
the NILE THEATRE in MESA at 7pm because we thought there would be 4 dj's,
and opening band and then MOBY.  We found out that the show would not start
until 9pm!  We were the first in line though and that was perk numero ono.
Slowly, a line started to form behind my bf and I, and infact it was a
pretty big line if I do say so.  Every one was very impatient.  I was
surprised at how non-raver like the crowd was.  They were mostly comprised
of skater kids and mismatched "alternative" looking ppl in their late teens
to early twenties.  There were also a much larger number of thirty
somethingers in suites w/ gf's in trendy dresses looking as if they were
out at the opera.  This was *way* different from the crowd two years ago.

Doors opened and the bouncer took the first four ppl.  We went into the
smallish empty club.  I walked very fast and confidently to the front and
center of the stage w/ absolutly no intention of giving up my spot. :-)  I
did leave for a moment to buy a shirt.  I can say that shirts did NOT
appear to sell well.  I only saw myself wearing a concert bought shirt and
I don't recall seeing a MOBY shirt in the crowd.  It was unsettling.
Amille (dj) started up and dj'd on for quite some time to very cold
responces from the crowd.  I knew then that they were expecting rock bands
and not techno.  Little less than a hand ful of ppl danced.  I was one of
them.  The crowd was unforgiving to the dj but he managed to rock out any
way and a few ppl followed in on the dancing.

After a long time of dj'd music, a band came on.  I think the name was Boom
Boom Jungle.  They were so cute.  If the name is correct, I recommend you
see them if you get the chance!  They were fab!

Then, the moment of truth.  MOBY.  He took the stage and his feet were
right in front of my face. He (at one point) knelt down to say "hi" to the
fans and a gaggle of girls yelled and reached out to touch him.  I stood
there calmly, not wanting to ruin the moment by pushing to touch him.  I
just admired him.  After he stood I realized how moved I was by being there
and I acctually began to cry.  *sigh*  MOBY looked down at me a few times
and kind of smiled at me.  I made a lot of really good eye contact with
SCOTT, his drumer.  I thought I was being silly to think that he was really
looking at me.  He was sticking his tongue out and making faces as I tried
to not cry and smile back.  At one point, MOBY knelt down directly in front
of me and all seemed to be still (but I was probably dreaming) and he
smiled at me.  I was like OHMIGOD and I smiled back and we just smiled for
a sec.  *sigh*

The set ended and they went off stage.  As they picked up their waters and
left the stage, SCOTT grabbed two waters and came directly up to me and
handed me one which ofcourse got taken by an overzealous fan.  He then
handed me another one and again, the attempt was made but he held it and
waited for me to get a grip on it.  I was so stunned.  I guess he accutally
was looking at me and making faces at me.  I was so taken by the moment.  A
little girl stole the water from me then and chugged half of it.  I turned
slowly to look at her and instead of being mad, I smiled at her.  The girl
that had taken the other water offered it back to me but I said it was ok.
The told the little girl she could drink the water but that I would like to
keep the bottle.  She gave it back to me half full and I told her it was ok
to drink it, even though I was dying of thirst.  I patted her on the head
and he just looked at me.  :-)  My bf then noticed I had the water and went
to grab it but decided not to but I gave it to him to drink.  Here was 1/3
left which I took a tiny swallow of and then put in my new MOBY shirt.

The band came back out for intros and MOBY was again standing close to me.
I tapped him on the leg and he looked down at me.  I handed him a Scooby
Doo beany baby thing and motioned for him to give it to SCOTT who smiled
and put it on his drum kit.  *sigh*

They again left the stage for good.  My bf and I walked out and I said that
I wanted to stay for a few minutes and see if I could spy MOBY.  He said
I'd have to go it alone and he went to the car.  I figured that I was
kidding myself and there was no way I'd ever see him but that I would go to
the bus any way and look to satisfy myself.  But to my surprise,there was
SCOTT and MOBY standing there chatting.  I jogged up to SCOTT and told him
"thank you" for the water.  (Scott is far shorter than me and he came up to
like my breasts which I now find kinda funny :-)  I gave him a hug and a
girl dragged him away, I think it was his gf.  Then there was MOBY signing
a drum stick for a kid and having light conversation.  I stood there for a
moment saying "oh my god, oh my god, oh my god..." to myself and then MOBY
and the kid looked at me.  I wasn't really nervous I just didn't know what
to say.  I hadn't really planned anything since I didn't think I would ever
talk to him.  The kid left and it was me and MOBY.

He was about to put his Shapie away when I kind of motioned to him with my
flyer and said "Uh, can I have your autograph, I know it's kinda silly but
well, uh...." and he took the flyer and began drawing the little picture of
himself often seen on shirts and cds.  I was babbling about how I had been
so moved during the show and how I had been listeing to him for a few years
now and had a few cds (somewhere in the realm of 10 but I'm not sure).  As
I was talking, a guy in a suit and his preppy well dressed gf came up and
he said that she was too shy to talk but that he wanted to say hi.  She
extended her hand as her bf introduced her.  MOBY extended his hand for a
moment and said "hello".  She said "I just bought 'Play' and I think it's
excellent.  I was really surpised to hear that you made something something
something Spin...something....#1 of the decade something something...." I
didn't really listen because I was already kind of embarassed to be
standing next to her.  MOBY said he was happy about the Spin thing and then
I didn't listen past that.  He kept drawing and then he drew a heart and
his name, while doing this he said "love MOBY" and I smiled and felt all
warm and fuzzy.  The girl then left.

At some point I asked to give MOBY a hug and I was just gushing.  We hugged
and he kissed me on the cheek!!!  :-)  We talked some more and he said
thank you to me and I gushed more about how much I enjoyed the show and how
I was moved by the preformance. I had a bunch of hair clips on so I took a
stray one off and handed it to him.  It was a blue fairy.  He tried to clip
it to his scalp but owed and then tried to clip his ear and owed again.  So
I have him a Tucan Sam key chain and told him he could keep if forever and
ever and blah blah blah.  (It's all kind of a blur really.)

Things were drawing to an end and I said I should go before my bf killed me
for keeping him waiting.  I reached out to touch his hand and then I had
the weird impulse to rub his cute little bald head.  I thought better of
it. He reached out to shake my hand but somehow it ended up being another
hug.  He said something to me while the hug was taking place and I just
remember saying "Thank you! Thank you for being so kind...thank you for
putting on the show and putting out music..." and he kissed me on the cheek
again.  I stepped away and smiled and walked backwards saying "Thank you,
drive safely, God bless!" and he said goodbye and maybe something else.

Okay, that's the story.  MOBY was great and very kind.  It didn't feel like
I was talking to a guy who has a video on MTV or someone intimidating.  He
was really cool.  *sigh*  I hope to talk to him again some day.  Maybe when
I'm famous! :-P

- --kimby

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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 19:14:44 -0400
From: Unknown Anonymous <[e-mail]>
Subject: (mobility) Re: mobility-digest V2 #81

    Hey,  is anyone going to the show in Columbus Ohio at the Newport Music
Hall on Sept. 5?
Just wondering, let me know.



                                Andrew

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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 20:10:23 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (mobility) Re: mobility-digest V2 #81

oh yeah more depressing bodyrock spotting. i'm working at the gap and we play
it here. argh, i really just don't like bodyrock at all. i really wish they
would play runon. :-)

riz

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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 20:20:54 -0400
From: Brian Johnston <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (mobility) Moby says hi (and how to meet him)

hey folks, it's brian down in tampa. our paper is running this story
later this week. thot you might wanna see it first,
cheers

By DAVID BAUDER
of the Associated Press


NEW YORK  - The composer Moby was mildly surprised when, after dinner
one night, a friend offered to lend him a copy of Alan Lomax's box set,
''Sounds of the South.''
Even though Moby parlayed his success in the techno-dance-
music field into an unusually eclectic career, he had never shown any
interest in early 20th century field recordings of African-Americans.
Now he's grateful he took the discs home.
The music he heard provided the spark for ''Play,'' a creative high
point and critical triumph. It was the only album released this year to
crack the Top 20 of Spin magazine's list of the 90 best discs of the
1990s.
Moby used a handful of vocals from the box set to build his own songs,
using elements of hip-hop, blues, dance, even classical. For the most
part, his piano and percussion provide the instrumental foundation.
''From a purely technical standpoint, the fact that a lot of the vocals
were recorded a cappella made it very easy for me to sample them and
write songs around them,'' he explained. ''The emotional quality of the
vocals, the way they were recorded, the cultural and spiritual
traditions that they represent, the lyrical quality - I loved everything
about them.''
He worked alone in a small studio built next to his living room in a
Manhattan co-op. The soundproof room is stuffed with electronic
equipment, keyboards, guitars and a mattress.
The soft-spoken, 34-year-old Moby grew up in a Connecticut suburb as
Richard Hall grew up in a Connecticut suburb. His parents gave him the
nickname as an infant, telling him he was distantly related to ''Moby
Dick'' author Herman Melville, and it stuck.
The dance-floor hit, ''Go,'' was his breakthrough five years ago. Many
thought Moby would become the face to popularize a faceless techno
movement, but his work derailed the idea. The 1997 album, ''Animal
Rights,'' was a harsh affair, a punk rock screed that pushed his vegan
views.
''Play'' is, by design, more apt to capture casual listeners. But it's
not an album the dance music world can unite behind; Moby describes it
as a disc better suited to late Sunday afternoons than Saturday nights.
''I don't intentionally try to confound people,'' he said. ''I never try
to be idiosyncratic or weird or difficult. I think the reason I've ended
up confounding some people is that they might have only known me for one
thing, making dance music. From my perspective, dance music is just one
small aspect of contemporary music that I'm interested in.''
He knew from age 8 that he wanted to be a musician because of the way
music hit him emotionally. As a teen-ager, he was a punk rocker in the
un-punk rock town of Darien, Conn.
Moby's record company contracts guarantee him creative control, so now
he's able to pursue his diverse interests.
''I'm more than happy to incorporate the opinions and advice of people I
respect about what I do,'' he said. ''But I don't want to be legally
compelled to do that. I want to defer to my own idea of what my records
should be like, even if in the process I make something that's not
commercial.''
His music-making is done methodically, alone, in a work space down the
hall from his living room. Moby hired musicians this summer to accompany
him on a tour that included one of Woodstock '99's all-night raves.
The song ''Honey'' is the best example of how he uses the source
material from Lomax's box set. He samples a four-line vocal from Bessie
Jones that ends with this order to her honey: ''Better hop in the back,
come on over here.'' From there, he builds a catchy, insistent melody
around the oft-repeated vocal. Were she able to hear it today, Jones
would probably shake her head, then tap her toes.
He considers vocals just another element of the music, so his songs
frequently land in the middle ground between instrumentals and music
with verses and choruses.
During songs where he uses his own deadpan vocals, ''Play'' sounds
similar to David Byrne and Brian Eno's ambient experiments of two
decades ago.
It's an indication of how the music world has opened up in the
intervening years that ''Play'' is considered commercial. Making a
warmer, more inviting record was one of Moby's goals after the
admittedly self-indulgent ''Animal Rights.''
''I wouldn't put on 'Play' if I was having a party,'' he said. ''It's
kind of a solipsistic record. I imagine people listening to it while
going for a long drive late at night.''
Rather than in the songs, Moby uses the CD booklet to disseminate
political views. A series of short essays are printed in the booklet, in
which Moby explains why he's a vegetarian, says he's ''horrified'' at
how prisoners are treated in U.S. society and condemns religious people
who preach violence against abortion clinics.
The essays aren't related to the music, he writes, so it's possible to
love the music and hate the essays, or vice versa.
''Who knows,'' he writes, ''maybe by some bizarre twist of fate you'll
like them both.''

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