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mobility-digest        Thursday, March 9 2000        Volume 03 : Number 128



Re: (mobility) OT Macy Gray
Re: (mobility) moby interview
Re: (mobility) prices
Re: (mobility) OT Macy Gray
Re: (mobility) OT Macy Gray
Re: (mobility) prices
Re: (mobility) prices
Re: (mobility) prices
(mobility) a few more details...
Re: (mobility) a few more details...
(mobility) AOL chat transcript

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Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 14:25:04 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (mobility) OT Macy Gray

Macy Gray's voice is very striking and emotional... but I find the production
that surrounds most of her album overdone and bland.  The production is so
overpowering, you never really get to hear the unique voice.  Much like Fiona
Apple's new cd in my opinion... and Tracy Chapman.

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Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 15:15:26 EST
From: "courtney colonna" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (mobility) moby interview

>theres a nice interview at nme.com

it's at...
Moby tells all!
http://www.nme.com/newsdesk/20000307160030.html

courtney
(who's writing this from her vacation in monument valley, utah!)
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Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 09:18:20 +1000
From: Jane Browning <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (mobility) prices

I just paid $52 Australian dollars for a ticket.  I must be out of my
mind!! :)
Jane


At 04:47 03/03/00 -0800, you wrote:
>
>
>--- Jane Browning <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>=20
>> Has the price of Moby's shows in the US/UK/Europe inflated quite
>> considerably?  I just heard of the price of the tickets in Australia and=
 I
>> don't think I or the dozen people I went with last time would be able to
>> afford to go!  :(
>
>Both the Brighton show (1.Feb) and the Leeds show (29.Feb) were =A38, which=
 is
>about US$14.=20
>
>Elissa
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>Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger.
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>

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Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 17:36:41 -0600
From: "Daniel Lars Morgan" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (mobility) OT Macy Gray

i love Fiona's new album :) especially "Limp"

- -Lars

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To: <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: (mobility) OT Macy Gray


> Macy Gray's voice is very striking and emotional... but I find the
production
> that surrounds most of her album overdone and bland.  The production is so
> overpowering, you never really get to hear the unique voice.  Much like
Fiona
> Apple's new cd in my opinion... and Tracy Chapman.
>
>

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Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 18:44:35 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (mobility) OT Macy Gray

In a message dated 03/08/2000 3:36:59 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< i love Fiona's new album :) especially "Limp" >>

"Paper Bag" is my favorite..

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Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 19:00:14 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (mobility) prices

In a message dated 3/8/00 3:25:43 PM Pacific Standard Time,=20
[e-mail] writes:

<< I just paid $52 Australian dollars for a ticket.  I must be out of my
 mind!! :)
 Jane
=20
=20
 At 04:47 03/03/00 -0800, you wrote:
 >
 >
 >--- Jane Browning <[e-mail]> wrote:
 >>=20
 >> Has the price of Moby's shows in the US/UK/Europe inflated quite
 >> considerably?  I just heard of the price of the tickets in Australia and=
 I
 >> don't think I or the dozen people I went with last time would be able to
 >> afford to go!  :(
 >
 >Both the Brighton show (1.Feb) and the Leeds show (29.Feb) were =A38, whic=
h is
 >about US$14.=20
 > >>

           $24.50 here for Moby and Bush..... Oxford,Ohio

Cheri

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Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 20:41:28 -0500
From: "Adam Bitner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (mobility) prices

hey i just joined the list.....Cheri you go to school at Miami? i do, i'l=
l
be there apr. 4th!

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From: <[e-mail]>
To: <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: (mobility) prices


In a message dated 3/8/00 3:25:43 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< I just paid $52 Australian dollars for a ticket.  I must be out of my
 mind!! :)
 Jane


 At 04:47 03/03/00 -0800, you wrote:
 >
 >
 >--- Jane Browning <[e-mail]> wrote:
 >>
 >> Has the price of Moby's shows in the US/UK/Europe inflated quite
 >> considerably?  I just heard of the price of the tickets in Australia =
and
I
 >> don't think I or the dozen people I went with last time would be able=
 to
 >> afford to go!  :(
 >
 >Both the Brighton show (1.Feb) and the Leeds show (29.Feb) were =A38, w=
hich
is
 >about US$14.
 > >>

           $24.50 here for Moby and Bush..... Oxford,Ohio

Cheri

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Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 21:31:43 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (mobility) prices

In a message dated 3/8/00 5:48:04 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< hey i just joined the list.....Cheri you go to school at Miami? i do, i'll
 be there apr. 4th! >>

Nope, i don't go there....I graduated from high school in ''76..... when I was
 in High School we drove to Oxford from Kettering and went to a Huge Party
there at the University and somehow we ended up cruising around town with
some professor guy who tried to get VERY friendly but failed (what were we
thinkin??)...so anyways.....<g> I cant wait til April 4th!! I saw MOBY in
Cincy last yr...it was incredible! This time I am taking two of my daughters
too. So..have a great safe time at the Concert!!!! And welcome to the
"list"..I just joined too and think it's great.Later

Cheri

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Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 12:15:43 +0100
From: "Bart van Eijck" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (mobility) a few more details...

Hi everybody,

I only need a few more details before the full Moby Discography 4.04 will be
released
on http://www.moby.org  Your help will be greatly appreciated!
============================================================
HONEY  [1998]
OZ CD, Mushroom, ?????  [only need catalog #, I already have the
tracklisting]

I still need all info on the Calvin Klein Moby promo CD (that came with
Rolling
Stone) which unfortunately no one could get me :(

The track time of the song: Natural Blues (Peace Division Edit) on the UK
single

Which tracks are on the A and B side of the US Natural Blues 12"

Full track info on the  WDMHFSB promo 1    12"  (P12Mute230)

Full info on the JBT 2-track single in cardboard sleeve.

Track time of James Bond Theme (LSG Remix)
============================================================

Do you know anything of the above? please e-mail me at [e-mail]
The Moby Song Index will be updated shortly after the Discography.

Bart
np: Megalon - Symbols

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Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 08:30:27 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (mobility) a few more details...

In a message dated 3/9/00 6:17:35 AM Eastern Standard Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< HONEY  [1998]
 OZ CD, Mushroom, ?????  [only need catalog #, I already have the
 tracklisting] >>

actually, it's quite strange how your asking this because i just happened to
come across this information yesterday while searching for moby stuff on the
web.  i'm not sure if the catalog number is accurate of not, but here it is:

MUSH01907.2

<< I still need all info on the Calvin Klein Moby promo CD (that came with
Rolling
Stone) which unfortunately no one could get me :( >>

CK PROMO CD (21:05) [january 2000]
US CD promo, V2, V2DJ-27632-2
1  4:16  natural blues
2  4:02  porcelain
3  6:43  memory gospel
4  6:04  whispering wind

i also got a 'feeling so real' australian import that you might be interested
in including the discography as well...

FEELING SO REAL (47:15) [1994]
OZ CD, warner music australia/elektra, 7559661802
*the tracklisting is exactly the same as the US 9 track single

t i n a.

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Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 08:32:21 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (mobility) AOL chat transcript

MARCH 2, 2000   |   9:00PM EST

AOLiveMC5:  Welcome. It is a pleasure to welcome you this evening.

Moby:  Thanks everyone for being here, and I would like to point out that I'm
not typing this myself, but I'm doing it over the phone from London. It's 2
o'clock in the morning here, and I have a touch of the flu, so I'd like to
apologize if I seem a little cloudy-headed.

AOLiveMC5:  Now let's get right to the questions.

Question:  Are you somewhat surprised about all of the attention that "Play"
has gotten? It is much more diverse than your other recordings in my opinion.
Also, I think a collaboration with you and Jack Dangers would be awesome.

Moby:  Yeah, I'm very surprised about the attention and success "Play" has
had. When I finished recording a year ago, I didn't expect it to be
successful at all, so the fact that it has been critically and commercially
successful is something that makes me happy, especially when there are so
many terrible records out there now.

Question:  What was your favorite music growing up?

Moby:  I've never really had a favorite of anything, a favorite type of
music, a favorite city, a favorite restaurant. So when I was growing up, I
really liked everything -- punk rock, jazz, disco. And I find it's still true
to this day.

Question:  When and how did you decide to do music for a living?

Moby:  I'm 34 years old now, and I started playing music when I was around 9
years old. And as far as thinking seriously about making music as a career,
it was about 19 or 20, but I never anticipated having success at music. I
thought I would be able to pay the rent, and that was about it.

Question:  What contemporary bands do you most enjoy and respect?

Moby:  The music that excites me the most tends to be music that creates a
hybrid of lots of different types of music. So I like Beck and Massive Attack
and Tori Amos and Bjork and some contemporary hip-hop and R&B.

Question:  Moby, I'm very concerned about you.... I've heard you collapsed a
few weeks ago during your tour.... Or was that just another rumor? :) I also
want to say that I LOVE YOU, and I hope to meet you again real soon!

Moby:  It's just a rumor, I don't know if I've ever collapsed in my whole
life. And although my schedule is really arduous, I don't think I've ever
come close to collapsing. But thanks for your concern, and I hope to meet you
at some point real soon.

Question:  Moby, what kind of influences have other musicians had on your
style?

Moby:  When I was growing up, music was far and away the most important thing
in my life. And the musicians I loved had a huge influence on my life, and my
personal life, and there were so many musicians I admired. I'd hate to make a
list because any list would be woefully incomplete.

Question:  Hi Moby! What do you think of "The X-Files" using your song in the
episode "Closure"? Anthony -- WEEB!

Moby:  Because I've been on tour for a long time, I haven't had the chance to
see "The X-Files" in about a year. But as a fan, I'm thrilled that they would
choose to use a piece of music that I made, and, hopefully, someone I know
taped it and can show it to me when I get home.

Question:  Where do you get the idea for the "Natural Blues" song and video?

Moby:  The idea for the song was just to make something that was really
heartfelt and poignant, and that affected me on a strong emotional level. And
the idea for the video was the idea of the director, David LaChappelle.

Question:  What did you think about the Grammys, Moby?

Moby:  The Grammys were very interesting, but I kind of felt like an
anthropologist at a zoo for celebrities.

Question:  Moby, I'm a huge fan! How can fans write you to receive a signed
picture? Anthony.

Moby:  Well, probably the best thing to do is to write to the address that's
in every CD booklet -- either the e-mail address or the snail mail address.
And hopefully, we'll be able to honor your request and send you a signed
picture.

Question:  Do you consider your musical interest a "just for fun thing" or do
you have a message or a way to bring to your audience?

Moby:  Music serves many purposes in my life. On one hand, it's a very
profound form of self-expression, and it's also recreation, and it's also my
work, and it's also the most effective form of communication that I know of.

Question:  What inspired you to write the song "My Weakness"?

Moby:  Well, I had this vocal sample of an African choir, and I sampled the
vocals and started playing keyboards on top of it -- and the inspiration was
to make something that was beautiful and powerful, but also a little bit
unsettling.

Question:  Moby, I know that your friend Paul Yates is a filmmaker, and I
recently got a copy of the movie "Space Water Onion." Have you done anything
else like that, and how do you like the acting experience compared to
composing music?

Moby:  There's a long and shameful tradition of musicians trying to act, and
I know that I can't act to save my life. So I think I have to content myself
with being a musician and not being a musician-actor.

Question:  I just want to say that the essays you put in your CDs are
beautifully written, and I was wondering if it was true that you are a direct
descendant of Herman Melville?

Moby:  Unless my parents were lying to me, yes, in fact I am a descendant of
Herman Melville. And thank you, because the essays are very important to me
as well.

Question:  Have you started working on your next album?

Moby:  I have, but it's difficult because I've been on tour since July. And
I'm only home for two days every two months, and it's difficult to work in
earnest on music while I'm on the road.

Question:  In the video "Natural Blues," you, or it seemed that you, were
reincarnated. Do you believe in reincarnation?

Moby:  I don't know if I believe in reincarnation or not. Once again, the
idea for the video was exclusively that of the director, David LaChappelle.

Question:  What have you been listening to recently? By the by, what happened
to the onion suit?

Moby:  The onion suit, much to my chagrin, was impractical, and they wouldn't
let me wear it. But perhaps at future awards ceremonies, the powers that be
will let me dress up like a giant onion. And, I've been listening to a lot of
old Roxy music records.

Question:  Any chance of a collaboration with R.E.M.??!!

Moby:  I'm friendly with the people who are in R.E.M., and I like some of
their songs a lot. But there's never been any talk of collaborating, although
I've heard Michael Stikes sing karaoke, and he has a really beautiful voice.

Question:  Hi, (this is Jenny from Michigan) -- you have contributed a lot to
movie soundtracks. Do you think you will ever compose an entire score for a
film?

Moby:  I like being able to contribute individual songs to movies, but my
main goal as a musician is to really make my own records. Maybe at some
point, if there's a director, I'm really enthusiastic about working with,
I'll write the whole score for a movie. But at present, rather selfishly, all
I want to do is to make my own records.

Question:  What inspires you to write the great essays in your albums?

Moby:  When I make a CD, I have the ability to communicate with millions of
people, and I take that very seriously. And I really like the idea of writing
about issues and things that are important to me, rather than just filling up
a CD booklet with graphic design and pretty pictures. But, I don't have a
problem with graphic design and pretty pictures. I would just rather include
my little essays.

Question:  "Play" can be considered a much more fluent album than, say,
"Everything Is Wrong" or "Animal Rights." Why the change from such strongly
contrasting pieces to a more solid sound?

Moby:  It's a very good question. But strangely enough, I don't really have
an answer. When I make a record, all I'm trying to do is to create a body of
work that I'm in love with and that other people might love as well.

Question:  Moby, I heard you were doing the soundtrack for John Walters new
film. Are they all new songs, and when will the soundtrack come out?

Moby:  I've been a John Waters fan since the days of "Polyester," and I wish
I could do the whole soundtrack to his movie. But I don't have the time. So,
I'm contributing two pieces of music to the film.

Question:  Just heard you'll be doing the Campus Tour. What type of band do
you play with live? How many piece, etc.?

Moby:  Live, I play with a five-piece band, including myself. And at the risk
of sounding immodest, the live show that we put on is wonderful.

Question:  Do you get creative freedom on your albums, or are you controlled
by your label, producers, etc.

Moby:  When it comes to making my records, I'm very fortunate in a sense that
I have absolute creative control. But I do greatly respect the opinions of a
lot of my friends and people who work at the record companies.

Question:  How has this relatively sudden fame affected you and your music?

Moby:  Well, the first single that I ever put out was called "Go," and it was
a top ten record throughout Europe -- and it came out 10 years ago, so I've
had varying degrees of success throughout my career. But this is the first
time I've had anything approaching mainstream success around the whole world.
And, it's a very interesting phenomenon to be a part of.

Question:  Just curious Moby.... What sort of thing do you long for after
being on the road for so long? What just sounds really appealing?

Moby:  What sounds really appealing is the idea of being somewhere warm with
warm water to swim in and a beautiful blue sky and some nice vegan food.

Question:  Hi Moby! (This is Gwendolyn from Maryland) Have you ever
considered publishing a book of your powerful songs, such as a book of essays
or something?

Moby:  Well, I've thought about it, but as much as I like writing essays, I
don't think I'm a good enough writer to justify actually releasing a whole
book. And, ironically, I can reach more people through putting essays on my
records.

Question:  Moby, I know that you are friends with Jewel, do you think you
will be collaborating with her at some point?

Moby:  We've talked about possibly working on some songs together, and one of
the funny things about Jewel is that she has this reputation for being a
sweet and delicate folk singer. And she actually has one of the raunchiest
senses of humor of anyone that I know.

Question:  Are you trying to send yourself in the direction of pop music or
keep your original state as a rock/techno performer?

Moby:  I'm trying to do neither. I'm trying to make music that I love and
trying to make records that can be meaningful to me and hopefully to the
people that listen to them.

Question:  Moby, I've seen you perform live a couple times. Which type of
show do you like best, the larger venues or the smaller clubs?

Moby:  In general, I tend to prefer medium-sized venues, by that I mean
venues that are around 1,500 people. I find that very small venues can be
intimate, but it's difficult to stage a big production in them. And really
big venues are too easy to get lost in.

Question:  Would you say this success is a result of your changing your
style, or the general public finally coming around to what you've been doing
for years?

Moby:  Once again, that's a very good question! But, in all honesty, I really
have no idea except that from my perspective, I've made a record that's
multifaceted and emotional. And I think that a lot of contemporary records
are cold and one dimensional and perhaps that's why people seem to like "The
Play."

Question:  Have you ever thought about doing a country or classical piece of
music?

Moby:  I've written, at least from my perspective, a lot of classical music.
And when I was growing up, my mother dated a pedal steel player from a
country western band. So it's a type of music that I'm familiar with. But I
think that if I try to write country western, I would be terrible at it.

AOLiveMC5:  Moby, we are just about out of time, so we will take one last
question.

Question:  Where do you see alternative music going in the next year or two?

Moby:  Well, I hope that the misogynistic trend in alternative music comes to
an end, for, whereas I don't dislike bands like Limp Biscuit or Korn, I do
have a huge problem with any music that espouses misogynistic values. I hope
that the current trend of musical hybridization continues, for that's the
type of musical development that excites me the most.

AOLiveMC5:  Thank you, Moby, for joining us this evening.

Moby:  I'd just like to thank everyone for their questions, and I hope that
when I'm back on tour in the States, that I can get the chance to meet up
with everybody.

AOLiveMC5:  You have been a great guest.

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