I found this too amusing not to share.
Rob!
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----- Original Message -----
From: roland_adams <synaptic@attbi.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 11:12 AM
Subject: [angeldustrial] moby is an asswad
quoted 56 lines I despise the man, I think he should stop his tour and possibly
> I despise the man, I think he should stop his tour and possibly
> his entire career effective immediately.
>
> I wanted to send him hate mail but instead I just posted to his
> site. I don't think moby fans will get it so I'll put it here too.
>
> .....
>
>
> This is going to be a downer. I was there last night, saw Bowie,
> saw Moby, but had to walk off after a few songs into Moby's set. I
> came into the show neutral to both Bowie and Moby, and left
> polarized. Bowie and his band were fantastic, and I observed
> David Bowie split heads like so many melons with the power of
> his voice and delivery. To follow David Bowie's set is
> courageous... or something.
>
> David Bowie plays rock music with a rock band, so he just gets
> the best players out there to tour with him, its easy that way I
> guess and its basically guaranteed to come off. Moby and other
> electronic bands have a different challenge, obviously because
> the stuff can't be played live. All you can do is theatrically
> embellish what's already there , or drop some of the tracks out
> and perform them, or perform on top of them.
>
> Or you can pretend to play stuff (not uncommon.) Or you can try
> to get away with convincing people you are playing everything
> and you are truly driving the tracks that you have prefab'd in the
> studio, and you would be Moby, or the Mandrell sisters, but not
> something that isn't a massive insult to the audience's
> intelligence. Moby dude what's with the half assed guitar solo?
> Humping a non functional keyboard, and running back and forth
> like you have tons to do up there. It would be more honest to run
> back and forth to just show you like running back and forth in
> front of 10's of thousands of people. But a better suggestion
> would be to chill out, because running around doing nothing
> while you are pretending to be doing something detracts from
> the presentation. Do you do that when you make the tracks in
> your studio?
>
> Maybe you could hire someone to run around on stage while the
> other players play, and that person would be really good at
> emoting while doing calesthenics. Maybe you could get the
> cirque de soleil to do some trapeze act during the songs, that
> would be really entertaining, and groundbreaking, and financially
> possible considering the price of admission and all the product
> tents and all the focus groups running around at the festival. But
> sir, I've seen circus clowns, and you are no circus clown.
> Instead, lay back, be the grandaddy of all you have created so we
> don't have to watch you try to steal the spotlight from the talented
> performers with whom you share the stage. Or, if you want to be
> a rock star, learn to play that strap on guitar and write some rock
> songs, or just relegate yourself to triggering samples in some
> clever way.
>
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