Moby Turned Off His Computer For A Day
Formerly hardcore techno tea drinker Moby announced his Internet abstinence on Friday.
a break, of sortsThe first "really interesting change" came on Sunday when the Lomax-loving jingle writer updated his blog...
this might sound odd...
but until january 1, 2007, i won't be online.
i'm taking a break.
i receive between 200 - 400 emails a day.
and i spend way too much time on-line reading news, etc.
so, for the next 3 months i'll be taking an internet/email break.
i'll still be sending in blogs/journals, but via snail-mail to my management.
so i'll still be here.
just slower.
i guess that's all.
i promise that on january 1, 2007(even if i'm hungover)i'll send you an update/journal
letting you know how 3 months without email/internet have been.
have a good time.
we might make some big changes to moby.com.
some really interesting changes.
soon.
-moby
day 3(or 4)of no email, etc.Please do, Moby! Maybe via a newsletter we can all subscribe to? The Gawker comments about Manhattan Vegan's Web sabbatical are hilarious. And, ironically, the whole "experiment" has probably generated a ton of traffic at moby.com.
i've lapsed a couple of times for work, etc. i'm an apostate. which is a hard word to pronounce. it's not healthy to spend 4 hours a day on-line, is it?doesn't it do odd things to our brains? doesn't it establish a weird and arbitrary and quick pacing that corrupts that natural happy neurochemical homeostasis that our brains long for? or maybe it's just fun. i don't know. i'll let you know how the experiment progresses.
Apparently there's a little controversy over the video for his new song "New York, New York" as well. According to Idolator, Moby's practically disowned the clip, pissing off the director of photography: "Granted, it's a video about a nightclubbing chihuahua flying around Manhattan on a disco ball. I don't know if he doesn't like the video anymore, or he's embarrassed, or what. I mean, it's silly, but it's exactly what he asked for." You can watch it here. Silly is sort of an understatement. But it's always nice to hear Debbie Harry's voice.
Why does everyone hate Moby so much? Because he's a self-important blowhard or because his music sucks? Or both? He was great on How I Met Your Mother.
Posted at 7:15 PM
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a little from column a, a little from column b...
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...if only there were some way i could give money to a retarded "musician" to sit in a pretentious (but sunny), vegetarian, tea cafe. if only...
reason 353 of 5,000 reasons why i effing hate moby.
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i don't get what the big deal abou the video is?
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tobias you blowhard!
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self-important is such an understatement
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Moby may suck... but I'd sooner listen to him than to John freaking Mayer.
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Oh, but bald people are such fun! They're so cute and cherubic, with their little naked heads. It's fun to read the little skinny man's blogs. Godspeed, thin-lipped vegan!
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Who gives a flying fuck about MOBY?
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I used to love Moby. I saw him a couple of times live. But seriously, does NO ONE else think 'Animal Rights' was kind of a cool album? (I'm thinking the answer is no!)
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That's why his albums suck. He spends all his time reading email and web sites rather than making music.
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moby, moby, moby...you've CHANGED, man. it used to be about the MUSIC.
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Email him and test the theory: boatmate@earthlink.net. It got me redacted on Gawker, I can only hope for the same here.
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Am I the only one who actually likes Moby?
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i did put his email pvt here and i find this.. why are say his private email that is the world yes private? i think not is good ah still i'm received email from moby and with other email which he have but don't think shared here with people whoes can write bad things to him
so bad.!:
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for luck he don't give his private number to everyone either his address so bad that this is pvt and show his email and he don't wanted for only one day he want for more time, but still is in his experiment ok i guess we write everyday
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I think the Technorati ranks are quite skewed with regards to blogs the recently moved to science blogs. And from my own experience with Technorati, "recently" in their terms can be weeks... They're not always up to date, and have a very hard time handling moved sites or merged domains (two urls both leading to the same site). I tried that once and suddenly I had 0 incoming links, said the mighty Technorati website. Then I had to wait about a month for support, so you can see why I don't believe in Technorati's numbers very much.
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I am a "multi-blogger". I have three blogs on TypePad (one general blog [current events, sports, books, movies], one photoblog, one parenting blog), a work-related one on Blogger, and another group-authored blog on Blogger as well. One reason to have multiple blogs is to separate your work life and interests from your personal life.
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Doctor Who takes three prizes at the National Television Awards in a repeat of its success last year...
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DO EVERYBODY HAVE HIS PHONE AND ADDRESS ALSO???? i hope no because maybe he would change his home?
ok i just think he is a lovely man
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why are say his private email that is the world yes private? But the matter of fact is that break is equally important as work is.
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