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October 23, 2007

Take Ecstasy With Moby

There are certain things you come to associate with ManhattanVegan: health food, thick glasses, liberal politics, teenage raves, techno, art auctions, TeaNY, a bald head. So then, the journal entry over at moby.com titled "so the white house is asking congress for $2 billion to fight the drug war in mexico" could easily be renamed "The Least Surprising Moby Post Ever."


[Sun-blinded self-portrait by Moby]

i'm not saying that we should just give up, but clearly the war on drugs isn't working. maybe the money should be spent educating consumers as to the dangers of drugs? except, well, looked at honestly and from a statistical perspective, drugs aren't always that dangerous. i'm not advocating drug use, but most people in the western world have done illegal drugs and have gone on to lead happy and healthy lives. even our current president used to be a cocaine addict. maybe someone should finally stand up and say: 'you know what? people seem to really like drinking and taking drugs. maybe as a concerned government we should educate people as to the deleterious ramifications of drug abuse. but maybe we should just accept that people do seem to really enjoy ingesting substances that alter their neurochemistry and allow people to do what they want to do to themselves.' i don't know, it just seems that from an empirical perspective the war on drugs not only isn't working, but hasn't worked from day one and has just ended up wasting billions of dollars and filling our prisons with people who are only guilty of selling the general public what the general public seems to really like.
Looks like somebody read Hertzberg in the January 1996 New Yorker. Wonder what he thinks about OiNK. Oh, wait, pigs aren't vegan.

And one more thing to associate with Moby: a broken shift key.

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Moby should stop worrying about drugs and politics and start making some decent music again

Posted by: guy person at 10/23/07 5:35 PM | Reply
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Again? hhahahahahahah thats the funniest shit ive ever seen posted on here.

Posted by: fuckmoby at 10/23/07 6:49 PM | Reply
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You are lying if you say you weren't all over PLAY when it came out.

Posted by: zik at 10/23/07 7:47 PM | Reply
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In case you forgot, PLAY came out 8 years ago.

Posted by: guy person at 10/23/07 7:58 PM | Reply
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Moby makes decent music.

YEAH I FUCKING WENT THERE, BITCHES.

Meh, I like the guy.

Posted by: The Other Matthew at 10/23/07 9:42 PM | Reply
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Yeah id have to agree, i mean hes the weakest looking man in music and looks like a fragile 10th grader scared of the ball in gym class, but back in the day porcelien and natural blues was some chilln shit

Posted by: AmOtto at 10/23/07 10:00 PM | Reply
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I think his best work was his guest role on How I Met Your Mother. You know, when he was a crazy guy with a gun who stole Barney's mix CD. Oh wait, that was just a crazy bald guy with glasses. Nevermind, you guys are right, it's been a while since Moby produced something good.

Posted by: Dan at 10/23/07 11:39 PM | Reply
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"not-moby stole my get psyched mix!"

Posted by: leighann at 10/24/07 11:28 AM | Reply
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Haha Yea that was a funny ass episode.

A Good Mix should be all rise..starting with Bon Jovi!

Posted by: AmOtto at 10/24/07 6:10 PM | Reply
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