an update on music stuff.


March 24, 2008

an update on music stuff.
although 'stuff' sounds kind of demeaning.
so, an update on music things?
a musical update.
that doesn't sound right either.
but you get the point.
and, a list:

a-i was doing an interview recently and someone asked me
about 'last night' being a eulogy for dance music in nyc. i started
laughing and i realized that either i or someone had a moment
of dyslexia and somehow confused 'eulogy' for 'homage'. both are
weird words with soft g's, but different meanings. 'last night' is an homage
to dance music in nyc, not a eulogy, especially as dance music in nyc(and
elsewhere)is far from dead. it's not even sick, at least from my perspective.
so, to be clear, 'last night' is an homage, a love letter, a tribute, a paean to dance
music in nyc.

b-you can, if you so choose, pre-order last night on itunes and amazon
and all of the other nice places that allow you to pre-order music.
you can also pre-order the cd at your local independent record store.
again, if you so choose. or you can be offended at me schilling for my
own record. but then again, if you're
going to schill you might as well schill for your own record, no?
ok, schilling is over for now. i wonder what the etymology of 'schill' is?
it sounds vaguely yiddish, like schmaltz and shpilkes and schvitz. why
don't they have vegan schmaltz? this is a valid question.

c-march 26th with little death and rene risque and lady rizo at the box
is all sold out. sorry. maybe you can sneak in the back. i hear there's
a back door on freeman's alley. wear roadie clothes and pretend you're working.
maybe that'll work.

d-april 3rd at hiro with mehdi and tommy sunshine should be really fun.
hopefully see you there.

e-and maybe see you in miami next week with carl cox.

f-i guess that's it for now. i hope you had a nice weekend. see you soon.

-moby

Death of dance music

Submitted by Abdo on March 30, 2008 - 8:56pm.

Living in NYC, I'm sorry Moby, there are some things you ARE ignorant of living there. We live in Tallahassee, FL and they killed the music here. When I came here in 2001 for college, there was a fairly healthy scene here. Now there is NOTHING except hip-hop and Top 40 and if you try to hold any dance-music event here the police immediately destroy it or the venue cancels your show so some stupid rap DJ can play. There are vast areas of the US where law enforcement has DESTROYED dance music in the name of the drug war - that's why we drove 8 hours to Miami to see you at Ultra . . . . please realize that in most places you can't even have a margarita at Friday's without being arrested. Except in major cities, law enforcement HAS killed dance music and so much more . . .