a list.
a a sad start to the list, as les paul died today. les was an amazing man who invented, well, everything that made the birth of rock and roll possible. he essentially invented the electric guitar and multi-track recording technology, without which we wouldn’t really have any of the records that we all grew up with. les had a long and amazing life and he was a gracious and decent man. goodbye, les.
b last night the little death played (as i’m back in nyc for 11 minutes) and it was really, really fun (plus daron and i, of course, played daron’s gold top les paul guitar). hot and sweaty and messy and even more hot and more sweaty. probably the most enjoyable little death show yet, in my opinion. there’s a little death cd out, and i’m sure that if you email the little death they’ll happily send you one. well, assuming you give them some money. which will probably go to a good cause, like daron’s long standing wine and stinky cheese addiction.
c for the upcoming north american tour we’ve announced 2 new dates, in las vegas (i don’t know the date) and also the williamsburg music hall in brooklyn (sept 22). i’m assuming the information is on moby.com. or elsewhere. oh, and the tickets just went on sale for the shows that we’re doing in mexico.
d we’ll be doing a few more european dates in september, at ancienne belgique (my spelling, especially in french, is terrible) on september 8th, and also in porto on september 12th. oh, and an acoustic set at the rough trade shop in london on september 6th (most likely the very, very, very smallest show of the whole tour).
e when working with apple computers you invariably get the little spinning disk when the computer is busy or crashing. wouldn’t it be nice if the computer said, ‘crashed’ so you could restart it? and if the spinning disk is a sign that you need to wait then maybe the computer could tell you how long you need to wait? ‘:15’ or ‘:1:40’. just a thought for any apple programmers out there. i hate that little spinning disk.
f oh, and i think i mentioned that i’m playing a very small show in a really nice theater in stockholm next week, on the 20th. it’s a part of the european unions initiative on climate change (that they’re working on with mtv). an interesting show, as we’ll play for an hour, then talk for 15 minutes, then play for another hour. at least that’s what they told me. but i really have no idea, usually. thanks
moby