sitting in narita, waiting for a plane. a singapore airlines plane to be exact. which is delayed. and which will hopefully arrive soon and spirit me away to los angeles. the city of lost angels.
oh, yes, i have my own mtv show. i never know when i’m allowed to mention these things. there are all sorts of things going on and the man tells me when i can and can’t mention them. and then, lo and behold the man usurps my mentioning power and mentions it himself. so i have my mtv show. ‘senor moby’s house of music’. so all of you nice musicians and record companies out there: send me your videos. on my next show (or an upcoming show) i get to play pulp and clinic and basement jaxx and even one of my own videos. i’m a lucky little inept vj. and on the first show i get to play goldfrapp and gorillaz and liquid liquid (‘the cavern’, a seminal proto-hip hop track from 1982 with a really cool video that i don’t think anyone has ever seen) and ‘rabbit in your headlights’ by unkle. ‘rabbit in your headlights’ is the best video ever made, in my opinion. it’s worth watching my show just to see this video, cos i don’t think that anyone is ever allowed to play the unedited version. but the nice mtv/mtv2 people are letting me play the unedited version. if you’re squeamish you shouldn’t watch this video. but it is so beautiful in the end. the first time i saw it i gasped.
but i’m simple and easily impressed.
ok, my trip to tokyo seems to be drawing to an end. time to walk to the gate.
thanks,
moby