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Love and regret

by Dirk February 27, 2010

Last year my son Brandon visited and we had what was for me the best trip we’ve ever had: we went and saw Moby in concert and spent a lot of good time together. My favourite moment was when he was helping me to cut and prepare a prototype for a game I am designing; [...]

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Moby at the Boston House of Blues

by Dirk September 25, 2009

My single favourite thing in the world to do is see bands that I really enjoy, live. If I was set to be executed, or euthanized, or otherwise destroyed, I would choose to spend my last day on Earth at a concert. Probably even a Moby concert (I’ve seen him…six times at this point). Suffice [...]

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Musing on inevitabilities and unanswerable questions

by Dirk April 1, 2007

I go through most of my life in what I can only term a sleepwalking emotional state. This is a coping mechanism. My emotional receptors are naturally hyperactive: I both take in too much of what is happening around me, and I internally contextualize the many inputs around Big and Difficult Questions that are central [...]

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Either I’m getting old or Muzak is getting cooler

by Dirk February 16, 2006

Today I had a first appointment with a new dentist. As I was waiting in the chair, I became aware of the music gently playing through the office: it was Shine On You Crazy Diamond by Pink Floyd, from one of my very favourite albums, Wish You Were Here. What happened to the (in my [...]

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My music today

by Dirk May 18, 2005

(adapted from the Musical Baton, via Nick Finck) Total volume of music files on my computer: 9.59 gigabytes The last CD I bought was: Hot Hot Heat/Elevator Song (album) playing right now: Moby/Hotel Disc 1 Five songs I listen to a lot, or mean a lot to me: 1. Lots of Moby, including: Feeling So [...]

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Mobyhotel.com

by Dirk February 4, 2005

The music industry offers some of the more interesting online experiences. A good example of a promotional site for an as-yet-unreleased album is for Moby’s upcoming album, Hotel. This site uses engaging and experiential content and applications, successfully uses the hotel metaphor to imprint the product identity, and is regularly updated with new content, features, [...]

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Moby

by Dirk November 14, 2004

While I’m sure that I heard cuts from “Play” before knowing what I was listening to, I was first exposed to Moby through Jan. Either her daughter or son-in-law gave her the Play CD. And for many, many months Jan played it. And played it. And played it. I liked it from the beginning but [...]

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Pink Floyd

by Dirk November 14, 2004

I discovered Pink Floyd as a 12 year old. An older girl that I had a crush on liked them so I just adopted them. As it happens in these “twist of fate” situations, when I actually heard their music (well after declaring they being my favourite band) it was exactly the music for me. [...]

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Substance

by Dirk November 14, 2004

All that you touch All that you see All that you taste All you feel All that you love All that you hate All you distrust All you save All that you give All that you deal All that you buy, beg, borrow or steal All you create All you destroy All that you do [...]

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Stupidity and resonant effects

by Dirk December 16, 2002

Snider and I drove to Chicago tonight (Sunday) to see Moby as part of a radio station concert. Upon arrival, we found out that he canceled. While no one had real specific information apparently he was having bottles thrown at him at a show on the west coast, either San Jose Friday or LA on [...]

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