Swinging Modern Sounds: Observations on the Occasion of a 100th Column
The clash of opinions about music is music itself.
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Posts Tagged: moby
The Man in the Empty Suit: Talking with Emily St. John Mandel
Emily St. John Mandel discusses her new novel, THE GLASS HOTEL.
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Wanted/Need/Loved: Moby’s 30 Rock
It really was art imitating life imitating art imitating life.
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Notable Los Angeles: 5/6–5/12
Literary events in and around L.A. this week!
...moreNotable Los Angeles: 1/30–2/5
Monday 1/30: Hey, when’s the last time you volunteered at 826LA? Today’s a good day to. The kids need you. Tuesday 1/31: April Smith discusses and signs her new novel Home Sweet Home. 6:30 p.m. at Diesel Brentwood. Tony Fletcher discusses and signs In the Midnight Hour: The Life & Soul of Wilson Pickett. 7 p.m. […]
...moreWord of the Day: Kakorrhaphiophobia
(n.) an abnormal fear of failure or defeat; from the Greek kakos (“bad, evil”); syn. atychiphobia Everybody in L.A. fails. We just do. —Moby, from “Creativity and Freedom to Fail” Maria Popova of Brainpickings pertinently asks in her March 2014 review of Sarah Lewis’s insightful book The Rise, “How, then, can we transcend that mental block, […]
...moreSpent Hits Los Angeles!
Los Angeles! The release party for Rumpus columnist Antonia Crane‘s memoir Spent is happening this Friday, 5/30! This will be unlike any book release party you have ever seen. Not only will Antonia be there, recording artist MOBY will be reading! The event also features Jill Soloway (Transparent/Six Feet Under/Looking/Afternoon Delight), Dirty Laundry Lit’s Natashia Deon, and Flora […]
...moreThe Freedom to Fail
Recording artist Moby writes over at The Guardian about why he needed to leave New York and come to Los Angeles for his art. Los Angles gave him the room and the freedom to fail. “Plenty of other cities in the United States and abroad are, of course, interesting and beautiful, but I moved to […]
...moreAural Fixations, The Rumpus Mixtape #10: Making a Pie
Making a Pie (Instructions for Pie and Life) 1. The act of reading poetry is a fine thing to incorporate. Begin, say, with Cornelius Eady’s “Gratitude” and take it from there.
...moreSwinging Modern Sounds #29: The Museum of Broken Things
Rick Moody interviews Moby about his obsession with drum machines.
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