Moby on 16 years of vegan living

Here's a great article from today's SFGate (online version of the San Francisco Chronicle). It's more about veganism in general and SF than Moby. Lots of links in the original.


GREEN Vegan Man
Moby on 16 years of meatless living


...Moby's veganism has been a constant thread through a career spanning countless styles of music. Boasting collaborators ranging from Elton John to Metallica, and whether racking up performances in front of just a handful of people in punk rock clubs or before 2 billion people during the closing ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics, his message, in one way or another, has reached around the planet.

"When I think of the fact that literally tens of billions of animals are killed every year for human purposes," he says softly, "part of me wants to go out and join the Animal Liberation Front . But on a utilitarian level, I realize that to try to accomplish the greatest good for the greatest number of people, sometimes we have to become salesmen for what we believe, and part of being a salesman is being effective."

To that end, Moby's approach to communicating his message has evolved. Animal Rights, an angry, dissonant album, sold poorly when it came out in 1996. But in 1999, with the infinitely more accessible, danceable Play, Moby hit platinum. And with every copy of Play comes a concise, heartfelt plea for the welfare of the planet's animals. Because millions of copies of that album have been sold, its booklet is probably the most widely read vegan treatise ever. And now Moby is taking the message a step farther.


much more:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/g/a/2005/05/11/gree.DTL

...AND, I love his music. Here's a link to he and his wife's cafe in NYC... http://teany.com/

Looks like their place is right next door to where I used to live... looks like they have some yummy snacks. :)