"it upholds his cleancut image."
Interesting choice of words...
I understand what you are trying to say but it's hypocritical of him to take
their money in the first place. Moby may think of it as a "Robin Hood" sort
of gesture/action but how many people who attend his shows will look at the
sponsor and think, "well, it Moby endorses it then it must be good enough
for me to buy." By allowing them to place their name and logo all over his
tours, etc. he does endorse them... regardless of what he may do with the
money afterward. You see, I think in the long run the car companies and
others win because he gives a one time contribution to this or that cause
but his fans continue to think that this or that product is good because
they saw it at a Moby concert or advert. You're right when you say it's
clever... he gets the money to tour (so he can sell more records later) and
then takes it and gives it (not all of it I'm sure, his record company and
vendors are going to want some) to a charity and says "see what a sneeky
fella I am."
I don't and won't buy it.
MEK
From: Nick Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 313@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: [313] about moby and his corporate money he receives...
Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 15:45:49 +0100 (BST)
--- tim maughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
hmmmm..interesting, but can he reverse what he's
> done by becomming (in
> effect) an advocate for the car company he's worked
> for? wouldn't it be
> easier to just tell them to f*** off in the first
> place? and then maybe,
> make a big deal out of doing that, thus hopefully
> heightening awareness of
> the cause among his millions of fans?
Nobody would get any money in that case... Those who
deserve it or those who don't. The way he's going is
clever, someone benefits and it upholds his cleancut
image.
Later,
Nick:)
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