Moblogging and Emogaming at Schipol

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Does this qualify as 'moblogging'? Or even 'imoblogging' or (shudder) 'emoblogging'? I'm writing this at Schipol Airport outside Amsterdam, about to board my flight for Tokyo. Amongst my e mail is a message from Russia asking for an electronic reading of a Tchaikovsky piece for a compilation on a label from the Ural Mountains, confirmation that I will in fact be playing two shows in Hong Kong (September 2nd and 3rd), and a note from Rob from Mixel Pixel telling me that their excellent and fun cover version of 'What Are You Wearing' is now available for download from their website, free of charge:

What Are You Wearing? (9.5 MB)

Rob also recommends the anti-Bush online video game (it's an 'emogame', apparently) Bushgame, saying 'It's the best thing I've seen on the internet in maybe forever! Gotta go - my girlfriend is in the next room fighting toxic Dick Cheney with Howard Stern. This I have to see.' Ah, it's Flash! Maybe I can play this all the way to Tokyo. Or maybe instead I'll be reading every last article in The Wire, New Scientist, International Herald Tribune, Society Guardian, Architect's Association Project Review Guide, Vice and 0fr magazine (the contents of my bag). Maybe I'll make a start on the Index article I'm writing about the Paris music scene. Most likely, though, I'll be gazing down at the rock and river formations of Siberia, daydreaming at my rear window for ten hours.

Okay, off to the gate.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I finally bought my first Momus CD today and am thoroughly satisfied with the experience. Forbidden Software Timemachine was at a discounted price so, I must admit, that was my main criterion for purchase. When I asked for your CDs and carefully spelt out M-O-M-U-S, the guy working at FNAC Lisbon looked at me as if I were an idiot and took me straight to your stuff. Then he enthusiastically told me about when you had visited FNAC last year and how it was impossible not to notice the tall blond eccentric pirate guy and Japanese girlfriend. We checked your homepage and had a nice chat about music and I left, content with my perfect purchase. The disc is great of course, but you knew that already (and so did I, really).

Rosa VA, a happy Portuguese customer.

PS. I just came back to Europe on a 7,000+ km ride on the Transiberian from Beijing - much better than looking at the Urals through an airplane window.