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国外考察回来，我为中国人感到自豪和骄傲!

我这次到国外考察，是有很大收获的。特别是对于我们彻底粉碎右右“崇洋媚外”的思想是大有意义的！在这方面我最有深刻体会的是：洋鬼子都很傻，都没有我们中国人聪明，实践证明我们中国人是世界上最优秀的！中国人在国外是很受重视的！

　　下面我就举几个这方面的例子。

　　先说洋鬼子的傻吧，我到澳大利亚考察期间，正是他们国家发生森林火灾期间。救火这本来是消防队员的事吧，可偏偏有许多人专门请假或是利用休假从老远赶来救火！这些人图个啥呢？我问了一下，什么都不图！你看这些人多傻呀！就说不要奖金、工资吧，总该蹭顿饭吃吧！可那些人救完了火还自己上餐馆，这不是倒贴钱吗？

　　洋鬼子傻，那是有目共睹的！

　　有一次，我们到阿尔卑斯山去玩，看见很多人都拎着一个塑料袋往自己的小车里装。我以为他们是捡的什么好山货，仔细一瞅，都是垃圾！嗨！是垃圾就丢在地上呗！自有环卫工人来扫呗！再说又没戴红袖章罚款的，怕个啥呀！把垃圾拎几百里甚至上千里带回家，不是太傻冒了呗！

　　洋鬼子傻还表现在古板不灵活。有的时候前边遇到红灯，又没警察又没别的车，可司机就是傻傻地在那里等；有的时候我们前边的车速度很慢，旁边的道好宽，可他就是不超车，连个喇叭也不按一下，就是不急不忙地在后边跟着。我们的司机，随便叫出一个来都比他强啊！还有一次，我们到一个旅游点去玩，车行在半路上时，突然停住了。我往窗外一看，前面停了一排小轿车。我以为是出了车祸，跑到前面一看，原来是一头猪正在路当中大摇大摆地晃荡着哩！那些开车的洋鬼子居然还傻乎乎地等着猪自觉地让路，这不是见鬼吗？我灵机一动，在心里说：“傻洋人们，看我们中国人是怎么机智灵活果断地处理这事吧！”我冲上前只三脚两脚，就把那头猪蹬得嗷嗷直叫，乖乖地让到路边去了！

　　有一次，我为了证明他们的呆板，也为了捉弄他们一下，为上百年来受过洋鬼子欺负的同胞出口气，特地在柏林街头两个相挨的电话亭上一个贴上男字，一个贴上女字。结果，正如我预料的那样，那些男洋鬼子宁可排着长队，也不到贴着“女”字空着的电话亭上去打。

　　因为洋鬼子傻，我们这些聪明的中国人去了总可以占很多便宜，比如外国人什么都爱排队，我们不想排队，只要冲洋鬼子撒个谎，说有点急事，他们就被哄住了，还要笑脸相迎地请我们到前面去。

　　在欧洲乘火车，那就更可以占便宜了。欧洲的火车上一般都不查票，下车出站也不查票。我买一张十元的短途完全可以大摇大摆地乘上几百元的车。

　　还有欧洲的一些城市，市政当局在街头放了一批自行车让游人自己骑着玩，你说这傻不傻，我完全可以把自己家自行车的破内胎换它个好外胎，还不会被人知道嘛！

　　在国外，我还发现一个现象，就是我们的车跑了几百公里竟然没遇到一个收费站！这些国家的政府官员简直是吃干饭的，这么一大笔收入，竟然白白浪费了。

　　还有，不要迷信洋鬼子的东西都好，有些东西设计得可以说是蠢，我就吃过亏。那回，在加拿大，我在一个公园玩时，尿憋了，正好看见一个收费厕所，上面虽标着需投币一块，可门却是开的，我不管三七二十一，先进去方便了再说。可等方便完了，那门就打不开了！我一摸身上，没一块硬币，出不去了！我急得在里面乱踢乱骂，可没人理！同志们呀！我足足在里面关了五个小时才有人来解救呀！洋鬼子口口声声讲“人权”，你说这设计的厕所有人权可讲吗？我操。

　　右右们总说外国人比较自由，根本就不是那么回事！我们参观的时候，无论有多少人，他们总是静悄悄的，连个话都不敢大声说，活得多压抑啊！这叫自由？我们中国人就不管那么多，想说就说，想喊就喊。这已经成为我们中国人联络的纽带了。有一次参观的时候我和大家走散了，正焦急的时候，忽然听到远处吵吵嚷嚷，我急奔过去，你猜对了，正是我们的人!嘿！

　　到了国外才深切地感到，中国人在世界上的影响力是很大的，地位是很高的。据说过去国外很少使用汉语，可现在不一样喽。你看吧，就连红灯区的XXX女都会几句汉语，我们去的时候，好多XXX女用汉语很熟练地和我们打招呼，有一个还对我喊：“有发票！”看看，他们对我们的国情都是那么了解啊。

　　更另我惊讶的是，国外的有些旅游景点都用汉语写提示牌，什么“请勿随地吐痰”、“请勿随地扔垃圾”、“请勿大声喧哗”等等。我仔细观察了，除了汉语几乎没用任何别的语言，而且在参观着名的巴黎圣母院的时候，我竟然也看到了这样的汉语提示！

　　同志们那，这个时候，我真为我是一个中国人感到自豪和骄傲啊！

      我经常阅读亚马逊网站上的一些评论文章，以下是普通用户贴上来的其中一篇。我觉得写得非常好，不在于它的内容，而在于他平易近人的说服力。大家可以参考看看。

    I've recently concluded that music is ruining my life. I'm addicted to it, it owns me in the car, wakes me and pushes me into the shower in the morning, even influences what I wear. I have a hard time concentrating on anything of significance when I'm listening to music. And I need to think sometimes!

    That's where ambient music could be saving me.

    The jury is still out on Ambient, but I have made a deliberate attempt to move away from RnB, Rap, Rock, and most Alternative when I need to really use my brain. Ambient music is now canvassing the background in my home, my office (not ready to let into the car yet), and I'm loving it. It sounds like what you'd hear at a W Hotel in the bar, or at the Redwood Room in San Francisco. Just plain cool. You want to grab a Martini, sink into a deep red velvet couch, and just chill.

    Of the dozen or so Ambient bands I researched and listened to, Zero 7 is my favorite by far. This new release is better than their first (Simple Things) in my objective "newbie" opinion. The track titled "Home" with vocals by Tina Dico is one of my favorite new songs, also, Sia Furler delivers one of the juiciest vocals on the album in "Somersault".

    I've heard a lot of comparisons with the group Air, allot of "who knocked who off" type stuff. I haven't checked them out yet, but after listening to this album, who cares? Zero 7 has crafted a work of art that will have you loving each song at first listen...

    ...and that's quite a feat. It usually takes at least a few listens to prime my interest.

Hope this helped...

Moby Biography

    Born September 11, 1965 in Harlem, New York City. Given the legal name Richard Melville Hall. Given the nickname 'Moby' at birth due to having Herman Melville as an ancestor. Lived in a basement apartment in New York City with James Hall and Elizabeth Hall and 3 pet lab rats, a dog named Jamie, and a cat.

    In 1967, James Hall killed in a car crash.

    In 1967,moved with Elizabeth Hall (mom) to Danbury, Connecticut to an apartment in a strange house by the Danbury prison.

    In 1968, first fell in love with a song, 'Proud Mary' by CCR. Refused to leave car when aforementioned song was on crappy sounding AM radio in beat up old Plymouth.

    Summer of 1969, moved to San Francisco for the Summer of Love. Vague memory of meeting John Wayne.

    Autumn of 1969, moved to Darien, Connecticut to live in a big suburban house with grandparents, Myron Warner and Jeanette McBride Warner. Attended Royle Grammar School from 1970-1975. Strange fact: best friend in 1973 was Robert Downey Jr. Parents used to smoke pot together, haven't seen him since.

    In 1975, moved to a haunted house populated with hippies in Stratford, Connecticut.

    In 1977, moved back to Darien, Connecticut.

    In 1978, began taking guitar lessons from a cute suburban girl who was in love with James Taylor.

    In 1978, learned how to play first song on guitar, 'Crocodile Rock'. Disappointed that cute guitar teacher had no amorous interest in me?oops, in Moby. Sorry, trying to maintain objectivity.

    In 1979, started first band. We knew 2 songs, 'Money' by Pink Floyd and 'Birthday' by the Beatles.

    In 1980, started first new wave/punk rock band called 'The Banned', then 'Uxb', then 'DD", and finally settling on 'Vatican Commandoes'. We started out covering Clash and Sex Pistols songs and then writing our own punk rock ditties, such as 'Housewives on Valium' and 'Wonder Bread'.

    In 1982, started darker new wave band called AWOL..

    In 1981, to break the timeline a little bit, went to first New York City nightclub. the Mudd Club, to see 'Fear'奿t was awesome.

    In 1983, released first record, 'Hit Squad for God' with Vatican Commandos.

    In 1983, I also got my first 4-track recorder. It was a brown, Tascam 4 track cassette recorder and I set it up in the basement of my mother's house. This is when I realized that I could finish songs by myself and that I didn't need to be so reliant upon other musicians.

    In 1984, released second record, 'AWOL' by AWOL. Oops, graduated from Darien High School in 1983 and started Attending University of Connecticut, but that didn't last long. Dropped out of UConn in 1984.

    In 1984, started DJ'ing at the Beat in Port Chester, New York. Early DJ'ing experiences there consisted of playing records at 3 in the morning in the middle of the week to 4 or 5 passed out drunks. It got better, and I had some really wonderful moments there. Ah, memories...Continued to live in Darien, Connecticut until 1985. Moved to Greenwich, Connecticut in 1986. Lived next door to George Bush's mom. Very strange. Lived in the woods in a carriage house that a friend of mine was sort of squatting in. Moved to Stamford, Connecticut in 1988. Lived in a semi-abandoned factory with no running water in my space.

    It was illegal to live there, but I loved it. Had cockroaches the size of Chihuahuas. Could hear them running around. They were disgusting. But I loved living in that old, semi-abandoned factory. In 1987, I started taking demo tapes around NYC trying to get a record deal. 2 years of very fruitless labor, being rejected by every label that I spoke to.

    In 1989, I finally received some interest from a new label in NYC called Instinct Records. And in 1989 I moved to New York to a very dark and dirty apartment on 14th Street and 3rd avenue that was next to a Mexican restaurant with deep-fried everything and a 24 hour sex shop/brothel. New York sure has changed...Released first single, 'Time's Up' as the Brotherhood. This record sold all of, I don't know, 8 copies? Began DJ'ing around New York at defunct clubs such as Mars, the Palladium, MK, Palace de Beaute, etc. First ever live electronic performance at MK in the summer of 1990.

    1990. I wore a suit. I was very nervous. Second ever live electronic performance at the Palladium in Autumn of 1990. 5,000 people. It went surprisingly well even though I was a nervous wreck. Released 2nd single 'Mobility' in winter of 1990. It sold around 2,000 copies. I was thrilled. Really. For I expected it to fare as well as 'The Brotherhood' single, so selling anything over 100 copies was, for me, a great success. Released 3rd single 'Voodoo Child' in early Winter of 1991. It sold around 4,000 copies and I actually heard it played in a nightclub. Life was good. Released 4th single, 'Go' in spring of 1991. I was hoping that it would sell 4,000 copies.

    It has since gone on to sell around 1,000,000 copies and was even listed as one of Rolling Stone's best records of all time. Imagine my surprise. And that's when things started to get a little bit crazy. The Rave scene was exploding and I was putting out records that were actually selling well and I was traveling back and forth to Europe and performing for thousands of kids slathered in Vick's Vapo-Rub and out of their minds on ecstasy. Needless to say it was very exciting.

    In 1992, I did my first-ever American tour with the Shamen. It was fun at times, but I was very unhappy being away from home for 6 weeks.

    In 1992, I also left Instinct and signed with Elektra records and Mute Records. In 1993, I did my second ever American tour with the Prodigy and Richie Hawtin (and the plus 8 sound system). This was a lot more fun and I even had my first ever tour-related one-night stand! Which, of course, I felt very guilty about.

    In 1993, I released a single called 'Move' that became my 3rd UK Top 40 Single ('Go' went to #10, and some other singles, 'uhf' and 'Next is the E' Also went top 40. All very surprising for a little wiener like me from Connecticut).

    In 1994, I did my third-ever American tour with Orbital and Aphex Twin. It was kind of a sad tour, cos' everyone hated me. Really. Which is too bad, cos' I liked them. Ah well.

    In 1995, I released my first real album, 'Everything is Wrong' which was named Spin's 'Album of the Year'. That year I also toured with Lollapalooza and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Spin also named the single 'Everytime You Touch Me' their favorite single of 1995. It was a very good year, and then it all went dark...

    In 1996, I began suffering from acute panic attacks and I was working on "Animal Rights', which I loved but which no one else seemed to like very much. After the relative success of 'Everything is Wrong', the bad reviews and poor sales of 'Animal Rights' were kind of depressing, but I still love 'Animal Rights' and I'm thrilled the record companies let me release it. To compound the darkness of this period, my mother was diagnosed and ended up dying of lung cancer. In some ways, I see 'Animal Rights' as being my strange and pained reaction to her illness (even though it was written before she was diagnosed. I think on some level I knew that something was wrong. There's even a song on 'Animal Rights' called 'Love Song for My Mom' that was written and recorded right before she was diagnosed with cancer.)

    In 1997, I stopped touring for a while and worked on some film music, including the 'James Bond Theme', which became my 8th(?) UK Top 40 single (it charted at #8, which made me feel good after "Animal Rights' tanked). And did you know that when I went to the UK to do press for `Animal Rights` they could only find 2 journalists who wanted to talk to me? Yup. That's why I refuse to complain when I find myself doing a lot of interviews. The alternative to doing a lot of interviews, doing none because no one is interested, is grim. So if you ever hear me complaining about the arduous life of a traveling musician just hit me (but gently, I'm little and I bruise easily...).

    In 1997, I released 'I Like to Score', which was a collection of music that I'd made that had appeared in different films. It did ok compared to 'Animal Rights', which isn't saying much. And around this time was when I believe that most people had pretty much completely written me off, which, thankfully, I wasn't aware of at the time. So in 1997, I began working on my next record, which was released in?

    May of 1999, and ended up being called 'Play''. When I made 'Play' we spent a few months looking for a new American record label (cos i had parted ways Elektra in 1998), but no one was particularly interested, but luckily V2 Records liked the music and were willing to take a chance on 'Play', and when we released 'Play' we had very high hopes. Our great ambition was for "Play' to sell 250,000 copies worldwide, so imagine our joy and surprise as it's since gone on to sell almost 10,000,000 copies and around 3,000,000 singles. 'Play' was a #1 record in a lot of countries, and it ended up becoming a platinum record in 25? 26? countries. I'm still kind of shocked at how well it did.

    What am I saying? I'm still completely shocked at how well it did. A little record made in the bedroom of a musician that most people had completely dismissed that goes on to sell almost 10 million copies? I'm sure you understand my surprise at its success. And because of the strange and long-developing success of 'Play' I ended up being on tour for over 2 years, which was great, for in the beginning of the tour we were playing tiny little venues and by the end of the tour we were playing arenas妕hat's crazy, isn't it? Our first show in New York City after the release of 'Play' was in the basement of a record store. Our last show in New York was for 15,000 people. Our first show in London after the release of 'Play' was for around 500 people.

    The last show was for 20,000 (over 2 nights). Crazy, but fun, and exceptionally gratifying given the surprising and unexpected nature of the success. Other kind of strange and surprising tid-bits of success were being nominated for Grammy's 3 years in a row, winning an MTV Europe and an MTV U.S.A award, winning a VH-1 award, and so on. Oh boy, all of this shameless bragging makes me feel kind of dirty...So the tour for 'Play' ended in February of 2001, and I came home to New York to begin work on my next record, which, as I write this, is finished and is entitled '"18". Not to be too arrogant, I love it.

    It worries me how much I love this record, cos normally when I make a record I have very mixed feelings about it, but there's something about this record that I really love. Ah well, maybe I'll listen to it tomorrow and think that I'm a complete failure and that no one will like it or buy it. Because I make my records by myself, I do tend to lose perspective and objectivity, but right now I love '18', and I genuinely hope that you like it, too.