so, on october 2nd, 3rd, and 4th i’m playing 3...

so, on october 2nd, 3rd, and 4th i’m playing 3 shows at the fonda theater, here in glamorous (ahem) hollywood.

these 3 shows will be the sum total of the shows i’ll be playing as the world tour for ’innocents’. meaning: the entire world tour for ‘innocents’ will consist of 3 shows at a theater in my neighborhood.

so. some people had been asking:
why the fonda?
why only 3 shows?

well, 'why the fonda?' here’s my list:

it’s filled with the most amazing hieronymous bosch frescoes (as you can see in the pictures). i don’t know who painted them or when, but they’re huge and amazing and remind me of when i was 7 or 8 years old and first saw 'the garden of earthly delights’ and thought to myself 'wha..?' i still believe that hieronymous bosch must’ve had an extra gland in his brain, most likely producing vast amounts of dmt.
it’s a goldilocks theater, meaning it’s big enough for good production but small enough so that everyone in the theater can see the stage and the performers.
the people who run it are very nice and interesting.
according to google maps it’s 1.4 miles from my house, so i plan on walking there for every date of the 3 day world tour.
it’s a building that just feels filled with strange l.a history. almost every inch of it comes with a 'i wonder what happened here?’ narrative attached.
it’s not new. l.a is filled with amazing old theaters, and i fully believe that they need to be preserved and supported. it seems criminal to me that people are building new theaters in l.a when there are countless old theaters that are architecturally significant and amazing and falling into disrepair. so, musicians and audiences: support old theaters.
it’s in hollywood. and i’m fascinated with and baffled by hollywood and all of it’s weirdness and faded glamour and random cheapness and byzantine degeneracy and surprising old beauty.

and why only 3 shows?

simply: so that i can spend more time at home in my studio working on music. when i go on tour i sit around a lot (cars, airports, hotels, etc), and when i sit around i can’t spend my time making music. and pretty much all i want to do in life is stay home and make music. so, thus: a 3 date world tour.

at some point i might do real world touring again, but for now i hope to spend as much time as possible at home in my studio working on music, and i can’t do that when i’m traveling all the time.

i hope that doesn’t sound too selfish, but i fully believe that life is short and should ideally be spent doing what you love. and, simply, i love being in my studio working on music. and i can’t do that when i go on tour (as i have a studio filled with weird, old equipment that is temperamental and doesn’t like to travel..).

ok, so here are pictures of the fonda. i hope you like the gigant-o hieronymous bosch frescoes as much as i do.

and hopefully see you soon.
thanks,

moby

p.s-i’m including a picture of the 'gregory peck’ star out front. technically it’s not architecture or a part of the theater, but gregory peck is one of my favorite people/actors, so i thought i’d include his star. i guess it’s vaguely ironic that he’s one of my favorite actors, as he did try to kill my namesake in 'moby dick’.