Now I don't want to piss on Moby. Believe me, there are MILLIONS of people who would LOVE to do it for me. It would just be overkill. I feel however that I should bring you this story early, as there is a possibility that it could get picked up by media forces much, much larger than this one, and that you should be prepared. There are a lot of really bad jokes that can be made about this, (and I know as I have been trying to come up with some examples for the past hour), and if this makes it all the way to the likes of Leno, and you are forced to hear him cackle about it, then you at least be forewarned.
     The story goes like this: Moby has this Tea Shop. While that is funny, that is not the point of the story. It is called Teany (pronounced teeny, like teeny tiny). That is not the point either, though it is also funny. No, you see this is one of those super pretentious Manhattan places that reek of post yuppie scum, and where all the menu items are prohibitively expensive, and everything is vegan and so on and so forth. You get the idea. Clean Bathrooms. Rich Hipsters. Well yesterday around nine New York time, a junkie got stabbed outside Teany and died a short while later. Some kind of argument about garbage or something. While stabbings are seldom funny, a quote brought to my attention about this one is, “This neighborhood is so pretentious the last thing you would expect is somebody running down the street bleeding.”
     Now, this warning is in effect for any anyone within earshot of any late night talk shows, most morning “wacky” style DJ's, and any light hearted entertainment-based web sites. Most of the jokes will be of the “Moby is a vegetarian and a guy got killed out side of his shop” variety, though I am sure the name of the shop, that it is trendy, and Moby's vague sexuality will all be called into question.
     So be careful out there.