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If you're inclined to dismiss L.A. as a place of unrelenting vapidity and generic 1980s architecture, then you're doing yourself and L.A. a huge disservice, and you're just not looking hard enough.
Moby
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Moby
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: September 11
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When Britney shaves off all her hair and beats paparazzi with umbrellas - that's what celebrities are supposed to do. They're not supposed to be reasonable, middle-aged guys drinking organic tea talking about semiotics.
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I was never encouraged to believe anything. I was brought up in a profoundly agnostic or pantheistic community.
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