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B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Wed, Mar 21, 2012 3:51 PM It strikes me a little bit as an irony that Moby is fascinated enough by L.A. architecture to start his own blog on it in order to -in his own words- "document the beautiful weirdness of l.a’s oddball buildings", and because "one of the things that fascinates and baffles me about l.a is the randomness and accidental beauty and strangeness of the architecture here." http://mobylosangelesarchitecture.com/page/3 He obviously LIKES theme architecture (best case in point is his new home) - but only on the OUTSIDE? He doesn't seem to know much about the genres, I don't think he's ever heard about Storybook Style, for example. Perhaps, as a recent New York transplant, he really did not understand what a gem he had in his basement, and years later will do a face-palm when he realizes it.

It strikes me a little bit as an irony that Moby is fascinated enough by L.A. architecture to start his own blog on it in order to -in his own words- "document the beautiful weirdness of l.a’s oddball buildings", and because "one of the things that fascinates and baffles me about l.a is the randomness and accidental beauty and strangeness of the architecture here."

http://mobylosangelesarchitecture.com/page/3

He obviously LIKES theme architecture (best case in point is his new home) - but only on the OUTSIDE? He doesn't seem to know much about the genres, I don't think he's ever heard about Storybook Style, for example. Perhaps, as a recent New York transplant, he really did not understand what a gem he had in his basement, and years later will do a face-palm when he realizes it.

Post #629557 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Mar 21, 2012 3:51 PM