Born in Texas but raised in his mother's native Venezuela, Devendra Banhart has built an enviable career out of being an outsider. The 28-year-old singer-songwriter broke out in 2002 with a lo-fi album made up of largely folky ditties he left on people's answering machines, quickly amassing a passionate following.

If you hadn't heard, folk weirdo-cum-Charles Manson/Jesus Christ composite Devendra Banhart cast his uber-famous lady friend Natalie Portman in the video for his cut "Carmensita," from last year's Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon, just before she became his betrothed. In the hilarious clip (viewable below), he and his girl play Bollywood dress-up along with the sweet Spanish ode.

Not since the early '90s has anyone been as enthusiastic about New York City nightlife as Moby seems to be. Perched on the edge of the couch in his surprisingly small SoHo apartment, the 42-year-old techno-vegan eagerly admits what few other rave veterans would: Last Night, his new album, could very well have been recorded during the Clinton presidency.

As picked up in Page Six today, nerd icon Moby tells Spin that he's landed on the receiving end some dork rage after his brief fling with actress Natalie Portman. "I guess in some people's eyes, [nerds] might be mildly sexy -- and, as a nerd, I'm certainly happy to enjoy some of the effects of that -- but as far as the very brief affair with Natalie, it's made me the target of a lot of nerd wrath," Moby explains to Phoebe Reilly in our March issue, out next week. "You can't date Luke Skywalker's mom and not have them hate your guts."

Elsewhere in the interview, Moby, a notorious clubgoer and not one to shy away from the scene's debauchery-ridden side, divulges details of his drug use. "I never smoked crack," he cops. "And I did crystal meth by accident once, but that I never need to do again," he confessed. "I don't like drugs that don't end."

If you don't want the Moby quote fest to end, read the rest of the interview here.