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Benji

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Live It Up.Some of the best advice I ever received from a Grandparent. My occupation is generally noisy and involves music- I also ride mountain bike for meditation & am moving to Iowa.... no, we don't grow hashbrowns there....

My Interests

Music Production and Engineering. Travel, biking, climbing, drumming, Loyal Order Of The Moose 475 (LOOM) Petaluma, the place where I live, enjoying each and every day.

I'd like to meet:

My Friends.... a whole lot more often....

Music:

Greg Brown, Elvin Jones, Willie and Waylon, Josh Ritter, Louis Armstrong, Soul Coughing, Los Lobos, Femi and Fela Kuti, Joe Price, The Rum Diary, The Mammals, Antibalas, Brightblack, Elmore James, Joana Newsom, Pieta Brown and Bo Ramsey ...this could go on for days....

Television:

Is the slow demise and death of our painful excuse for a society. Kill yours now.

Books:

http://www.benjinichols.com/personalbio.html

Heroes:

Mark Twain, Eugene Victor Debs, Greg Brown, Hunter S. Thompson, Hunter Lovins, Bob Keeshan (Capt. Kangaroo), Theodor Seuss Geisel, Frank Lloyd Wright, My Parents & Grandparents

My Blog

Music For Animals & Baker London ROCKED the VFW...

Well friends...It's Monday night and I'm zapped. Why? Because we had an awesome party Saturday night at the ever growing mo-better-50cent beer serving VFW. Music For Animals, straight out of San Fra...
Posted by Benji on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:23:00 PST

The Middle Of The World

9/27/0611:11 AMDecorahSitting on the dining room table is this week..s issue of the ..Farm Bureau Spokesman.., a half read September issue of ..Live Sound International.., the July copy of ..Arthur.. ...
Posted by Benji on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:16:00 PST

4/10/06 BLUE OYSTER CULT, Slim's, SF

http://www.blueoystercult.comWell folks, I have clearly been to the top of The Mountain this time, and no, I'm not talking about Lesley West (that's a story for another time). Apparently Monday is a ...
Posted by Benji on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:45:00 PST

The Flesheaters! SLIM'S 4/5/06

ROCK & ROLL.http://www.theflesheaters.comFlesheaters, circa 1981Every once in a while, I work a show that reminds me why I do what I do for a living.This was one of those shows. Now, if you're not re...
Posted by Benji on Fri, 07 Apr 2006 03:02:00 PST

Mathematicians, Bat Rays, Let Down SLIMS, SF 3_28_2006

Big Bad Tuesday night on 11th street.Pulled into work at a decent time and to see what I could figure out about the evening's events.... a pretty quiet night was expected, which was fine by me!The Ma...
Posted by Benji on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 05:44:00 PST

Starting Line, Copeland, Gatsby's American Dream, Cartel, New Atlantic SLIM's 03_23_2006

Slim's Thursday March 23, 2006The Starting LineCopelandGatsby's American DreamCartelNew AtlanticThe return of yet more Pre-Pub Rock!!! Somehow as I approached the club for another evening in Rock & R...
Posted by Benji on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 12:22:00 PST

Ben Taylor, Tristan Prettyman, Eoin Harrington Slim's, SF 3/11/06

Saturday March 11, 2006Slim's 333 ClubSanFranFuckingCiscoRock & RollEoin Harrington http://www.ehlive.com/Eoin Harrington Opened this fine night @ Slim's with his rollicking Irish folk rock. Just ...
Posted by Benji on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:08:00 PST

Motion City Soundtrack, OK Go, Plain White Ts, Spill Canvas - Slim's, SF 2/28/06

'Oh, sing twice... You & Me Baby in Paradise....' Sometimes you show up at work, see the line of tour busses and bobtail trucks and you just know your day is fucked before you walk in the door. O...
Posted by Benji on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 12:13:00 PST

George Jones, biatch.

George Jones, Luther Burbank Center, Santa Rosa, CA 2/23/06 George Jones folks, 'Country Legend'. Let me first voice my complete disdain of the use of video footage projected behind perform...
Posted by Benji on Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:04:00 PST

Bob Mould Slim's SF 2_11_06

Mixed monitors last night at Slim's in SF. Curt Kirkwood (Meat Puppets) opened solo for Bob Mould, who played an hour and a half of his best work. Bob is possibly the nicest musician I have me...
Posted by Benji on Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:27:00 PST