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Ben

hey look over there!!

About Me

Yo soy el hombre (that was my name in spanish class).

My Interests

Music Production, DJing, Graphic Design, Playing Bass...

I'd like to meet:

Chopin

Music:

Here we go --- JAZZ/BLUES: Erroll Garner, Billie Holiday, Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Oscar Peterson, Fat Mama, MMW, Lounge Lizards, Dizzie Gillespie, Buddy Guy, Leadbelly, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Tom Waits. -------------------ROCK/ALTERNATIVE:Built to Spill, Pixies, Widespread, CCR, Allman Bros, Dead, Zappa, Nirvana, Dylan, Sublime, Hendrix, Beatles, Velvet Underground, Pink Floyd, Adam Ant, Cure, Hum, Leftover Salmon, Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer, Radiohead, Jawbreaker, Pocket for Corduroy, MBlanket. ------------------- HIP HOP: Digable Planets, LONS, Edan, Roots, Tribe, Wu Tang, Sole, Masta Ace, Prince Paul, MF Doom, Atmosphere, Juice, Necro, KRS1. ------------------- PUNK/SKA/FUNK/RAGGAE: Bosstones, NoFX, Rancid, Propaghandhi, No Use for a Name, Less than Jake, Slapstick, Fishbone, Meters, Screeching Weasel, 7 Seconds, Op Ivy, Face to Face (older stuff), Dillinger 4, Lifetime, Thrice, Social D, Descendants. ------------------- ANYTHING MADE WITH A DRUM MACHINE: High Contrast, Orb, DJ Zinc, DJ Krush, Ministry, Enduser, Soundmurderer, Portishead, Concord Dawn, John B, Tali, Al Terego, Amon Tobin, Salmonella Dub, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, DJ Shadow, Photek, Witchman, Autechre, DJ Craze, and plenty of other shit I didn't mention

Movies:

Happy Gilmore, Scarface, Waking Life, Clerks, Morons from Outer Space, Superfuzz, Bowling for Columbine, Goodfellas, Ali G In da House, The Shining, Momento, Help

Television:

Daily Show, Simpsons (up til the 9th season), 6 Feet Under, Family Guy, Brak, Spongebob

Books:

The Stand, Fool on the Hill, Last Night a DJ Saved my Life, Clockers, Satan: His Psychotherapy and Cure by the Unfortunate Dr. Kassler, J.S.P.S, Hairstyles of the Damned

Heroes:

Ferris Beuller

My Blog

Perez Prado - Voodoo Suite

the man is a fucking genious!   for all you techie kids: OMFG  
Posted by Ben on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 12:26:00 PST

Bloody Valentines Day

Once upon a time there was a greeting card company that planned to take over the world with its greeting cards. The first step was to take over any existing holiday and claim them as its own. The next...
Posted by Ben on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

sweet jeebus

I gotta make some friends out here in PDX. I went from not being able to go anywhere and seeing someone i know to Going everywhere and not knowing anyone!! Goin to a damn show alone tonigh...
Posted by Ben on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Just got back

I went to visit my mom and grandparents down in Georgia. Didn't do much other than swim, watch movies, work on my music , and rest because it rained so much. On the other hand I got to do stuff that I...
Posted by Ben on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Ahem....

So I was driving down to the southside on Saturday evening and saw two girls come within an inch from being roadkill. Some dumbass in an SUV decided that he was gonna try to beat the cars stopped at ...
Posted by Ben on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

This one is for kiefer.

I am cooler than the one they call Kiefer and here is the update that proves it! By the way you missed a funny movie friday night!!
Posted by Ben on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Awww F*%&N HOSTILE!!!!!!

Wow!!!! Thats about all I can say about the show last night at the Empty Bottle. Benn Jordan opened up the night with a live PA featuring some of the fastest beastly beats I've heard in a while. Imagi...
Posted by Ben on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

smack my bEAtch up!...

I just had the best laugh smackin Kiefer around on the chat room. I said something to the effect of Kellog supporting my habits. Then he said what habits. Then I smacked him and then said "Smackin my ...
Posted by Ben on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Crazy ass dreams

I had this dream the other night that I was at a club in the late 70's and Prince was on the turntables and then I was thinkin "yo man I could do better than that!" So Prince stepped away and let me h...
Posted by Ben on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

House music all night long

I want to know why the fuck every "DJ" has to play fucking house!!!
Posted by Ben on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST