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Ben Schrager

About Me

I just graduated from Grinnell. Now, I'm doing Americorps here in Olympia. This is the last performance I did at Grinnell:
You can download my live album here at freesound that was recorded on 2/7/08 in Grinnell, IA at Bob's Underground Cafe. Produced by Emily Iwuc. Art work by John Bell. Released by Freesound. Performed by me : )
"If poetry is like an orgasm, an academic can be likened to someone who studies the passion-stains on the bedsheets" -Irving Layton

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 08/11/2006
Band Website: http://www.grinnellconcerts.com/freesound
Influences: Tony Soprano
Sounds Like: good lyrics + okay music
Record Label: Emily Iwuc

My Blog

bloggedly perverse

Keeping a blog as an online journal is a weird kind of exhibitionism. Where in a journal one turns their thoughts inward for private personal reflection, a blog is the antithesis. A blog is written fo...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:30:00 GMT

serious as death-face blog

lol. i just got finished another depressing day in olympia. being a musician in olympia is a lot like being a writer in los angeles. "not another self-important prick," i can see them thinking. first,...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:39:00 GMT

Graduation & Expatriation

I still have disdain for MySpace, even though I changed my profile from the most basic to fancier looking. I thought I would write a blog here and see if anyone checks it out. We had a record release ...
Posted by on Mon, 12 May 2008 00:18:00 GMT