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D. Mansbach

It's hat weather in Cleveland.

About Me

Typical lowbrow fine arts graduate.

My Interests

Infinite Number of Sounds
To Box With Man
Trepanning Trio
Experimental Behavior
The Cleveland Cavaliers

I'd like to meet:

Joe Maneri, Paul Newman, badgers, ferrets, rabbits, foxes, fruit bats, chinchillas, wombats, sleepy bears, fat old cats, otters, mice, fossas, coati mundis, meerkats and large friendly dogs. People who know Joe Maneri, Paul Newman, badgers, ferrets, rabbits, foxes, fruit bats, chinchillas, wombats, sleepy bears, fat old cats, otters, mice, fossas, coati mundis, meerkats and large friendly dogs.

Music:

Amiina, Town and Country, Dog Faced Hermans, The Pixies, The Smiths, Minutemen, Fugiya & Miyagi, Ocean Ghosts, The Books, Sly and the Family Stone, Paucity, Utah, Infinite Number of Sounds, To Box With Man, Ribcage Houdinis, Nemo Nemon, Scotty Boombox, Jeremy Bleich, Electric Grandmother, 9-Volt Haunted House, Brooklyn Qawwali Party, Thursday Club, Low in the Sky, Evolution Control Committee, The Ex, Nick Cave, Fugazi, Masada, Joe Maneri, Tatsuya Nakatani, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Rachel's, Clogs, Arvo Pärt, Flaming Lips, The J.B.'s, Pointless Orchestra, Curtis Mayfield, Subhumans, Misfits, Descendants, Vambo Marble Eye, Meatbeat Manifesto, Iron Maiden, Tool, CSS, Justice, They Might Be Giants, Chalk, Mallory, Twilight Babies, DJ Empirical, Racermason, The Cure, Oxymoronatron, Matmos, Press the Button...

Movies:

Triplets of Belleville, Shaun of the Dead, Dead Alive, Hot Fuzz, Dawn of the Dead, Princess Mononoke, Princess Bride, Ravenous, The Muppet Movie, The Dark Crystal, Hudson Hawk, The Holy Grail, LOTR, Amélie, Wallace & Gromit, Alice (Jan Svankmajer), The Science of Sleep, Conan the Destroyer, Baraka.

Television:

MythBusters, Spongebob, Battlestar Galactica, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Grey's Anatomy, The Daily Show, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, South Park, Planet's Funniest Animals, AFV, The Muppet Show (R.I.P.), MST3K (R.I.P.), Buffy (R.I.P.), The Tick (R.I.P.), X-Files (R.I.P.), Firefly (R.I.P.), Kids in the Hall (R.I.P.), Gilmore Girls (R.I.P.).

Books:

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Life of Pi, A Widow For One Year, American Gods, Gunslinger, Fight Club, Harry Potter, The Golden Compass, Stranger in a Strange Land, Where the Sidewalk Ends, The Lorax, Wump World.

Heroes:

My Dad.

My Blog

Strangler vs. Strangler

There is a new Infinite Number of Sounds composition posted on the INS Myspace site.  The song is called Strangler vs. Strangler.  It is my favorite of the new songs we are re...
Posted by D. Mansbach on Tue, 13 May 2008 01:01:00 PST

The Alleman-Traenkner Debates of ’08

Our country is at a crossroads, a fulcrum, a perilous apex where the slightest breeze could spell either massive victory or terrible success. In these days of somewhat lit rooms full of people reading...
Posted by D. Mansbach on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:40:00 PST

Trepanning Trio @ 1WAY - 01.29.2008

I am performing as a member of Trepanning Trio (or http://www.myspace.com/trepanningtrio) @ ONE WAY.  Oblique Orchestra will also be playing.  Oblique Orchestra doesn't have a...
Posted by D. Mansbach on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:06:00 PST

Favorite Albums of 2007

Let's get this rolling. If a new album is released in the next 14 days and becomes one of my favorites, I promise to add it. Favorite Albums of 2007 (in no particular order)... Amiina : Kurr Glen Hans...
Posted by D. Mansbach on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:24:00 PST

Labor! Party!

Brent and I were asked to join the Kojak Creative Team to make a short film for the 48 Hour Film Project between August 17-19.  Brent Co-Directed and edited. I wrote the music. We both ...
Posted by D. Mansbach on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:35:00 PST

To Box With Man Presents - THE VOW

To Box With Man debuts "THE VOW", a new play by Eric Alleman.  The Vow will run Thursday, Friday and Saturday as a part of  ALL GO SIGNS latest installation @ Cleveland P...
Posted by D. Mansbach on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 07:48:00 PST

I hear racecars...

I can hear the Cleveland Grand Prix from my office.  I can see part of the track from my window.  It looks like tiny cars are driving in circles. I updated the INS Photo Diary ...
Posted by D. Mansbach on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:23:00 PST

Trepanning Trio

If I haven't mentioned this before, I have a project called Trepanning Trio. I can't say it's really a "new project" because I wrote the first song for it in 1995 or 1996 and recorded the first v...
Posted by D. Mansbach on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:41:00 PST

New year. New job. Merry Christmas!

I started a new job this week.  It is fantastic.  I am no longer working for lawyers.  I plan to keep it that way... forever.  Merry Christmas!...
Posted by D. Mansbach on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 10:18:00 PST

Infinite Number of Sounds - FINAL SHOW

Infinite Number of Sounds final show with my brother, guitar player & sequencer Matt Mansbach is Friday, December 8, 2006 at MOCA (the Museum of Contemporary Art) in Cleveland.  The event sta...
Posted by D. Mansbach on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 08:57:00 PST