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Ben States

No shoes. No wig. No service.

About Me

Camera Obscura - Lloyd I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken

My Interests

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I'd like to meet:

COCOROSIE They make music using a harp, opera, tonka toys, beat-boxing, and pyschodelic lyrics that is remenant of Bjork. I love there child-like mismatched fashion of mixing hats and uniforms with masks.- by your side -- Turn Me On -

Music:

Classical and Opera, Techno and Ambient."Good music you can listen to, but great music commands you to listen to it"

Movies:

Total movie waxer - top favs are: Pillow Book, Primer, Blue White Red (Trilogy), Gummo, Bad Education, Lord of the Rings, Crash, Magnolia, Velvet Goldmine, Hedwig, Marquis (hard to find w/ talking muppets), Dark Crystal, Slackers, Closer, Harry Potter, Corpse Bride, Beetlejuice, Nightmare before Christmas...

Television:

DAVID FIRTH anyone?

Books:

Dyslexic and lover of words here. will read any works by e.e.cummings, Oscar Wilde, Anne Rice, Mary Hibbler, Mya Angelou, Alan Lightman, Richard Bach, Satre', joyce Carol Oates, and Shery St.Germain. Genres I tend to stick to include any and all poetry, reference books from "how to" to dictionaries, from encyclo's to text books, vampire fiction, classical fiction, and horror. On the bedside table I human physiology text (for school), 999 (collection of horror short stories), and a journal. On the toilet I have The Dictionary of Theories, Einstien's Dreams, Complete Works of Oscar Wilde, International Male catalogue (used for drawning faces on the models), and Works of George Tooker (collection of his paintings).

Heroes:

And of course what page you be complete without Bjork - "Hyper Ballad" This video is better on the DVD but i still love it. ..

My Blog

trip hop to club babble

To Chris Abram You want electronic trip hop? These start smooth and chill then progress to the newest club babble. I apologize for no external links& I was in a hurry. Cocteau Twins - Bluebeard ...
Posted by Ben States on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:52:00 PST

trip hop to club babble (cont...)

HANS ETWAS -LET’S GET IT ON Utah Saints - Somethin Good Groove State - Disco Disco Love Bite - Side by Side ...
Posted by Ben States on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:50:00 PST

Live Music Musts (cont...)

Band of Horses More rock version of Iron and Wine and more accessible. Grunge is Back BTW. - Is There A Ghost "Ode To LRC" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhD4ZEIYyHY Trolle Siebenhaa...
Posted by Ben States on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:35:00 PST

Live Music Musts

Being that Austin claims itself as the live music capital of the world and our famed SXSW Festival just passed, I feel obligated to post a LIVE music blog. Here are some of my currently favorite artst...
Posted by Ben States on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:34:00 PST

Quick Oldies

I have been really busy with Working nights and school full time... arrrgh, so forgive this qwickyJudy Collins & Leonard Cohen - Suzanne melanieAn upbeat fun song that would be great to...
Posted by Ben States on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:54:00 PST

av

Avant-gardeThese are new art videos that are either visually interesting or just plain weird. Javier PalmaI Have no idea what this one is about but it fits the stereotype of the avant-garde artist: we...
Posted by Ben States on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:15:00 PST

lo-tech to hi-tech

Here is a step away from the music, because i need to clean out my youtube favorites. Progressing from lowest tech to the highest, although it is hard to decide which is more interesting.World famous ...
Posted by Ben States on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:31:00 PST

Ive been tagged

I guess the youtube tag game has resurfaced in myspace. here are the rules:THE RULES ARE: ONCE YOU HAVE BEEN TAGGED, YOU WRITE A BLOG WITH five, WEIRD, RANDOM THINGS, FACTS, OR HABITS ABOUT YOURSELF. ...
Posted by Ben States on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:30:00 PST

Ambient

Ambient Herbert I like to call this type of ambient Sushi Music cause it feels like it would be playing in the background in an expensive sushi bar. A lil acid jazz for all you wine drinkers. From ...
Posted by Ben States on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:45:00 PST

Delightfully random

Come ome yall let's get HAPPY. Delightfully random ..[if !supportEmptyParas]--> ..[endif]--> Sonny J Acid pop layered with a sesame street like video captures my style at the moment. Reminds ...
Posted by Ben States on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:47:00 PST