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Ben

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About Me

I live in a house.
I work at a job.
I play the drums like two jack rabbits fuckin'.
I have never been to jail.
I sing in a band.
I dont like cars.
I make funny jokes.
People think I hate everything but they're wrong.
I like going to shows, but only the good ones.
My passion is music, but I'm frequently distracted by movies, but only the good ones.
I am moderately talented in the kitchen.

People on my shit list:
Carrot Top
Dane Cook
Kirk Cameron
David Cross
Chicago (not the band, the city)
Dimebag Darrel

My Interests

Sarah, Listening to music, making music, talking about music, writing about music, seeing live music, filming live music, peddling music, learning about music, seeking out new music, sharing music with others, hating bad music, walking in the woods, laughing, staying in hotels, being in hotels, and showering in hotels, sushi, playing drums, driving expensive cars that arent mine, hating advertising, collecting music, hating wal-mart, thinking, explaining everything to myself and others through metaphors, tontie, random acts of kindness to friends exclusively, social experiments, movies, evaluating motivations behind every situation I encounter, being stressed out by bad music that I dont want to hear, using big words to make I seem smarder, tapping my foot / fingers, logic, people watching, headbanging, talking to Sarah, trying new weird foods, foreign cinema, swimming, buying everything used, driving conversations with great potential straight into the ground as soon as possible, the 80's, photography, making faces at inanimate objects, the melody of the english language / harmony in verbatim, being comfortable, asking my mom stupid stories about when I was a kid, immersing myself in foreign social groups as an undercover observer, shopping by myself, being around people that I dont have to talk to to feel comfortable around, making mix cds for others.

I'd like to meet:

Idolatry is for wussies...

I have several friends

keep your eye on that minotaur.

View All of My Swords

Music:

Necros Christos, XTC, Thurl Ravenscroft, Judas Iscariot, Drive Like Jehu, Merzbow, Kraftwerk, Watain, Aghast, Aphex Twin, Tenacious D, Ved Buens Ende, Demons & Wizards, Huey Lewis & the News, Dødheimsgard, Empyrium, Elend, Sparks, Beherit, The Residents, Darkthrone, Angelcorpse, Cardiacs, Necroplasma, Dawn, Deathspell Omega, Pluxus, Paysage d'Hiver, Stump, Split Lip Rayfield, Carcass, dISEMBOWELMENT, Wolves in the Throne Room, Darkspace, John Vanderslice, Depeche Mode, Horna, Alamaailman Vasarat, Ildjarn, Farmer's Market, Dissection, M83, Return to Forever, Helloween, Weezer, Falkenbach, Death in June, Namanax, Aura Noir, Candlemass, Revenge, Warsore, and more!

Movies:

Alejandro Jodorowsky
Fernando Arrabal
Crispin Hellion Glover
Terry Gilliam
Shinya Tsukamoto
David Lynch
Peter Jackson
Todd Solondz
Wes Anderson
Martin Scorsese
American Movie, American Splendor, Babe: Pig in the CIty, Bad Taste, Begotten, Buffalo '66, Brazil, Crumb, Day of the Dead, Dead Alive, Eraserhead, Fight Club, Forbidden Zone, Freaks, Fubar, Garbage Pail Kids, Gummo, Happiness, Hard Boiled, Hard Rock Zombies, Rushmore, Santa Sangre, Sick, Songs from the Second Floor, Star Crash, Tapeheads, Taxi Driver, The Elephant Man, Tetsuo: Iron Man, The Holy Mountain, The Royal Tenenbaums, Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Wererabbit, Wild Zero, anything by Richard Condie

Television:

Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job, Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler, Lazytown, Flight of the Conchords, I'm with Busey, Sidekicks, Sponge Bob Square Pants

Books:

I rarely read, but heres a few awesome books you should check out: The Lucifer Principle by Howard Bloom Letters to Wendys by Joe Wenderoth The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

Heroes:

mom, A Jodo, Richard Dawkins, whoever invented yelling in music

My Blog

Carl Kassell’s disgusting mouth.

I like listening to NPR. What I dont like about NPR, or hate about NPR, is a man named Carl Kassell. Now, he delivers the new just fine and speaks...above averagely, I guess.  What irks me to no en...
Posted by Ben on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:39:00 PST

Dummies for Dummies

Instructions on how to make me think you are the dumbest fucking shit face brain dead asshole on the face of the planet in less than one tenth of a second.Step One: Come into my work and quote the bib...
Posted by Ben on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:46:00 PST

Playlist

Here's what I have been listening to frequently:Witchcraft - The AlchemistWolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters (and live woo!)Nifelheim - Envoy of LuciferPrimordial - To the Nameless DeadCenturian ...
Posted by Ben on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:15:00 PST

Satan’s Almighty Penis (Live)

I am certainly going to sound like a self important prick here but I have a bone to pick.  My band Satan's Almighty Penis has existed for about seven years now.  Every now and then, (and increasingly ...
Posted by Ben on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 12:50:00 PST

32 Ounce Kup

I have not used this blog in a while so I thought I'd do so.  If this summer is anything like this weekend then I am looking forward to it much.  Thursday night I ended up in Chicago for Angelcorpse (...
Posted by Ben on Mon, 14 May 2007 11:20:00 PST

Fantastic Music Footage from Youtube

The nicest man in rock and roll, not to mention guitarist for the fantastic Orthrelm Mick Barr, and Hella drummer Zack Hill square off in a epic ten minute battle from their "Shred Earthship" album.  ...
Posted by Ben on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:46:00 PST

Positive things to do when youre bored.

1) Reconsider, unlearn and relearn everything you know in five minute increments until you fall asleep.2) Replay insignificant conversations that you had in the past week and insert absolutely irrelev...
Posted by Ben on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:39:00 PST

Images of Ireland

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Posted by Ben on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 08:47:00 PST

Vacation

Tomorrow my mother and I will fly from Chicago to Dublin, Ireland.  We will be on our own exploring sights, society, and culture in several different cities from the east to west coast staying in bed ...
Posted by Ben on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 03:08:00 PST

Bestof 2006: Black Metal

1. Katharsis - VVORLDVVITHOUTEND (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)2. Blut Aus Nord - Metamorphosis Of Realistic Theori es (Candlelight) 3. Antaeus - Blood Libels (Norma Evangelium Diaboli)4. Xasthur - Sublimi...
Posted by Ben on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:11:00 PST