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Ben

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About Me

"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones." - John Cage. "You use up everything you got when you give people what they want." - Nina Simone

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

"...great painters, great writers and great composers walk a tightrope with disaster on one side and boredom on the other, and great wines do the same." - Hugh Johnson

Music:

B-52s, Bent, Beck, Beth Orton, Blossom Dearie, CSS, Phoenix, Alex Gopher, Nina Simone, junior senior, justice, k-os, kings of convenience, M.I.A., Out Hud, robin thicke, hot chip, Peggy Lee, Roisin Murphy, Kylie Minogue, Zero 7.

Movies:

Heathers, All About Eve, Let It Ride, Mommy Dearest, Velvet Goldmine, Waiting for Guffman, Auntie Mame, Groundhog Day, Rosemary's Baby

Books:

House of Leaves, A Handmaid's Tale, Dune, Frugal Indulgents, Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates, The Omnivore's Dilemma

Heroes:

Alice Waters

My Blog

Downstairs neighbor - dead. Smells. Need help.

Okay, so I'm having a BIG New York moment. There has been an old man living underneathe my apartment for a very long time. I'm on the third floor, and normally the second floor has consisted of a piss...
Posted by Ben on Thu, 29 Dec 2005 02:43:00 PST