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porches

right to fight for your party/punch raw

About Me

LET'S PARTY!

my name is ben. i'm new to chicago. i was lucky enough to record with some really great folks before i left phoenix, and play some shows with them there and in california, but for now, it's just me and an acoustic guitar yelling in your ear. drop me a line if you would like me to yell at your social gathering or sporting event.

this band is for telling stories that i really want to tell. they are all true, and most of them even actually happened.

there are so many amazing bands making music right now. so many amazing people who want to hang out right now. so many amazing stories to tell. so many amazing jokes to laugh at. abundance doesn't make them any less amazing, i guess.

SUMMER OF NOT GETTING JADED 2K7

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/12/2005
Band Members: porches is always benjamin david horowitz. when he's lucky, there are also friends involved.

LATELY
Eddie Radish Patch and Steve Youngstown of Perpetual Dusk at Curtsy Caverns

FOR "THINGS DON'T MAKE SENSE"
Zane "Grill'um" Gillum on the thunderstick.
Jason "Planet Earth" Woodbury on the noodle maker.
Ryan "Deal-breaker" McDowell on the noisy smile.
Wasef on the boom buckets.

ON OTHER RECORDS/IN THE PAST
Jon M. Douglas
Alexander Ginsburg
Taylor Jackson
Tobias Milford
Johnny Lingo
Abelardo Gill
Teague Cullen
Norman Shamas
Zaida Lane
Morgan Bellinger
Andrea Alonge

Influences: things ben finds in his beards. the states of florida and arizona (in that order). bands that made us lose our voices and get all nasty with sweat. bands that made us want to curl up in a ball with our best friends and tell stupid jokes.
Sounds Like: as recorded by our friend Bobbi Koller in Sandy Eggo:
Record Label: are for warhol paintings
Type of Label: None

My Blog

ON SUMMER, ON MOVING, ONWARD, ON WORDS

facebook has a tag limit?! what's up with that?people have asked me what it is like to go to guatemala, or how i feel about moving to chicago, and i stumble and stutter, having no clue how to phrase m...
Posted by porches on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 11:13:00 PST

PORCHES' GRADUAL DESCENT INTO SELF-COMMODIFICATION (RELEASES, ETC.)

DISCS WHICH ARE COMPACTAVAILABLE SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, ONE WOULD HOPE:things don't make sense??????i just recorded a bunch of songs with jalipaz (of audioconfusion) this weekend.  they sound re...
Posted by porches on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:26:00 PST

whoa whoa whoa

hey internet! to clarify for some folks.  may 23rd is not the last porches show EVER, by far.  its just that i'm going to guatemala on june 8th, and i think the only shows after the may 23rd...
Posted by porches on Mon, 14 May 2007 08:53:00 PST

"press"

  from the state press: "Tempe's Porches, the brainchild of The State Press opinions editor Ben Horowitz, embodies every part of the Phoenix music scene. Part folk, part punk, Porches brings Horo...
Posted by porches on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:25:00 PST

the palace of no malice is dead (for awhile)

long live the palace of no malice so, last night, it finally happened. we got the cops called on us. they issued us a warning. which means: if they show up again in the next 90 days, we get fined som...
Posted by porches on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:55:00 PST

what's going on?

so i always think band blog type things are silly, but here's some information for people who are interested.most importantly, i should say that the support and friendship of so many people in phoenix...
Posted by porches on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:57:00 PST

SUPER LONGAGE BLOGGAGE LANGUAGE

TABLE OF CONTENTS:I. TOUR DIARYII. NEW YEAR STUFFINGIII. VIDEOSI. IF YOU WANT TO HEAR STORIES OF THE ROADSo. This tour was definitely one of those things I could very easily start ranting about and n...
Posted by porches on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:59:00 PST

i can't tell you how awesome stories are

friday night, me and corinne spent the night in wisconsin with her grandmother. we got to her house around eight, and the rest of the evening was measured in stories told while we all sipped rum-and-...
Posted by porches on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:40:00 PST

you can't start a fire

man oh man oh woman oh woman. tuesday night was more fun than i thought it could ever have been. i was super excited for it all day long, and then i got home and the backyard (where we were original...
Posted by porches on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:45:00 PST

new song/disjointed thank you!

we could make tonight like any other night.we could stand around, and feel uptight.ignore whatever's in the air,stirring motion everywhere.lights turn off, music turns on -we start dancing til our ene...
Posted by porches on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 01:05:00 PST