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Ben

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About Me

Hello. My name is Ben. Here's some stuff you should know about me.
1. I'm a daddy. My daughter is now 4 and has just started school, which just seems to have crept up on me from nowhere.
2. I'm a ridiculous muso. I've played the guitar and sung in bands for getting on 11 years now. And the muso switch in my brain is stuck in the 'on' position.
3. I design stuff, fix computers and record audiobooks at a small publishing house. For this, they pay me money. Which is nice.
4. I'm ever so slightly worried about the amount of alcohol I can currently drink without being drunk or hungover the next day...
5. I love peanut butter and the colour green.
My life etc...

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I got bored with slide.com and made my own video of some of the strange and wonderful people I hang out with on a daily (or not-so-daily) basis...
In case you're wondering, the song is 'California Screamin' by Carrie (RIP); go and look them up, they were blimmin' marvellous!

My Interests

music, guitars, web design, tequila, 80s cartoons, stupid t-shirts, star wars lego and stuff like that...

I'd like to meet:

People preferably

Music:

Recently I have mostly been listening to - Sikth, Hacride, Lamb of God, Chimaira, Deftones, Mastodon, Isis and Strapping Young Lad. Oh, and Tenacious D. I think that gives you a good indication of where the majority of my music tastes lie.
The bands that changed my life were The Beatles and Tool.
My favourite singers are Chris Cornell, Jeff Buckley (RIP) and Maynard James Keenan
Though it shames me to admit it, I will dance to cheesy crap of almost any type if I'm drunk enough...

Movies:

Hmmm...
Films I've loved recently include Pan's Labyrinth, Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor), The Departed, Sin City, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Sunshine, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Prestige, Ong-Bak, Oldboy, Lady Vengeance and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Also love Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings and cheesy 80s sci-fi stuff like Total Recall.
and Independence Day...;) "Welcome to Earth!" *biff*

Television:

Simpsons, Green Wing, Without A Trace, Mythbusters, QI, Top Gear, Futurama, Family Guy, anything on Discovery Science and South Park. That's about it, although The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy TV series is worth tracking down...
Oh yeah, and never watch Red Dwarf with me, I'm an incredibly geeky uber-fan, know all the lines and will probably irritate the shit out of you.

Books:

Everything by Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov and JRR Tolkien, although I'll give anything a go. Have also had my mind messed with by 'Wonderland Avenue', 'No One Here Gets Out Alive' (both mental books about Jim Morrison and The Doors), 'Sophie's World' and 'The Prestige'. Currently having a go at 'A Brief History of Time' by Stephen Hawking...

Heroes:

Douglas Adams (RIP). Read 'The Salmon Of Doubt' and 'Last Chance To See' and you will realise that the world is a much less interesting place without this man around.
John Williams

My Blog

It's Alive!!

I've been making animations again. If I ever get hold of a camera maybe I'll make one that lasts longer than half a second.Enjoy, I find it strangely hypnotic......
Posted by Ben on Wed, 16 May 2007 01:28:00 PST

Yay for the paper necromancer!

Seriously, how fucking cool is this thing?Got a bit bored today and made it from this template thing I got off the net...Rock and/or roll...
Posted by Ben on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:16:00 PST

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarfgh

i fucking need the metal right now!godammiti will be back on metal guitar rest assuredwe've let this lie for toooooooooo long...yes i'm drunk
Posted by Ben on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 03:29:00 PST

Tattoos..

Should I get this as a tattoo?Actually to be honest I'm going to get it anyway at some point this year but I'm interested in people's opinions...If you're interested, it's the greek word for 'daughter...
Posted by Ben on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 07:00:00 PST

Mastodon baby!

Hell fucking yes was that a good gig!Have some photos...Brent Hinds on guitar...Troy Sanders on bass...Troy And Bill Kelliher... Rock and Roll!!And Deftones tomorrow! Wooooaargh......
Posted by Ben on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:58:00 PST

Czech out my video thang!

I got bored with the same 15 photos on slide.com so I got shitloads of my own and made my own video. I think it's quite good...see if you can spot yourself!Much love for a (slightly) sunny saturday af...
Posted by Ben on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 04:34:00 PST

thing what I done at work

Alright so it's not amazing, but I just think it looks cool...
Posted by Ben on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:07:00 PST

Musical shuffle yahoo!

Ok, so 2 blogs in five minutes is a bit silly, but I had to post this again, because it made me laugh...Music...the Art of Inclusion!Body: So, here's how it works:1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp,...
Posted by Ben on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:30:00 PST

Odd books (warning: contains extreme filth...)

Hello, happy new year to everyone who deserves it etc...Just felt I had to share with the world a couple of the books I've been working on the last couple of days, because frankly some of them were ut...
Posted by Ben on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:24:00 PST

The Bastard

I'm currently making an eBook of 'Britain's Rudest Place Names'. Never mind all the cock references and god knows what; my favourite one by far, up in Argyll & Bute in Scotland...The BastardYes there ...
Posted by Ben on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:12:00 PST