tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132983102011-08-16T20:12:15.959-07:00THE BLOG FORMERLY KNOWN AS BENBENEK BLOGBENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10561100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-36189837652701796882008-03-22T00:59:00.000-07:002008-03-22T01:04:19.450-07:00

BENBENEK BLOG HAS MOVED...YES IT HAS.CLICK HERE FOR OUR NEW, BETTER LOCATION

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-37905722848490063792008-03-21T20:12:00.000-07:002008-03-21T20:18:20.792-07:00

This is the last time you'll be told that BENBENEK BLOG has now officially and permanently moved to a different location...please BOOKMARK the new location (which is HERE) and go about your business...gee, thanks!BENBENEK BLOG - CLICK HERE

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-25794629961750506612008-03-19T23:10:00.000-07:002008-03-19T23:14:35.097-07:00

Same basic material and same philosophical attitude...except just at a different web location and with a different font.HAVE NO FEAR - WE HAVE MOVED HERE

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-10906829187145579302008-03-19T00:07:00.000-07:002008-03-19T00:16:15.521-07:00

Sorry about the incessant "this blog has moved" schtick, but (as we all know) human beings are creatures of habit and if you don't bang them over the head(s) with information, they will stray into the woods and die of snake bites and then explode.So, the new BENBENEK BLOG location is peachy keen - it looks as if we now have MODERATED COMMENTS which means you can comment and all of us will have so

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-46861571019194324662008-03-18T10:55:00.002-07:002008-03-18T10:56:01.618-07:00

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BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-71758638018676941182008-03-18T10:42:00.000-07:002008-03-18T10:53:58.259-07:00

CLICK HERE FOR BENBENEK BLOG

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-4732289204942373292008-03-18T01:14:00.000-07:002008-03-18T01:19:15.896-07:00

This is just about the worst online embedded video you'll ever see, but these are the actual RUTLES answering questions (mostly Eric Idle) at the Egyptian Theater (March 17, 2008) - video taken from approximately 2000 feet away from deep inside a murky cave while trapped inside solidifying tar.

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-748914289787661142008-03-18T00:23:00.001-07:002008-03-18T00:25:14.758-07:00

GET THE WHOLE ENCHILADA AT THE NEW BENBENEK BLOG!

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-47491243394064540272008-03-17T23:57:00.000-07:002008-03-18T00:02:53.415-07:00

RUTLES REUNION AT THE EGYPTIAN!READ ABOUT IT AT THE NEW BENBENEK BLOG - CLICK HERE!

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-37601147897806398172008-03-17T09:06:00.000-07:002008-03-17T09:28:52.344-07:00

Finally, an album post with some factual substance - thank goodness The Monkees stature and industry respect only grows more and more as their fan base bulges and echos out unto the misty plains - limited time only! 20 tracks! Does life or music get any better than this? Nope! Oh, yes!DON'T FORGET - BENBENEK BLOG IS MOVING - CLICK HERE!Monkees - Greatest Hits (zipped mp3s)

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-47590978665314232682008-03-16T22:25:00.000-07:002008-03-16T22:32:52.620-07:00

We never do things in halves and therefore we're officially transitioning templates (immediately) over to WORDPRESS which seems just as hokey as BLOGGER but at least WORDPRESS appears to be speedier.You'll find the following mp3 over there...over there...Public Nuisance - America (mp3)PLEASE BOOKMARK THE NEW HOME OF BENBENEK BLOG

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-36719013748798279012008-03-16T18:16:00.000-07:002008-03-16T18:41:58.054-07:00

Due to incessant and often mega-annoying glitches and snafus with BLOGGER, we will probably be moving this site over to WORDPRESS this week (same name, same stuff) - it'll be a smooth transition (if it does indeed happen) and there's no better time than the present to give out the warning...consider yourself warned.THE FUTURE HOME OF BENBENEK BLOG

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-40891416729937252622008-03-16T18:02:00.001-07:002008-03-16T18:02:29.872-07:00

Well, a good pal of mine and myself are seeing the Rutles movie along with the big Rutles reunion tomorrow night up at Hollywood's Egyptian Theater - should be fun...and especially even more fun to see if there are any freaky Monty Python or Bonzo Dog Band fans in the audience. The Egyptian Theater is quite impressive indeed, I've only been there once because we won free tickets to see a Clint

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-16486670092161481642008-03-16T11:11:00.000-07:002008-03-16T11:30:50.114-07:00

Continuing on in a 1960s semi-psychedelic exploitation mode, here's some guy named Curtis Knight backed-up by some other guy named Jimi Hendrix on a song that probably really actually and entirely sounds like a Bob Dylan song...yeah, no fuckin' kidding...The verses (lyric-wise) kind of suck but the chorus areas kick serious semi-psychedelic exploitation butt and Hendrix's guitar is so fuzzed-out

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-48878580669876291272008-03-16T10:27:00.001-07:002008-03-16T11:22:39.974-07:00

I seem to remember really liking The Grateful Dead a whole lot for about an entire year way back in the mid-1990s - I really liked the early Dead especially (1965-1973) and even more especially really liked the Anthem of the Sun and AOXOMOXOA albums a lot (still do) - and like I said, this "really liking" took place for about an entire year in the mid-1990s...And then all the "really liking"

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-16627974755118726352008-03-15T00:48:00.000-07:002008-03-15T13:48:03.036-07:00

So, it's my real, legal birthday today and thus begins-eth the festivities which start over (in Seal Beach) at the former shell of The Parasol which is now called Mel's Diner - haven't been there since they opened months ago when the service was bad and my toast was dry and almost inedible, but ultimately horrid...After that, it's anybody's guess - I'm hoping that the drunken, remaining cast of

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-24785646266327183262008-03-15T00:26:00.000-07:002008-03-15T00:43:08.181-07:00

Not counting Betamax and Quicktime, I think I've seen True Stories in nearly every standard, morally accepted format. I seem to remember watching it on the big screen when it first came out (1986 - liked it a lot!) and then much later watched it on rented VHS (didn't think too much of it...)And now tonight, I just finished watching it on DVD (not in widescreen) and it holds up very well - overall

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-32814720662832701762008-03-14T10:54:00.000-07:002008-03-14T11:06:27.342-07:00

It's standard knowledge that Lee "Scratch" Perry has never produced a bad song - even up until last year's "End of the American Dream" he's been cranking them out (good songs) - which brings us to these two versions of the same song - a song called French Connection - one version straight forward and the other in dub mode.Lee Perry and the Upsetters - French Connection (mp3)Lee Perry and the

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-75722074222639388922008-03-13T22:07:00.000-07:002008-03-13T22:52:52.335-07:00

It's my actual, real birthday this Saturday...a birthday which I proudly share with FABIO and God's gift to the legal system MIKE LOVE and since it's our (I mean my...) birthday I guess I can pick pretty much what I want to post for the next couple of days...not that I don't do that already.So, as far as birthdays go, we've got two sort of DIVERSE (what?!) album releases, both of which never got

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-38217020899398284352008-03-13T14:10:00.000-07:002008-03-13T14:27:47.625-07:00

So, like...this demo song is hot off the presses and it should maybe possibly be on the upcoming music album LISTENING TO PAINT DRY (which still needs a cover photo) which needs to be mixed, but mixing is the least fun part of modern digital music making (at least for me) -So I was thinking about hiring Roy Thomas Baker or that guy who works with U2 and David Bowie - or maybe I'll just save

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-58465345478865591382008-03-13T11:54:00.000-07:002008-03-13T12:05:45.282-07:00

There's ever been an ongoing and infinitely-long debate concerning exactly which (or what) the very first punk rock song was (or potentially could have been...) and this sonic candidate by marginal Swedish band Manfred Mann certainly takes the proverbial cake when it comes to being possibly the first punk rock song ever in the history of universal punk rock music...Except that it doesn't appear

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-20603298514394554372008-03-12T11:35:00.000-07:002008-03-12T11:36:59.130-07:00

NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO TYPE THINGS ON THE INTERNET!We've finally got a simple and easy-to-use nice MESSAGE BOARD up and running - signing up takes about 3 seconds - we'll try it out for a week or two and see if it's worth keeping up...so check it out now all you people!HEY! - NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO TYPE THINGS ON THE INTERNET!1) Say HI to your mom or pet!2) Make irrational poorly-written comments!3)

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-18089784112217144642008-03-11T10:30:00.000-07:002008-03-11T10:49:45.474-07:00

As usual, I've been picking up all sorts of un-usual late 1960s (and early 1970s) mega-Christian old time real actual LP vinyl albums (I have one of the largest collections of mega-Christian old time real actual LP vinyl albums in the world...no shit!)And this particular version (of "La Bamba") happened to be on an album by The Rose City Singers called "On the Move" and most of the album is

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-87971666098398873292008-03-10T22:12:00.000-07:002008-03-10T22:22:17.066-07:00

So, this is like the second Mitch Ryder song this outfit's posted in about a month and if there were a reason not to post it, we would gladly take that road...but like Oprah Winfrey says: "you've got to pay it forward" (what ever that means...) and also you've got to "give, give, give...until yer head pops!" So, let's do all of the above and see where that leads us.Mitch Ryder - Devil with the

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-65368977489047887492008-03-10T19:19:00.000-07:002008-03-10T22:01:21.980-07:00

Like most music, I have a love/hate relationship with DRUM N BASS which I seem to remember hearing early on (on my FM radio mini-boombox) in Southeast London - perhaps 1996 (oh yes...) but more probably 1997 with the pirate/daytime DRUM N BASS channels and incessant Cockney rapping by any number of DJs and rappers and local slang comedians who would secretly set up their systems anywhere between

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-37832183230756094782008-03-09T00:12:00.000-08:002008-03-09T00:44:31.551-08:00

WARNING! - NO PARAGRAPH BREAKS!This track of hi-energy interest is from a really expensive import album called (wait for it...) PRE-MADONNA and it's kind of interesting - but this (to me) is the only truly listenable and perhaps danceable track on the album which also seems to contain early Madonna tracks (including this song) and other tracks and songs from the early career of pop singer and

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-74029399405718663372008-03-08T19:05:00.000-08:002008-03-09T00:05:32.646-08:00

Hey, did Black Sabbath ever record one of those invitation-only acoustic shows on MTV? You know the kind of show I'm talking about...where established wealthy and morally corrupt pop music acts would perform their entire back catalogues acoustically so they could make more obscene profits off their back catalogues...know what I mean??Anyway...did Black Sabbath ever record one of those special

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-88570245583720766372008-03-07T18:06:00.000-08:002008-03-07T23:07:33.063-08:00

Just in time for the weekend, here's something mostly fast and mostly loud, which in plain and simple language means it's an actual compilation album featuring actual singers and players singing and playing songs in a Rock 'n' Roll modality. If you can't enjoy it, then please tolerate it in a polite way.18 SONGS - CAN'T BEAT IT!VA - THE RAGING TEENS (VOLUME 2)FULL ZIPPED ALBUM - CLICK HERE!!!!

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-76362608100912452192008-03-06T17:00:00.000-08:002008-03-06T17:32:50.293-08:00

Gotta fuckin' admit that I don't know much about Country Music - especially I don't no nothing about what passes as Country Music these days - all I know is Carrie Underwood don't hold no candle to Minnie Pearl (or even Dolly Parton) and the quivering contemporary ghost of the be-hatted Garth Brooks holds no candle to the sublime Buddha nature of George Jones (whatever Wal-Mart says...)This

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-38032224552612706582008-03-06T09:55:00.000-08:002008-03-06T10:05:29.488-08:00

Roni Size (Ryan Williams)...one of the biggest hot shit Drum N Bass dudes ever, hit the big time in England (at least) but basically tanked in the States. Now his brand of D N B is even used in TV commercials cuz Drum N Bass is not only cool now but it's baseball 7th inning stretch cool.This song was named after the original title of The Beatlesbig hot shit worldwide smash hit song "Yesterday" -

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-89461989354636400752008-03-06T00:59:00.000-08:002008-03-06T01:19:14.876-08:00

About every two years comedian George Carlin does a big HBO television special and he's just done another one called "It's Bad for Ya" - it'll be repeating and rotating over the next few weeks I suppose and it's (naturally) worth catching. Carlin really looks old, probably because he is old...70 years old, but looks are always deceiving and he definitely does the job. Hard to believe he was a

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-34304073662166288852008-03-05T10:39:00.000-08:002008-03-05T11:07:39.899-08:00

You might wanna UP THE HIGH EQ on this particular version of this particular song...sounds like the vocals were recorded inside an underwater Fotomat. Lots of trumpet on this too which is always nice to hear!By the way, have you noticed how everybody nowadays is accusing BIG RECORD COMPANIES of not having enough foresight to foresee the current spate of free music downloads (what is a "spate" by

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-48355053675441505372008-03-04T08:16:00.000-08:002008-03-04T08:39:11.040-08:00

I've had this album for (like) years and never bothered to listen to it because (like) I figured it sucked - but I (like) listened to some of it this morning and (like) it doesn't suck (at all) in fact, it's actually pretty good.The album appears to be out-of-print or at least somewhat hard-to-findand expensive...so, do your thing and maybe you (like me) will find that it doesn't suck (at all) in

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-56306835922170921902008-03-03T22:58:00.001-08:002008-03-03T23:08:41.387-08:00

A lot of people have no clue that there's another website connected to BENBENEK BLOG and it's called Houseplant Picture Studio and it's been around a long time and it has all sorts of photos and art (and music) all over it and it stretches into various corners of known cyberspace. So, if there's nothing going on here (and there usually isn't) then go here and you might feel better.HOUSEPLANT

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-74671863521216046692008-03-03T22:25:00.000-08:002008-03-03T22:34:19.475-08:00

Yes, for crying out loud...this is the Motown classic as sung supremely by the manly and studly The Temptations...but who the heck knows what fucking language it's being sung in?My guess is that the song is either being sung in Spanish or possibly in some strange variation of Italian or maybe even a variation of the rare Southern Esperanto tongue or possibly Neptunian...who knows?The Temptations

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-92091219309515248132008-03-03T11:44:00.000-08:002008-03-03T11:51:58.851-08:00

Martin Lewis from the Mods and Rockers Film Festival kindly contacted me and told me that tickets and info regarding the upcoming and big Rutles 30th Anniversary Reunion Event at LA's Egyptian Theater can be found directly through their website.This may be the biggest music happening of the year (or at least the most calorie-free) so get your tickets now, or forever hold your peace.Mods and

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-14200757697303002232008-03-02T17:04:00.000-08:002008-03-02T17:09:47.026-08:00

You know how it is...sometimes you run across something (like an mp3) on your hard drive and the only thing to do is to upload it using Fetch Mac OS X FTP software...yeah, sometimes that's the only thing to do.The Shirelles - Boys (mp3)

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-20563950286897670402008-03-01T18:43:00.000-08:002008-03-01T23:27:21.889-08:00

If I'm not mistaken (and I always am), I don't think I've ever seen The Rutles movie "All You Need Is Cash" all the way through - I've seen clips and bits and bobs, but frankly I don't believe I've seen it all the way through - did I mention I've never seen it all the way through?Which makes March 17th at LA's Egyptian Theater even better (for me) because that's the evening there's going to be a

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-8615770982092573442008-02-29T18:03:00.000-08:002008-02-29T18:39:18.430-08:00

Oh yes, I certainly may have indeed posted THIS PERKY MOTOWN TOE-TAPPER once before (several hundred wonderful posts ago), but if there's any song that indeed deserves multiple internet postings it's this lively gem from our collective musical past.Besides, it's entirely possible (indeed!) that I've actually never posted it before - in which case we all come out true winners and heroes in the

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-32295268298313328822008-02-29T14:33:00.000-08:002008-02-29T14:40:24.055-08:00

Take my word for it, I didn't pick this song because it's actually Friday...I'm not that smart, and besides there are plenty of other reasons for picking this song, none of which I can think of right this minute (God, I hate using an overabundance of commas...)Apparently, one of The Easybeats became future members of Chilean polka band AC/DC - but we all know how stupid and inaccurate rock music

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-30215566783826648372008-02-28T09:51:00.000-08:002008-02-28T12:56:23.012-08:00

The story's been circulating a lot recently, but apparently the current owners of the famous house where pop duo The Carpenters used to live (in nearby Downey) are planning on having the house demolished, mostly (they say) because they're too annoyed by Carpenters fans who constantly drive by and walk up and peak in the windows.Might all be just another urban legend, but who really, really

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-66142271837257203992008-02-28T00:48:00.000-08:002008-02-28T01:11:28.631-08:00

As we've well-established, I'm really not into the whole "obituary thing" around here. Death is obviously a passage into (and through) mysterious realms of dark and light, shape and size - and way too many people consider it (death) to be just another sad ending (like running out of dish soap) - so, lighten up everybody...death is not exactly what it's cracked up to be! In fact, it may be fun

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-62059244318769598032008-02-28T00:39:00.001-08:002008-02-28T00:46:55.439-08:00

Somewhere along the line I seem to remember actually seeing the great Lowell Fulson...must have been somewhere...maybe at one of them Long Beach Blues Festivals (he passed away here in Long Beach doncha know)...anyway, the guy could really twang a blues guitar and twang it he could certainly do. Mostly Lowell Fulson is known for his classic TRAMP song and maybe even Reconsider Baby...but this

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-19300195541717260162008-02-27T17:14:00.000-08:002008-02-27T17:25:38.083-08:00

This is from Ted's outstanding album which is cleverly entitled CRAVEMAN and this song seems to be about Ted's unending carnal desire to remaina bow-wielding and loin-cloth wearing manly man.Sounds reasonable - and it's got a nice guitar solo in the middle!Ted Nugent - Change My Sex (mp3)The Official Community of Ted Nugent

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-4793739147116779932008-02-27T09:58:00.000-08:002008-02-27T10:08:37.883-08:00

This song is from a recent double album called The Monkees (Special Edition) and it features The Monkees and The Monkees sing on it and The Monkees are all over it and The Monkees feature strongly upon it and Steely Dan is not on it and Steely Dan didn't write it or play on it because it's a Monkees song recorded by The Monkees and Steely Dan isn't on this song.The Monkees - Let's Dance On (mp3)

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-48016922164416786842008-02-27T00:52:00.000-08:002008-02-27T01:24:51.861-08:00

It's been many years of close calls and delays, but I finally dragged myself to the temple and totally saw Robert Frank's super-bitchin' and cool artistic documentary Cocksucker Blues which is his desaturated and sometimes blurry and screwed-up, close-and-personal portrayal of The Rolling Stones music group big-time TOUR OF THE AMERICAS 1972.Actually I'd seen small clips and heard bits of audio

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-39628189417502241422008-02-26T22:02:00.000-08:002008-02-26T22:15:12.781-08:00

No kids, this isn't "black is black I want my baby back ribs back" - no...it seems to be one of those swell German-British-Euro 70s mega-hits that never quite made it to the United States...because if it DID ever make it to the United States Ted Nugent (and his wife) woulda tracked it down and killed it.But, what's a poor boy to do? Nothing is the answer and 10 is the number.(sorry, I'm currently

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-57270860243557365192008-02-26T17:44:00.000-08:002008-02-26T17:47:43.005-08:00

PHOTOS FOUND ON AN SD MEMORY CARD IN A LAUNDROMATCLICK HERE NOW AND ALWAYS

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-49217435613806188262008-02-26T10:42:00.000-08:002008-02-26T10:52:02.047-08:00

The lyrics can be found right here.The Plasmatics - Test Tube Babies (mp3)

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-29288234062659328222008-02-25T23:32:00.000-08:002008-02-26T17:44:40.852-08:00

Let's not any of us forget the primary purpose(s) behind modern pop music...and that is to motivate, inspire and instigate in mercurial ways. Anything beyond that is basically unnecessary and superfluous (and needlessly heady) over-analyzation and should be avoided frenetically.The Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer (mp3)

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-73901406362439672612008-02-25T18:36:00.000-08:002008-02-25T22:39:56.124-08:00

Since I do art and have been involved in art and look at art and talk and type about art, a lot of people (friends and acquaintances) ask me:"Hey...what's your favorite all-time piece of art?"Usually my response begins with telling the questioner (or questioners) that my favorite all-time well-known (and/or famous) piece of art is Van Gogh's real nice painting called "Sunflowers" which hangs in

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-48842193255466960632008-02-25T17:35:00.000-08:002008-02-25T17:54:54.933-08:00

Frankly, I didn't know that Supergrass were still even around let alone relevant - the band were * SUPER-HOT-SHIT IN ENGLAND * and parts of civilized Europe during the last four years of the 1990s - in fact, if you listen closely you can still hear Supergrass songs in the background of many car and furniture TV advertisements.Which brings us to this song which is a new Supergrass song and I have

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-44894056451764838682008-02-25T10:51:00.000-08:002008-02-25T11:32:10.495-08:00

My old jazz history teacher used to say that some folks back in New York City (in the mid-1960s) used to use this album to warm their large, frigid apartments.FREE JAZZ is most assuredly 37 minutes of pure fire and heat recorded in 1960 and played by something called a "double quartet" which features the great Don Cherry, the great Eric Dolphy, the great Ed Blackwell, the great Billy Higgins,

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-26276559442185721472008-02-24T23:51:00.000-08:002008-02-24T23:55:17.750-08:00

HPS STREET ART SLIDESHOW

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-28560091380009735882008-02-24T12:42:00.000-08:002008-02-24T12:58:41.056-08:00

Have no idea who this is (yeah, I know it's Paffendorf) or when it came out - but it sounds very much like 2 Unlimited on speed - but also has some Gary Numan and Kraftwerk lurking inside it.This kind of super-charged and mindless Euro dance music is definitely irrestible though many will claim they don't like it, but what's not to like? I think it's very likable! Yes? Oh yes, the likability

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-52940721041264868072008-02-24T12:24:00.000-08:002008-02-24T12:38:03.454-08:00

I had a strange and almost sickening urge to hear (and post) this HOT LEGS song last week, but I couldn't find it until now - and I always forget that Tina Turner did (does) a nice version of it - and I always thought the tempo was a wee bit too slow, but it has some cleverly-moronic lyrics that never fail to bring on a cringe...And some of the best electric guitar and drum sounds ever etched

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-89951025714597186712008-02-23T23:48:00.000-08:002008-02-23T23:57:43.483-08:00

Nothing like a little serious blues on a rainy Sunday to wipe away the troubles and to ease the pain. James Harman is harmonica blues KING throughout the entire USA and most of the world and definitely around here in Long Beach which is often referred to as "The Blues Capital of the World" and I have nothing else to type about this matter.James Harman - Icepick's Confession (mp3)James Harman's

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-59543725240653374682008-02-23T01:23:00.000-08:002008-02-23T01:35:52.983-08:00

As usual, even though I have a big old compilation by these Mudhoney guys, I know nothing about them and only like this song, mostly because of the weird squishy bass sound (or is it an amplified squeezebox?) and the indecipherable lyrics...which are always the best kind of lyrics.Oh yeah, I seem to recall that Mudhoney took their name from a Russ Meyer movie which was probably a very cool thing

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-62814268469420955122008-02-22T09:10:00.000-08:002008-02-23T01:40:24.475-08:00

I know nothing about MySpace and how it works and I also don't have any "friends" on MySpace, other than my friend GayleMyrna who has a MySpace website where she's uploaded a couple of music videos and posted a few songs.Knock yourselves out!GayleMyrna @ My Space

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-7191524850966911132008-02-21T23:34:00.000-08:002008-02-21T23:56:51.123-08:00

Here I am in rain-soaked Southern California on a dark Thursday night eating very yummy home-baked CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES that I don't have to feel guilty about eating because I didn't eat anything all afternoon and evening because we were busy breaking my 86-YEAR OLD DAD out of the hospital he's been in for several days...Because he apparently had some sort of irregular heart beatings...needed

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-83896058559492103292008-02-21T10:58:00.000-08:002008-02-21T11:10:09.858-08:00

Ya know...even recently I believed that there were actual nice, good-looking and functional VINYL SIGNS AND BANNERS out there in the real world...But now, after lengthy photographic examination I have hereby concluded that ALL VINYL SIGNS AND BANNERS are bad and up (literally) to no good. Therefore, why don't you join the fun and check out over 200 photographic examples of BAD VINYL?Your inner

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-1296447183917252812008-02-20T22:55:00.000-08:002008-02-20T23:05:27.550-08:00

How much more HIP and WITH IT and COOL can we get here at BENBENEK BLOG than a short (1:20) song from the acclaimed soundtrack from the acclaimed movie JUNO??Yeah, around here we REALLY like JUNO, even though it probably shouldn't have been nominated for best picture (because it's really just a TV movie of-the-week)...actually (and in general) this has got to be the WORST year for movies...ugh,

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-49130102072619960552008-02-20T09:14:00.000-08:002008-02-20T09:23:57.230-08:00

LA's amazing and astounding Dengue Fever is one of the world's most consistently talented and bravehearted bands ever to come out of anywhere - and their 2007 release Escape from the Dragon House was one of the best of that year - and this year's new album Venus On Earth is even better!Wow! Cool! Yeah! Great! Neat!Dengue Fever - Tiger Phone Card (mp3)Dengue Fever @ MySpace

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-6622689575153013202008-02-20T00:42:00.000-08:002008-02-20T01:00:54.938-08:00

So the POST NO. 1000 MEGA-DOWNLOAD went quite well, other than the fact that a lot of people are mad (like the magazine) that they couldn't download some or all of the audio lumps. Oh, well - whaddya want? Free junk is free junk! (see illustration above) Stop yer complainin' ye men and women of strife and take it to Dr. Phil if you MUST complain-eth about lack of zip files!So, back to business in

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-52880925732000845732008-02-19T00:42:00.000-08:002008-02-19T16:48:33.203-08:00

Here it is, we've made it to POST NO. 1000 -- in honor we've got 1000 MBs (one gigabyte) of mp3 material divided up into FIVE EASY-TO-USE 250 MB DOWNLOADABLE LUMPS (see below) - everything'll be open until the server reaches the maximum saturation point...so click if you feel like clicking - KBLUMP NO. 1classic rock raritiesnewer music (rock, soul, rap)CLICK HERELUMP NO. 2killer California surf

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-22578156943229304632008-02-18T22:44:00.000-08:002008-02-19T09:58:39.754-08:00

POST NO. 999Taken from THIS, here are a few slightly different equalizations and takes for people who care about those things.Get Your Rocks Off (mp3)Clothesline Saga (mp3)Apple Suckling Tree (mp3)The Mighty Quinn (mp3)Million Dollar Bash (mp3)Yea Heavy and a Bottle of Bread (mp3)Please Mrs Henry (mp3)Tiny Montgomery (mp3)

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-39944628924354259562008-02-18T22:30:00.000-08:002008-02-18T22:39:57.737-08:00

POST NO. 998Gosh, I have no idea how this toetapper ended up in my vicinity, but it's got a good beat and a clever lyric...no, I take that back...it's very catchy and it has a great lyric!The Rubber City Rebels seem to have been around forever and they seem to have their own rabid cult following and maybe they've even put out a few albums and singles...maybe? Yeah what the fuck...they have!Tom

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-31672071048452557642008-02-18T22:00:00.000-08:002008-02-18T22:27:04.257-08:00

POST NO. 997Back in roughly 2004 I had the distinct pleasure of attending The Kinks Annual Fan Club Convention in London, held (of course) at The Boston Arms right across the road from Tufnel Park tube station and near that news agent where I bought (and ate) a Snickers Bar.The convention was very nice, with dozens of grizzled and non-grizzled Kinks fans from all over - I ended up somehow meeting

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-37806793400039082532008-02-17T22:26:00.000-08:002008-02-17T22:47:40.656-08:00

Here's sinister proof that if you stick even the most insipid and horrible lyric inside a mid-90s Brit-Rap-Pop-Rock context and produce it up right, then the world's your fucking oyster. Wouldn't be surprised to find out if one or both of these singing Shampoo girls turned out to become the CEOs of either Yahoo or Google or both (respectively)Shampoo - Trouble (mp3)Hey, what's up with all the

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-15346495516803756502008-02-17T21:39:00.000-08:002008-02-17T21:49:20.181-08:00

POST NO. 995(which includes a free embedded YouTube video!)This incredibly hot and nasty dance tune by Freaks was a big hit last summer all over Northern Europe and the better parts of Eastern Canada and apparently it contains all sorts of hidden secret lyrical clues just like the TV show Survivor...so make sure you listen to this one and enjoy it if your constitution is so disposed...Freaks -

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-84963278729064399642008-02-17T00:22:00.000-08:002008-02-17T00:43:28.059-08:00

Well, we finally pulled together a bunch of sofas (here in the office) and managed to watch the DVD version of the movie called ACROSS THE UNIVERSE - and I was seriously expecting NOT to like it - but it turns out that the movie is rather interesting - but also the movie is REALLY SLOW in several key sections - but ALSO (of interest to me) there's a big major part in the middle that practically

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-23780050016463913322008-02-16T11:36:00.000-08:002008-02-16T11:58:58.585-08:00

It's a lazy Saturday morning here in Long Beach and I'm about to pound my daily walk (never miss one, they're my drug) - later this afternoon we're heading down the crystaline coast to Dana Point to attend a wedding of a couple of friends...Apparently (they say) they're releasing 1500 LADY BUGS (at the wedding) in some sort of good luck voodoo wedding ritual - hopefully THE PLAYFUL LADYBUGS will

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-85295430860329912182008-02-15T22:13:00.000-08:002008-02-15T22:40:39.777-08:00

Any dumb-ass fuckin' idiot with half a brain must realize by now that the energetic and perky Larry and Lorrie Collins could beat up the sometimes energetic and perky Donny and Marie Osmond any old time.Yeah, that's for sure! And it's an obvious truth to boot!Anyway, I have a friend who used to play The Collins Kids' crazy-ass song "Whistle Bait" over and over and over and over until he nearly

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-54848263209056492112008-02-15T17:33:00.000-08:002008-02-15T22:03:02.506-08:00

Finally, we find ourselves at the very precipice of POST NO. 1000and after a lot of thinking and mulling over, we've got our officialPOST NO. 1000 DIGITAL PARTY PLANS all put together.Starting TUESDAY MORNING (FEB. 19) AT 10:00 AM (Pacific Standard Time) and every hour on the hour (until 8:00 PM) we'll be posting 100 megabytes of digital audio - which means 1000 MEGABYTES TOTAL...all zipped and

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-87614472342994436282008-02-15T07:51:00.000-08:002008-02-15T08:15:34.771-08:00

One of Joe Meek's mega-wackiest productions, I'm personally not exactly sure what Joy and Dave are singing about and whether they both like Gran'ma or despise her or what? Nevertheless it's a boffo song!Joy And Dave - Let's Go See Gran'ma (mp3)From their classic ROCK AND ROLL album, this is the opener and it's relentless - however it's doubtful whether Gran'ma is mentioned in the lyrics -

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-87945551996256557802008-02-14T19:00:00.000-08:002008-02-14T19:19:54.158-08:00

Not to be confused with Gordon Lightfoot's "Sundown" or Hawkwind's "Hurry on Sundown" the ever-perky Bubble Puppy really put the proverbial pedal to the metal with this song which is called "Hurry Sundown" - not to be confused with Jonathan Edward's "Sunshine" or The Beatles "Good Day Sunshine" or any other song with the word SUN or SUNDOWN or SUNSHINE within it's lyrical body.Bubble Puppy were

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-86636796320457213332008-02-14T10:08:00.000-08:002008-02-14T10:22:41.147-08:00

Like a lot of people, I'm really into THE LOVE THING and (as Dr. Phil would agree) it's always important to express LOVE THING FEELINGS at every opportunity to your own SPECIAL LOVED ONE as often as possible...And there's nothing better to express LOVE THING LOVE FEELINGS for one's SPECIAL LOVED ONE than through A PAIR OF SPECIAL DOO WOP LOVE SONG MP3s which seem to be directly below...Pentagons

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-50246379629501088142008-02-13T22:51:00.000-08:002008-02-13T23:08:37.469-08:00

So, this is like POST 986 - Me and a good buddy were avidly watching the first hour of the second half of that big 4-hour BOB DYLAN television PBS special they done did about two years ago called NO DIRECTION HOME where once again the late Allen Ginsberg rocks in that self-contained and inimitable BEAT MANNER of his ...And we both got kind of groggy and decided to stop the DVD right where the

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-88811240599727314502008-02-13T09:57:00.000-08:002008-02-13T10:09:58.053-08:00

After a few months of not selling nothing on eBAY, we've got a handful of CDs for sale. If you're interested, then check 'em out by CLICKING HERE - if you're not interested, then carry on and await further orders.The Mitch Ryder anthology is an especially good bargain!

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-61995440995180214422008-02-13T09:28:00.000-08:002008-02-13T09:55:56.003-08:00

POST 984Finally "checked out" the latest branch addition to the Long Beach library system - Mark Twain Library - and while I was there I checked out a bunch of great books including the greatest of them all...The Birth of Graffiti by talented photographer Jon Naar.The Birth of Graffiti is Naar's photo exploration of early New York City graffiti "writing" circa 1973 and boy does this book have

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-1357766471532193822008-02-12T23:06:00.000-08:002008-02-12T23:33:11.461-08:00

Yeah OK everybody, I know that the 37th ANNIVERSARY of the legendary and destructive SYLMAR EARTHQUAKE (which took place here in Southern California in 1971) was three days ago (February 9th) but I just plum forgot to COMMEMORATE IT just like so many other pointless anniversaries are COMMEMORATED on the often pointless and earthquake-friendly World Wide Web.Ya know, if some smart people ever

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-34362293799292928682008-02-12T13:36:00.000-08:002008-02-12T14:09:27.109-08:00

Just the other day, I was cleaning out the garage (lots of leaves and dust) when I came across a small box of books that I'd lugged over here when we moved in a couple of years ago.The books in the box were basically 3rd level books...not worth keeping but not destined for recycling or donating or tossing out of airplanes either.In the box of books I found an old, torn-up copy of Lao Tsu's TAO TE

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-25783964697911158542008-02-11T22:49:00.000-08:002008-02-12T10:16:21.962-08:00

I swear, I've owned this FLIPPER album (Sex Bomb Baby) in one form or another for eons of collected years and I swear I've never played it more than once HALF-WAY through.On top of that, it seems to be considered some sort of ABSOLUTE ALBUM CLASSIC - I mean JEEZ, I know music fairly well and if this FLIPPER album (Sex Bomb Baby) were an ABSOLUTE TRUE ALBUM CLASSIC I probably would've already

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-9140381100273976622008-02-11T19:15:00.000-08:002008-02-11T22:45:42.421-08:00

Here's another actual and realistic SONG from a compilation called HAVING A TEENAGE TIME (VOL. 6) and it seems to be all about attempted high school romance and other assorted dumb and irrational junk like that.Listen closely for the out-of-tune tremolo guitar and also the incessant strange xylophone noises...and listen closely to the vocalist because he sounds way too old (and much too hungover)

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-84065994184382614412008-02-11T11:10:00.000-08:002008-02-11T11:50:24.257-08:00

Managed to get this classic disco rip off album online sooner than expected - for some reason it opens up with THREE (count 'em) THREE suggestive Village People songs and then the rest of the LP devolves into all sorts of crazed disco-headed potato-ness.It would be interesting to find out where Irwin (the Disco Duck) is today - and just how DID they manage to get that large and cheering disco

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-80939824807859375892008-02-10T18:07:00.000-08:002008-02-11T11:29:46.631-08:00

Not sure why the fuck I bought this (literally) stupid album at our local family-oriented swap meet today - really, I didn't want to - and I swear I could've done a lot more good with the dollar I spent (for the album) - like maybe given it to a powerful charity so they could (like) cure an incurable disease or something.But regardless, the IRWIN THE DISCO DUCK IN THE NAVY album is here and I

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-32739428949486365072008-02-09T23:56:00.000-08:002008-02-10T00:42:55.392-08:00

A couple of Saturdays ago, I was walking home from some place or another and I just happened to walk through a nearby empty parking lot - and as I got half-way through the parking lot I noticed that to my distant left there was what looked like A BIG DEAD GUY lying face-up between a fence and one of those little parking barrier things.At first I didn't know what to do, because from a distance THE

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-71825989955371344452008-02-09T18:25:00.000-08:002008-02-09T18:47:01.082-08:00

Yeah, so this is POST 976 - which means that POST 1000 will most likely occur dramatically sometime this week...if we all pray intensely.I still haven't really figured out what THE BIG POST 1000 GIVEAWAY will be, BUT most likely (most likely!) we'll just upload a bunch of cool and crazy and maybe even wacky mp3s (a real big bunch) and then designate several ONE HOUR PERIODS during the day when

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-62250895152029158882008-02-09T10:45:00.000-08:002008-02-09T11:02:54.824-08:00

JOHNNY FLAMINGO just might be the greatest NAME used by practically any modern solo musician ever...therefore I just had to post this sucker.JOHNNY FLAMINGO...yeah, great name!Anyway...here's JOHNNY FLAMINGO...great name!Johnny Flamingo - I (Want You So) (mp3)

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-66929892412402936202008-02-08T17:01:00.000-08:002008-02-08T17:15:35.761-08:00

Obviously, the only thing this song lacks is a big fucking ELECTRIC TUBA solo in the middle - but sadly it was probably not meant to be - so we all must simply imagine that big fucking ELECTRIC TUBA solo in our collective dreamy heads alone...and move ahead...yes, move ahead (yes, move ahead) - yes...move...a...head...move ahead? Yes...move ahead!Jimi Lea - Tortured and Tormented (mp3)

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-21475152526398066732008-02-08T07:55:00.000-08:002008-02-08T08:26:17.370-08:00

Every two minutes there seems to be yet another ROCKABILLY REVIVAL, which (in and of itself) isn't a bad thing - other than the fact that MOST ROCKABILLY MUSIC traditionally sucks.Jeez, I mean really...ROCKABILLY is a fairly limited musical genre - rhythms and tempos are often horribly repetitive and lyrical themes rarely stray beyond the "I LOST MY BABY" and "I'M GONNA ROCK" variety.Which brings

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-7008358756341602562008-02-07T11:27:00.000-08:002008-02-07T11:39:03.112-08:00

The next album (Listening to Paint Dry) is coming along swimmingly,meaning it's somewhat akin to a salmon struggling upstream during mating season.Yet, vocals (of all kinds) are being added...and this cover of an old DOORS song (previously posted here in an earlier version) has three actual vocals on it - and other things will be added as time goes by - and there's really nothing else to type -

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-62145875808837223382008-02-07T09:15:00.000-08:002008-02-07T09:40:43.769-08:00

There was that time we were in Canon City, Colorado (September 1998) and we were driving down main street and we saw a thrift store / hardware store called THE TOOLRITE ZONE - and as we walked in, this song was playing on the rinky-dink sound system...And THE TOOLRITE ZONE turned out to be quite psychedelic (in a Butthole Surfers kind of way) and somewhat like a large three-dimensional sculpture

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-60922164790961458522008-02-07T09:00:00.000-08:002008-02-07T09:13:04.041-08:00

This monster jam (sort of) is from James Brown's second-to-last recorded album (I think) which is entitled NEXT STEP (2002) and which features the great lyrical line:"try romance, turn that cap around and take that gun out of your pants."And I think someone else is singing on this track with James Brown, but I'm not sure who...and it's pretty good (as far as latter-day James Brown songs go and it

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-69497960725764755532008-02-05T22:42:00.000-08:002008-02-05T23:04:00.551-08:00

It's election night here in Southern California, which is all good and well - other than the fact that I forgot to register and I didn't vote (today or by proxy or my mail) and I may not vote in any of the upcoming Presidential voting...but (as they say) NOT VOTING is a vote in and of itself and that's what I'm going to stick with and that's what I'll believe in...unless I somehow find out that I

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-71641849207950614352008-02-05T22:19:00.000-08:002008-02-05T22:38:43.695-08:00

Ever since we first launched the ever-popular HAND KNITS FOR YOUNG MODERNS website (five years ago), we've been deluged with requests for the actual patterns that go along with the kitschy 60s hand knit graphics.And so finally, after years and years of delay we're going to be selling actual PDFs of many of the kitschy 60s knitting pattern books...on eBay (of course!)Really and truly, the various

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-14355979594322158642008-02-05T22:07:00.001-08:002008-02-05T22:14:43.546-08:00

Sometimes the best things on the internet are the things found totally by accident...for instance, this pleasant and nice jpeg of Carl and Louise.Carl and Louise (large jpg)

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13298310.post-6457544040225922162008-02-05T16:48:00.000-08:002008-02-05T17:28:31.690-08:00

We don't usually do "current events" around here (especially obituaries), but Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was one of the classic cultural icons of the iconic 1960s. Best known (of course) for his involvement with The Beatles and often ridiculed and lampooned (often!) and made fun of a lot!Funnily enough, a couple of months ago (over on the Venice Beach boardwalk) one of his followers tried to give me a

BENBENEKnoreply@blogger.com