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the sound of people living |
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| Location: | United Kingdom |
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| Last Login: | Jun 25, 2008 (532 days back) |
About Me |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 4/30/2006Influences: ryan adams, joan armatrading, joseph arthur, tori amos, fiona apple, beatles, beck, burt bacharach, ben folds, blur, tim & jeff buckley, kate bush, david bowie, ben kweller, cash, carpenters, leonard cohen, costello, the cult, crowded house, the clash, lloyd cole, death cab for cutie, the cure, neil diamond, dylan, dexy's midnight runners, ELO, brian eno, eels, foo fighters, fleetwood mac, neil finn, peter gabriel, grant lee buffalo, beth gibbons, josé gonzalez, george harrison, richard hawley, micah p. hinson, carole king, ray lamontagne, led zeppelin, lemonheads, some of the 80's cliff richard output (wired for sound), nat king cole, kinks, aimee mann, meatloaf, john martyn, van the morrison, joni mitchell, nirvana, joanna newsom, randy newman, penguin cafe orchestra, pixies, police, early prince, pink floyd, gram parsons, queen, queens of the stone age, radiohead, razorlight, sinatra, rolling stones, roxy music, REM, ron sexsmith, sigur ros, carly simon, paul simon, simon & garfunkel, nina simone, springsteen, sufjan stevens, streisand, elliott smith, the smiths, cat stevens, early rod stewart, strokes, sundays, supertramp, sparklehorse, talking heads, t-rex, tina turner, talk talk, turin brakes, early U2 (up to achtung baby and NO further), suzanne vega, velvet underground, rufus & martha wainwright, waterboys, tom waits, stevie wonder, white stripes, neil young, XTC Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Rock / Pop / Acoustic) |
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My Blog |
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NEW YEAR, NEW SONG |
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| my oh my where does the time go?it seems like only minutes ago that we were all there in the 90's wearing roller blades and listening to whitney houston (was that just me?).the new song 'We're Gonna B... Posted by Ben Parker on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:41:00 PST |
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New Song Tuesday - Part IX |
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| i thought it had been way too long since the last new song tuesday. we've been working hard on the new version of Angels & Demons. and here it is.one of the first songs to kick off all of this benpa... Posted by Ben Parker on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:13:00 PST |
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Ben Parker courtesy of Nintendo on the pages of The Sun |
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| I had a call from a nice man at Ubisoft software a month ago asking if i'd be interesting in trying one of their new products, a piece of guitar emulating software for the Nintendo DS called 'Jam Sess... Posted by Ben Parker on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:57:00 PST |
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the city of angels part VI |
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| so lunch was very cool over at the newsroom. bleu & stacey were charming. blue a big bear of a man with those sidechops to kill and stacey all blue eyes and intelligence. i had a chance to one-one-... Posted by Ben Parker on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:51:00 PST |
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the city of angels part V |
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| a week has nearly flown by over here in california. i'm in a city gripped by a helloween-party hangover and an imminent screenwriters' strike that could affect everyone here from the writers themselv... Posted by Ben Parker on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 09:56:00 PST |
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the city of angels part IV |
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| wow. what a day. we left berkeley at midday to catch our virgin america 1:50pm flight. all excited. with white plastic modern airline seating and purple mood lighting it was definitely something d... Posted by Ben Parker on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:12:00 PST |
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the city of angels part III |
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| i've been up in berkeley, nr san francisco to play a show tonight with my good friend david berkeley (some co-incidence). it was a private show in a members' club, complete with a bechstein grand pia... Posted by Ben Parker on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 09:44:00 PST |
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the city of angels part II |
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| so i arrive at my destination. tired. emotinal. unsure. and not really up for being spot searched at LAX customs for half an hour. most of me had already walked through and started getting in the... Posted by Ben Parker on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:34:00 PST |
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the city of angels part I |
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| what is it about long flights? no matter how rested up and ready you are after four hours of breathing everyone else's air (and other gases) it always feels like you've been up for days. de-hydrated... Posted by Ben Parker on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:19:00 PST |
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New Song Tuesday - Part VIII |
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| ok. i know you're probably wondering what happened to part VII. has ben gotten his roman numerals all mixed up? etc. etc. i shall post a blog for number 7 ('don't you love me') in due course.but un... Posted by Ben Parker on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:12:00 PST |
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