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[26 Apr 2012 | 2 Comments | ]
Song-A-Week Celebration #15

Happy 2012 everybody! Members of B3nson have decided to challenge themselves with the task of collectively releasing at least 1 new song for every week of 2012. Home recordings, demos, live stuff, remixes, collaborations… anything goes! This weeks song comes from the mysterious Gypsy Carnival Sideshow… the song is called “Build a Deck 4″.

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[25 Apr 2012 | 2 Comments | ]
Under the Covers with B3nson

B3nson does B3nson
Always more music! “B3 does B3″ is a project that we’ve been working on since the start of 2012.  The participating artists chose some of their favorite fellow B3nsonite’s tunes and are putting their own spin on them, and now it’s finally here…time to Celebrate!
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[25 Apr 2012 | No Comment | ]
Book Talk! American Dervish

American Dervish is the impressive debut novel written by Ayad Akhtar and published earlier this year.  The vast majority of the novel is told from Hayat Shah’s perspective as a twelve year old Pakistani-American in Milwaukee.  The story centers around Hayat’s dysfunctional family and the ways that they are alternately united and torn apart by their faith.
Hayat is the son of Naveed, a neurologist, and Muneer, his nagging wife.  It becomes obvious early on that all of the cajoling from Muneer is deserved as one of Naveed’s mistresses sets fire to …

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[17 Apr 2012 | One Comment | ]
Sabotage & Footage Mash Up

“We’ve captured a lot of footage over the past month and we figured we’d give you a little taste of what’s coming to the vimeo page. Enjoy!
Shot and Edited by Eamonn McBride”
Barons in the Attic – Sabotage and Footage Mash up from Barons in the Attic on Vimeo.

I'm a song, listen to me?, Music »

[12 Apr 2012 | One Comment | ]
Song-A-Week Celebration #13

Happy 2012 everybody! Members of B3nson have decided to challenge themselves with the task of collectively releasing at least 1 new song for every week of 2012. Home recordings, demos, live stuff, remixes, collaborations… anything goes! This weeks song comes from Muddskipper and the song is called “Higher”.

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[9 Apr 2012 | One Comment | ]
Back in Eastern Time

Sgt Dunbar & the Corp of Discovery, a  Tour Journal
To CELEBRATE! the one year anniversary of Sgt Dunbar’s historic “Escaping Winter ” national tour of 2011 I have decided to digitize my tour journal and give all of B3nson’s readers an inside glimpse of what our month on the road felt like, day by day.
DAY 29
 

I'm a song, listen to me?, Music »

[8 Apr 2012 | One Comment | ]
Song-A-Week Celebration #14

Happy 2012 everybody! Members of B3nson have decided to challenge themselves with the task of collectively releasing at least 1 new song for every week of 2012. Home recordings, demos, live stuff, remixes, collaborations… anything goes! This weeks song comes from half-way across the globe in Afghanistan where Nursing Home Discoveries has been hanging out, sampling regional delicacies and crafting his art. Check out his new track Get Lost.

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[7 Apr 2012 | No Comment | ]
The Milk Factory

Sgt Dunbar & the Corp of Discovery, a Tour Journal
To CELEBRATE! the one year anniversary of Sgt Dunbar’s historic “Escaping Winter ” national tour of 2011 I have decided to digitize my tour journal and give all of B3nson’s readers an inside glimpse of what our month on the road felt like, day by day.
DAY 28

 

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[6 Apr 2012 | No Comment | ]
Locked Bathrooms, No Electricity

Sgt Dunbar & the Corp of Discovery, a Tour Journal
To CELEBRATE! the one year anniversary of Sgt Dunbar’s historic “Escaping Winter ” national tour of 2011 I have decided to digitize my tour journal and give all of B3nson’s readers an inside glimpse of what our month on the road felt like, day by day.
DAY 27
 
 

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[5 Apr 2012 | 3 Comments | ]
South Fork Crazy Woman

Sgt Dunbar & the Corp of Discovery, a Tour Journal
To CELEBRATE! the one year anniversary of Sgt Dunbar’s historic “Escaping Winter ” national tour of 2011 I have decided to digitize my tour journal and give all of B3nson’s readers an inside glimpse of what our month on the road felt like, day by day.
DAY 26

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[5 Apr 2012 | No Comment | ]
America.

 
Good news everybody! The Slaughterhouse Chorus will be releasing the follow up to their 2010 Demo this Friday! Come celebrate the release of their self titled full length at Valentines this April 6th at 8pm. After a year in the making TSC is ready to release a 13 track monster which will include some old favorites from the demo as well as a plethora of new tracks.
Previously unreleased track ‘The Wagon’ throws some friendly New York jabs towards a Los Angeles bound East Coast defector. Chris juggles the feelings of …

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[4 Apr 2012 | No Comment | ]
Big Sky Country

Sgt Dunbar & the Corp of Discovery, a Tour Journal
To CELEBRATE! the one year anniversary of Sgt Dunbar’s historic “Escaping Winter ” national tour of 2011 I have decided to digitize my tour journal and give all of B3nson’s readers an inside glimpse of what our month on the road felt like, day by day.
DAY 25