http://stumplane.us/2009/04/29/an-inordinately-high-proportion-of-songs-about-bitches/ in the dirt since history began Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:36:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://stumplane.us/2009/04/29/an-inordinately-high-proportion-of-songs-about-bitches/#comment-846 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:23:49 +0000 http://www.stumplane.us/blog/2009/04/29/an-inordinately-high-proportion-of-songs-about-bitches/#comment-846 thanks, BDR, now i’ve learned my new item for the day.
from the wikipedia page on John Cage:
Another famous creation of Cage’s is the prepared piano (a piano with its sound altered by placing various objects in the strings) …
Ben Folds did call it “prepared piano” as he explained what he was doing. also it sounded way cooler in person than it does in the you tube.

]]> http://stumplane.us/2009/04/29/an-inordinately-high-proportion-of-songs-about-bitches/#comment-845 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:15:07 +0000 http://www.stumplane.us/blog/2009/04/29/an-inordinately-high-proportion-of-songs-about-bitches/#comment-845 “Here is what can happen when you jam a couple of Altoids tins in a grand piano and play it through a distortion pedal.”
Ben Folds is channeling John Cage? Sweet.

]]> http://stumplane.us/2009/04/29/an-inordinately-high-proportion-of-songs-about-bitches/#comment-844 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:41:29 +0000 http://www.stumplane.us/blog/2009/04/29/an-inordinately-high-proportion-of-songs-about-bitches/#comment-844 Ben Folds seems like one of those artists that would put on a great live show. Speaking of street cred, the last show I saw prior to the two DJ Shadow concerts in ’06 and ’07 was Fountains of Wayne. Sounds like we’re in the same boat, musically.

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