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Return Of White Rabbit @ Thekla

Return Of White Rabbit @ Thekla

ROWR Thekla (480x360)

Theoretical Girl 'Red Mist - New Video

Theoretical Girl 'Red Mist - New Video

The London-based songstress presents he impressive new promo for 'Red Mist'.

Kasabian NME Cover Shoot

Kasabian NME Cover Shoot

Join Kasabian for a Alice In Wonderland themed tea party as we go behind-the-scenes on their NME cover shoot.

Mystery Jets At Benicassim 2009

Mystery Jets At Benicassim 2009

Kai & Blaine hang out by the pool and reveal which new tracks they'll be playing at the festival.

Les Savy Fav Live Footage For Warp Films & ATP

Les Savy Fav Live Footage For Warp Films & ATP

Warp Films and ATP will take to the road over the next week with Brooklyn's Les Savy Fav for a unique UK theatrical tour 'One Night Only' - the show combines screenings of All Tomorrow’s Parties with live...

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Ben - GH3 - Through the Fire and Flames - 754K - 9 Years Old

Ben - GH3 - Through the Fire and Flames - 754K - 9 Years Old (08:10)

Ben - Through the Fire and Flames - 754K Ben's high score is 93[something]K! scorehero.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10961 For some reason at about 3 mins the audio starts getting out of sync. I use Pinnacle Studio 9.3....

Scrubs - Ben's Death

Scrubs - Ben's Death (09:04)

One of the few moments in Scrubs that can put a tear in your eye. The episode is My Screw up from Season 3. Disclaimer: I do not own any of the materials ued in this video.

Bernanke in Denial 2005-2007

Bernanke in Denial 2005-2007 (05:08)

Bernanke telling us not to worry about housing, mortgages, or car companies in the years before the recession, like denying a train wreck that is coming down the tracks. Bernanke was chairman of President Bush's...

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The Bens Biography

The Bens was a rock supergroup consisting of Ben Folds, Ben Kweller and Ben Lee when they toured and recorded as a group for their The Bens Rock Over Australia tour in 2003.

They toured Australia, playing nine concerts, in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide, Newcastle and Surfers Paradise. A tenth at a Melbourne shopping centre was canceled.

Lee, Folds and Kweller would play individual sets at each concert, but at the beginning and end of each one, all three would play several songs as a band. Two performances were recorded live for the Live at the Wireless (the Melbourne concert) and Live at the Basement (one of the Sydney concerts) radio series.

They recorded a four-track EP, which was initially only sold at venues, but was some months later released in Australia and overseas. Several live tracks from the two radio recordings were included on the Japanese release. One track from the original EP, "Just Pretend", made it into the Triple J Hottest 100, 2003.

In 2003, they also contributed a track, "Wicked Little Town", to Wig in a Box, a tribute album to the Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

Though various combinations of the three have toured together at various times, they have not reformed as a group, and have not recorded any more material. Although rumors of a United States or United Kingdom tour persisted for more than a year afterward, these have largely subsided.

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The Bens's Best Songs

  • 1. Bruised
  • 2. Just Pretend
  • 3. XFire
  • 4. Stop!
  • 5. Just Pretend (E.P. Version)
  • 6. Bruised (E.P. Version)
  • 7. Stop! (E.P. Version)
  • 8. XFire (E.P. Version)
  • 9. I Touch Myself
  • 10. Wicked Little Town [Tommy Gnosis Version]
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