Zᴀᴄ ʙᴇɴᴛZ
@zacbentz.com
zacbentz.bandcamp.com
Auditory Atmospherist
aka Dirty Knobs etc.
My music has been used for therapy sessions, yoga classes, documentary films, class lectures, scholarly articles, background to writing, and occasionally for actual enjoyment.
he/him/old
Ug. SO much new music to put on my phone. Do any of you still do that? Or are all just a bunch of streaming simps??? (Looking for a fight, obvs.)
Big, big rock and roll from Whores. (Did I already post this one?) Anyway, new anthem:
whores.bandcamp.com/track/every-...
(Also lots of excellent song titles.)
Kite continues to surprise me with their excellent, weird, upbeat, very sad songs. And the production only gets more masterful. Kinda exciting.
"Please cut my heart out
It was worn out years ago
Just like my dress, torn and boring
Monday morning, here we go"
kitehq.bandcamp.com/album/losing...
fuckin banger
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#trance #techno #bandcamp #bangers #fuckinbangers
David Strasser - Silent Night, by Dusk Records
from the album DUSK EP 12 - DAVID STRASSER - FALLOUT
duskrecords.bandcamp.com
“Rising of the Lights” sounds like an X~Files episode. “Made Away with Themselves” is a great Brontë death.
Really interested in the structure/concept for this one. Looking forward to it.
/waits
One of the wildest covers I can think of is by Polysics. It's a SPITZ song done in the style of King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man." I would love to know why/how they did this. It's bananas, & one of my favorite Polysics songs in general. (You can ignore the video.)
youtu.be/Bn9AERHrYjI?...
now I'm thinking about covers - this is possibly the best one - RIP Steve Albini youtu.be/LoIyUl10ChQ?...
Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Provided to YouTube by Beggars Group Digital Ltd. Happiness Is A Warm Gun · The Breeders Pod ℗ 1990 4AD Ltd Released on: 1990-05-29 Associated Performer: Josephine Wiggs Associated Performer: Kim Deal Associated Performer: Shannon Doughton Engineer: Steve Albini Associated Performer: Tanya Donelly Studio Musician: Carrie Bradley Music Publisher: CMRRA Music Publisher: ATV Music Publishing Music Publisher: Harry Fox Agency Music Publisher: Sony Composer Lyricist: John Lennon Composer Lyricist: Paul McCartney Auto-generated by YouTube.
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“The Seal Cannot Be After the Doorway,” the third song from my new Dirty Knobs album is now available to stream:
Album pre-order: zacbentz.bandcamp.com/album/songs-about-everything-dying-around-us-including-us
Video: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFE6HOhuWrBpB9THrX9vdmH_WQ2GY3AgI
I had a weird bug make its way into my ear once and it made a screaming sound and no I don’t think about that ever or all the time why do you ask?
Email newsletters are most likely to be read (in gmail). Open tabs in Safari will be read but also might languish for a while. Bookmarks are used but basically forgotten. No other apps are used.
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I’ll do the equivalent of walking up to the biggest guy in jail and punching him in the face by saying that I think the new seasons (11-13) have some of the best stuff in the entire series. Riffs, sketches, songs, all of it! Yeah! I said it!
Hey, the ending was perfect so why NOT ruin it with hastily tacked on new game + tat.
“All record companies have lost faith in the record business, and this can’t be a good thing if you love music.”
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The Silent Takeover: Ted Gioia on AI's Threat To Music
In this episode I'm joined by author, historian, and futurist Ted Gioia for another far reaching conversation that ranges from AI's effect on culture to his ...
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At the smokehouse/deli I work at we sometimes do that for dog treats! 😀 (Without any added salt though.)
New Elden Ring DLC just dropped.
First portrait of King since coronation unveiled
First portrait of King since coronation unveiled
Queen Camilla is said to have looked at the painting and told the artist: "Yes, you've got him."
www.bbc.co.ukcould god make an oreo so bad that even He couldn't eat it
The new @thequietus.bsky.social looks fucking great.
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We're All About The Love – Listen Here: A New Column, A New Quietus | The Quietus
Creaking. Groaning. Cracking. Grinding. Exploding. Clunk, clunk, clunk. As well as the music we’ve written about since 2008, these have been the sounds of The Quietus during our first 16 years of oper...
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This book changed my life. At least as much as it can be “changed” at 7 or 8 years old. I tracked down an original edition (at least an early one) and it’s a prized possession in the library. Thank you!
I woke up like this.
Bespi, a bird whose face is on the side of its head, is the mascot for Shokusan Best Home.
On the one hand, I’m super frustrated that I have to wait until next year to play this. On the other, it’s fun to see early access players suffer. I mean make the game better by giving valuable feedback to the devs. Yeah. That’s the one.
The only tricky thing might be needing very high quality images. 72 dpi RBG downloads won’t cut it, but I think a lot (if not all?) of your collection is physical pieces, right?
Might want to consider university presses. We (a small deli/restaurant with, admittedly, 25 years of community good will) sent our cookbook proposal to the U of MN Press and they said yes immediately and all we sent them was an email. Your work has a lot of historical merit!
The Italian beef joke is a good one.
in lieu of our usual sandwich coverage @davidswanson.bsky.social wrote a foodie tribute to steve albini: buttondown.email/theswordandt...
Notable Sandwich Tribute to Steve Albini
By David Swanson Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where Talia and I stumble our way through the strange and mutable document that is...
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2nd song from the new Dirty Knobs album Songs About Everything Dying Around Us, Including Us is available to stream: zacbentz.bandcamp.com/album/songs-about-everything-dying-around-us-including-us
"Video" here: youtu.be/BgCULXYkO2Q
New songs each Friday until the album releases on May 31st.