You’ve got an in-law apartment 
in the mother of all states. 
Right back where you started; 
maybe this is what it takes. 

You’ve got crippling debt, 
reason to be upset, 
and the right to believe that order 
is just around the corner 

Strange how city life beat you down: 
estranged, but in range, in the ex-urbs. 
There’s nothing for it now 
except to be near enough ears to get heard 

But I am always here to listen, 
if that’s not been clear through omission. 
I am, by my own admission, 
terrible at telling you that 
I am always here to listen 
if that’s not been clear through omission 
I am, by my own admission, 
terrible at this shit. 

All of us must suffer falls 
coming out parties suck 
debutante balls 
matriculate like mine-bound canaries 
feel older daily and wiser rarely 

Oh, Old Dominion

New Starts in Old Dominion (Solo)

20070127 Everybody So Gorgeous (handheld cassette)

20070127 The Swailing / PAARBHIF (handheld cassette)

Names of the Hare (Solo)

"Tell the Keeper" feat. Chris D'Amore on bass and Andy Sadoway on drums. Recorded by Erik Morrison.

Tell the Keeper (Live at Bardo, 1/18/18)

"Gimme Diction," originally written for Christians & Lions, feat. Chris D'Amore on bass and Andy Sadoway on drums. Recorded by Erik Morrison.

Gimme Diction (Live at Bardo, 1/18/18)

"Wild Shade" feat. Chris D'Amore on bass and Andy Sadoway on drums. Recorded by Erik Morrison.

Wild Shade (Live at Bardo, 1/18/18)

Feat. Chris D'Amore on bass and Andy Sadoway on drums. Recorded by Erik Morrison.

Tender Offer (Instrumental, Live at Bardo, 1/18/18)

"Names of the Hare" feat. Chris D'Amore on bass and Andy Sadoway on drums. Recorded by Erik Morrison.

Names of the Hare (Live at Bardo, 1/18/18)

Somewhere in 2004 or 2005, I "started" a "band" called Drippy. Drippy was me, in my bedroom, trying to learn and record a cover within an hour or so.

In 2008, Drippy returned to cover Gwen Stefani (feat. Akon).

Sweet Escape (Gwen Stefani feat. Akon)

Work in progress. TE PO-16 Factory, Organelle's hRando Polybeats, heavily-effected guitar, drum samples.

End of a Sclera 217B

Originally performed under the name Pale Yellow. Eventually, I'll probably have a different version up with Andy's pre-recorded drum track. [Edit: I lost that track, so I probably won't.]

Game of Pricks (Guided by Voices)

Sharp Teeth (with my brother, Sam, Nick Mercado, and Joe Jennings) live at the Bike Barn in Falmouth, ME on August 2, 2005

Sharp Teeth - Holland 1945 (Live, Neutral Milk Hotel)

My sister, Kate, and I recorded a quick cover of The Bats over Christmas break. The Bats are one of the greatest New Zealand pop bands of all time.

Ben & Kate - Calm Before the Storm (The Bats)

Panel Of Experts (Solo)

"He has been a razor-throated hardcore savant, a psychotropic anti-folk prankster, a shit-kicking anarchistic poet...torpedoed two major label deals, temporarily fractured his relationship with his brother, and sabotaged a rock doc..." - Impose Magazine

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