Bens-ing it Up
My collection of Ben Folds EPs from Attacked By Plastic arrived yesterday, and are amazingly awesome. Speed Graphic, Sunny 16 and Super D are all quite good, as is The Bens EP, a collaborative effort by Ben Lee, Ben Kweller and Ben Folds.
Smile / Like you’ve got nothing to prove
No matter what you might do / There’s always someone out there cooler than you
I know that’s hard to believe / But there are people you meet
They’re into something that is too big to be / Expressed / Through their clothes
And they’ll put up with all the poses you’ll throw / And you won’t / Even know
that they’re not sizing you up / They know your mom fucked you up / Or maybe let you watch too much TV
But they’ll still look in your eyes / To find the human inside
You know there’s always something in there to see / Beneath / The veneer
Not everybody made the list this year / Have a beer
…- Ben Folds, There’s Always Someone Cooler Than You (from Sunny 16)
Now if only Ben F. would have a tour stop somewhere near here…
In other news, I finally got all my marks back: the epic battle of Sedra & Smith went better than I thought.
ETA: New photos are up, from Toronto and elsewhere. Check ‘em out!