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Schools (Other):
Highland Park High School, Adams School of Driving, University of Kansas, DePaul University
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College/University:
DePaul University, Attended 2003 - 2005, Class of 2005, Master's Degree, Jazz Studies/Composition
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Occupation:
Teacher, Musician, outspoken individual
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Affiliations:
IAJE, Punch The Elderly bowling team member
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Hobbies and Interests:
Music writing and performing, photography, KU Basketball!, biking, volleyball, cooking, traveling, driving, camping, trying to eat well, people watching, baseball stadiums, art, learning, separating interests with commas
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Favorite Books:
Miles, Siddhartha, Of Mice and Men, The Real Frank Zappa Book, Vonnegut, liner notes with the exception of extended thank you's, the listings of side-effects to medications, nonfiction
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Favorite Movies:
Magnolia, Blade Runner, Annie Hall, City of God, Brazil, Jacob's Ladder, Memento, Fight Club, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, 12 Monkeys, Punch-Drunk Love, Spinal Tap, Ghost World, Adaptation, Singles, Traffic, Bikini Carwash Company 2
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Favorite Music:
Steely Dan, Radiohead, Pearl Jam, Morphine, People Under The Stairs, Tortoise, Bjork, Joni Mitchell, The Police, Maria Schneider, Brad Mehldau, Groove Collective, Incubus, Pre-Disney Elton John, Pre-Crack Whitney Houston, Alison Krauss, Wilco, Roxy Music, Donny Hathaway, Pixies, Thievery Corporation, Doves, Vince Mendoza, Queens Of The Stone Age, Philip Glass, Yo La Tengo
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Favorite TV Shows:
Occasional MTV and ESPN programming. Primetime TV does nothing for me.
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Zodiac Sign:
Cancer
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About Me:
I believe in comfortable socks, a great pair of headphones, enjoying rainy days, and I have a blackbelt in pretending to be busy when a homeless guy asks for money. I love thrift store t-shirts with numbers on the back, songs with interesting chord changes, watching a row of traffic lights change to green, optical illusions, and I have a minor in Useless Information Studies.
I realize I am becoming very crafty in the art of dishwasher space efficiency.
I am already sick of JACK FM, I have grown a bit tired of my favorite 93.1, 97.9 hasn't changed since Lee Roth got dumped for Hagar, and 97.1 is ridiculously self-righteous. that said, I do like the new Q101 and I am actually learning the names of the 780 newsteam. Sad, sad, sad what my daily commute has brought me.
And for the record, Kid A blows away OK Computer. No question.
Music for the Summer:
- Tortoise: Standards
- People Under The Stairs: OST (Wow!)
- Anything by Efterklang, Mum or other similar Icelandic groups.
- Eagles of Death Metal: Death By Sexy (Hel-LO campy!)
- Pelican: Australasia
- Thom Yorke: The Eraser
- Al Green. Anything.
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Who I Want to Meet:
pt anderson (but can we lose the pretentious non-capital-letters thing?)
Donald Fagen
Stewart Copeland
Christopher Lowell. Just to say I did.
Bridgette Fonda (Meow)
and Shadoe Stevens.
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Testimonials and Comments for Ben
Ever.
cart. Now that's funny.
A B C You know me whats up now
DoubleUP McTatar above the Rim.
Ben, my most talented, thoughtful,
and considerate friend.
Baddest man on the planet.
Respek like none other.
tattooed with every album cover from
Steely Dan's discography. I convinced
him not to, and instead he got a tattoo
of Elmer Fudd receiving an
unmentionable sexual act. It's very
detailed. Very real. Very cool. Ask him
about it.
He also refers to himself as Oval
Boy...... I don't really know why.
with Ben. He had the flashlight and I stayed
back with the bucket of manure in the middle
of the 8th grade unit
He ran back and I moved it out of the way into
the woods, but Ben curved in towards the
wheelbarrow..... Ben landed in, and then was
COVERED in horse shit. I shat my plastic self
all over the 8th grade boys bathroom.
In other words, Ben means fun. Whether with
animal byproducts or not, Ben knows how to
have a good time and demonstrate proper
behavior along the way.
I'd like to have sex with Ben Tatar
You shall find all your answers in life in
this riddle. Whats brown, red, orange,
blue, 7'2", yells and screams and runs
really fast?
Do it Lev
injustice continue. I have known Ben for a long
time (about 8 years probably) and we have met
maybe twice. No wait, maybe just once. But
somehow we've always managed to keep in
contact one way or another... I guess Steely Dan
will do that to you. Anyway, Ben's a cool guy and I
thought he deserved a testimonial saying so.