Ben

Post-Reactionist Extraordinaire

film, music, smoking cigarettes, writing, Trotsky, your mom

'Nine Stories' by J.D. Salinger, 'Good Omens' by Neil Gaiman, 'A Clockwork Orange' by Anthony Burgess, 'Diary of an Emotional Idiot' by Maggie Estep, 'Wild Boys' by William S. Burroughs, 'Illuminations' by Arthur Rimbaud, "Of Human Bondage" by M

A Clockwork Orange, Dr. Strangelove, The Seventh Seal, Run Lola Run, Der Fangschluss, Mulholland Dr., Willy Wonka, Annie Hall, Love and Death, Pink Flamingos, Serial Mom, Cries and Whispers, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Royal Tenenbaums

Stereolab, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Le Tigre, Mouse on Mars, Out Hud, Pizzicato 5, The Clash, The Ramones, Nico, Social Distortion, Spiritualized, The Slits, Sahara Hotnights, The Cramps, Patti Smith, Velvet Underground, Billie Holiday

Absolutely Fabulous, Family Guy, The Simpsons, and Mystery Science Theater 3000, Sifl & Olly, all of Eddie Izzard's stuff on HBO, Strangers With Candy

Ben was born in 1359 to a noble family who owned large
tracts of land across the south of France. At the tender
age of 14, Ben was savagely beaten by a gang of rogue
nuns. This event, along with his betrothal to a slightly
transvestitic Austrian princess, caused Ben to flee his
family's estate in terror. He soon joined up with a band
of roaming
entertainers who called themselves the Merry
Exhibitionists and toured Europe. In 1377, while
performing for the King of England, Ben was introduced to
Ewan McGregor, a stable boy for the Prince of Wales. Ben
abandoned the troupe to live in sin with Ewan in London.
When Ben was 21, Ewan died in an outbreak of bubonic
plague that ravaged southern Britain. Distraught, Ben
made his way
to the Continent, where he soon fell in with a ring of
jewel smugglers in Belgium. The smugglers' leader, Franka
de Potente, fell for Ben's charms and in 1382 entrusted
him with a large ruby destined for the queen of Sweden in
Stockholm. Ben betrayed Franka and instead took the jewel
to Constantinople, where he sold it to the Byzantine
emperor for a large sum of money. Ben used his new wealth
to settle in the
imperial capital and open a small coffee shop specializing
in lattes and opium. He would, perhaps, have lived out
his
life in peace and comfort, but in 1388, Ben was tried on
trumped up sodomy charges. He was found guilty and burned
at the stake later that year. His alleged descendants
currently reside in Canada.

The sorts of people I want to meet are like the
description of obscenity. I can't define it, but I know
it when I see it. Hmm. Let's just say the people I want
to meet are obscene.