Barry Bennett Impending News

new GJP disc! IBO dusts off the mothballs!!	Hello beautifuls! Things are happening!! Things will continue to happenn!! YOUR support makes it all possible!! Thanks!! after all these years I still love an exclamation point... ** Grape Juice Plus' new album! it's true. The Simian Syndrome is upon us. It's pretty pretty pretty good. :) don't take my word for it. DAVIDLY (MiLkBabY co-founder ) had this to say..."pleasing to the soul through the ears" very Davidly :) PICK IT UP! ... [more]
Grape Juice Plus Record Release Party! FRI 2/17	Friends, chimps, and countrymen...lend me your ears! YOU are INVITED... FRI FEB 17TH Record Release Party for GJP’s The Simian Syndrome live sets by… GRAPE JUICE PLUS w/ LUNA BLUES MACHINE & WALLET SIZED PHOTO @ THE OUTTA SPACE 6840 32nd St – Berwyn,IL music @9 RECORD RELEASE PARTY?!?!?! The mighty Grape Juice Plus finally put those “bootleggy” recordings behind them with the release of their debut studio... [more]
10/21! sipping juice at the bbq lounge w/GJP	oh the humanity! looking for a place to protect your nether regions from probing orange hands?? does your soul need to take a swim in a giant wave pool weird light? does your inner monkey need to vibrate to the surface of your consciousness? do all of these request need to come with BBQ sauce? then join us FRIDAY OCTOBER 21ST! The mighty Grape Juice Plus will reattach your simian impulses in the bbq hazed air of berwyn ' s version of the Black lodge,... [more]
GJPfri sept 23when the sun goes down in berwyn town	hello beautiful hUmaNz,,, the world is wacky, our toys have evolved faster than our brains, and the cubs are on the brink... but we still have each other, right? loads of screens, beeps, and blips in our lives; but human to human contact still truley creates our culture. let's create some culture TOGETHER, shall we? Left of Center Music presents: “when the sun goes down in Berwyn town…” GRAPE JUICE PLUS returns to crash some culture at the new valhalla... [more]
FRIDAY! PSYCHOSIS! RITUAL! WINGS! GJP@cigars&stripes...	hUmaNz! one thing i learned on my recent trip across the pond? Germans love exclamation points! i learned and felt and saw bunches of other stuff, but ya gotta show up for the really good stuff. one other great this i'll tell you about: i got to soak up the cleansing waters of original MiLkBabYz, Davidly & Tracee... plus Black Dot main man Ed Reardon. They sure stirred up the goo, so even though jet lagged, i feel gooooooood. lets have all of us... [more]
SUNDAY! Flying Saucers land in Logan Square bearing GRAPE JUICE PLUS	check this out beautiful human... SUNDAY JULY 24TH - 8PM @ Burlington Bar 3425 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago... Left of Center Music presents... FLYING saucer ROCKS! "They've brought you bisquits and kale, now they're bringing you the jams!" An evening of music and fun featuring the friendly staff of the mighty Flying Saucer! Featuring music from... HUMAN ERRORS GRAPE JUICE PLUS CAROLINE CAMPBELL also! ... [more]
remember SATURDAY night, meet me at OUTTA SPACE!!	just a reminder, my beautiful home boys and girls... your dance card is filled this Saturday June 25th as you'll be getting your Retro Future Love Ritual on... The mighty GRAPE JUICE PLUS brings it's audio/visual fever dream libation to Berwyn ' s newest culture spot, The Outta Space! Opening the show is the mercurial and delightful...ISTVAN. SAT JUNE 2TH GRAPE JUICE PLUS / ISTVAN THE OUTTA SPACE * 6840 32nd St. * berwyn 60402 "door" @ 8 ** music... [more]
Head Chimp Barry’s Birthday Bacchanalia: WELCOME TO THE RETRO FUTURE	hello beautiful. yes. you. first of all, WELCOME to all the new humans we meet at the CULTS art show at East Room. What a night! great vibe! just the recharge this old ape astronaut needed. speaking of old, check out this upcoming Grape Juice Plus activity...show coming, plus its the head chimp's b-day. SATURDAY MARCH 26TH WELCOME TO THE RETRO FUTURE: Head Chimp Barry’s Birthday Bacchanalia Its that time of year again to celebrate that... [more]
feb 24th- join the "cult" of grape juice plus!	hello beautiful! grape juice plus activity right around the corner!! check it... EAST ROOM ART SHOW #2: “CULTS” -- Wed Feb 24th Nick “Sick” Fisher, a public artist of note, has had his inter dimensional art sprouting up on store fronts and bar rooms all over the city. He has also been curating art happenings around different themes at the Logan Square speakeasy, EAST ROOM. “CULTS” is the theme on Feb 24th and your favorite simian rockers will provide a... [more]
Super solstice pan ritual season...	Greetings beautiful hUmaN, It's that most wonderful time of the year, so they say, sooooooo I just made the full solo digital discography (5 releases) available on Bandcamp for $13.50 USD (a 50% discount). Check it out here: https://barrybennett.bandcamp.com/track/graveyard-of-empires-an-overture... The perfect digital stocking stuffer (BC does have gift... [more]
you are invited. FRI DEC 4TH	Hello Beautiful hUmaN... YOU are invited to a birthday party of sorts! please come! it will tickle your medulla oblongata. now i turn the mic over to LOCM (Left of Center Music)... Left of Center Muisic presents… Fri DEC 4TH -- UnderGround Lounge 952 W Newport... Dies Natalis Alienum: celebrating the first year of LOCM & GJP can it be? our strange little twins are one year old? come celebrate and create some culture in honor of the slightly belated... [more]
oct 28th- weird is beautiful - WIRE	hello beautiful human.... y'all ready for some more juicing? i am. this month the mighty Grape juice Plus partners with a long standing berwyn icon, Horrorbles,,, and a new one, Wire. read on... WED OCT 28TH -7:30show/7pm doors LEFT OF CENTER MUSIC and HORRORBLES present... "Weird is Beautiful" @WIRE - 6815 W Roosevelt Rd , Berwyn BabY! 7:30show/7pm doors $8 HERE ARE THE DEETS: Come celebrate Berwyn's favorite holiday... [more]
9/25 - drink some grape juice with us?	hello beautiful. yes. you. hope you summer has been grand. mine. pretty human. :) it is time to return to our own version of Tatooine's outlaw tavern and have the opportunity to sink in for two sets and create the vibe for Han and Greedo to share some wings instead of shooting first... LOCM presents and evening of improvised muse-iks and smoking apes with... GRAPE JUICE PLUS FRI SEPT 25TH @ CIGARS AND STRIPES 6715 W Odgen Ave **... [more]
Sunday June 7th! transform, modify, and evolve with GRAPE JUICE PLUS!	Hello my beautiful hUmaNz... the sun is out, so its time to sit on your freshly painted porch with a tall glass of GRAPE JUICE PLUS! really excited to be a part of this one, the vibe at the GJP shows keep getting better and better and the confines at WIRE are pretty sweet. the other groups are sonic ticklers, too... PLUS Grape Juice Plus (tongue twister) will have the honor of projection artist, TONY CHURCHILL, throwing images on Wire's 30 FT SCREEN during our set! YUMMY!... [more]
release your glow/GJP/fri April 24th/Cigars&Stripes	Hello beautifuls... The last time we spoke, the wind was howling and the sugar plum fairies were freezing their bums off. Well, the page has turned , birds are being chased by cats and it's time for GRAPE JUICE PLUS to do a seasonal 2 set stretch out at the home base of Cigars and Stripes. Come on! BBQ and art rock people! RELEASE YOUR INNER GLOW? this is what i want April showers to bring, an evening in the esoteric confines of CIGARS & STRIPES ... [more]