Barry Bennett Impending News

Grape Juice Plus wants to hang out on Saturday...


October 9, 2022

BEautiful hUmaNz....

it seems like it has been forever, my friend.
Meet up with us this Saturday? yep. Oct 15th.
Playing a fun three for all over at Outtaspace and ole GJP hits first at 8.
We're having this party cause the Guys from Sons of Ra (you know them) have started a new offshoot called KW3.
They are doing twisted takes on tunes from a kaleidoscope of genres from jazz classics to contemporary pop.
They are bringing their pals from Joliet, Colonol... [more]

something to look forward to Saturday


July 6, 2022

hey Kids...
I normally don't send emails twice about an event, but with all thats going on in the world, I woke up today feeling I needed to remind myself i have things to look forward to...maybe we can both look forward to THIS on Saturday afternoon...

oxxoBBB

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the Impending Behavior Orchestra presents STANDING GROUND: a special matinee improvised dance+music performance... [more]

July 9th * Impending Behavior Orchestra @ Fulton Street collective


June 24, 2022

Hello Beautiful

I am so excited to announce that Space Apes Barry and Eric, your Grape Juice Plus musos, will once again team up with The Impending Behavior Orchestra!
I am doubly excited to announce that performing with IBO with IBO co-founder and Porland Oregon earth mama...MINDY MEYERS!
are you excited?? I am. please please please, share your vibes and show your face....

the Impending Behavior Orchestra presents STANDING GROUND: a special matinee improvised dance... [more]

IBO+GJP! 5/20/22! New Directions @The Extraordinarium!


May 9, 2022

hello beautiful.

As you may know, space ape Barry organizes The Impending Behavior Orchestra, a modular sound / light/ movement performance group based in Chicago.
Multi Disciplinary Improvisation Madness! Take that Dr. Strange!
Worlds will collide FRI MAY 20TH as the full Grape Juice Plus crew joins IBO for New Directions!
very excited. Please, won't you join us?

The Impending Behavior Orchestra
FRIDAY MAY 20TH * 9PM
@The Extraordinarium * 2800 N... [more]

FRIDAY! GJP with Super Creeps (bowie) @OUTTASPACE! New Single!


April 25, 2022

Hello Beautiful...

Spring is in the air and its time to harvest some Grape Juice Plus!
This Friday, April 29, the mighty GJP will be warming the room for a spring party with Super Creeps (Bowie tribute) at OuttaSpace (6840 32nd st Berwyn)!
excited to nod to Mr. Bowie's experimental side and open for this cool band.
WE HIT AT 8PM! Tony is back in town and GJP will be electrified so bring your fever dream hat!
if you like FB events...spread it!
... [more]

FRIDAY! GJP with Super Creeps (bowie) @OUTTASPACE! New Single!


April 25, 2022

Hello Beautiful...

Spring is in the air and its time to harvest some Grape Juice Plus!
This Friday, April 29, the mighty GJP will be warming the room for a spring party with Super Creeps (Bowie tribute) at OuttaSpace (6840 32nd st Berwyn)!
excited to nod to Mr. Bowie's experimental side and open for this cool band.
WE HIT AT 8PM! Tony is back in town and GJP will be electrified so bring your fever dream hat!
if you like FB events...spread it!
... [more]

Electric Friday THIS Friday 2/25! GJP @ outtaspace!


February 21, 2022

hello Beautiful hUmaN...
Grape Juice Plus is going electric.... just like dylan.the giant mothership where Barry sits will become a nimble x-wing fighter inhabited by a Nord drum and a few effects. (don't worry, Eric is still surrounded by a guitar center's worth of sound bending devices)the goal? change. hard to believe but the mighty GJP is in its 7 year itch (including pandemic hiatus), and it was a time to go about our little fever dream from a different angle.
luckily... [more]

happy holidays! A Covid Side


December 24, 2021

hello beautiful...

i bring you a fitting follow up to my 20 part shut-in sides series during lock down...A Covid Side!

CLICK LISTEN:
https://barrybennett.bandcamp.com/album/a-covid-side

yes kids, your friendly space ape hit the deck with Covid on Dec 19th.
Its breakthrough and luckily mild compared to what it could be.
anyhoo, on Dec 23rd the house was empty and i felt... [more]

FRI OCT 8th Grape Juice PLus repetition is a form of change


October 4, 2021

hello beautiful.
my favorite oblique strategies card says this:
"repetition is a form of change"
Grape Juice Plus has played Outtaspace any times over the years. each time we repeat the ritual...it changes. sometimes, when something super special happens WE even change! ahhhhhhh humanity!
one of my favorite GJP @ outta rituals happened during a full on blizzard in 2018.
i was sure our little ritual was going to talk to some empty walls and our buddies in the... [more]

GJP returns 9/16!! IBO sighting! Dance Films!


September 9, 2021

hello beautiful...
everything has changed in the world, but i still like to remind you that you are, in fact, beautiful.ok.
here are the things:

GRAPE JUICE PLUS RETURNS! THURS 9/16 @ SAVEMORE LIQUORS!

It's been a looooonnnnngggg time, my children, since we've done our little ritual. since March! Please mask up, vax up and join us in person for a very special night. Tony Churchill will be in the house to fever dream your senses (he has been away) and Me and space... [more]

Side 20 arrives to your ears


February 22, 2021

popping a can of Batsquatch hazy to celebrate...
The Shut-In Sides turns 20 sides old!

click here to flip it on:
https://barrybennett.bandcamp.com/album/the-shut-in-sides-side-20

bittersweet celebration.
This little audio journal project began as a way get through a few weeks of lock down, and now we are three weeks away from the one year anniversary of Side One's... [more]

Side 19...first recordings of 2021


January 14, 2021

recorded jan 5-9 2021
https://barrybennett.bandcamp.com/album/the-shut-in-sides-side-19

friend.
Side 19 of our little cultural experiment.
breaking apart? coming together? shedding our skin...
we are all alive in this moment in time.
i don't need to report to you what we all see.
While our society evolves, we need to find ways to cultivate our own... [more]

Side 18 starts your new year....now!


January 1, 2021

hi beautiful.
Side 18 is here:
https://barrybennett.bandcamp.com/album/the-shut-in-sides-side-18

recorded Dec 15-29 2020

we've turned a corner on a new year...
ready for it? i certainly am!
approx 9 months from the initial lockdown, our little side series turns 18!
ready to vote and think about moving out of the house for sure.
thinking a lot these... [more]

get your hands on Side 17!


December 3, 2020

recorded Nov 10-26 2020...SIDE 17 is HERE:
https://barrybennett.bandcamp.com/album/the-shut-in-sides-side-17

hello friends...
we're still HERE, but together we can get THERE...
it's been a minute since we've communicated this way.
music wise in the catacombs there have been lots of playing ritual going on, but i couldn't quite bear to hit record button until the... [more]

(bitter) sweet side 16 / LIVE performance with Winifred Haun & dancers


September 21, 2020

hi friend.

(bitter) sweet side 16 is here

https://barrybennett.bandcamp.com/album/the-shut-in-sides-side-16

the "can we find a way" edition.
its just so much right now, i know.
i never thought this little audio diary would turn 16 and i sure didn't think social. economic, and environmental turmoil would all be coming to a head at the same, but here we are.
i... [more]

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