Barry Bennett Impending News

RECORD RELEASE SHOW! JUNE 20TH! FITZGERALD'S!


June 5, 2013

HELLO BEAUTIFUL HUMANS!

It with great pleasure that this tribal/ambient/space/punk announces to you that my new solo album, BLACK GALAXY SPARKLE VOL. 1, is FINALLY available to YOU! It has been tough down here at Basestation Berwyn. I've sittin' on a nice pot of sonic soup, but no one to taste it!!

On Thursday June 20th, Let's celebrate with a good ole fashioned release show @ Fitzgerald's complete with a rare solo set by me and CDs to put in your little paws! scroll below... [more]

Dot my show 5/31 - BB CD?!?!


May 20, 2013

as they say...
HELLO BEAUTIFUL HUMANS!

spring is in the air. birds chirping. bunnies hopping. squirrels scurrying. my cat stalking and murdering them all...
the dulcet tones of Steve Perry once proclaimed that "the wheel in the sky keeps on turning" or maybe, life is temporary -- lets enjoy it!

here are some things i am cooking for YOU to enjoy:

BLACK DOT (myself, Edward "Ed" Reardon, Jason "Ace" Kunesh, Toru Hironaka) BRING THE RETRO FUTURE TO ONE OF THE... [more]

Sun 4/28! BLACK DOT @ Reggies' Music Joint!


April 22, 2013

as is my custom...
hello beautiful humans.

important to remember that the beautifuls outnumber the the no so's...

wanna blow off some steam?
me too!
wanna beat on things and holler?
me too!
wanna hear that new band i told you about last time i typed? the one with Jason and Ed and special dot toru?
MEEEEEEEEEE TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

as a matter of fact, it will be BLACK DOT'S 1ST Club Show!
be a part of chicago music history!... [more]

new album coming soon!


November 29, 2012

no, really, its true! Black Galaxy Sparkle is finally taking shape. over the past year, it has been fun to throw out works in progress for you to hear. kind of like having you with me as i make it. The record features some great guest spot collaborations from Tracee Westmoreland, Edward Reardon, and Jason Kunesh. as they say, yummy....

here is one more teaser that will be on the record. a little cosmic noir called, Snake Oil Serenade. strap on those phones and click...
... [more]

IBO lives!! MON 7/16


July 8, 2012

Friends, Romans, Countrymen...
Lend me your ears...and your eyes...and a little piece of your heart...

A note to let you know that the much too dormant, IMPENDING BEHAVIOR ORCHESTRA, is waking from its sleep ... and soon!

MONDAY JULY 16TH'
THE IMPENDING BEHAVIOR ORCHESTRA presents...
"New Directions. Movement. Musics. Improvisations."
@Chicago Dramatists--1105 W. Chicago Ave (enter around back)
dorrs @ 8 pm - show @ 8:30pm - all welcome
... [more]

IBO lives!! MON 7/16


July 8, 2012

Friends, Romans, Countrymen...
Lend me your ears...and your eyes...and a little piece of your heart...

A note to let you know that the much too dormant, IMPENDING BEHAVIOR ORCHESTRA, is waking from its sleep ... and soon!

MONDAY JULY 16TH'
THE IMPENDING BEHAVIOR ORCHESTRA presents...
"New Directions. Movement. Musics. Improvisations."
@Chicago Dramatists--1105 W. Chicago Ave (enter around back)
dorrs @ 8 pm - show @ 8:30pm - all welcome
... [more]

Holla Body


June 1, 2012

hello beautiful...

just a note. no live performance scheduled right now, but lots of irons in the pot. a couple of recording projects. Edward Reardon and i have been kicking concepts for a Doctor Bonobo album in the future and i have sent some things to Ed's secret lab. also, been talking with David Lee Smith and Tracee Westmoreland about making at least one track together long distance style. remember that they are in Berlin and Brussels. Davidly, says he may have something in... [more]

wed march 28th: presence


March 21, 2012

presence. i like that word. it can be a witness, an energy, an evidence , or a knob on a music man amp...

on WED MARCH 28TH, i will be improvising a set of tribal/ambient/space/punk as part of Chicago Dramatist new music/variety series, revenge of the playwrights pub. i have been an associate artist at Chicago Dramatists for many years and am pleased to help get this new cool programming started. plus, its my birthday week! so, give me the awesome present of your presence...... [more]

it's time! commission mission to end the world...


February 6, 2012

hello beautiful humans!

ever since i was given a loving roast at my 40th b-day party, which MK Victorson saluted me in the manner of one of my newsletters, i sometimes hear MK's voice when i write these...

** IT'S TIME. NEW TUNE...
for your listening and downloading pleasure...

been futzing with this lately, thinking about, well, you know, time... may end up on black galaxy sparkle or there is a rumor that Ed Reardon may lay some stuff on it to make it a Dr.... [more]

PEEP reunion! 12/23/11


December 12, 2011

hey beautiful humans...

This email is mostly to let you know that PEEP, the first band i was in when i came to Chicago, will be playing a one time only 15 year reunion show on Fri Dec 23rd. That was before the internet, y'all!!
The proceeds benefit the surviving family of Fabian Guerra, whom many on this list may know.

PEEP taught me a lot. how to write these little missives to the folks at home, about the rock scene in a major city, about tenacity, being who you were... [more]

booger peeps


October 17, 2011

hey beautiful creatures...

have you carved your pumpkin? i took the easy way out and stuck in external features! oh well, more time for beating on things and hollerin'...

** SPEAKING OF WHICH, have you been to my BANDCAMP lately?

i put a new little "single" up there recently you might enjoy you can also download my album "death to death!..." and various other sounds that are making their home there. another great thing about bandcamp? unlimited streaming in its... [more]

single ape link fest...


September 1, 2011

"Holy the supernatural extra brilliant intelligent kindness of the soul!" -- Allen Ginsberg

that sure is fun to say and even more fun to try to get behind. my lovely wife wrote that down as she works on her remount of "THE BEATS" at 16th street theater.. it sure is awesome and i did the sound design. http://16thstreettheater.org
speaking of sound design, i'd like to think everyone involved with Hickory Dickory (... [more]

remember this sunday?!?


July 6, 2011

i think you want to come to this, so i am REMINDING you :)
consider yourself reminded....

SUNDAY JULY 10TH ** 8PM ** ALL AGES
the IMPENDING BEHAVIOR ORCHESTRA (IBO) presents...
Dr. Bonobo's Dance Party: an improvised splendor of sound+sight
music: Barry Bennett, Edward Reardon, Toru Hironaka
video: Kristin Reeves
@
NATIONAL PASTIME THEATER - part of NPT's "naked july"
4139 N... [more]

july 10th, IBO goes back to the future...


June 27, 2011

hello impending humans ...
ready to go back to the future, welcome old pal, return to old haunts (a prohibition era speakeasy, to be exact), and get 2001 with the bonobos?
good...
me too.

SUNDAY JULY 10TH ** 8PM ** ALL AGES
the IMPENDING BEHAVIOR ORCHESTRA (IBO) presents...
Dr. Bonobo's Dance Party: an improvised splendor of sound+sight
music: Barry Bennett, Edward Reardon, Toru Hironaka
video: Kristin Reeves
@
NATIONAL PASTIME... [more]

sales on clocks and rocks...


May 19, 2011

hey my beautiful co-humans!

sending you a quick update to lets you know about some culture and home grown commerce :)

** UVULITTLE RECORDS $5 SALE! **

its always good to have artistic homes, and Uvulittle records has been one of mine for many years. a true taste maker label that functions like a trusted friend slipping you the mixtape. after a site revamp, uvulittle now can sell downloads right from their own site! take that steve jobs! so, to celebrate, you can... [more]

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