Friday, January 19, 2007

So.... thank you.

Hey.

So it's not that I have forgotten to post for the last two+ weeks. It's that I have nothing to say. And that's the truth.

The fact is this - I love this website, and it has been a labor of love since that first day way back in April 2004 when I started this site on http://bencohen.is.dreaming.org, and had the entire thing hosted (sneakily) on the Clark Hall Pub website. It grew leaps and bounds, faster than I thought. I mean, I literally grew it from nothing and the only advertising I did was in my MSN nickname. After a while, I started posting links and getting attention from others.

I'm not going to beat around the bush, though. For the time being, I am suspending this site. I certainly hope to come back to it at some point where I have a drive to blog again - as much as I love this site and as much as I love sharing my love of music with people, I just don't have the drive or desire to do it anymore. Maybe in the future, sure. And I am going to retain control of this domain and blogger address. Maybe every once in a while I'll post about a song that I absolutely love and I can't help but share.

There's a few people I want to thank - first, Tushar, for giving me free webspace and often ignoring the fact I regularly went over my bandwidth limits. Jon, for helping me get in contact with Tushar and for often criticizing my writing. Beau, Wendy, and everyone who has given me free music - I've been exposed to a lot of music thanks to you. All the other bloggers who have been helpful to me and have become friends of mine (people from the elbo.ws board, Derek, Jon (again), Aaron, and everyone else who has found their way into my life through the internet. Finally, I want to thank all of you - the readers. I've only done this for you - and I'm sorry I can't continue at this time. I hope you find music you love through other sources still - the Hype Machine and Elbo.ws are still your best aggregators out there for finding new music.

I hope to be back in the future, but for now, see you soon.

<3
Ben

PS - it wouldn't be a post by me without mentioning the following things: Lily Allen, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Mashups, and the Red Sox. Just had to get those in there for posterity.

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posted by b, 1/19/2007 06:04:00 PM | link | |

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Were you watching that game?

Holy shit...
Boise State Football is basically the most fun thing ever.

Disagree with me, people?

They ran a hook-and-ladder play, a direct snap to the RB, and a statue of fucking liberty play on three plays that they only had one shot on (4th-and-18, 4th-and-2, and a 2-point conversion). I don't think we'll see Bill Belichick pulling that one anytime soon, but damned if Boise State isn't entertaining to watch play some goddamn football.

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