TV Show appearance 7-31

I will be featured in a brief segment during an hourlong special on WCNY tv. The show is called "My So-Called Disability". I believe the program will look at mental illness as more of a divergence of thought than as a disability. Anyway, that is how I look at it.
It will be on channel 24 (WCNY) at 9 pm on Tuesday, July 31st. Be sure to check your tv listings to make sure the channel you watch is the right one. Here is a link to the television website:

WCNY tv shedule

A Lingering melody

I wrote an Irish folk song last night.
But I have to admit it was mainly just a melody I heard in my dream. I woke up with the tune still echoing in my head.
I wish I could live in a small Irish village for a while, so I could share my song in the local pub.
I think American bars should do away with stereos and live music, so a bunch of jolly drunks would have to improvise the music (I'm sort of kidding, but sort of not).
Here are the lyrics.

I keep on thinking you were the last one I loved
My prides's a sunken ship
There are those who pass on, and lovers make new
The firelight reminds my heart
But an echoing chime in the back of my mind
searches the skies for truth
The people hold hands as they sway like the tide
singing 'you were the last one I loved'

-Ben

i remember this. I swear youtube has everything

the guest roster

Thad Raczkowski
Elena dlg B
Forsides
Jeremy Fogel
Victor Penniman
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some things about pleasure and memory

There is far more seratonin in your intestines than there is in your brain (about 70% of the body's). That is why we feel emotions so strongly in our guts (i.e. butterflies in your stomach).

The part of the brain that forms a memory is not the same part of the brain used to recall that memory. Since a "new" part of the brain is formed to remember, memories are never true to their originality. So all miscommunications aside, no one remembers the absolute truth.

Adrenaline is not the main chemical in the body that causes the feeling of a "rush". It isn't epenephrine either. I'd tell you what it is, but I can't remember.

truthful talk

Thom Yorke on the abuse of songs. Notice the E entertainment logo at the end of the clip. That robbed me of purely experiencing this video.

track listing

should be a fall 2007 release. I'm tying loose ends.

Ben de la Garza Bassett
"Listening to Ghosts"

1. Not my Problem
2. A Billion Tragic
3. Running on Water
4. Illegitimate Question
5. 13 Ways
6. Kick the Habit
7. Before Bermuda Froze Over
8. Second Instinct
9. Your World, My Axis
10. The Red Tide
11. Mellow Heart

some old cats who've still got it

I went to the Syracuse jazz fest last night to see Toots Thielmans and Dave Brubeck (they were separate acts). They are both in their late 80s and playing beautiful, soulful and deeply inspiring music.
Brubeck cut an interesting figure, and I sat at his back, about 50 feet removed from the stage. The old man would lay his hands on his lap in an easy and experienced manner, while the rest of his outfit played wildly energetic music. His hands would stay poised there before jumping in to the tune with an enviable melodic line. His triumphant rhythm style celebrated every song.
Toots, for those who do not know, was probably the first jazz harmonica player. He's also my favorite. His set was comprised of mostly ballads and tunes suited to French movie scores (one of which actually was a score for one). very lyrical and hypnotic sound.
It was a great night.