this is...

the funniest thing i've read in a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time. if you're looking for something good, that will make you feel the goodness inside, in a laughy type of way, please read this, this is.. it's just, wow.

just click the picture, it'll get bigger

stay up,

chevy

Awesome

its a youtube video dudes...click here to check it out...

ben

Yeah, this is happening...

Sunday Love

We are meeting up with Jo tonight to have a drink and basically be awesome together...big things coming from her and us soon, but for now just enjoy the scenery.



Gotta love the net...

ben
www.centercourse.net

Runyon Canyon

The Roost

Life is rough

I love bj's...

POGO - ALICE

This video is amazing. This song was created out of samples from the movie Alice and Wonderland (well 90% of it was...and the remaining 10% is still pretty awesome.) It was made by POGO and you can DL the mp3 here for FREE. SHRIGHT? Big things in the works folks, you just gotta hang in there.



cheers,

ben

baby blood found in freezer! will you PAY to keep it there?

O My God.




so I was just browsing the internet, leaning about cascading style sheets and the like, when i notice on one of the pages i'm browsing, THIS banner ad...

ok really... now I've got to know what this is all about.

upon clicking the link I'm taken to a website that informs me that I can, for an additional $2,500.00, store my baby's umbilical cord blood in an "ice bank" for as long as ONE YEAR... one year! really, that's the cost of keeping Pluto's 'bilical-blood' frozen for 365 days. [my first will be named Pluto regardless of sex].

now what I'm thinking at this point is: why would I EVER want to freeze my kidd-o's umbilical-blood? any takers?... anybody have any idea why I might pay such an astronomical price to lock up kiddie RNA in the chill chest?

so he wont get sick.

at least thats what the folks at Cryo Cell wants me to think. apparently, there's going to be some catastrophic disease that will befall my child in the next year that will require frozen umbilical blood to escape, and for the menial cost of $2,500.00 a year I can apparently cross him/her/it off the infected list. It seems to me that what's really going on here is some schmuck [maybe Cheney maybe not] is financing scientists to offer vulnerable mothers an alternative to a disease-ridden first year of childrearing [which ALWAYS happens], for the exchange of their own newborn's DNA fingerprint. with which he can breed his own clan of super-voters who will be genetically programmed to vote for Judd Bush[Dubya's great nephew] and/or shoot people in the face.

best part is, if I can just convince you to relinquish the soul of your next-born I'm entitled to a 5% discount on my policy! sign up now!

[all images taken directly form site. cant make this stuff up]

stay up,

chevy

TUNEAGE

Hey all,

So there is a great webiste out there on the interweb called Tuneage. They basically post songs everyday that they like so people can listen to them and talk about them. Basically it is just a great place to check out new music, and old classics. Anyway, we have been featured on Tuneage! It is a great site and they are awesome people. Here is what they had to say about us...

"The music I find myself in the mood for can vary wildly from minute to minute, but something I can always listen to is down-tempo electronica. I don’t know what it is, but I always seem to have some on stand by.

Centercourse is an LA duo putting together just the kind of down-tempo electronica that I love. “Looks Like It Sounds Good” has a great night-time feel and a mood that reminds me of the Matrix movies. Also, in the middle of all this “chill” is something else I love in electronic music: glitches. If you need to take a few minutes this afternoon and relax a little, I don’t know that I can recommend a better song to help you do that.

Centercourse is currently working on their debut album which ready for release this December. So if anyone from my family is reading this, I know what you can get me for Christmas."

The track is also posted up there if you want to hear it again (and you should cause it basically RULES.) Anyway, catch you all on the flipside, and visit tuneage, it kicks patoot.

cheers,

ben

The Lone Filmmaker: Part Deux

Hey All,

Well while I was changing my homepage to help save the planet...I received an email from the Lone Filmmaker himself. Apparently he used another of our tracks in his Lone Filmmaker Series...and I wanted to share the wealth with you folks.

That's all I got for now, but keep it real y'all...

cheers,

ben
www.centercourse.net

well...you could save the planet...

--- it's 4:49 in the AM, wednesday, July 16th, and I'm completely restless. which may/will explain why i'm so badly searching for something to write about/reach out to people with/DO... in the verbal state of the word. Is there any other?

but, uhh... just thought, any of you not in the know... should know about 'blackle'.


a poorly titled search engine that is really just a shell [front page] for google... though a good idea. and the theory is this:

"Blackle saves energy because the screen is predominantly black. 'Image displayed is primarily a function of the user's color settings and desktop graphics, as well as the color and size of open application windows; a given monitor requires more power to display a white (or light) screen than a black (or dark) screen.'"

long story short... it's black instead of white, which uses less energy. thus saving our ever-shriveling planet.

but realistically folks... if you're missing that 'dare to be great' situation that hasn't presented itself yet... or perhaps you're apprehensive about handing over your last two cans of baked beans that might keep you alive during nuclear winter to 'Tiffany' the girl scout who really wants her 64 megabyte waterproof mp3 player so she can rock out to the jonas brothers at 'mini-me-boot-camp-for-girls-who-cant-swim-good'......whatever your cause......

just go to your preferences and reset your homepage form google.com to blackle.com. save a tree, or a fish, or a can of baked beans, or tiffany from the inevitable ridicule at swim practice for actually liking those fruit bats.

stay up,

chevy

[edit] notice OUR BLOG is supremely back as well?? yeah we're hip to the cause mah bruddah.

thank you

just found my favorite will farrell clip online, f-yes. it starts a little slow but what he says to the little frenchie slays me! things are a bit slow on the centercourse front at the moment but keep an eye out for more with jo stevens and hang tite. enjoy.

stay up,

chevy

You're Welcome.

**If you are reading this post in an email, head to the McBlog to check out the vid**

cheers,

ben
www.centercourse.net

SHRALPDOWN **UPDATE**

Yo all,

Just in case you haven't popped over to ONE5 MEDIA's website and checked out SHRALPDOWN, I found it on Vimeo. That's right folks, the whole crispy gnar shredding mess can now be seen on our McBloggins™. Check it out...



Also just want to say a quick thanks to all of the people that have signed up for the blog and who are interested in what we are doin. Trust me folks, we have our finger on the button and we are just awaiting orders...Yao Ming? Anyway keep checkin back for updates and tell your friends kiddies cause the 'splosion is bout to splode.

cheers,

ben
www.centercourse.net

whats with these videos?

alright. am I the ONLY viewer of music videos who has a problem with the degree of empathy PORTRAYED in the video versus the degree of emotion delivered in the vocal performance???

to be more specific, and even provide an example... check this out [katy perry's 'ikissedagirl']


since the first time I saw Peter Gabriel singin about his sledgehammer, i've always noticed/had a problem with the direct connection between the amount of facial distortion it generally requires for singers to create the sounds that emit from their vo-boxes, to the cinematic sibling that ensues. now maybe this is just a result of actually watching singers live and in-studio, but I think we all know that when Mariah is nearing that solar-sharp-seventh note, her eyes flatten back farther than John Cho's after eight hits in the Kumar picture.

long story short, let's direct a video that displays the vocal excitement that goes right along with it, i will personally guarantee more sales.

stay up,

chevy

The Lone Filmmaker **UPDATE**

Hello All,

Here is the episode of The Lone Filmmaker, that our music was featured in...stoked.

**If you are reading this post in an email, you need to go to centercourse.blogspot.com to see the video.

cheers,

ben
www.centercourse.net

This Is Just Awesome.

Hello All,

I just thought this video was awesome. Nuff said...

**If you are reading this post in an email, you need to go to centercourse.blogspot.com to see the video. It's worth the minute and a half, believe me...

ben
www.centercourse.net

SHRALPDOWN!

Hey All,

I mentioned in an earlier post that we would be working with OneFive Media, the most grizzly gnar shredders around on their new mountainboard film SHRALPDOWN! Well the film is finally out and it is about as awesome as Chuck Norris, if he was twice as badass as he actually is. I mean just check out this screen capture...WTF?

That is Jables Dersham goin huge on an MBS Board. JD is the Producer/Editor/Videographer/Super Mega Badass of the film, and I would definitely recommend protection before giving the film a look (especially for the ladies...this film is POTENT).

Anyhow, the movie is totally free on the OneFive Media website, and we have about 5 tracks featured in it, so be sure to go check it out. I have also included the trailer, just in case you need more convincing that you should head over to OneFive Media and checkout Shralpdown! Word up y'all...big stuff comin up, stay tuned.


ben
www.centercourse.net

a history, in brief

per the request of a few fans, I've decided to narrate a bit of a back story to the becoming of centercourse.

some of you may or may not know that ben and I have been making music together for years, and actually started out in a classic rock band in colorado. i had led this little band for a few years when my drummer flaked out on a gig we had coming up in a few days. strapped with no drummer i was sitting in jazz band [high school days] listening to ben rock his **** out and asked him if he might want to play with us in greeley that weekend. he quickly obliged and even agreed to a couple ridiculous rehearsals which entailed learning 4 hours of music we'd been playing for years.

gig time came and ben cracked it wide open, and had a blast doing it too. the rest of the band welcomed the wry comedic perspective of a younger hungrier drummer and the rest is history... well it's all history, technically. because the only thing happening is now... which isn't now anymore. now it's then. hmm.

uhhh, but from there, we all went to college and I moved across the country and while other members moved on to marriage and other avenues of life ben and I kept in touh and developed a distinct passion for really glitchy electronic music. four years and many phone conversations later we moved to vegas and began composing. while vegas was a rather stagnant 6 months career-wise, we wrote some really dope shit. [one track of which i am mixing now featuring the incomparable joanna stevens, which you can all hear soon]

so now we live in LA in mansions fighting off retard-strength-paparazzi and mega-ton-hot-bitches. well we're workin on it anyways.

stay up,

c

The Lone Filmmaker

Hello All,

Robert Hindle, better known as "The Lone Filmmaker" is going to include some of our music in his film project. Here's a statement from Robert...

"I am making a feature film - entirely on my own - and my girlfriend is filming me doing it.

Witness the struggle, the setbacks, the highs and lows as I fight the odds; and see the process of filmmaking like never before!

Please help me - It is very hard to get your film seen without famous celebrities, but if I can show that there are already people interested in what I am doing - then I may stand a chance! Please help me by signing that you are interested."

As he has to do everything for the film himself, our music is going to be featured in the video blog. We are totally stoked to be involved, and when I saw the first episode of the vlog, I was hooked. I immediately watched the rest of them until I was caught up to date, and subscribed to his channel on youtube. I have included the first vlog here so you can get a taste.



Also if you visit TheLoneFilmmaker.com, you can view the latest videos, get info on both Robert and Gabriella, and sign his guestbook which will help get his film seen. I will keep you guys up to date as to when the episode featuring our music goes live. Until then...

cheers,

ben
www.centercourse.net

Rinny's Graduation

Hello All,

Chevy and I went to Fort Collins, CO this weekend to see Chevy's little sister Rin graduate from High School. Congratulation Rinny! It was a great time, we were in Fort Collins for about 4 days and got to catch up with Chris Vega, Andrew Madison, and Ellie Johnson...all awesome people. At Rin's party we ate, drank, caught up with family, drank, playedbeer pong, drank, and had a blast. Rinny is movin' to Breckenridge here soon with her boyfriend Andrew to start a career as a professional snowboard bum...jealous much? If you would like to go congratulate Rin you can do so on myspace or facebook.

Anyhow, tons of exciting stuff goin on around here too...so check back often. Check out the slideshow above to see pics of the trip to FoCo...Talk to y'all soon...

ben
www.centercourse.net

Find Us On Facebook.

Hello All,

Some of us (myself included) prefer facebook these days to get our social networking fix, as it is a much better tool for talking to people you actually know. So, we have gone ahead and made a page there... We have put a link in the sidebar underneath our Twitter accounts so go and become a fan! Thanks to all of you that have subscribed to the blog, you guys are awesome. More news to come...

ben
www.centercourse.net

miss automatic

headed over to joanna stevens' place to work on a vocal she's doing for one of our tracks. she's absolutely fantastic my good friends. we like to call her miss automatic, because she is. she's singing over one of the first tracks ben and i wrote together over a year ago while we were living in lovely las vegas. [i dont mean that at all, it's not lovely in the least bit]. we've been through a couple of different vocalists who just didnt bring it to the table but now, jo is knockin it out in a big way.

ben and i met her at kate havnevik's release party in hollywood way back and discovered not only an affinity for similar styles of music but also for dry british comedy.

anyway we'll post the track on the website and on our myspace once we finish it so keep a lookout.

stay up,

chevy

--check out her site here.

Vote Vega

VOTE FOR VEGA!
¡VIVA LA VEGA!

Hey All,

Chris Vega needs our help y'all. He is in a contest called Exposure: A Photography Contest. He needs as many people to vote for him as possible so he can win a gallery showing in New York and ton of money and stuff. He is basically the bees knees so you should get off your skiis and go vote for his sheez. You can click his big ol' mug or you can just click here. Thanks y'all, he really deserves to win because and I quote from vega "Guys like me just don't win shit"

Cheers y'all

ben
www.centercourse.net

Twitter

Hello All,

We have added our twitter accounts to the side bar so you can keep up with us. Feel free to join and follow us, cause Twitter is absolutely addicting and miniblogging is the wave of future. Plus its just like super fun and all that shit. So yeah, join twitter and check back often...there is always something goin on.

cheers,

ben crump
www.centercourse.net

GenGreen & CENTERCOURSE

Hey All,

Just wanted to pop in and show you the new commercial for GenGreen. We wrote the music, and the site is actually pretty cool. Anyone that reads this should go and sign up...

ben

Vlogbrothers Intro

Hello all,

The video above is that Brotherhood 2.0 project we have been telling ya'll about. We did the music for the intro, and if you watch the rest of the video they mention us and its pretty much the coolest thing ever. Hank and John Green rule. Anyhow, enjoy the video and subscribe to their channel, and be a nerdfighter, and dont forget to be awesome...talk soon.

cheers,
ben