Ben Folds Five 36 tracks

Popdose — Another new year quietly began this morning, and as I cleared the snow off of my porch here in Bootleg City, I was feeling quite reflective. I came back into the house, turned the stereo on, inserted a special disc, and turned the volume up, perh... read more »

Fong Songs — Ben Folds dropped by The Suburbs, hinting at plans for "Chapel Hill on Sept 18th that I'm told we have to wait a few more days to announce. There will be those who shit. I know I will. Very excited but I gotta hold it in a few more days."Could ... read more »

lost in your inbox —      Today the contrast podcast pays tribute to those bands that have been chosen most frequently throughout its history. To see who made the cut, go here and listen to or download this episode. I had the privilege of introducing one of my all... read more »

YuppiePunk — With the recent announcement of the Academy Award nominations, we thought we’d take a look at songs that could have been written in tribute to some of this year’s nominees. They weren’t of course, but if they had, most of them would have better s... read more »

The Rawking Refuses To Stop! — In honor of Mr. Ben Folds playing in Los Angeles tonight -- which will, unfathomably, be my first time seeing him proper, not counting a quickie gig he did at the Virgin Megastore a few years back -- we have the second installment of Learn To Love... read more »

Galaxy fm ® — Ahora que se acerca el fin del mundo, nosotros continuamos con la programación del miércoles de catálogo y clásicos de tres décadas, a partir de las 8:15 de la noche, en Glaxy 94.3 fm Los Mochis radio...Ben Folds Five - One angry dwarf and 200 sol... read more »

snuhthing/anything — Songs about sleep or the lack of."To sleep, perchance to dream - ay, there's the rub" - William Shakespeare, HamletSanto & Johnny: Sleepwalk - 3MBThe Electric Prunes: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) - 5MBLittle Feat: All That You Dream - ... read more »

The Swill Merchant — On the surface, this post seems like just another 'love gone wrong' rant on the Missed Connections page of Craigslist...well, ok...it IS one of those...but it's also a brilliant tactical dating move(by CL standards). Notice how he deftly gains the... read more »

The Rawking Refuses To Stop! — In honor of Mr. Ben Folds playing in Los Angeles tonight -- which will, unfathomably, be my first time seeing him proper, not counting a quickie gig he did at the Virgin Megastore a few years back -- we have the second installment of Learn To Love... read more »

Ryan's Smashing Life — Covers of Flaming Lips and Postal Service!Welcome to the weekend! Today's High-Quality music comes from Ben Folds - a pair of covers we couldn't leave off the playlist another day. We already told you that Ben is one of the artists we like to list... read more »

It's hard to Find a Friend — We're big fans of this generation's Randy Newman; the sultan of song, proud Nashvillian, friend to the shat: Mr. Ben Folds, so imagine our glee when these detail showed up in our inbox this morning after waiting three years for a follow-up to his ... read more »

The Pelican's Perch — Spoon - The Book I Write Metric - Parkdale Teenage Fanclub - It’s All In My Mind Guggenheim Grotto - And a Tear Isn’t Such a Bad Thing Cory Chisel - Home in the Woods Ben Folds Five - Air Whitest Kid Alive - Don’t Give Up The Prayers and ... read more »

Popdose — Another new year quietly began this morning, and as I cleared the snow off of my porch here in Bootleg City, I was feeling quite reflective. I came back into the house, turned the stereo on, inserted a special disc, and turned the volume up, perh... read more »

Popdose — Another new year quietly began this morning, and as I cleared the snow off of my porch here in Bootleg City, I was feeling quite reflective. I came back into the house, turned the stereo on, inserted a special disc, and turned the volume up, perh... read more »

Popdose — Another new year quietly began this morning, and as I cleared the snow off of my porch here in Bootleg City, I was feeling quite reflective. I came back into the house, turned the stereo on, inserted a special disc, and turned the volume up, perh... read more »

Popdose — Another new year quietly began this morning, and as I cleared the snow off of my porch here in Bootleg City, I was feeling quite reflective. I came back into the house, turned the stereo on, inserted a special disc, and turned the volume up, perh... read more »

Popdose — Another new year quietly began this morning, and as I cleared the snow off of my porch here in Bootleg City, I was feeling quite reflective. I came back into the house, turned the stereo on, inserted a special disc, and turned the volume up, perh... read more »

Popdose — Another new year quietly began this morning, and as I cleared the snow off of my porch here in Bootleg City, I was feeling quite reflective. I came back into the house, turned the stereo on, inserted a special disc, and turned the volume up, perh... read more »

Popdose — Another new year quietly began this morning, and as I cleared the snow off of my porch here in Bootleg City, I was feeling quite reflective. I came back into the house, turned the stereo on, inserted a special disc, and turned the volume up, perh... read more »

Popdose — Another new year quietly began this morning, and as I cleared the snow off of my porch here in Bootleg City, I was feeling quite reflective. I came back into the house, turned the stereo on, inserted a special disc, and turned the volume up, perh... read more »

Popdose — Another new year quietly began this morning, and as I cleared the snow off of my porch here in Bootleg City, I was feeling quite reflective. I came back into the house, turned the stereo on, inserted a special disc, and turned the volume up, perh... read more »

Selective Service — This month’s list consists of fourteen songs that clock at about two minutes or less…nuggets of ear-delicious goodness ranging from TV and theme park themes to monologues to mellow album closers. Enjoy! 57.5 BARS by Call Florence Pow I’d like to ... read more »

Popdose — Hey, y’all. Matthew McConaughey here, fillin’ in for Mr. Mayor of Bootleg City this week. Cassanova gave me a jingle-jangle the other day and said, “Matty Mac, do me a solid and make a celebrity cameo in the BLC this week so I can cut out early fo... read more »

Selective Service — At first I thought that putting together a playlist of songs all having the same name was near-impossible until I sorted my iTunes songs by “name.” As I scrolled through the thousands of tracks, I discovered that I had quite a number of songs wit... read more »

lost in your inbox —      Normally I'd put together a well-thought-out playlist of most-excellent driving tunes in a post about a road trip, but I'm flying by the seat of my pants today and so it will be very short, just like the trip!      Have a great weekend, ever... read more »

versus — Its time for the percolator.  Curtis Jones was studying towards becoming a Chemical Engineer at the University of Illinois when he made this song on a $60 keyboard, a four track and a cheap drum machine.  Curtis would then go on to work under the ... read more »

Popdose — Don’t just do something — stand there! Ben Folds Five – Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head from Burt Bacharach: One Amazing Night (1998) Big Star – When My Baby’s Beside Me from #1 Record (1972) Blue Magic – Sideshow from The Best of Blue Magic: S... read more »

*Sixeyes — About five weeks ago I put up a mix from KCRW's long running and great program Morning Becomes Eclectic (that mix is here). Well.... here's some more great live in studio performances... and I think this one is even better.the shinskissing the lip... read more »

Selective Service — Ok, so I couldn’t resist a veiled reference to the channel I work for. I decided to give things a bit of twist with my take on this month’s theme. Maybe it’s the reality exec in me or the fact that I don’t have many songs about real people in m... read more »

The Rawking Refuses To Stop! — In honor of Mr. Ben Folds playing in Los Angeles tonight -- which will, unfathomably, be my first time seeing him proper, not counting a quickie gig he did at the Virgin Megastore a few years back -- we have the second installment of Learn To Love... read more »

The Rawking Refuses To Stop! — In honor of Mr. Ben Folds playing in Los Angeles tonight -- which will, unfathomably, be my first time seeing him proper, not counting a quickie gig he did at the Virgin Megastore a few years back -- we have the second installment of Learn To Love... read more »

Selective Service — As a fan of studio recordings and techniques, it was a little difficult for me to find live recordings that surpassed their studio counterparts. But… I was able to find some. So behold… the (almost) string-less live faves by yours truly… Paul M... read more »