Would be great to have an edited version of this with just the performance ( or if someone could timestamp it) for those of us who don't have the patience to wade through the whole discussion 😂 glad this exists though.
I'm so mad at myself for missing Ben in Harrisburg PA when he played at HMAC! (They're a customer of ours and I even played in bands at HMAC before too)
The book, to me, is a masterpiece. But it reminds me a lot of Moby Dick (the evilness, the Judge: almost a giant man, and Cormac’s comparing some physical aspects of the Judge to a cetacean, just like the whale in Moby Dick, or the Judge’s forehead similar to a dolphin’s). Also, after reading the book two times and reading some passages from time to time, Cromac’s prose reminds me a lot of Faulkner’s, especially in The Sound and the Fury, where Quentin narrates the second chapter. Even the fact that Cormac uses no dashes for dialogues makes me think he found his style from some of Faulkner’s novels. Anyway, that was such an amazing idea: to have Ben Nichols playing “The last pale light in the west” album at nightfall was... really, very original. And he seems to know and love the book, too. And the mood and the beers and everybody there seemed to me like you could have one unforgettable night. I could have gone there, you know? I live in the border with Texas, in the burning border full of narcotraffic and massive shootings at anytime of the day. Ben said “... that is what makes the Judge so scary (his philosophy, it’s reason, and it’s not superstition, but it’s chaos and violence…); I think what makes the Judge so scary (counting all what Ben said), is all his knowledge. He knows everything: Science, History, Chemistry, Art, War, Theology, he speaks almost any language, and when you know the Judge speaks almost every single language it is sort of like a clue to understand the fact that the Judge is, beyond human and a character, a representation of evilness on Earth and life in any era. “Evil can be found in every single creature”, said Cormac somewhere. I enjoyed the video so much, and even more with twelve bottles of Corona. Greetings! Saludos from Mexico! This is (sadly) my Mexico: not too distant from what you actually can read in Blood Meridian. ruclips.net/video/TMwu7MKQabE/видео.html
word is there will be a Blood Meriden film made my only hope is they use some of Bens music for the film I love The Last Pale Light in the west Album I've red the book at least 10 times and ill probably read it again another 10
"Innocence." Yes. Innocence is what captivated me about Chambers when I first read Blood Meridian. He is the only innocent in the book, in a way. The bartender takes advantage of the kid. The native scouts are selling out their own kind. Chambers is the only one with pure motives. Save perhaps the hermit who sees the ugliness of humankind. And that's why Chambers is interesting, and that's why he's tragic to the point of tears that he ends the way he does. He's definitely inspiring. Enough to make an album from, indeed. I appreciate this video so much. Cheers to y'all. (P.S. I think The Last Pale Light in the West falls under fair use pretty clearly; it's transformative as hell. So Ben should be safe from lawsuits. Not that I think McCarthy would take offense to it, especially as it's great and blatant in its praise of the source material.)
1:51:14 "Already in him there brooded a taste for mindless violence." Or something to that effect. The kid is portrayed as being inherently violent. He has big fists. Innately. If he were a real person, I'd definitely be arguing that he was a product of his environment - a harsh life with a drunken father, no nurturing. But as he's written, it's innate. He is a bit of a tabula rasa; a silent protagonist for the reader to insert themselves into. But he embodies their darkest side. The kid is purposeful violence; survival. Neolithic, stone age simplicity. The Judge is modernity. Educated. And his violence is purposeless. He sees that neolithic instinct and the darkness of humanity, and he accepts it. Revels in it. The Judge and the Comedian from Watchmen are very similar, and they both fascinate me for the same reason. They're horrible. Pure evil. Nihilistic. But their logic is difficult to refute. That is also where we get into Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now!, I think. That the natural state of humanity is evil.
Performance starts at 28:00
By far my favourite artist and I truly love this sort album. Wish he played this more! Tobin is the best song on the album 🇺🇸
Would be great to have an edited version of this with just the performance ( or if someone could timestamp it) for those of us who don't have the patience to wade through the whole discussion 😂 glad this exists though.
I'm so mad at myself for missing Ben in Harrisburg PA when he played at HMAC! (They're a customer of ours and I even played in bands at HMAC before too)
Damn, I've just discovered Ben's music, via C McC and I live in Lancaster, previously Harrisburg
The book, to me, is a masterpiece. But it reminds me a lot of Moby Dick (the evilness, the Judge: almost a giant man, and Cormac’s comparing some physical aspects of the Judge to a cetacean, just like the whale in Moby Dick, or the Judge’s forehead similar to a dolphin’s). Also, after reading the book two times and reading some passages from time to time, Cromac’s prose reminds me a lot of Faulkner’s, especially in The Sound and the Fury, where Quentin narrates the second chapter. Even the fact that Cormac uses no dashes for dialogues makes me think he found his style from some of Faulkner’s novels.
Anyway, that was such an amazing idea: to have Ben Nichols playing “The last pale light in the west” album at nightfall was... really, very original. And he seems to know and love the book, too. And the mood and the beers and everybody there seemed to me like you could have one unforgettable night. I could have gone there, you know? I live in the border with Texas, in the burning border full of narcotraffic and massive shootings at anytime of the day.
Ben said “... that is what makes the Judge so scary (his philosophy, it’s reason, and it’s not superstition, but it’s chaos and violence…); I think what makes the Judge so scary (counting all what Ben said), is all his knowledge. He knows everything: Science, History, Chemistry, Art, War, Theology, he speaks almost any language, and when you know the Judge speaks almost every single language it is sort of like a clue to understand the fact that the Judge is, beyond human and a character, a representation of evilness on Earth and life in any era. “Evil can be found in every single creature”, said Cormac somewhere. I enjoyed the video so much, and even more with twelve bottles of Corona.
Greetings!
Saludos from Mexico!
This is (sadly) my Mexico: not too distant from what you actually can read in Blood Meridian.
ruclips.net/video/TMwu7MKQabE/видео.html
The song Toadvine is brilliant!Just read Blood Meridian
S .Blucher the book and album are brilliant
Toadvine is one of my favorites.
beauty sound. :)
Great Ben! i love this music
Terrific stuff.
Does anyone have copies of Ben Nichols's lyric sheets with the drawings he did? I'd love to see them.
word is there will be a Blood Meriden film made my only hope is they use some of Bens music for the film I love The Last Pale Light in the west Album I've red the book at least 10 times and ill probably read it again another 10
"Innocence." Yes. Innocence is what captivated me about Chambers when I first read Blood Meridian. He is the only innocent in the book, in a way. The bartender takes advantage of the kid. The native scouts are selling out their own kind. Chambers is the only one with pure motives. Save perhaps the hermit who sees the ugliness of humankind.
And that's why Chambers is interesting, and that's why he's tragic to the point of tears that he ends the way he does. He's definitely inspiring. Enough to make an album from, indeed.
I appreciate this video so much. Cheers to y'all.
(P.S. I think The Last Pale Light in the West falls under fair use pretty clearly; it's transformative as hell. So Ben should be safe from lawsuits. Not that I think McCarthy would take offense to it, especially as it's great and blatant in its praise of the source material.)
1:51:14 "Already in him there brooded a taste for mindless violence." Or something to that effect. The kid is portrayed as being inherently violent. He has big fists. Innately. If he were a real person, I'd definitely be arguing that he was a product of his environment - a harsh life with a drunken father, no nurturing. But as he's written, it's innate. He is a bit of a tabula rasa; a silent protagonist for the reader to insert themselves into. But he embodies their darkest side.
The kid is purposeful violence; survival. Neolithic, stone age simplicity. The Judge is modernity. Educated. And his violence is purposeless. He sees that neolithic instinct and the darkness of humanity, and he accepts it. Revels in it.
The Judge and the Comedian from Watchmen are very similar, and they both fascinate me for the same reason. They're horrible. Pure evil. Nihilistic. But their logic is difficult to refute. That is also where we get into Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now!, I think. That the natural state of humanity is evil.
didn't even notice +Suburbanhome in the crowd til the 2:13:29 mark
Virgil. Well there's craft beer and music involved, particularly as it's Ben Nichols
Nice
how did he not mention "Bury my heart at wounded knee" THE NATIVE AMERICAN TRUTH!!!!
Bathcat deserved a song.
The Vandiemenlander! I think so too, he is my favorite character.
What mindless non-human gave a thumbs down...
The Governor approves
This ain’t how you Lucero