tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35919686495407040292011-07-29T00:25:02.247-07:00Monad (symbol) a term used by ancient philosophers Pythagoras, Parmenides, Xenophanes, Plato, Aristotle, and Plotinus as a term for God or the first being, or the totality of all being.Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06980679260152647472noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591968649540704029.post-73655181635591314702009-08-23T22:50:00.000-07:002009-08-23T22:57:23.641-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aky9jMmyXVM/SpIqx8gTUbI/AAAAAAAABak/iDRsHzDzDTw/s1600-h/WendoverWill.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aky9jMmyXVM/SpIqx8gTUbI/AAAAAAAABak/iDRsHzDzDTw/s400/WendoverWill.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373404342949990834" /></a><br />I wrote this song on the road. Is there anything else you need to know?<br /><br />Well, I'm pretty sure this is the only country song about Wendover, so there, Waylan Jennings!<br /><br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-f88e7ec31fbd814d" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v1.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Df88e7ec31fbd814d%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331550828%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D3FD8FE0D32E5A8998C8525343E998AE24ADEE16F.2D8F56D3A8E4A3B1F62C7BA59CE29C20628D3C1F%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Df88e7ec31fbd814d%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DK5vSA1ZBPTykUfqjd8MUo2-Jwyw&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v1.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Df88e7ec31fbd814d%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331550828%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D3FD8FE0D32E5A8998C8525343E998AE24ADEE16F.2D8F56D3A8E4A3B1F62C7BA59CE29C20628D3C1F%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Df88e7ec31fbd814d%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DK5vSA1ZBPTykUfqjd8MUo2-Jwyw&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3591968649540704029-7365518163559131470?l=themonads.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06980679260152647472noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591968649540704029.post-77609698986792944552009-05-16T21:25:00.000-07:002009-05-16T21:36:41.077-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aky9jMmyXVM/Sg-TtzcritI/AAAAAAAABNk/H5UwSgbpdCs/s1600-h/electronic.2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 337px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aky9jMmyXVM/Sg-TtzcritI/AAAAAAAABNk/H5UwSgbpdCs/s400/electronic.2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336646498571225810" /></a><br />So, there were some problems on the road, we fired our manager, got a new record deal...<div><br /></div><div>I dabbled in the Berlin Electronica Scene, and well, as the locals say: "Das Schudenmies van Dister Tuben!"</div><div>Translation: "Crying souls will eat your heart!"</div><div><br /></div><div>This song was a collaboration with DJ Zoloft in a club in Helsinki. </div><div><div>Enjoy suckas!<br /><br /><br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-bc40816f4a125669" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v24.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dbc40816f4a125669%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331550828%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D50093C04F547E58D9A7400646888B4AD91EC7E9B.780F82F3DF7E54918C1837911D42C46D9D76C3C1%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dbc40816f4a125669%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DzRbpe1XPdEpJvuKAtHCz2zsGEfo&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v24.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dbc40816f4a125669%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331550828%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D50093C04F547E58D9A7400646888B4AD91EC7E9B.780F82F3DF7E54918C1837911D42C46D9D76C3C1%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dbc40816f4a125669%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DzRbpe1XPdEpJvuKAtHCz2zsGEfo&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3591968649540704029-7760969898679294455?l=themonads.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06980679260152647472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591968649540704029.post-48019303655818278552008-11-02T15:14:00.000-08:002008-11-02T18:16:44.323-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aky9jMmyXVM/SQ5fAJZ2_7I/AAAAAAAAAwU/UyqwOpocg-U/s1600-h/mj.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 361px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aky9jMmyXVM/SQ5fAJZ2_7I/AAAAAAAAAwU/UyqwOpocg-U/s400/mj.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264249470571708338" /></a><br />Berlin is messed up, man! Don't let anyone tell you anything different.<br />Halloween in Berlin was like being in some horror movie where nobody speaks English and death, and stink, and blood are everywhere.<br /><br />This song was a hit at the Blaupunkt Halloween Festival. Until my drummer was fatally stabbed with a an antler.<br />We'll miss you, Kyle.<br /><br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-6f495c459c18a9b7" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v9.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D6f495c459c18a9b7%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331550828%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D82642A74812F581E4CEEA72F6978B997E80E603.11635004FF9D86F9CDF4AB848B3E0B61C82D31A1%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D6f495c459c18a9b7%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DtS35aLxHL33zabSlKwWv5L48iEE&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v9.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D6f495c459c18a9b7%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331550828%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D82642A74812F581E4CEEA72F6978B997E80E603.11635004FF9D86F9CDF4AB848B3E0B61C82D31A1%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D6f495c459c18a9b7%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DtS35aLxHL33zabSlKwWv5L48iEE&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3591968649540704029-4801930365581827855?l=themonads.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06980679260152647472noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591968649540704029.post-72212438648755924152008-10-23T22:12:00.001-07:002008-10-25T19:50:24.154-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aky9jMmyXVM/SQFZYQUezKI/AAAAAAAAAu0/qIDCwNsVfAE/s1600-h/barf.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aky9jMmyXVM/SQFZYQUezKI/AAAAAAAAAu0/qIDCwNsVfAE/s400/barf.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260584112978054306" /></a><br /><div>The tour took a sour turn in Europe. Johnny puked all over some club-goers in Prague, and well, they got pissed and stole some of our gear. </div><div>Sven the Soundman got jumped in Turin and has a black-eye.</div><div>The road is rough, man, the road is rough.</div><div>Most of the damned European towns don't seem to dig on our music.</div><div>Here's a B-side thats getting some play in Denmark. </div><div><br /></div><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-47f8442172b8c37a" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v6.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D47f8442172b8c37a%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331550828%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D667C04118F923E8EE9BA58120A9D9C9091975A1D.27F154E46C070673990B125D32069977DD195941%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D47f8442172b8c37a%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DUWBykYn_Do8d7bs2kvxdTzZu60A&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v6.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D47f8442172b8c37a%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331550828%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D667C04118F923E8EE9BA58120A9D9C9091975A1D.27F154E46C070673990B125D32069977DD195941%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D47f8442172b8c37a%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DUWBykYn_Do8d7bs2kvxdTzZu60A&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Stalker Song"<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She walked in and<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She sat down and<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She had a drink beside me.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She said,<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Don't look at me like that again,"<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"I have a big, fat boyfriend."<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Don't look at me like that again."<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She got up and<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She walked away and<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She showed me the middle finger of her hand.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She said,<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"I don't even know who you are,"<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Stop following me in your car!"<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"I don't even know who you are."<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She don't know who I am<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But I know who she is<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I know her phone number, street address<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Favorite color, favorite dress...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The cops came in and<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Told me to put up my hands and<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Told me that I was under arrest.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3591968649540704029-7221243864875592415?l=themonads.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06980679260152647472noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3591968649540704029.post-47220760587052799732008-10-15T23:06:00.000-07:002008-10-16T22:48:14.779-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aky9jMmyXVM/SPbnKQ_1maI/AAAAAAAAAuU/tjIVRisPJ_A/s1600-h/japanese.crowd.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257643778549062050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aky9jMmyXVM/SPbnKQ_1maI/AAAAAAAAAuU/tjIVRisPJ_A/s400/japanese.crowd.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The big Asian tour kicked off today in Osaka! We are so blessed to have so many fans in Japan! <div>Domo dudes! Domo!</div><div><br /></div><div>Stay tuned! The Monads will be bringing their gonads to a concert near you!<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">This next song is freakin' huge in Asia right now! Its sort of a slow-jam, but the Japanese Groupies really, really dig it! How did they get so flexible? </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><br /></div></div><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-eb1c61fefeeebd87" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v2.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Deb1c61fefeeebd87%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331550828%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D564DB77DC3F6F3205C20C724D20073E4E476A316.4F74931AB2B8FC4D52046D81D2056A7AF51B6234%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Deb1c61fefeeebd87%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D3qgU-YMN3QodP-7_WMxbCz_uvsM&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v2.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Deb1c61fefeeebd87%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331550828%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D564DB77DC3F6F3205C20C724D20073E4E476A316.4F74931AB2B8FC4D52046D81D2056A7AF51B6234%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Deb1c61fefeeebd87%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D3qgU-YMN3QodP-7_WMxbCz_uvsM&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br /><br />"Beach Cruiser"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3591968649540704029-4722076058705279973?l=themonads.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06980679260152647472noreply@blogger.com4