Ben Morgan
DJ, sitarist and guitarist, Ben can either be heard jamming in West Philadelphia or mixing it up at
the 700 club. Since late 2000, Ben has been playing with the psychedelic folk band, Hirohima Nagasaki. There's a website for them at
http://lemonelflord.homestead.com/lemon.html
It has good comics.
At the University of Pennsylvania Ben majored in German and Philosophy, and he has musical roots in Germany too with his krautrock band Bergheim
34. While at Penn , Ben lived at the only positive fraternity, Pi Lam, and while there Ben hooked up with fellow brothers Chris Walker (bass) and Rob Munsch (electric violin) in a psych band called Lexicon. The band has a few cds available. In October 2000 Ben performed with Rob Munsch at the Gate to Moonbase Alpha.
Ben also plays regularly with John Schenk's project, Slipping
into Sublimnity, which has gigs at the 700 club every second and 4th Tuesdays. On Fridays afterrnoons, Ben can be found playing sitar at Yoga classes in Olde City Antiques.
Daily, Ben works at CFBI booking, which books for the Khyber and the Five Spot.
Ben is also a contributing writer for the Philadelphia Weekly newspaper. On the internet, Ben has been working on this project which he invites everyone to participate in: http://futureofmusic.org
DISCOGRAPHY
Sad Rockets "Music For Mix Tapes" single, Source Records Germany 1997
Sad Rockets "Plays" LP, Source Records Germany 1998
Lexicon "Colorless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously" CD-R EP Self-Released 1998
Bergheim 34 "Bergheim 34" CDEP First Love Records 1998
Lexicon "Philthadelphia" CD-R EP Self Released 2000
Grimble Grumble "Sad" EP Bouncing Corporation Germany 2000
Eltro "Velodrome" LP Absolutely Kosher 2001
Other Ben Morgans
From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
Ben Morgan (Ship: T. 407; dr. 15'; cpl. 26)
Ben Morgan, a ship, was built in 1826 at Philadelphia, Pa., as Mediator; purchased at New York 27 May 1861; and commissioned later in the year, Acting Master J. B. Gordon in command. She served as an ordnance store vessel and hospital ship with the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron in Hampton Roads, Va., until 1865. She was sold at New York, 30 November 1865.
From simpleton.com:
Dear simpleton,
Ben Morgan, 28, London UK
29 teeth.
Once, when I was 18 I went to a night-club in London called 'The Camden Palace'. I was partying away and got fairly heavily hit on by a very slinky looking californian chick. It turned out that she was 24 and was well aware of my age. Thinking that all my birthdays had come at once, I stuck around with her for a few weeks. The first time we slept with each other I was full of anticipation of the delights of a real woman, I still fairly much had my 'L' plates on anyway. We disappeared upstairs and stuff started to get going, half way through she asked me 'doesn't my age bother you?', I gasped with total horror for a nanosecond my life flashed before my eyes....I thought she said "doesn't my AIDS bother you"
I was let down and didn't really enjoy the expereince.
This story is completely true.
Ben Morgan
bunny@gun-point.demon.co.uk
