A Good Read A Good Listen and A Good Drink: Benjamin Durazzo

It’s a simple yet sublime pleasure, and just thinking about it can make you feel a little calmer, a little more content. Imagine: You bring out one of the good rocks glasses (or your favorite mug or a special occasion tea cup) and pour a couple fingers of amber liquid (or something dark and strong or just some whole milk). You drop the needle on the jazz platter (or pull up a blues album on your mp3 player or dig out that mixtape from college). Ensconcing yourself in the coziest seat in the house, you crack the spine on a classic (or find your place in that sci-fi paperback or pull up a biography on your e-book reader). And then, you go away for a while. Ah, bliss.

In this series, some of NTSIB’s friends share beloved albums, books and drinks to recommend or inspire.


Crisp, solid, mellow, at times a little jazzy: these are the beats of Benjamin Durazzo. His signature move is playing two MPCs at once. Here he is with Waterbed:

DURAZZO performing "Waterbed" Live on TWO MPCs at Once

A couple of months ago he was out on tour with AF the Naysayer and so I got to quiz him about his favorite book, record and drink in person. Here is what he had to say:


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A Good Read

My favorite book Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut. It’s just perfectly in tune with my sense of humor. I like the satire of our country that Kurt Vonnegut writes so eloquently about.

A Good Listen

Favorite record is Fragile by Yes. Because I love prog rog and that’s like the quintessential prog rock record.

YesSongs #7: YES - Roundabout

Favorite Drink

Water – San Pellegrino, light carbonation, let’s go, baby.

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