{"id":2991,"date":"2014-11-14T11:55:08","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T16:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=2991"},"modified":"2014-11-17T23:50:09","modified_gmt":"2014-11-18T04:50:09","slug":"good-read-good-listen-good-drink-benjamin-durazzo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2014\/11\/14\/good-read-good-listen-good-drink-benjamin-durazzo\/","title":{"rendered":"A Good Read A Good Listen and A Good Drink: Benjamin Durazzo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>It&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>In this series, some of NTSIB&#8217;s friends share beloved albums, books and drinks to recommend or inspire.<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Crisp, solid, mellow, at times a little jazzy: these are the beats of <a href=\"http:\/\/durazzobeats.com\/\">Benjamin Durazzo<\/a>. His signature move is playing two MPCs at once. Here he is with <i>Waterbed<\/i>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"DURAZZO performing &amp;quot;Waterbed&amp;quot; Live on TWO MPCs at Once\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_maREtT9KjMI\"><div id=\"lyte_maREtT9KjMI\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/maREtT9KjMI\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">DURAZZO performing &quot;Waterbed&quot; Live on TWO MPCs at Once<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/maREtT9KjMI\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/maREtT9KjMI\/0.jpg\" alt=\"DURAZZO performing &amp;quot;Waterbed&amp;quot; Live on TWO MPCs at Once\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>A couple of months ago he was out on tour with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afthenaysayer.com\/\">AF the Naysayer<\/a> and so I got to quiz him about his favorite book, record and drink <i>in person<\/i>. Here is what he had to say:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2014\/11\/14\/good-read-good-listen-good-drink-benjamin-durazzo\/img_2348\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2992\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_2348-e1415932670265-500x352.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2348\" width=\"500\" height=\"352\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2992\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_2348-e1415932670265-500x352.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_2348-e1415932670265-1024x722.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_2348-e1415932670265-212x150.jpg 212w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_2348-e1415932670265-150x105.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_2348-e1415932670265-900x635.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>A Good Read<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My favorite book <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/biblio\/1-9780385334204-24\">Breakfast of Champions<\/a><\/em> by Kurt Vonnegut. It&#8217;s just perfectly in tune with my sense of humor. I like the satire of our country that Kurt Vonnegut writes so eloquently about.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Good Listen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Favorite record is <em>Fragile<\/em> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yesworld.com\/\">Yes<\/a>. Because I love prog rog and that&#8217;s like the quintessential prog rock record.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"YesSongs #7: YES - Roundabout\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_kmZoQFYYx8U\"><div id=\"lyte_kmZoQFYYx8U\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/kmZoQFYYx8U\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">YesSongs #7: YES - Roundabout<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/kmZoQFYYx8U\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/kmZoQFYYx8U\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YesSongs #7: YES - Roundabout\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite Drink<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Water &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanpellegrino.com\/liveinitalian\">San Pellegrino<\/a>, light carbonation, let&#8217;s go, baby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a simple yet sublime pleasure, and just thinking about it can make you feel a little calmer, a little more content. 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