Author Archives: Benjamin Kritikos

About Benjamin Kritikos

I am a bipedal primate with opposable thumbs. You can find evidence of my amazing great ape skills on stage and on record (with the band Herons! and others), and sporadic traces of a developed brain (in the blogs of heronstheband.com). Like most higher primates, I am a social animal; I've been spotted around the watering holes of Gloucestershire.

March 19, 2012

Peter Beutel

My friend Peter is dead. Here was a man with a heart. Here was a man who typed thousands of words every day with one finger. Here was a man who understood the fatal black energy sticky from the earth’s … Continue reading →

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October 18, 2011

Stroud, The Prince Albert & Sam Shepard

Why, hello there. Haven’t spoken to you in a while. Just thought I’d say hi and let you know some of the more interesting things we’ve been up to lately. After trading the crushing monotony of London for a life … Continue reading →

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May 4, 2011

Playing at the River Cottage Canteen

Anna and I are Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall fans — big time. We can watch a whole series (or more) of River Cottage on 4od in one sitting. It’s embarrassing. We often refer to the man behind River Cottage on a first … Continue reading →

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April 21, 2011

Beatroot Rendez-vous Date Change

Unfortunately, our good friend Pepe Belmonte, who organises the Beatroot Rendez-vous evenings at the Old Queen’s Head in London, suffered an accident and has had to cancel a bunch of planned events. Luckily, he’s recovering quickly, and for this we’re … Continue reading →

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March 2, 2011

Scorched Earth, Four Years On

Four years ago, I was living in Dublin. It was the winter of ’06 coming into ’07, and it was bitterly cold. Well — it doesn’t really get bitterly cold in Ireland. What happens is, it gets sort of cold … Continue reading →

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February 27, 2011

Rainer

Rainer, I turn over in the night, wake to the dull gloaming of dawn — a duck egg inside of which I lay with a numb arm (they say it’s fallen asleep). A light glows from outside, throwing pale blue … Continue reading →

New Year Resolution: The End

by Benjamin Kritikos A year ago, I made a resolution to read only women authors. The thinking behind this act of positive discrimination was that I’d read far fewer books by women than by men, and I felt like I … Continue reading →

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October 5, 2010

Our album “So Long!” is available for download

After a great big long wait, I can finally say that our album, So Long!, is finally available for download.

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July 5, 2010

Anonymous Interview: Male, 30

Re: Faith I don’t believe in God; but I don’t know if that means what it sounds like. I definitely feel like there’s more in the universe than human beings can comprehend. The universe is so mysterious. When I was … Continue reading →

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July 3, 2010

Anonymous Interviews

Monday will mark the beginning of a series of interviews we’ll be conducting on a range of subjects. The identities of all the people being interviewed will remain anonymous. The purpose of the anonymous interview is to give the interviewees … Continue reading →

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Author Archives: Benjamin Kritikos

About Benjamin Kritikos

Peter Beutel

Stroud, The Prince Albert & Sam Shepard

Playing at the River Cottage Canteen

Beatroot Rendez-vous Date Change

Scorched Earth, Four Years On

Rainer

New Year Resolution: The End

Our album “So Long!” is available for download

Anonymous Interview: Male, 30

Anonymous Interviews

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