Benji Cossa Song Bank

If you send me $10 I will send you a 30 minute mix! Requests welcome. Email me: [email protected]

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So I was thinking about a remaining couple after the Ascension

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I wonder what a demon dreams about.

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What do you guys think will happen when the population reaches 10 billion in 2100? That's not so far off. I wonder if people will still be listening to the Red Hot Chilli Peps.

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The population on Earth is 10 billion. You are your current age. A planet has been colonized and it will take 22 years to get there. The odds of getting to this planet are no greater or less than those taking the Oregon trail. The only news you hear about the state of the colonies on this planet is similar to that received by Easterners about the West in the 19th Century. Any correspondence or supplies traveling between Earth and this new habitable planet will take 20-22 years to arrive. Would you go?

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Ephie and I recorded this Saturday. There was grape juice in her sippy cup

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Someone told me once that only over-ripe brown bananas are binding. This advice came from a pet store manager who was talking about feeding lizards, though. I get conflicting info online about whether or not bananas are a binding food, but nothing stating there is a difference digestion-wise between a brown and green banana. I prefer them on the green side, myself.

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I've read different versions of Arthur pulling the sword from the stone. Sometimes it's in an anvil. Sometimes it's in a rock. Almost always it's in a churchyard if Arthur is involved. Some say Merlin put it there in the yard, but one time it floated down a river in the rock from where 2 knights killed each other not knowing they were brothers. I keep looking to find the real version even though I know there really isn't one.

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Cumberland Falls is in Daniel Boone National Forest, Tennessee. On a clear night a moonbow or lunar rainbow is visible at the base of the falls. Check it out.

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So I was told smiling is a sign of aggression for apes. Apparently this is not the full truth. Baring teeth is, but some apes smile like we do. They even give half smiles like Kirk Cameron.

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As I understand it the larynx produces vocal sounds much like the way pinching the opening of a balloon creates sound as the air escapes. It is pretty amazing we have so much detailed control with this curtain of muscle.

P.S.: It's very hard to find a "decent" picture of a larynx.

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When I worked at the pet store in Brooklyn we had to listen to CBS fm everyday. I did this for 3 years and never got sick of it. When this Golden Oldies channel switched to Jack fm (a few jobs later), it was a severe blow to my radio options at the time. CBS came back a few years ago, kicking off with the Beach Boys, Do It Again. I was so excited! Here's the rub: CBS no longer plays '50s, they dabble in '60s, 70's, and '80s only. This station no longer represents the heyday of Rock n Roll. With all the specific stations/shows out there on the internet, through digital cable, satellite radio, etc. the music of the time isn't lost, but it has been pushed into a smaller category. I miss Cousin Brucie and the feel of true Rock n Roll oldies. Since I've moved again and have found Fox Oldies (98.9 fm), a comfort zone of doo-wop to 10CC has come to roost in my heart for as long as it will last. This station puts emphasis on not only the represented time period, but the history and quality of the music the Golden Age of Rock n Roll has to offer. On the weekends at night they even air radio shows. I believe it is better than what I once thought was the best.

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Benji Cossa’s cover of “Nights on Broadway” is up on Soundcloud. 

Benji played this one at our third Serious Business Rock & Roll Revue at Littlefield a week ago — the theme being New York. Benji’s take on this Bee Gee’s classic is remarkable.

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I was listening to a Radiolab episode:

They were talking about how people have domesticated themselves over the years by choosing less aggressive more amiable mates as we become more dependent upon social exchanges. Our bones have gotten weaker, our teeth smaller - similar physical signs as in other animals we have domesticated like dogs. It was interesting.

Essentially, if you think there are a lot of A-holes now, you should have been around 50,000 years ago. Imagine being stuck in traffic then.

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I have recently heard a telling difference between cats and dogs. If a cat owner dies alone with the animal and no other food source, the cat will dive right in and eat the deceased person. Out of loyalty, the dog will wait a day or so.

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So if the people you share memories with are no longer around to share them, you may find yourself in a situation where no one cares if the tree fell in the forest even if someone was around to hear it - or about the forest at all - or the people that lived in the forest. Perhaps they were elves. Perhaps very boring elves. The kind that make shoes.

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Spring is here and the first crocuses are up in the yard. Next comes the dogwood and then the pink bush on the side of the house. Will the new roses bloom? Where on the clock will they fall? The rose of sharon will open late in the summer as usual and shrivel up on the branches after the first frost. Raking will come in 2 stages and I refuse to pick up after the maple in the back which will come down last. That mat of leaves will wait until Spring which I plan to mow over next weekend.

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So is it possible that life on all planets will eventually create a method to take life off of that planet given enough time? Does the pattern of evolution have a predictable progression given certain perimeters which will inevitably lead to a species like us that can physically carry or project life to other areas - or perhaps have a high probability of creating a bacteria or amino acid that can survive lying dormant within a fragment of rock resulting from some celestial collision (or something like this...)? If the goal of life is to propagate, shouldn't this be the case?