The Jasons Bentley

DJ Jason Bentley first DJ in history of Motion Picture Academy Governor's Ball

2008-03-14T12:18:00.000-07:00

He spun a set of music from and inspired by the movies of 2007. And you can hear it here:

http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/mt/mt080222the_governors_ball

The set list:

Playlist
1. Jonny Greenwood - Open Spaces (edit) There Will Be Blood
2. Dario Marianelli - Briony Atonement
3. Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová - Falling Slowly Once
4. Anthony Hamilton - Do You Feel Me American Gangster
5. The Kinks - A Well Respected Man Juno
6. Marco Beltrami - The 3:10 to Yuma (edit) 3:10 to Yuma
7. Eddie Vedder - Society Into The Wild
8. Jay-Z - American Dreamin' (clean edit) American Gangster
9. IMPACT Repertory & Jamia Simone Nash - Raise It Up August Rush
10. Moby - Extreme Ways The Bourne Ultimatum
11. Edith Piaf - Rien De Rien La Vie En Rose
12. Forro In The Dark - Forrowest Surf's Up
13. Calexico & Charlotte Gainsbourg - Just Like A Woman I'm Not There
14. Bono - Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds Across the Universe
15. Carter Burwell - Blood Trail No Country For Old Men
16. Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes Diving Bell and the Butterfly
17. Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes Juno
18. Edith Piaf - La Vie En Rose La Vie En Rose
19. Craig Armstrong & A.R. Rahman - Immensities Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Urban Ecstasy

2007-04-15T04:10:00.000-07:00

From "HELo" a blog by David Reese:

As I was driving home tonight, Jason Bentley (of KCRW’s Metropolis) was on the radio. I was having a nice time driving down the 10 freeway (no traffic, finally) back towards USC. Jason’s awesome voice filtered through the speakers as he listed off the tracks that had recently played, did a station promo, and let the song underneath continue on for the next few minutes. It sounded familiar — but I couldn’t put my finger on it. As LA came into view, the piece took a rather dramatic turn and opened up into a vast landscape of musical hills and canyons, and it hit me — Ulrich Schnauss. Brand new Ulrich Schnauss at that. The music was beautiful, with the same quality of liefelijk — the Dutch word for “child-like innocence” (imagine girls in dresses dancing in fields of daisies under a warm sun) — that Schnauss is so known for.

It made me smile. Really hard. Like, a lot. And then the weirdest thing happened. I started laughing, and then I was smiling and laughing and suddenly I was crying, too. I was entering the exit lane for Western/Normandie (one of LA’s finest merges) and I could barely see because there were tears in the way. It was beautiful, beautiful music, with such strong connections to my emotions; after all, the last time I heard a brand new Ulrich Schnauss song was back in 2005, when I was seeing him live at the Knitting Factory, and things changed a lot.

KCRWTF

2007-04-10T22:15:00.000-07:00

Maybe he can spin for MC Rove...

Jason Bentley, the host of Metropolis, will DJ for the annual White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington, D.C. on April 21st. Tommie Sunshine must’ve been booked.

Obligatory press gush from Jason: “I am honored to play music for the esteemed members of the press, the President, and Vice President at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner this year. It’s a testament to the influence of KCRW’s DJs at all levels of our society. So far this year, between Liza Richardson DJing the Oscars, and me playing the WHCD, I feel like we have put our stamp on some of the most influential events in the country. It’s truly remarkable.”

from BigShot

Mastersk8ting

2007-01-27T13:20:00.000-08:00

The bit of GoodFellas is a nice touch. :-) Any takers on where this was shot?

Link: http://www.youtube.com/v/sExh9pmu8QA

The Thinking Man's Jason Bentley

2007-01-18T22:55:00.000-08:00

There's a Jason Bentley in North Carolina who goes by Shadowazrael on LiveJournal and describes himself as "college graduate (B.A. philosophy and religion), living with his father, taking EMT (emergency medical technician) courses. I work at an ambulance transport company (convalescence, not emergency), and I volunteer at Apex EMS."

He just wrote an interesting paper called "Foundation & Coherence" that defines "coherence theory is like conventional foundation theory, but prioritizing only simple logic (consistency), not sense experience." He goes on to ask, "we’ve already noted the advantage of prioritizing logic (avoiding intellectual chaos); but what are the advantages and disadvantages of prioritizing or not prioritizing sense experience?"

Day-um:-) I bet he'd get along with my friend Doron.

Links:
http://shadowazrael.livejournal.com/
http://shadowazrael.livejournal.com/81490.html#cutid1

Pike's Pink

2007-01-17T16:06:00.000-08:00

Woohoo! There's another gay Jason Bentley, and in Pike County, Kentucky - which is where my paternal family is from. It's likely we share a bloodline. And interestingly enough, our birthdays are within a few days of each other, but six years apart. We definitely share big, brown eyes.

Check out his MySpace page. I especially dig his penchant for long, Morrissey-esque titles on his blog entries: "Jason Bentley will be leaving the show, the role of Jason will be picked at random", "I remembered you the moment I met you", " There will be no constillation [sic] prize..this time the bone is broken clean"

Since he's likely a distant cousin, is it weird to think he's hot? Or is that just a given?

Abroad and Abroader

2006-12-23T15:38:00.000-08:00

I signed up for a Bebo account today.

Bebo is Yet Another Social Network - in fact, it's the Kylie Minogue of social networks - hugely popular everywhere but the United States. Given it's high profile, I wasn't too shocked to find another Jason Bentley had beat me to the punch. With the name jasonbentley thus occupied, I settled on the slightly more cumbersome jasonbentleydotorg.bebo.com with the (futile) hope that everyone I know on MySpace will see the light and switch to the far more usable Bebo.

This bloke appears to be English but living abroad in Germany with his family, and it's rather nice to see someone so publicly devoted to his kids while maintaining a good taste in music and movies.

Jason was a popular name for boys in the late 60's-early 70's, so most of us Jasons Bentley are in our 30's. It's interesting how differently we all deal with the issue of coming-of-age and coming-of-aged. This guy knocks on the door of his 40's with the bemused humor of someone whose already ensured a legacy in the kids he dearly loves. At 32, I'm glad I'm old enough to appreciate that, and not yet old enough to regret not having had kids myself (and more important, I suppose - not yet old enough to change my decision if I so desire).

Links: http://jasonbentleydotorg.bebo.com, http://jasonbentley.bebo.com, http://bebo.com

Xaos Heart Me

2006-12-04T00:41:00.000-08:00

From the December 3, 2006 entry in Xaos' blog at http://xaos.blogdrive.com:

i didn't actually plan on people liking my music, but a lot of people do and it's exciting.

of course, one dream is to end up on Metropolis. i know i'm far off from that, but it could happen. look at Cut Chemist: he's exploded into the world of dub and turntable music, doing ads for Apple now, making craploads of money and having a blast. and he started out small too, eventually being played on Morning Becomes Eclectic and Metropolis and going from there.

did i mention how much i heart Jason Bentley?

All one can ask is...who doesn't? ;-) Readers should check out Xaos' page at MySpace and listen to some of her stuff. It's good.

If I had a radio show where I played new music to total strangers, to learn that my work inspired one of those strangers to create good new music and dream of one day being a guest on my show might elicit, at the very least, a pregnant pause of humility and wonder at the circular, interlocking curlicues of life, the fickle interplay of fate and chaos, and the awesome power of music to bring it all together.

But that's just me.

Footnotes

2006-11-15T19:37:00.000-08:00

How weird is it that there are two entries for Jason Bentley at the IMDB - a Jason Bentley (I) and a Jason Bentley (III)? Where is Jason Bentley (II)?! *dramatic music cue*

I Guess I Do Feel Like Dancin'

2006-11-07T17:13:00.000-08:00

From Elizabeth Holden's blog:

My arm is still popping and cracking...in the shoulder and elbow, right where Jason Bentley (my dance teacher...some of you may know him) pulled it out of the socket pretty much...ow.

While not technically a musician, I'd put this guy squarely in the "Music-related Jasons Bentley" catagory.

Link: http://ilisaxdreams.livejournal.com/

Saving Lives

2006-10-31T11:08:00.000-08:00

Several interesting photos of The Most Famous Jason Bentley doin' the voodoo that he do. All images by antoniovm67, and taken on October 5, 2005.

Irresistable

2006-10-31T11:02:00.000-08:00

This photo doesn't quite fit the profile for this blog, but couldn't resist. It's called "Jason and Bentley." D'awwwww....

by muzz125

Big Band

2006-10-31T10:44:00.001-08:00

jason bentley
Originally uploaded by jenny o..

This is another Jason Bentley I found on Flickr. The photo's by Jenny O., who's other photos suggests he's Yet Another Musician Named Jason Bentley. I'm beginning to think a band made up entirely of Jasons Bentley might contain more members than the Polyphonic Spree.

They Love Me in Fresno

2006-10-21T23:14:00.000-07:00

Asking only workmen's wages, I come looking for a job. But I get no offers. Just more come ons from the boys on Blackstone Avenue. I do declare... there were times when I was so lonesome, I took some comfort there.

La la la, la la..la la.

Grace Jones vs. Mr. Payola

2006-10-19T15:31:00.000-07:00

From pork and beans by "egoat" on LiveJournal:

i grabbed a copy of la vie en rose (grace jones ya'll) off of joe.my.god and simply blissed out. not for nostalgia just for the fine mix that it is. compare it to many of the drum and bass - jazz/world whatever music that mr payola, jason bentley, spins on metropolis and you'll bliss likewise. sure jason still spins some vital music but really all this house blending into jazz blending into hip-hop just doesn't cut it. it's too safe. i did hear one very passionately written and performed song tonight but it's rare that anything matters like portishead did when they were first broadcast. i guess i'm to blame for falling back on kcrw for new music.

I feel icky quoting and commenting on a blog that I'm quoting, but I'll just mentioned that LA's tectonically-unsound neon clubland isn't place where I enjoy the 'unsafe' music otherwise available outside the downtemposhoegazing environs of KCRW. Secondly, "it's rare that anything matters like portishead did when they were first broadcast" is spot on, but comparing most new music to a watershed seems unfair. Portishead's "Dummy" was the musical predecessor of "The Matrix" - it came out of nowhere with the full force of surprise, while creating and existing entirely on its own otherworldly-but-familiar plane. Dummy broke rules, made new ones, and inspired legions. It will stand the test of time like Pet Sounds and Sgt. Pepper's LHCB.

Quoted

2006-10-13T20:19:00.000-07:00

"I just thought Jason Bentley played dance music and tried really hard to sound mysterious and brooding over Junior Sanchez instrumentals." - Douglas Reinhardt, Skeet on Mischa

Dead Horse with a Beat

2006-10-11T18:43:00.000-07:00

Jason Bentley sings and plays drums for Hesperian Deathorse of Sylmar, California. He says:

When I first started to work through musical ideas for "Train", the song immediately struck me as resembling "Torn", the first track on "MyOwn Prison" by Creed. I was inspired by the percussionist Scott Philips to play a slower open rock groove to accompany the lead bass line. I love how the bass guitar opens this song, and thus the album. I love to turn up the volume in my car and let those low tones rattle the windows. The aspect of this song that really brings out the personality of HDH, in my opinion, is the bass solo in half-time. The determination that is expressed in the chorus meets its match musically with this phrase of the music. This song sums up some of my personal struggles as a musician in this band_ Will I be able to change the way I think about music and play my instrument as to create art? Or will I be doomed to drum by instinct alone and bring about nothing new?

Link: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=17764194

10.07.06

2006-10-08T04:16:00.000-07:00

Nice use of Helvetica on the Gabriel and Dresden wordmark. Nice flyer all around.

The Latecoming Newcomer

2006-10-07T15:24:00.000-07:00

Though most likely a pseudonym, a guy named Jason Bentley shows up as a 'model' in a gay porn video from 2005 called "Bareback Baileey's The Boys" (which also stars someone named 'Angel Shadowlake'). Jason's on the left in this explicit photo.

The gay porn review site friskyfans.org glowingly, if clunkily, describes Jason Bentley's one scene:

The next scene shows a tall cutie named Jason Bentley hooking up with boxcoverboy Demitri Hans. Hans lays back for a relaxing blowjob, but he soon decides to use the opportunity bareback the fully erect Bentley. Bentley gets on his fours and raises his hips high. Hans grips the bottom's cheeks with his hands, ramming him good, sometimes gripping shoulders or tugging hair. Bentley pops a big load while riding the swarthy blond. Hans then fires an eye-popping load into Bentley's mouth.

Um, what exactly is a "swarthy blond?"

Jason Bentley's a Dick (revised)

2006-10-07T14:57:00.000-07:00

From the article Detectives of the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown at the Wikipedia:

Jason Bentley of Department Z is a parody of Department S's Jason King, and is played by Peter Richardson.

Shown to be running a 1970s retro clothes shop (Flares 'R' Us), Bentley dresses in red and purple crushed velvet suits that in retrospect appear identical to typical Austin Powers costumes, although that character would only make his film debut four years after Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown was first broadcast.

In solving crimes, Bentley prefers to make no visible effort at all, since he anticipates that all the plot devices required to solve the case will arrive by themselves in due course.

Bentley drives a vintage Bentley himself, relatively serenely since he always has a glass of claret in one hand. He bemoans the fact that this may eventually become illegal.

From the article Jason King (TV Series) at the Wikipedia:

[Jason] King's choice of fashion was named by Mike Myers as an inspiration for his popular movie character Austin Powers. He was also the basis for Jason Bentley, played by Peter Richardson in the 1993 Comic Strip Presents episode Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown.

Image from Peter Richardson Appreciation.

Links:
http://www.geocities.com/adeappreciation/PRappreciation.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detectives_on_the_Edge_of_a_Nervous_Breakdown
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_King_%28television%29

Law and Order

2006-10-07T14:34:00.000-07:00

From the website of the Mountoursville, Pennsylvania Police Department:

Officer Jason Bentley

Officer Bentley joined the Montoursville Police Department in February 2006.

Officer Bentley is a 1994 graduate of Montoursville Area High School. After graduation, he enlisted in the United States Air Force and graduated from the USAF Police Academy in 1995. He then served on active duty with the 14th Security Forces Squadron/Law Enforcement Division until 1998. While stationed at Columbus AFB, Mississippi, Bentley specialized in Law Enforcement and Anti-Terrorism Response.

Bentley then worked at Bucknell University as a Campus Police Officer from 2001 - 2006. While working at Bucknell, he obtained his certification to be a Municipal Police Officer, became certified as a Hazardous Materials Technician Level III and was trained for Emergency Radiological Response. When off duty, Jason enjoys driving his 1968 Dodge Charger, camping, golfing, weight lifting and target shooting.

Law and Order: Civil Intent

2006-10-07T14:23:00.000-07:00

From the website of McBrayer McGinnis Leslie & Kirkland PLLC:

JASON R. BENTLEY, born Union City, Tennessee, January 28, 1972; admitted to bar, 2002, Kentucky; 2004, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky. Education: Centre College (B.S. 1994); Vermont Law School (J.D., M.S.E.L., 1999); Member, Vermont Law Review. Majority Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, 1999-2004; General Counsel/Policy Advisor, Kentucky Public Service Commission, 2004-2005; Executive Director, Kentucky Office of Energy Policy, 2005. Member: Kentucky Bar Association, Energy Bar Association.

Link: http://www.mmlk.com/bentley.htm

Law and Order: Environmental Remediation and Municipal Liability Unit

2006-10-07T14:10:00.000-07:00

This week on Law and Order: ERMLU...

From the website of Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP, Chicago, Illinois:

Jason S. Bentley focuses his practice on environmental remediation, municipal liability and commercial litigation. He is experienced in handling the interplay of state and federal law and in conducting extensive factual investigations.
Mr. Bentley's clients include municipal corporations, local governmental entities, and alarm system service providers...[H]e was retained as a research consultant with the Netherlands Consulate General in Chicago where he dealt with the relationship between domestic U.S. law and various international treaties. He has also clerked with a boutique Chicago law firm specializing in personal injury, served as a Public Interest Law Initiative intern with the Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation, and completed a Congressional Affairs Internship with the Drug Enforcement Administration in Virginia...Mr. Bentley joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP as a law clerk and became an associate in May 2004...He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and possesses a minor proficiency in written Arabic.

Link: http://hinshawlaw.com/people/bio.aspx?print=true&id=9858

The Veep

2006-10-07T13:46:00.000-07:00

From his official bio at the Lateral Data corporate website:

Jason Bentley
VP, Operations

Jason’s addition to Lateral Data in 2004 has added significant strength to the management team. Jason possesses extremely well rounded industry experience, management and leadership skills, and many developed industry relationships.

Prior to joining Lateral Data Jason had been making his mark for over five years at industry leader Daticon. During Jason’s time at Daticon, he was responsible for managing special litigation projects with a strong focus on operations and Electronic Data Discovery. Jason left Daticon as the Director of Production Services where he managed 70+ employees at the Houston branch doing over $500,000 a month in revenues.

Jason received his Bachelors of Science from the University of Houston.

Link: http://www.lateraldata.com/au_m.html

The Entrepreneurial Eagle Scout and the Interminable Alien Land of the Sauna

2006-10-07T12:44:00.000-07:00

From an entry dated December, 2000 on the website of the Broadway Church of Christ, Lubbock, Texas:

[Eagle Scout] Jason Bentley is the 18-year old, self-reliant son of David and Gail Bentley, and the brother of Christopher (also an Eagle Scout) and Aileen....When Jason was about 10 years old; he went to the bank (thank you, Jerry) and arranged a business loan. With this $100 loan, he went to a vending machine company and negotiated the purchase of a 4-globe candy machine. The owner of the company was so impressed with the determination of this young man and his strong handshake, that he threw in enough candy to fill each globe four times. Jason placed the machine in the lobby of his dad's shop and took full responsibility over the next several years for servicing it. He later added a Coke machine to his enterprise. The profits became the seed money for his first car, and Jason's entrepreneurial future was set in motion!... Jason also loves to travel. Besides traveling most of the continental United States by car, he has been to Mexico, Costa Rica, Canada, England, France, and of course, the interminable alien land of the sauna ‑ Oklahoma.

Link: http://www.broadway-church.org/Ministries/Teens/Gallery/2000/1204/index.htm