Murder by Baltimore (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Check out Ben Folds Five performing The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner in its entirety . Narcolepsy, the first track, is one of my favorite "not-new" songs of the year. Check out another version of Narcolepsy below, accompanied by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.
Getoutdoors.com Outdoor Blog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Two dudes from London, Jeremy Rogers and Doug Oppenheim, have decided to raise money for the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience by skiing to the South Pole via Reinhold Messner's 1990 route . Not exactly a bake sale, then, is it? Rogers and Oppenheim are paying for the expedition, and have raised nearly $1 million for ALS (Lou Gehrig Disease) research. The men predict the 620-mile ski...
Theme Park Experience (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008
The recent Ben Folds Five reunion, where they played The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner in its entirety, is now online . Definitely something worth checking out. Don't know much about these guys? Read my guide to them, along with Ben Folds solo material up to Songs for Silverman .
ShaunInman.com (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008
The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner performed live in its entirety by a temporarily reunited Ben Folds Five (plus Ben’s dad). Yes, I’m linking to MySpace. Blame Ryan . ●
connecting*the*dots (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
So I missed Ben Fold’s September 18th live performance of one of my favorite albums, The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner. There’s no way I was missing this album. Here’s a taste: You Don’t Know Me (featuring Regina Spektor) [Click through to the post to listen to audio]
PopWreckoning (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
The Ben Folds Five reunion show on Thursday at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Memorial Hall to play The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner in its entirety had created a huge amount of buzz since its announcement less than a month ago. Students were apparently camped out for days and tickets sold out in three minutes, even [...]
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Photo: Emily Shur One of the highlights of the Ben Folds Five reunion show Thursday night on the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill came during the band’s performance of its final single, “Army.” It’s the quintessential college-rock song in which the protagonist ponders leaving school. When Folds sang the line, “I thought about [...]
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
A couple weeks (and change) ago we reported that despite their other projects, Ben Folds Five were reuniting as part of MySpace Music's "Front To Back" series to play The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner in its entirety at UNC-Chapel Hill's Memorial Hall. We weren't lying, it happened last night. It was Darren Jesse, Robert Sledge and Tim & Eric bud Ben F's first performance together in...
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
Photo: Ota/Getty When MySpace asked Ben Folds to be the first performer in the site’s new “Front to Back” series, they wanted him to play The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, the final album from his defunct band Ben Folds Five. Folds didn’t feel right doing it alone, so he called up drummer Darren Jessee and [...]
Pajiba (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner Reunion of Ben Folds Five Best Fucking News Ever / Seth Freilich...
Rock on the Streets (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Ben Folds Five will reunite for the first time in almost 10 years for a new MySpace show. The band will perform their 1999 album ‘ The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner ‘ in its entirety in Chapel Hill, N.C. on September 18. The performance will be taped for the new MySpace show ‘ Front To Back ‘ and is set to broadcast in October on Myspace . Tickets for the reunion show will go on sale...
Everybody Cares, Everybody Understa (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Only for one show, but still: they haven't performed together in nearly 10 years, so I'd say that's some exciting news. And even better? They'll be playing The Unauthorized Autobiography of Reinhold Messner in its entirety, start to finish. The show will be part of a new MySpace series called "Front to Back" , devoted to bands playing entire records at special shows. And I have to say, it's actually...
Hidden Track (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Last week, HT Contributor Wade Ellis Wilby listed The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner as one of his top fall albums of all-time. Well, it turns out Ben and the Ben Folds Five really dig that album as well, as the oddly-named trio will reunite on September 18 in Chapel Hill, NC for the [...]
HearYa (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Warning: The Following Article May Contain Small Amounts of Freaking Out So it’s been nearly a full decade since Ben Folds Five disbanded after their last release, The Unofficial Biography of Reinhold Messner. Since then, titular musician Ben Folds has gone on to even more massive success, especially among the college and MySpace crowds, releasing several [...]
Idolator (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Cheeky piano-heavy trio Ben Folds Five have announced that they're reuniting for a show where they play their 1999 album The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner in its entirety. The concert—which takes place in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Sept. 18—is the first installment in the "let's have bands play the albums you love so they can keep raking in the nostalgia cash" series Front To Back , which...
