Ben’s Show Notes for November 2, 2012

He is 38.

I see a barking Jingle Bells and Fat Boys mash-up in the future.

The latest single from the album, I Cry uses two layers of samples. The basis of the song is from a tune by Bingo Players from 2011 called Cry (Just a Little). That song in turn samples Piano in the Dark by Brenda Russell for the chorus.

As many on the East Coast try to get their lives back to normal after the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, NBC has announced an hour-long benefit concert for victims of the storm. Christina Aguilera and a host of rockers will perform live on ‘Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together,’ which airs this Friday night, Nov. 2, at 8PM ET.

It’s easy to poke fun at George Lucas. He directed the prequel trilogy after all, and refuses to acknowledge the original cuts of the first three ‘Star Wars‘ movies. But when Lucas does good, that’s no joke. And today word broke that Lucas will be giving the majority of the money he got for selling Lucasfilm to educational philanthropy.

A video game villain wants to be a hero and sets out to fulfill his dream, but his quest brings havoc to the whole arcade where he lives.