I worked with Ben Folds back when he and his band Ben Folds Five came out. I was at the record label. Ben is amazing. So incredibly talented. And I am so proud he didn’t fall to bend the knee to an authoritarian! Keep your hands off the arts fRUMP!
We are here. We are many. We listen. We see. We watch. We know. We remember. We’re strong; even stronger together. We’re smart. And we’re not going away.
I love going to the symphony. I regard music as one of life's most precious rewards.
Good music, that is. And how much of what Most People listen to is any good at all? Screeching vocalists surrounded by plastic-smiling twirling dancers?
Trump isn't an ideologue. He wouldn't know Hayek from Marx. He's just a very bad man and I can't wait until he has a stroke.
Ahh the Kennedy Center..another takeover by ‘dumpster clown’.. The Arts are such a treasure imo. I can’t imagine how the Kennedy Center could possibly exist with the current regime! Thank you Ben & Ben for this interview. 💕
I received a request for donations to the Kennedy Center in the mail. Ripped it up into a hundred pieces after stomping on it first. A person at the post office watched me & commented on my anger. I explained what happened (dumpty taking over the Kennedy Center) & how I would never support it until he was gone. The music, books, commentary of our lives will no longer exist under the clown regime. The person walked away.
Maybe overreacting on my part, but we can’t allow the inspiration of the Arts to be silenced.
Good to hear you blame both Trump and Project 2025. The public generally hates it, so perhaps that can be used to gain support for the resistance..................
He is already talking about "redecorating it". And you know it will be "cheap brothel". He also closed the rehearsal rooms in the basement because they "had no windows"......what a MORON!!
I’m so glad he did this ❤️ and I’d like to give a shout out to Bruce Springsteen ❤️ who has been spreading the word to the world about what this regime is doing to our country! More of this, please….🙏
This is sad. He's taken over the Kenney Center. He's trying to take over the Smithsonian. What's next? The Washington Monument? Is there going to be any place/thing/institution in the United States that isn't left untainted by Trump over the next 3 years? (and beyond?)
Too bad conan o'brien didnt have as much class to protest by refusing to accept whatever award he was getting while standing at the Kennedy Center briefly right after the Trump regime takeover. But ego reigns in hollywood.
I worked with Ben Folds back when he and his band Ben Folds Five came out. I was at the record label. Ben is amazing. So incredibly talented. And I am so proud he didn’t fall to bend the knee to an authoritarian! Keep your hands off the arts fRUMP!
We are here. We are many. We listen. We see. We watch. We know. We remember. We’re strong; even stronger together. We’re smart. And we’re not going away.
BRAVO and Well Said!
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That was a very interesting interview!
I love going to the symphony. I regard music as one of life's most precious rewards.
Good music, that is. And how much of what Most People listen to is any good at all? Screeching vocalists surrounded by plastic-smiling twirling dancers?
Trump isn't an ideologue. He wouldn't know Hayek from Marx. He's just a very bad man and I can't wait until he has a stroke.
He had no clue what Les Misérables was about.
Me too
That's a wish for The Dictator Criminal Deranged Nutcase in the Oval Office, right? ):
Traitor Trump will want to rename this too!
Ahh the Kennedy Center..another takeover by ‘dumpster clown’.. The Arts are such a treasure imo. I can’t imagine how the Kennedy Center could possibly exist with the current regime! Thank you Ben & Ben for this interview. 💕
I received a request for donations to the Kennedy Center in the mail. Ripped it up into a hundred pieces after stomping on it first. A person at the post office watched me & commented on my anger. I explained what happened (dumpty taking over the Kennedy Center) & how I would never support it until he was gone. The music, books, commentary of our lives will no longer exist under the clown regime. The person walked away.
Maybe overreacting on my part, but we can’t allow the inspiration of the Arts to be silenced.
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I live in the DC area and am boycotting the Kennedy Center.
Probably underreacting under the circumstances. Good for you.
Good for you telling it like it is! I would have done the same thing! You go girl!
Good to hear you blame both Trump and Project 2025. The public generally hates it, so perhaps that can be used to gain support for the resistance..................
Ben Folds did the right thing not to kowtowed to Trump and his regime. Not to follow into the rabbit hole of Maga Cultists and Chaos.
Brave man
Please, please, don’t let Trump turn the centre into some sort of gaudy palace like most of his ugly properties.
He is already talking about "redecorating it". And you know it will be "cheap brothel". He also closed the rehearsal rooms in the basement because they "had no windows"......what a MORON!!
Love the description. Perfect for a sexual abuser
Brothel is probably the right word. How many your females work at the WH with no morals?
All of them!!
not MY females.......maga females......and yes ....they are all cheap whores......
Does he not know what a basement is? Did he think it’s above ground? Idiot
Oh he will, have you seen the Oval Office he has gilded that place with so much fake gold I want to vomit.
Saw it when Zelensky was there. I too wanted to vomit!
He will on our tax dollars discussing!!
He will
He wouldn’t know good music or art if it bit him…wish it would with deadly venom!
Will have to listen to this.
I’m so glad he did this ❤️ and I’d like to give a shout out to Bruce Springsteen ❤️ who has been spreading the word to the world about what this regime is doing to our country! More of this, please….🙏
Great interview! Ben folds one of my favorite musicians!!! Love him 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Trump’s hands need to be amputated from all aspects of our lives. I’m praying his own body will do that for us soon.
Ben Folds Rocks‼️
This is sad. He's taken over the Kenney Center. He's trying to take over the Smithsonian. What's next? The Washington Monument? Is there going to be any place/thing/institution in the United States that isn't left untainted by Trump over the next 3 years? (and beyond?)
Too bad conan o'brien didnt have as much class to protest by refusing to accept whatever award he was getting while standing at the Kennedy Center briefly right after the Trump regime takeover. But ego reigns in hollywood.