Benjamin Cavanagh Diggles

I am the Senior Manager Web Marketing at Webtrends. I am 29, happily married + living in Portland, Oregon. I don't have many reasons for keeping this blog. I tend to talk about emerging web culture + how ridiculous the media is but the majority of this site consists of stuff that makes me smile. find archives here

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all posts tagged // mano-destra

the heartbeat of my operation

Posted: November 19, 2009

i love this machine
read here why everyone should have one

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mano-destra is back

Posted: April 15, 2008

i recently moved into a new place and i haven’t had a chance to put my studio back together. i have been writing electronic music for almost a decade now and it is hands down my true passion. i purchased the first electronic music album to ever be released in the states when i was [...]

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dammasch state hospital 2.0

Posted: March 14, 2008

i forgot to mention this site. it was (re)launched about 2 months ago.
the description: Dammasch State Hospital was a mental hospital, asylum, and educational center located in Wilsonville, Oregon, United States. It opened in 1961 and closed in 1995. [ check out the site here ]
dammasch is a great story. to a small group [...]

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ignoring eleven steps // mano-destra

Posted: September 25, 2007

i wrote this album. more of my music can be found at mano-destra.com
i love electronic music – it will always be my passion.
in ignoring eleven steps i am particularly fond of backpacking through hell and the throwing vendetta bricks break remix.
ignoring eleven steps – intro
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the anomaly girl
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mano-destra.com launched

Posted: May 18, 2007

so it’s official. i decided to launch the new mano-destra website and give away my past tracks. i am working on a new album and i have been tinkering around with this website for too long. so you will notice there is one thing missing and that is the source files to each track. my [...]

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lander concert: may 17th, pdx

Posted: May 16, 2007

please join us this thursday for an intimate evening at mississippi studios. we will be recording the concert and wish for everyone’s participation in making it a successful night! seating is limited so tell your friends and get your tickets now by clicking on the image above!
thank you and see you there!
LANDER AT MISSISSIPPI STUDIOS

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nine inch nails – only: mano-destra remix

Posted: February 3, 2007

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this is a nine inch nails remix i did last year. i thought it was damn good considering the original track was dorky. there were some killer songs on this album – ‘only’ was not one of them. i tried to make is sound like it was a nine [...]

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2007: music + mind + body

Posted: January 1, 2007

happy new year! so i haven’t posted anything for a while. the holidays have had me sucked in and the truth is that i have been working on a lot of random projects that i haven’t been able to get away from. blah blah blah. well, it is now 2007 and i am pumped for [...]

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i can’t help but boast: this song is really good

Posted: December 6, 2006

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so i wanted to share a song i did last year that i am really proud of. the bassline is sooo cool amongst other things. please listen. i have always been trying to figure out my purpose with music but all i know is that i have an ear [...]

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mano-destra: “november” mp3

Posted: November 13, 2006

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i wrote this song 4 years ago almost to the day. i called it november because it always seems to be that my mind-set changes drastically during the month of november. i highly doubt that i am the only one. things have recently gotten especially dark in the northwest. [...]

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