BENJI MARTIN

This past Saturday, 5th September 2009, I've been fortunate to play at TimFest 2009.  It was a celebration of music as well as that of the birthday of its organiser, my good friend, Tim Webb of White Light.

White Light played a set, then I went on to play several songs,and  then the former played another set.  Afterwards, a mutual friend from my open mic nights at the Garage who calls himself Catfish, took the stage for his set, most of which I played percussi...

This past Friday evening, I went to the Celtic Cafe in Winston-Salem, NC, to see a performance by one of my favourite groups, White Light.  This band consists of three very good friends of mine from open mic at the Garage:  Drew Hoffmann on bass, Tim Webb on lead guitar, and Phillip Peace on harmonica and rhythm guitar.  Their style of music is acoustic rock 'n roll that is sung in the best three-part harmony in the business, and their set lists include a mix of original songs ...

Words cannot express enough how shocked and sadded I was to learn of the sudden death of one of my heroes, Michael Jackson, on 25th June 2009, but he has always been and always will be a huge inspiration to me both personally and musically. 

Michael's music was a huge part of my upbringing in the 80s and 90s.  My biggest memories were rocking out to songs from his Thriller album (i.e. "Billie Jean," "Beat It," "Wanna Be Startin' Something") in the ba...

By now, I am sure that you have seen or heard of the videotape that features and was produced by the two former Domino's Pizza employees in Concord, North Carolina. 

Not to be one to pass judgement, I tell you the following from my overall 14-year experieince as a food service worker in my hometown of Thomasville.  During this time, I have witnessed similar acts that were committed by some of my former co-workers (whose names shall not be mentioned).
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By now, I am pretty sure that you have learned of some comments that have been made recently by radio commentator Michael Savage concerning autism.  I have never listened to or even heard of him, but as an autistic 34-year-old adult, I find those comments to be scathing, barbaric, and unnecassary.

Autism is real.  C'mon!  Did you know that 1 out of 150 children are diagnosed with this disability?  Did you know that it often goes undiagnosed?  Did you know that...