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Ben

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About Me

My name is Benjamin Joiner. Most know me simply as Ben. I am from a small town in Georgia called Thomaston. I am the singer/songwriter and guitarist of the band, "Minerva". Feel free to check out the music at www.myspace.com/minervamusic. I would love to know your thoughts on my tunes. I have a wonderful girlfriend, Destiny Butler, who I love sharing my life with, and who has always supported me in my endeavours.Myspace Contact Tables , hosting by Imgdump.net ..

My Interests

Music, the Asian philosophies, Nature, reading, art forms from around the world, traveling, cultures of old, living with potential and clarity
Instructions and products for growing and maintaining dreadlocks.

I'd like to meet:

Friends, musicians, poets, philosophers, and everything in between.

Music:

Alice in Chains, Animal Bag, Candlebox, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Faith No More, Meat Puppets, Tumbleweed, Mindfunk, Tribe After Tribe, Mother Love Bone, Temple of the Dog, Crash Test Dummies, Mad Season, Screaming Trees, Mark Lanegan, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Soul Asylum, Drivin N Cryin, Mr. Bungle, Porno for Pyros, Jane's Addiction, Living Colour, Pink Floyd, David Gilmour, Crosby Stills and Nash, Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush, The Beatles, The Moody Blues, Robin Trower, King Crimson, Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Doors, Bob Marley, Wes Montgomery, John Mclaughlin (and the Mahavishnu Orchestra), Rick Braun, Boney James, Fourplay, Russ Freeman and the Rippingtons, Craig Chaquico, Paul Hardcastle and the Jazzmasters, Sade, Jeff Golub, Robert Cray, Levi Chen, Medwyn Goodall, David and Diane Arkenstone, Tya, Ravi Shankar, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, David Hudson, Kitaro, Folk and Classical music from Native America, China, Tibet, Japan, Australia, India, and Africa.

Movies:

Wayne's World I and II, Airplane, Baraka, Airheads, Singles, The Naked Gun trilogy, Wrongfully Accused, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (and most any other Don Knotts film), Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Tommy Boy, Black Sheep, House on Haunted Hill (anything with Vincent Price).

Television:

The Weather Channel can be interesting...

Books:

The Way of Zen, Tao Te Ching, The Outsiders, the poetry of Kahlil Gibran, The I Ching, Nature Man and Woman, The Teachings of Don Juan; Yaqui Way of Knowledge, Zen Mind Beginner's Mind, Scar Tissue, Does it Matter?

Heroes:

Anyone who has ever taught me anything in this life...

My Blog

Wind in a Box

When we love someone or something, we must allow them to live as themselves, to be the person that they are, and not try to change the seasons of their hearts or the way of their being....
Posted by Ben on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:21:00 PST

A NEW YEAR

It has been quite a while since I have written a blog, and I happened to find this an appropriate time seeing as how we have just begun another new year. I have found myself reflecting on se...
Posted by Ben on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:06:00 PST

The Fog and I

"Misty Haze... Inner fog thickens- I walk alone as the hermit". ...
Posted by Ben on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:37:00 PST

The Angel and the Devil

"If we want justice and cooled wars with our natural enemies, whether human or nonhuman, we must first come to terms with the enemy in ourselves and in our own hearts, for the rascal is there as much ...
Posted by Ben on Fri, 25 May 2007 12:58:00 PST

THE INNER LAW

"He whose law is within himself walks in hiddenness. His acts are not influenced by approval or disapproval. He whose law is outside himself directs his will to what is beyond his control, And seeks t...
Posted by Ben on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:55:00 PST

A thought...

Do you ever feel that people think you have become too eccentric? Perhaps in the eyes of others, I have become a distant wanderer. It's always been apart of me, but lately has it seemed more pronounce...
Posted by Ben on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:50:00 PST

Haiku

Through the evening mist, a lone goose is flying; Of one tone are wide waters and sky.   I didn't write this one, but I like it. This one stood out to me through a sense of loneliness tonight. Th...
Posted by Ben on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:20:00 PST

Mystery

The pearl moon draped with cloudy sky...  Silent Mystery behind all Things.    
Posted by Ben on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:22:00 PST

A Word on Action

"When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself". -Shunryu Suzuki. Taken from the book, "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind". 'Tis a mad good read...
Posted by Ben on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:14:00 PST

Remembering a Greatness

It's one of those days... when I sit and listen to Mother Love Bone and reminisce about a by-gone time. There have been many days on which I have sat and connected totally with the music from another ...
Posted by Ben on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 08:18:00 PST