Joseph Benitez
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Fathers Day was Murder by Death
Father’s Day 2024—an idyllic day spent with my kids, basking in the simple pleasures of fatherhood:…
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Rockstars Have Kidnapped My Youth
Columbus, Ohio – the night was warm with a gentle breeze, the King of Clubs was…
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The Mars Volta and Teri Gender Bender at Kemba LIVE!
The humid Ohio air clung to me like a second skin as I approached Kemba LIVE!…
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Modest Mouse Saves the Day
Ah, Stage AE. The air was thick with anticipation, the kind that clings to your skin…
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Bored of Being Sad: Microwave storms Columbus
Emerging fresh from the depths of a local emergency room after a nasty bout with cellulitis,…
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Spanish Love Songs and Sentimental Heartache
The drive from Columbus to Detroit is a perilous journey on any given day, but on…
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The Savage Spectacle
It is the summer of 2005, and a wild cacophony of metal and mayhem filled the…
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Indie Intensity: The Smoking Popes, LATEWAVES, and Rodeo Boys captivate Columbus
In the wild and pulsating vortex of Ace of Cups in Columbus, the stage was set…
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Indie to Icon: An evening with Laura Jane Grace, Thelma and the Sleaze, and Dikembe
As my calendar flipped to March 3rd, signaling a tentative shift towards warmer weather in Ohio,…