Vacation in the Land of Corn

Yes, you read that right folks. Jhubner73 is on vacation. No more clocking in, driving fork lifts, answering doors, listening to pig-faced rats tell me what to do on a daily basis. No sir. I’m free. Free at last to sleep in. Free at last to walk around in my boxers till 11am. Free at […]

A Quick One…

I couldn’t tell you the last time I had a glass of Nestle Quick. Well, I can tell you now. It was 10 minutes ago. But before that it was years and years back. I have a little history with Nestle Quick. You see, my grandpa Jack was a salesman for Nestle. He supplied all […]

Deerhunter-Monomania

I’ve been sitting with this new Deerhunter record for well over a month now. I thought like all of their past records there were layers that took time to reveal and that I shouldn’t jump the gun on some opinionated 500 word piece on it. Much like the owl trying to get to the center […]

Boards of Canada-Tomorrow’s Harvest

From the opening horns of “Gemini” to the fading strands of album closer “Semena Mertvykh” there isn’t a moment on Boards of Canada’s Tomorrow’s Harvest where you wonder whose album this is. There has been a veritable silence from the direction of Scottish brothers Marcus Eoin and Mike Sandison since 2006s Trans Canada Highway ep. […]

Fathers Day

It’s hard to believe we’re already at Fathers Day this year. 2013 is nearly to the halfway point. Three or so weeks left till the Fourth of July and a month or so of people celebrating their independence by intruding on my sleep by shooting firecrackers till the wee hours of the morning. Man, that […]

1996-2013…and counting

It was 17 years ago today that my wife and I exchanged vows in an overly hot community building overlooking the sort of pretty Winona Lake, in the even less sort of pretty Winona Lake, IN. We were married by a Justice of the Peace. She was a very nice lady. I can’t recall her […]

Video Nasties Make Audio Lovlies

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about certain things in my childhood that influenced my tastes as an adult. My parents making homemade pizza on Saturday nights definitely followed me up to adulthood(except we usually have pizza during the week). Growing up listening to music all the time. There was always a record spinning when […]

Deafheaven-Sunbather

Deafheaven’s Sunbather is one of those anomalies that happens every so often in metal music where you’re moved to your core listening to the aural violence. Singer George Clark sounds like Deftones’ Chino Moreno having some sort of attack as songwriter/guitarist Kerry McCoy creates transcendent -albeit bludgeoning- music that sweeps you up in the drama […]

Something For A Monday Evening

I was going to post these Friday night, then Saturday afternoon, then…well, then I just didn’t. So here’s some stuff for a Monday evening. Come on in, you’re getting soaked. Friday my wife dropped our oldest daughter off at Band Camp and headed over to St. Anne’s annual garage sale(during the holidays they sell the […]

Still Corners-Strange Pleasures

Every once in a while you have to put away the Morbid Angel and N.W.A. and just chill out. It can’t all be bloodlettings and drive-by shootings. Sometimes you need a breathy voice and a mellowed-out vibe to bring you back down to earth for a bit. Well, Still Corners is here to do just […]