Heavy-hearted in the Midwest since 2011
I’m not sure what’s a popular opinion and what’s an unpopular opinion when it comes to King Crimson, but in terms of eras of the band my absolute favorite one is the 80s reincarnation with Adrian Belew. Discovering and obsessing over Adrian Belew’s 80s solo albums back in high school was the starting point. Once […]
Read More Neal And Jack And Adrian And Robert And Tony And Bill And MeGreetings. How was everyone’s weekend? How was Good Friday/Easter Sunday? We don’t really celebrate Easter around here. Mainly because we’re not religious, and I feel that celebrating Easter with ham and scalloped potatoes and jovial merrymaking isn’t the right thing to do when you aren’t doing it for real. I don’t want to be piggybacking […]
Read More Easter Monday(April Fool’s Day)The prog/synth duo Zombi, which consists of keyboardist/bassist/composer Steve Moore and percussionist/keyboardist AE Paterra, have notched out a very specific sonic corner in electronic music. Influenced/inspired by horror scores and films, as well as 70s prog and more thoughtful metal of the 70s and 80s, these two Pittsburgh-raised musicians have rewired the idea of the […]
Read More Zombi : Direct InjectHow often can you say you’ve seen a legend perform live? I mean, someone who’s changed the face of their chosen art? Someone who helped to define an era and influence and inspire countless generations after them? I would say for me it was once, and it was Friday night. I was lucky enough to […]
Read More Hancock Live, Party Like Adults, Walking the Dog, Road To NowhereThis was the typical scene at a Hubner Thanksgiving celebration. It was spent with the four of us(Dad, Mom, my older brother Chris, and me) and my paternal grandparents. It was never anything too crazy; turkey, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, stuffing, and rolls. There’d be a pumpkin pie, and my grandma usually brought something […]
Read More A Family TraditionSibling rivalry in rock bands is a long-standing tradition in the pantheon of rock and roll. The Kinks, The Jesus Mary Chain, Beach Boys, The Breeders and Oasis are just a few examples where siblings in a band had issues with each other from time to time. Something about that sibling rivalry, it would either […]
Read More The Black Crowes : Happiness BastardsWayne Shorter is one of those cats that sounds and feels as if his music is coming from an entirely different place from any of his contemporaries. There’s an intellectual quality to the music that not even Miles Davis ever achieved. Davis reached both celebrity and more listeners with Kind Of Blue, laying claim to […]
Read More Wayne Shorter’s ‘Schizophrenia’Not a particularly exciting weekend, but not bad either. Every Friday I go into it thinking I’m going to make the most of it. No wasting two days away from work sitting around doing nothing. But really, that’s all I want out of a weekend. I want to do nothing; no obligations, no responsibilities, and […]
Read More Painting, Road Trips, Spinning Tunes, And Buzzing AmpsMy first exposure to the music of Danish producer/musician/composer Keith Canisius was his work in the excellent Komische/Berlin School duo Astral TV. Astral TV created heady, buzzing electronic music via electronics and processed guitars, capturing the sound of electronic experimentation via the foundational music DNA found in early 70s German music pioneers like Tangerine Dream, […]
Read More Keith Canisius, Shortwave Broadcaster, and Morph Stereo : Music For ConnectionIt feels to me like this has been the most inconsistent winter we’ve had in years. We had one stretch of truly brutal cold back in January and that was pretty much it. One big winter storm, plus some polar vortex-like frigid cold all in one weekend and week then that was it. By the […]
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