A Few Words On Justin Sweatt(and the independent artist)

There’s some of us out here in the world that may have had dreams of being a full-time artist, part-time employee. You know, the kind of artist that says the hell with “getting a real job”, as your factory-working uncle tells you at the family reunion each year. Or the weird truck driver that lingers […]

Conversations With Jack

Artwork by Jason Stephenson It seems like a lifetime, but it was actually 10 years ago that I started a band called Goodbyewave. Well, it was just me at first. Then in 2006 I started playing with a drummer named Jack. Jack had been my neighbor for nearly 10 years prior to that but […]

Wire : Nocturnal Koreans

Wire have been one of the most quietly profound bands for the last nearly 40 years. They’ve been labeled punk, post-punk, art rock, pop, and I’m sure countless other genres throughout their massive career, all the while being a band that has influenced and inspired generations of alternative and indie bands that have -for all […]

A Love Supreme/John Coltrane : The Complete Masters

Music shouldn’t be easy to understand. You have to come to the music yourself, gradually. Not everything must be received with open arms. – John Coltrane, 1963 This is a sentiment that I can wholeheartedly agree with. There have been many instances over the years that I’ve come at an album and couldn’t find […]

Storm’s A-Brewin’

It looks like we’re in for some heavy snow tonight. According to the local(and most accurate) weather report from Indiana Weather Online we’re looking to be in the 2 to 4 inches category, with us being closer to the 4 inches spot. Granted that’s not a whole lot, especially when you compare it to last […]

The Art of Art

So is there an art to being artistic? It seems like being an artist shouldn’t be an art in itself. The idea of that seems really fake and non-creative in the worst sense. But lately I’ve come across some situations where it seems like being seen as an artist, or playing the part of an […]

My Own Little Corner Of The World

So here is where I go after a long day at work. It’s also where I go when I’m throwing on some tunes for the wife and I when it’s chill time in the evening. When the moment calls for Coltrane, Davis, Monk, or Dolphy? Yep, right here. I’m entertaining and the moment requires a […]

Random Thoughts: Part Two by J. Hubner

I remember one summer I was invited to go to Bible School with Bitey and his older sister. We didn’t go to church at our house. The only time a Hubner entered a church was for a wedding or some sort of dinner after a funeral. Anyways, my mom was tired of my overactive imagination […]