Seeing Black Circles: Confessions of a Music Junkie

It’s usually this time of year when I really start to think about my obsession. It’s not something I’m necessarily proud of, but it’s not something I’m ashamed of either. It’s not an obsession that will land me in rehab, jail, or divorce court. There’s no lurid tales of back alley smack shooting, or maxing […]

Random Thoughts Part III

There’s one Christmas that sticks out from my childhood more than any. It was the Christmas I received the Spiderman Rescue Helicopter. This thing was massive. You know those Barbie Corvettes they used to sell to little girls that grew up to be big girls with huge expectations? Well, this helicopter was that big. Big […]

“Religion don’t mean a thing…

it’s just another way to be right wing.” When I heard that line from Spoon’s excellent “Jonathon Fisk” I knew I’d found a lifelong friend in Britt Daniel. Hell, when I heard “We get high in backseats of cars, we break into mobile homes” I think I was won over. Who am I kidding, the […]

Random Thoughts: Part One by J. Hubner

My earliest memory is sitting in a high chair that seemed to be located in a screened-in porch in a woods or forest. I was being fed something with little cut-up mushrooms in it(green bean casserole? prison food?) by an older woman. I’m thinking it was my great-grandma, or one of my grandma’s sisters that […]