…it’s been one of those months. Again. A blizzard of emails, a compilation in the making, old friends resurfacing, new friends vanishing in a fog of smoke, more plates a-spinning than ever before, some a-crashing on the floor…
So to recap (and I write this as much for myself as I do for you just to try and figure out where the fuck we are):
The last month has mostly been about getting songs together for next Daydream Generation compilation (DG5). I’ve sent a dozen or more bulletins and posted more blogs than I’d care to remember asking for bands to contribute. At times I felt like one of those jumped up shitbags on the stock market floor trying to get myself heard over the tidal wave of MySpace time-wasters all bawling about this and that, but I bit the bullet and did it for the good of the cause. If you take the time to have a peek in the SINGLES section at the top of this page you’ll see that we’ve had a great response, and in particular made a lot of new friends who make lovely music – hopefully names like MEGHAN GEISS, THE HOBORCHESTRA, JAMES P. PAGE, MADISON ACID, JERRY KALINE, JOHN LUDLINGTON, WINO RIOT, CIRCUIT BREAKER, TELESCOPE VEHICLE, and OTIS LIDDY, will someday be as familiar to anyone who follows what we’re doing here as the favourite names that have kindly returned to another DG project like FIG MINTS, CODY HIGH SCHOOL, THE SOFT SUNFLOWER, DYLAN GOUGH, ALLAN DOUGLAS, and THE DEPRAVATIONS. On the SINGLES page you’ll find thumbnail reviews, and links to all the contributing artist’s websites. And for those of you who can’t be bothered reading then there are a wide selection of pretty pictures to gaze at for as long as your eyes stay open.
For now the songs are there for your listening pleasure only, but once there are enough to fill 2 free discs of download then we’ll patch them altogether & send them out into the universe kicking & screaming. The way things are going with a new Single being posted every day, and plenty of songs in the daydreamgen@gmail.com traffic jam, our estimated time of arrival in Free Download City is likely to be mid-to-late June. With a mighty tail wind of good-will & switched on daydreamers we have made great time. Expect some sort of turbulance before the trip is over. And help yourself to drugs & drink & whatever religion floats your boat. I’m working on a crash landing manual as we speak but if I don’t get it done in time, then thanks for travelling with the Daydream Generation, sorry we fucked it up.
But of course we won’t fuck it up. Probably.
So keep your submissions rolling in – there’s still a bit of room onboard the next compilation, but the spaces are being filled in a hurry. If you want to submit a track then email an mp3 and single cover/pic to daydreamgen@gmail.com – I can’t guarantee we’ll play your music, or that it will fit with what we’re doing, but I appreciate and dig hearing new sounds – so hit me with your rhythm stick.
Where the fuck was I?
Ah yes – the last month. Beyond the next compilation this site has been not quite a hive of activity, but certainly a busy little oddity shop down a hidden backstreet of the internet. If you’ve got some time to kill then have a read of our recent BROKEN MONO or DYLAN GOUGH interviews, or preferably both, or wrap your eyes around a review of UBERFUZZ‘s “Drowning In Honey” album. Once again for those of you who can’t be bothered reading then there’s THE SOFT SUNFLOWER‘s video, a cool acoustic performance of “Feelin’ Groovy“. (Although if you are one of those can’t be bothered to readers, then its highly unlikely you’ll have just read that, in which case it was undoubtedly pointless me ever writing it). A note on videos though while I’m here – if anyone who has been involved in any of the compilations want me to post one of your videos on the site then send a link to the usual location.
Is that it?
Is it fuck!
If you really are looking for something to fill the seconds and enrich your head in the process then you could do a lot worse than visiting the dgRECORDS link at the top of this page and download the brilliant new CODY HIGH SCHOOL record “Baddest Fastest“. It’s worth it’s weight in gold that’s for sure, full of baggy guitar hooks, drawled vox and clever words. And thanks to Mr Gil De Ray it’s FREE. Yes FREE. As a bird. No shit.
And that’s it.
I think.
Be happy wherever you are, and if you can’t be happy then try channelling it into some kind of creative project, not only does it work wonders but you might end up contributing something positive to the universe in the process. And if you’re not imaginative enough to be creative, then the chances are that you are either one of those spambots or not even reading this.
Smally
