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Heh. Just talking to a long time cellar dweller about Everywhere feels like home. I thought we'd taken yet another risk and I am quite surprised by how well it's being received.

No really. 'Sonic bliss'? Outstanding Marine!

I dig it. I mean, we do it. I can be excused from some degree of self delusion. Maybe. But I've had a number of cellar dwellers dig this far more than I had expected. I mean, a soundtrack fer cryin out loud?

Theo said something interesting tonight. Quite unlike The Curious Assembly, this album definitely has a linked sonic quality. Maybe that makes it more accessible as a whole, which suggests in a way that our objective of having each of the songs on The Curious Assembly sound different was, if anything, too successful (spinning it like a pro baby, yeah).

Then again I still feel we're in a Single Track universe of playlists these days and most of the folks who have commented on Everywhere Feels Like Home are what i'd call 'album' listeners. They're listening to the whole thing, hoping to find a new 'favourite' track.

That means that they take the musical journey of the album, through the narrative of the main theme, just as we did in putting it together.

YES we have achieved Total Artistic Wanker Status!

Ah...like my self-hating-nihilist-heroes in T.I.S.M

Ok, so I admit it, we got a bit arty. Hence my expectation that other people might go.

Oh. Err. Um.

Ah.

Yeah.

A few instrumentals eh?

I figured there was enough there for it to be a respectable release, but I am really quite delighted that some of our long time compadres are getting into it in a way I didnt expect. They're getting into the peaceful vibe, putting on headphones, listening to Bloomington and then telling me what they imagine as they listen.

That's awesome.

I'm gonna go do that now.

I was working on the multimedia stuff right up until the moment i left for the show last night. I got pretty close to what I was aiming for, so that was a bonus.

Sadly Jo couldnt make it (bummer) so we couldn't do helplesssly hoping and I had to sing Push Me Away.

So yes, OK, I measure the result by how close it gets to Original Intent, but I also stop for the gratitude moment.

Geoff and Bukhu have joined us for this mission simply because they're into it. They like the song and it has given them a chance to stretch, as it does for us.

I was touched when Bukhu explained to the crowd that he liked playing with us, liked the song and in particular, that he liked the words 'everywhere feels like home'.

Re-settling in Sydney all the way from Mongolia is a big change and he is proud of his adopted country. We're lucky to have his talent.

This song, this concept, meant something to him. That's so cool.

I got a big response frorm the crowd last night when I pointed out that only in Sydney, only at this gig, would you find a Jazz Bassist, a Sydney Dance Company Cellist, a Horse fiddle and throat singer, an Indy guitarist, a Slide player, harp player and a dutchman all together on stage. 

No greater praise than their presence and their involvement. We're very fortunate. We say thank you to our guests and to everyone who joine dus last night.

nice photo rosie.

So busy, forgot to mention this show.

Free entry. It's a small space so we're going to ease back a little with some songs we havent played in a while.

This thursday night, 10 dec, lazybone lounge. theres a whole night of music on, we kind of snuck in there to open the show. It's $10 entry.

Bukhu, Geoff, Jo and the boys will do Everywhere feels like home, end to end. Short sweet and a truly rare thing that I am not jumping up and down about.

You have no idea how lucky I am to get this together for a second time. This is what lifes about. dont miss it. I might not be able to get it done again :-)

I forgot how much 'stuff' there is to do with putting out a CD.

I still have several days worth of video from our last tour to cut and upload oh yeah and we're doing a live version of Everywhere feels like home next week I have to finish some video for. Did I mention that? I didn't, did I.

You know why? I am in Logistics Land. I hear tales of an age where someone would say, 'No, don't risk a paper cut, 'we have people for that'.'

Of course in the age of the self propelled musician, we are those people.

we are those people

Sounds like a brilliant new Stephen King Premise, to whit:

'A band, releasing an album, finds themselves transported to the universe of...the Mail Room'

I say Thankyou Frank, our local Haberfield Postage Agent because he is the BOSS. He's been sending out our stuff for OMG 8 years. He knows how to tag'em, bag'em and get them there, when I can't remember which form is the customs form, or how to lick a stamp.

We both comiserated today that the days of the CD are numbered, that so much communication has gone digital and that we may be sending less and less stuff. 'Putting me out of a job' he says mirthfully, but there's a truth to it.

Sympathy for the postman.

Meanwhile, lick, stick, pack, send. mmm...gluey.

(EDIT: Top Professional Tip - Don't lick the self-stick-pre-adhesive ones, they taste funny)