Madness.

Feeling pretty thankful for the Fediverse and the people I’ve connected with here. It’s been a breath of light in a world that seems to continue to grow darker. I love how we have all these different communities with different interests all working in parallel to make the Fedi the inclusive and welcoming space that I look forward to catching up on every day.

One of my songs was featured in the opening titles of a fun new short film that @megaultra worked on recently for a film festival. I’ve also been fortunate enough to connect with an Australian artist this year who invited me to score their short film which was a fun little project too. I’ll post links to those projects when they become publicly available.

I released my debut solo album which has been well received on the Fediverse by fellow artists and #DgarHeads alike, which is awesome. @brothersoul very kindly hosted a Bandcamp launch party for my album on @labr and a few amazing Fedizens even purchased it on vinyl!

The #Bandcamp launch party was great, and it inspired a new show on #LABR specifically to promote indie musicians on Bandcamp Fridays. Brother Soul, @DJUpNorth , @darkwolf , and I’m sure a few more that I have failed to mention, have all been working hard to create this show. It’s an opportunity for fellow Fedi artists to share their music and have their songs featured on LABR played live on #BandcampFriday, in a show that you can link to, share, or download for later from the LABR replay page.

Anyway, I feel like these are all good things. Good things happening on the Fediverse. There’s a really cool underground music scene here and it’s such a privilege to be a part of it and have the opportunity to contribute.

Feeling pretty thankful indeed.
🫶
#DgarMusic #fediRadio

Doctor: I have the report from your eye examination.

Me: Can I see it?

Doctor: Probably not.

“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.”
~ Frank Herbert, Dune.

🧑‍🎨

Most gnome statues have red hats.

That’s a little gnome fact.

If you got this far down the thread, thank you - have a free copy of my single “John Mastodon (ft. Andre Louis)”

You’ve earned it!!

https://dgar.bandcamp.com/track/john-mastodon-ft-andre-louis

Track 14: Stupid (reprise)

I like doing stupid things
I like doing stupid things
I like doing stupid things
I'm stupid

https://dgar.bandcamp.com/track/stupid-reprise

Track 13: Virtual Scrolls

You can’t close your account when you’re dead
But the virtual scrolls hold the things that you said
They remind me of that party that we went to years ago
And I’m struck by the sorrow of letting you go

Doop doop doo de doop doop do de doop doop do do do ahhh
Doop doop doo de doop doop do de doop doop do do do dum dum dum
Doop doop doo de doop doop do de doop doop do do do ahhh
Doop doop doo de doop doop do de doo

Journals you wrote that no one can close
Locked up with passwords that nobody knows
Collections and libraries
The trinkets you saved
Proudly displayed
Yet all locked away.

Baa baa ba ba bap bap ba ba baa baa ba ba ba ahhh
Baa baa ba ba bap bap ba ba baa baa ba ba ba dum dum dum
Baa baa ba ba bap bap ba ba baa baa ba ba ba
Baa baa ba ba bap bap ba ba baa

The things that one writes might not go away
Stored in kilobytes all the things that you played
The virtual scrolls hold the things that you said
Cause you can’t close your account when you’re dead

https://dgar.bandcamp.com/track/virtual-scrolls

Track 12: Icarus

[Instrumental]

https://dgar.bandcamp.com/track/icarus-2

Track 11: All Zombies Go To Heaven

I got clouds in my head and I’m feeling kinda dizzy
My eyes kinda hurt and my hair is all frizzy
This jacket smells bad and I stepped in something squishy
I’m feeling kinda hungry so I gotta get busy

Walking to the beat and everything is gritty
Boarded up houses but the gardens look pretty
Get with the crew and we start to get giddy
We’re drawn down the street by the promise of the city

I may fall today
But I don’t need no confession
It doesn’t hurt to pray
But I’ve still got my depression
Searching for some brains
It’s kinda my obsession
I think it’s safe to say
All zombies go to heaven

You can see the meat hanging out to dry
They think they’re safe and believe that lie
But behind their walls they start to cry
They see us coming and we won’t die

We are the hoard and we grow every day
Trying to make it in a world decayed
We can’t talk. Got nothing to say
Paying the price that we all have to pay

I may fall today
But I don’t need no confession
It doesn’t hurt to pray
But I’ve still got my depression
Searching for some brains
It’s kinda my obsession
I think it’s safe to say
All zombies go to heaven
All zombies go to heaven

I may fall today
But I don’t need no confession
It doesn’t hurt to pray
But I’ve still got my depression
Searching for some brains
It’s kinda my obsession
I think it’s safe to say
All zombies go to heaven
All zombies go to heaven

All zombies
Go to heaven

https://dgar.bandcamp.com/track/all-zombies-go-to-heaven-2

Track 10: Only the Music

The joker is putting me down
They want to wear the crown
It feels like I’m the clown
They gonna put me in the ground

No one believes in me
No one sees what I see
Fighting to set me free
Pleading down on my knees

It’s only the music
That keeps me alive
Without the beat
I wouldn’t survive
It’s only the music
That keeps me alive
Without the beat
I wouldn’t survive
Let’s go

Majesty is smouldering
Baby’s cold shouldering
Hand in the golden ring
I don’t know what I’m doing

No one believes in me
No one sees what I see
Fighting to set me free
Pleading on my knees

It’s only the music
That keeps me alive
Without the beat
I wouldn’t survive
It’s only the music
That keeps me alive
Without the beat
I wouldn’t survive
Let’s go

The joker is putting me down
They want to wear the crown
Feels like I’m the clown
They gonna put me in the ground.

No one believes in me
No one sees what I see
Fighting to set me free
Pleading on my knees

It’s only the music
That keeps me alive
Without the beat
I wouldn’t survive
It’s only the music
That keeps me alive
Without the beat
I wouldn’t survive
It’s only the music
That keeps me alive
Without the beat
I wouldn’t survive
It’s only the music
That keeps me alive
Without the beat
I wouldn’t survive
It’s only the music
That keeps me alive
Without the beat
I wouldn’t survive
It’s only the music
That keeps me alive
Without the beat
I wouldn’t survive
It’s only the music
That keeps me alive
It’s only the music
That keeps me alive
It’s only the music
That keeps me

https://dgar.bandcamp.com/track/only-the-music

Track 9: Waving Man

Don’t you wave at the waving man
Distracting you with a wave of his hand
He’ll take your soul and put it in a can
So don’t you wave at the waving man

Don’t you wave at the waving man
Consuming the world just as fast as he can
He’ll steal your thoughts and load them into RAM
So don’t you wave at the waving man

Connecting to the main frame
Playing the blame game
Gonna make it rain pain
Gonna drive you insane
Take it from the top
We gotta make it rock
Block the brain rot
Stop the slop

Don’t you wave at the waving man
He’s been waving since waves began
He’s watching you and learning all he can
So don’t you wave at the waving man

Don’t you wave at the waving man
Don’t become a part of his plan
It’s probably better if you just ran
So don’t you wave at the waving man

https://dgar.bandcamp.com/track/waving-man

Track 8: Digital Busker

Digital audience
Gazing into screens
Wandering through playlists
Shuffling their streams

Digital busker
Laying track after track
Sharing his beats
Never looked back
Take after take
Gotta get that mix jumping
Drop that beat
Feel that bass pumping

He’s not on the radio
No records tapes CDs
He broadcasts on the Internet
It’s all done digitally

Digital busker
Laying track after track
Sharing his beats
Never looked back
Take after take
Gotta get that mix jumping
Drop that beat
Feel that bass pumping

Thoughts he plucks from his mind
Get played right in your brain
Digial sounds in the bits he writes
What we think becomes the same

Digital busker
Laying track after track
Sharing his beats
Never looked back
Take after take
Gotta get that mix jumping
Drop that beat
Feel that bass pumping

https://dgar.bandcamp.com/track/digital-busker-2

Track 7: Splinter In The Mind's Eye

I can see through
The thin line that you
Call your mind
Darkness comes creeping
Walls are receding
Outside they say you look fine

Monsters are creeping from my head
Talons are shining
Eyes are desiring
The flesh they rip from the dead
Mirrors are breaking in me
Kaleidoscope reflections I see
Walk on shards with my cut-up feet

Nobody's home
You're all alone
You can't be wasting time
There's sinners around
They must be brought down
Your poem doesn't rhyme

The poisoned earth has gone completely
Opened up to eat me
Aching for outdoors
It's so bright
Artificial hygienic white light
I can't take it anymore

I see you there in the corner
The world looks at you with contempt
They are glad to find you mad
Not even your mother wept

Can't get no light in
The fear is blinding
I want to curl up and die
I can't imagine
With this painful stabbing
A splinter in my mind's eye

Locked up and forgotten
We leave you there
Tie up your body
Cut off your hair
You're running out of time
You can still make your poem rhyme

https://dgar.bandcamp.com/track/splinter-in-the-minds-eye-2

Track 6: Anymore

To my heart you had the key
You took away my dignity
It took me this long to see
what the fuck you're doing to me

Tie me down, suburban chains
Keep me standing in the rain
I think you must like the pain
You are driving me insane
Insane

In my face you slam the door
Kick my brains across the floor
I won't take it anymore
Anymore

Ask me to be your spouse
Lead me you, you dirty louse
Armed gunmen in your house
Dissect my life like a mouse

Why did you make it so hard?
Prowlers creeping in the dark
Setting traps in your backyard
Lock yourself behind bars
Yeah

In my face you slam the door
Kick my brains across the floor
I won't take it anymore
Anymore
Anymore
Anymore
Anymore

https://dgar.bandcamp.com/track/anymore

Track 5: Little Black Hatchback

I took my baby
To the esplanade
We grabbed a bite to eat
And found a place to park
They said to me
I like your car
Was then I knew
We’re gonna go far
We headed to the beach
And we chased the tide
We watched the sea
And the sun collide
We put some dolphin stickers
On the sides
Of our little black hatchback
And go for ride.

It looks so good
Looks so right
Driving along
Taking in the sights

In my little black hatchback
Driving from town to town
Taking all the back tracks
In the coolest little car around

We drove out back
Looking for some fun
It was like we were sailing
On the sun
Look out world
Here we come
In a little black hatchback
That wants to run
We went on a search
For something new
We climbed the mountains
Just to see the view
You vowed to me
And I vowed to you
To connect our souls
And forever be true

It feels so good
It feels so right
Driving along
Afternoon delight

In my little black hatchback
Driving from town to town
Taking all the back tracks
In the coolest little car around

It’s so good
It’s so right
Driving along
Into the night

In my little black hatchback
Driving from town to town
Taking all the back tracks
In the coolest little car around
My little black hatchback
Driving from town to town
Taking all the back tracks
In the coolest little car around

https://dgar.bandcamp.com/track/little-black-hatchback-2

Track 4: It’s Always Monday On The Moon

The adventure of a lifetime
On the next million steps for mankind
Years of planning and training and prepping and now I’m here and I have left you alone
It’s time to come home

Two week long days and nights
Time drags on underneath the lights
Working all the time mining crater ice
And keeping the vacuum on the outside
I’m living at my job
Even free time isn’t free
Every day’s a workday
And Friday’s but a dream
But soon I’m coming home to you

It’s always Monday on the Moon
It’s always Monday on the Moon
It’s never Friday afternoon
It’s always Monday on the Moon

Recirculated air
Watching home just hanging there
Months of constantly cleaning the luna dust from the regolith filters in my tin can
It’s all that I am

Two week long days and nights
Time drags on underneath the lights
Working all the time mining crater ice
And keeping the vacuum, on the outside
Filling out reports
Maintaining machines
Every day’s a workday
And I’m living in a dream
But soon I’m coming home to you

It’s always Monday on the Moon
It’s always Monday on the Moon
It’s never Friday afternoon
It’s always Monday on the Moon

It’s always Monday on the Moon
It’s always Monday on the Moon
Soon I’m coming home to you
It’s always Monday on the Moon

https://dgar.bandcamp.com/track/its-always-monday-on-the-moon-2

Track 3: Daedalus

Son you’re my everything
So I want you to know
I can lead you to the edge
Then you’re on your own

Don’t fly too high
Don’t go too low
Don’t soar too fast
Don’t move too slow

He’s gonna fly away
Yeah
He’s gonna fly away

I give you my wings
And my finest advice
The choices are yours
When you take flight

Don’t fly too high
Don’t go too low
Don’t soar too fast
Don’t move too slow

He’s gonna fly away
Yeah
He’s gonna fly away

Don’t fly too high
Don’t go too low
Don’t soar too fast
Don’t move too slow

He’s gonna fly away
Yeah
He’s gonna fly away

https://dgar.bandcamp.com/track/daedalus-2

Track 2: Airlock

I saw her in the airlock
With a look she rocked my heart
She left for Jupiter station
And I was standing on Mars

I’m underground
Like you’re in space
I cannot move
With your grace
It’s not tears
That I shed
I’m so alone
And she said

And she said

And she said

I saw her in the airlock
With a look she rocked my heart
She left for Jupiter station
And I was standing on Mars

I’m underground
Like you’re in space
I cannot move
With your grace
It’s not tears
That I shed
I’m so alone
And she said

And she said

And she said

https://dgar.bandcamp.com/track/airlock-2