Christmas but-not-Christmas Cards

A mysterious and generous benefactor has kindly let me use some of their complimentary greetings card printing order. It was a short notice thing, so I whipped up some designs based on posters I did for Braw Gigs and The Gentle Invasion.

I've decided to try to sell 'em, with all proceeds going to Re-Act Refugee Action. I don't have a huge amount, and it's stupidly near Christmas, so I'll be selling them in person this weekend, like a gorilla in the mist - I'll be at Kid Canaveral's Christmas Baubles in Pilrig Church tomorrow night (Saturday 19th), and the all-ages Re-Act Rumpus fundraiser at Leith Dockers Club on Sunday 20th. And, quite possibly, at the Song, By Toad xmas gig at Henry's after that (if I'm still standing).

If I can infiltrate a merch desk/cake table/quoits arena at any of these events I will, otherwise, sorta assuming that anyone that's in Edinburgh and reads this will know what I look like? Come and give me a festive prod. Unless I'm DJing. Which by the way I am, at the Rumpus on the Sunday. Please be warned that as it's an all-ages thing, I'll be playing Fraggle Rock records exclusively - please see Uncle Travelling Matt postcard-shaped 7" photo example below.

Okay. Oh, and if you want some of these and won't see me this weekend, I'm sure we can sort something out... just drop me an email... perhaps they'd make good Easter cards?

Big Load!

DJ Dream Caravan has just done a big load, in preparation for spinning some tunes at a Fence Records showcase at Glasgow's Oran Mor next weekend, as part of the West End Festival. There's an amazing line-up; Fence, as usual, filling the machine beyond the manufacturer's recommended capacity. Where other labels might spread the load across two washes or more, to prevent potential damage to the machine, they always have to try to squeeze in just one more musical towel.

Anyway, it's a biggie, 5pm until midnight, with Randolph's Leap, Kid Canaveral, eagleowl, Pip Dylan, Monoganon and The Pictish Trail all playing. Dream Caravan will be the renegade pink sock let loose in the mix... going to try to play mostly appropriate records, and not turn anyone's sets a lurid shade of flamingo, but... as fellow travellers of the myth-dimensional vinyl spin cycle will know, when the cosmic flamingo awakens, its call can be hard to ignore.

There are still tickets left! You can find all the info here, and there's a Facebook event here.

Legends of the Gnome

Pleased to say that Peanut Snake will be dispatching their secret special-ops minor-affray DJ Dream Caravan to the dancefloor combat-zone of Anstruther's Legends night club this Friday, for the opening party of Fence Record's "Gnomegame" festival. Should be a blast!

Expect romantic space disco, some rudeboy riddims, er.. Eighties hip hop played at the wrong speed..? As for whether Legends is really ready for Ralphael's "Disco Lady"?? Well, it seems like a long shot, admittedly. But you have to try these things.