Something Wicked This Way Creeps: A Wild Jay Appears!

A few months ago I had been working on some new write-ups to breathe some fresh air into the Blaarg. Unfortunately, with my finishing University and other unrelated ridiculousness, those ten original pieces of content are now pretty much worthless.

I think it's reasonable to say it would be weird to publish a bunch of posts about what I'm most looking forward to - when over half of the stuff came out in the past couple months.

So when I came to that realization I noticed that it had been two months since my last official post on this monstrosity. And that's way too long of an interval. Problem is, I've had a few of those long, dead silent periods in the past six months. So, that's when I got to thinking - I need something to bring to the Blaarg that's semi-consistent and that I would enjoy continuously working on.

After a few short moments of contemplation I came up with an idea: a 365 project.

Most 365 projects involve photography as the primary driving element. Taking self-portraits, photos of locations, recurring or weekly themes, etc. - the basic concept being a photo a day, for 365 days. That being said: I'm not a photographer, and while doing something like that would be interesting, my plan is a bit different.

Within the next two weeks, I plan on kicking off this project, which will bring a new post every day for the next year. Whether I can live up to that, we'll have to wait and see, but I plan on getting a little bit of an advance on content, so I can keep generating some as I go along.

So as to do a bit of foreshadowing, I figured I'd give all five of my readers a heads up on what's to come. So, I present to you the details on Jay's 365 Days of Metal.

Each day I'll be featuring a specific album from any and all possible genres of the metal spectrum. I'll be featuring new releases, as well as old releases, by some of my favorite groups or most recent discoveries.

That being said, I want to make every day fresh, so bands I profile will only come up once throughout the year - unless of course I mention them in posts unrelated to the project.

I've also decided that I want to make the project be as random as possible. A specific genre or style per week would be interesting, but I would only consider them in moderation.

That doesn't mean I haven't thought of a few recurring themes that will come up every once in a while. My current favorite being - wait for it: Rebecca Black Metal Fridays. So much Win.

Posts will be pretty concise, and will feature the following:

1. Album details (Label, release date, length, favorite tracks, etc.) up front + Album cover
2. A description of the album in 20 words or less. 
3. A small paragraph about the artist or band in question.
4. My take on the album.
5. A sample, as I frequently give, usually through a youtube video.

And that's about all there is to say about that. To my 5 readers, comments and suggestions are always welcome, after all I'll have a whole year to try and tackle.

Keep an ear to the ground, Jay's 365 Days of Metal is coming soon.

- J