The selections featured on Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Old Songs for a New Depression have been chosen to present a range of colours and emotions as experienced by a cross-section of North Americans in the 1930s. Songs like "Pennies From Heaven" and the title tune comment directly, or at least ironically, on the evaporation of material security for most people. Some compositions, such as Woody Guthrie's "I Ain’t Got No Home in This World Anymore", convey the plight of the poorest blacks and rural whites, while others, like "Flamingo" and "Temptation", reflect a growing, if often confused, perception by city-dwellers of the "exotic" outside world, with whiffs of Asia, Africa, and Latin America mixed together in a potpourri of foreign influences—all of which still simmer in the popular music of today.

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The overall goal of Flypaper Records is to bring together people from all types of genres in the hopes of building a broader musical community, which spans genres, ages, and geography. The songs chosen for this and upcoming projects are covers from the well known to the esoteric that fit into a genre or style of music, art, or culture. Future projects will include Film Noir, the Beat Era, and the Jazz Age of the early 20th century. And we also look forward to developing concepts that come from our many musical friends, including those we don't yet know!