The Government
Release Date: Unreleased
Catalogue Number: SGP-0004
Band:
Steve Blonski – Electric and Bass Guitars
Mike Savignano – Drums, Percussion, Electric Guitar
Track List:
1) Delcaration of Rok
2) Track 2
3) Checks & Balances
4) Track 4
5) Track 5
6) Amnesty
Writing Credits: All songs written by The Government
*UPDATE on 5/29/2017: Added Jefim’s notes
A quote from the first round of “Music Monthly” posted one year ago, after which no subsequent rounds have been completed: “The plan is that one person will send a recommendation near the beginning of a month, and then all three of us will listen to it and send along our thoughts. We’ll see where this ends up, but it certainly was fun thinking critically about music and talking about it again!”
Well, life happens, I suppose. To Steve’s credit, he offered up the album up for discussion this time promptly after we posted the one for Hop Along. Then Jefim moved to Europe and we made a Duck House. Less time to talk music, I suppose. Still, we’d like to get back at it!
The album up for discussion is Picture You Staring by TOPS (listen here or purchase here). Emails are below:
A few days ago we released Duck House Season 3, oddly enough before we released Seasons 1 and 2. Well, today we make right what was once wrong. Behold, Seasons 1 and 2!
Each album includes a handful of One, Two, Three and Unspecified Hour Challenges. There were some clear breaks in writing philosophy and time that aided in making the cutoffs for each Season. Nothing on here is new, except for the mix of Resistance, which reduces the reverb and brings the vocals out a bit to hopefully allow Steve’s melodies to shine a little more. Enjoy!
01 – Free Max-B [download]
02 – Bones are Radioactive [download]
03 – (Fun is) What We’re Made of [download]
04 – Tibet [download]
05 – Parcel Octopus [download]
01 – Blizzard [download]
02 – Universe 25 [download]
03 – Resistance [download]
04 – Silke Kruger [download]
Until next time…
-Mike
In a move that would appeal to maniacs like George Lucas, Duck House makes their label debut by release their first album which is their third album. Also, they call them seasons.
A couple years (2012, holy cow!) ago Steve and I embarked on a journey of challenge songwriting. Each song would be written and recorded in one hour, we proclaimed. We failed on our very first attempt. Not ones to shy away from a challenge, but also not ones to succeed at them, we decided to move the goalposts. We released a few two hour challenge songs, most of which we also failed at. To three hours we went, failing all the while. At some point, we realized we shouldn’t call them challenges any more, and that a new name was in order. This would be our Desert Sessions. This would be our Duck House.
That leads us to today. For the past eight months or so we’ve been recording what would become the third “season” of Duck House. We’ve even documented some of the process. Now you can listen to the final tracks all at once on this very blog update! Enjoy!
01 – Customer Support [download]
02 – Everynight City [download]
03 – Kindness [download] (bonus link on the event that inspired this song)
04 – Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head / I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For / Help! (Medley) [download]
05 – Itsdeeep [download]
Maybe we go back and release seasons one and two at some point…
-Mike
Release Date: December, 2001
Catalogue Number: SGP-0003
Download [Here]
Band:
Steve Blonski – Acoustic, Electric, and Bass Guitars, Keyboards on 9
Mike Savignano – Drums, Percussion, Keyboards on 3, 5, 7, and 11
Track List:
1) Einstein on Ghandi
2) Sublimish
3) How to Handle an Ion Part I
4) DOTN Song
5) I See
6) Sounds of the South
7) How to Handle an Ion Part II
8) Two Sticks
9) Neutron
10) No Clue
11) How to Handle an Ion Part III
12) One of the Hangups About Being Selfish
Writing Credits: All Songs Written by Steve Blonski and the Victor Frankensteins except: 12 by Steve Blonski, and 6 by Dan Berson. All Lyrics Written by Steve Blonski and the Victor Frankensteins. Dan Berson plays acoustic guitar on track 6.
MEGAMANBEATS
Release Date: October, 2000
Catalogue Number: SGP-0001
Download [Here]
Band:
Steve Blonski – bass guitar, keyboards, synth drums, bass guitar beats, acoustic guitar, vocals
Mike Savignano – bongos, mic beats, keyboards, acoustic guitar, straw-in-a-slurpee-cup, vocals
Track List:
1) Homestyle Muzak
2) Bombman Remix
3) Midavahs
4) Indiana
5) Gimmesumptintabreak
6) Strever Anthem
7) History and Rhymes of the Lost Battalion
8) Flight of Captain Nelson M. Holderman
9) Interbilly
10) This Is Techno Cheney
11) Flight of Captain Nelson M. Holderman Live at RedRocks, CO
12) Balabalabuuaei
Writing Credits:
All songs written by Steve Blonski and the Soft-Coated Wheaten Terriers except Bombman Remix (contains elements from Capcom’s Megaman,) Indiana (contains elements from the major motion picture soundrack Indiana Jones in the Last Crusade,) Gimmesumptintabreak (contains elements of Limp Bizkit’s Break Stuff,) and Strever Anthem (contains elements of the Spin Doctors’ Piece of Glass.)
