Thanks to Sleepy John and the gang at KPIG who had us live, acoustic, on-air on "Please Stand By" - the iconic radio show.  Guest percussion from Jen Bruno.  Very funny patter after the playing.

Lost in California on KPIG

"Rules In This Town" is the opening track of Bludgers album Better Off At Home (1996). Prior to the album’s release, Hammerhead Records brought in Eric ‘Roscoe’ Ambel to remix the track. This version is the previously unreleased original mix by the famed Mark Rubel of Pogo Studios where the track was recorded. With both versions to compare 26 years after the fact, we’re hearing harmonies and other little moments we’d forgotten we even recorded. The album version of "Rules In This Town" is on Spotify, Bandcamp, Apple Music, and wherever you buy and listen to your music.

Pogo Sessions

Rules in this Town

Hidden final track from our second album, Better Off At Home (1996) aka Three Minute Three Chord Pop Song
[Lyrics and credits below]

It all began so long ago when I was just a kid
I had a crush on my music teacher, wrote a song about it
I read a lot of Hemingway and kept my lyrics terse
And got drunk and sick on pink Chardon and got the idea for this verse
You know what I do when I do anything
I write a three minute three chord pop song, baby, about it
["hey"] 
You don’t need a rhyming dictionary, you don’t need a thesaurus
You just note down any little thing, you got a hook line for a chorus
One time I got brave and asked somebody out who I'd adored for so long
Well, she went home with my best friend but I knew I had myself a song
You know what I do when I do anything
I write a three minute three chord pop song, baby, about it
[bridge]
Well you know what I do when I do anything
I write a three minute three chord pop song, baby, about it
[something famous]
One time I just stayed at home and wrote a song about it
Called my sister on the phone and wrote a song about it
Late one night I could not sleep so I wrote a song about it
Got up and watched some late night TV, wrote a song about it
Lost my voice once, I could not sing so I wrote a song about it
One time I could not think of anything...
[urrrr ahhh]

from Better Off At Home (1996)

Andy Leach (vocals)
Jon Pheloung (vocals, acoustic guitar)
Craig Walls (bass)
Paul Colussi (guitars)
John Richardson (drums)

Better Off At Home

Wrote A Song About It

The partly true story of how we almost died in Wisconsin and almost got swindled and almost played a gig with the Wonsers. 
[Lyrics and credits below]

You rearranged all the furniture
Now it's scattered down the stairs
Spring cleaning’s important to you
You didn’t need to make it quite this clear
Driving slow in the driving snow
I got to counting 26 abandoned cars 
And eight white knuckles on my wheel
Before the hotel names on the highway signs
Exerted their emotional appeal
Driving slow in the driving snow
Leaving town
But I'm not gone
This solo tour’s just getting started
This adventure winter's just begun
I'm been going back and forth 
On going back this time
This crowded hotel lobby
Isn’t helping make up my mind
Stuck and stalled
Until the Black River Falls
Leaving town
But I'm not gone
This solo tour’s just getting started
This adventure winter's just begun
I’m going out, I may be some time

from Separate Ways(2016) https://open.spotify.com/album/7rppegUK4Qmt8gB0XsneAp?si=d7NqbwuhSAWn3T5bTRuTug

Andy Leach (guitars, vocals)
Sean Fogarty (drums, vocals)
Craig Walls (bass, vocals)
Paul Colussi (guitars)
Jon Pheloung (vocals, acoustic guitar)

Separate Ways

Adventure Winter

The first arrangement of a song we finally got right 20 years later.

D'Errico demos

Adventure Winter [1997 demo]

One voice, two guitars, recorded live.  Paul and Jon Bludger in 1993 before the band formed. 
[Lyrics and credits]
She said isn’t it time you came home to me
I said I guess so
I said I can explain everything
She said I hope so
I said the earth is round and the water’s wet
But just where I slept last night I forget
The Arctic’s cold and the desert’s hot
But just where I slept last night I forgot
She said I thought so you forgot
Well the desert's cold and the Arctic’s hot and the water’s round and the earth is wet
Is that it? I forget
The Arctic’s round and the desert’s wet and the earth is cold and the water’s hot
Is that it? I forgot
She said isn’t it time you came home to me
I said I guess so 
It’s about time

Jon Pheloung (acoustic guitar, vocal)
Paul Colussi (electric guitar)

from Better Off At Home (1996). 
Recorded by Jonathan Pines in Champaign, IL.

It's About Time

The D'Errico Demos

The Man That Time Forgot [1997 demo]

Our 'clear the cobwebs' song, written as an album (and live show) opener.  
[Lyrics and credits below]

You must know it’s all been said before
Let’s hope your powers of recall fail you now
Cos here we go once more

You gave us all of your pain and misery last time
Now it’s a different show
You’re all done with your ancient history
You’ve got brand new fields to sow
Those territories aren’t as virgin as you think
Yours aren’t the only dishes in that sink

Here comes another one
Dripping from your golden pen
Here comes another little gem
Here comes another one 
More witty insight not your own
Here comes another stolen poem
Another stolen poem

Yours aren’t the only dirty dishes piled up in that sink
Here comes another one
Dripping from your golden pen
Here comes another little gem
Here comes another one 
More witty insight not your own
Here comes another stolen poem
Another stolen poem

from Set Your Sights Low (1997)

Andy Leach (guitars, vocals)
Sean Fogarty (drums, vocals)
Craig Walls (bass, vocals)
Jon Pheloung (vocals, acoustic guitar)

Here Comes Another One

I heard about the tragedy from all the usual sources
I heard about so many things I knew they must be true
Due to lack of evidence they’d been put down to natural causes
No explanations from me
No reply from you

I don’t know
If love’s the end of happiness
I don’t know if that was just a joke
I don’t know if what I did was brutal and cold
I don’t know but that’s what I’ve been told

I’m staring round my room as if I never have been here
Now it’s time to start to draw a different map of town
Tearing down my calendar to celebrate this brand new year
It’s clear to me there can be no easy answer now

I don’t know
If love’s the end of happiness
I don’t know if that was just a joke
I don't know if we can both survive this mess
I don’t know but that would be my guess

And I turn the water up when I’m in the shower 
Til I just can’t stand it any more
And I wonder how clean I can get
I wonder if I can get clean at all

I don’t know
If love’s the end of happiness
I don’t know if that was just a joke
I don’t know if you’ll be better off at home
I don’t know but that’s all I can hope

I Don't Know

A radio-friendly edit of a Bludgers classic. This tragic tale of being scared to wander the mean streets of Columbia, Missouri is accurate to the best of anyone's recollection.

The Blue Note doorman stares at my ID under the light
I’ve had myself a bad hair day 
I’m having myself a bad hair night
I’ve got to get myself inside before the count of ten
Because I’m drunk in Missouri again

She’s saying ‘My daddy’s back in law school and he’s getting his degree
And he’s married to a woman who is six months younger than me
Well I’m wondering what it’d be like to be part of her family
Because I’m drunk in Missouri
I’m drunk and I’m in misery

And I’m dancing alone

I’ve been leaning on this bar	
Propping up this bar
Holding up this bar
And suffering gladly

And now the barmaid with the t-shirt’s giving me that second look
And I’m feeling like I’m reeling through a Maurice Sendak picture book
Once they throw me through their doors I won’t get back in here
Because I’m drunk in Missouri
Well I’m drunk and I just got another beer
I’m drunk and I’m in misery in Missouri

from History Of the World (1994)

Paul Colussi (guitars)
Brian Belval (drums)
Craig Walls (bass, vocals)
Jon Pheloung (vocals, acoustic guitar)

Drunk In Missouri

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