Eat More Worry

Vootie: A Mikes House Compilation

Hardwood Floors

Marj's Basement - Can You Sing?

untitled charlie hopper project

yes, i did replace the bass clam at 1:18 -S

01 King Wiener

02 Hey McGhee

03 Worry

04 - I Used To Be So Smart

05 People My Age

07 Wish I Knew How

08 Lawn Darts

01 - Christmas Wish

02 - That Can Be My Gift This Year

03  Bells O' Silver

I went to the mall and sat on Santa’s knee
All the little kids were glarin’ at me
And Santa said what do you want this year
I said If it’s not too much trouble
I’d like a big recording contract for me
And all of my

Friends around town but I started feeling selfish
And I wished for peace on earth instead
Same wish every year but it still
Hasn’t happened yet

Ahh Ahh
Christmas Day and Christmas night
Hanging out on Christmas Day
Hiding out from those cliches

My brother stuck a candy cane up his nose
For the fourteenth year – 
He does it just to get Mom’s goat
It works real well

To all my cynical friends
This Christmas spirit I still will defend
Just as long as we all get what we’re worth

Ahh Ahh
Christmas Day and Christmas night
You say I’m tough and I won’t bend
All those cards that I won’t send

The only card I sent this year was to you

I guess it is still my favorite season
and I can still find a reason
Christmas night I’ll spend with you
It may sound corny but I want to make your Christmas 
dream come true


Ahh Ahh
Christmas Day and Christmas night
Ahh Ahh
Christmas Day and Christmas night
Ahh Ahh
Christmas Day and Christmas night
Ahh Ahh
Christmas Day and Christmas night

04 Christmas Day And Christmas Night

05 - Visitor

DEC27

01 Hardwood Floors

02 Cheaper Faster Better

03 Budweiser Microscope

04 2 Green Lights

01 Music For Poor Old Marj

02 Things Happen To Her

03 I'll Give You That

04 I Got A Girl Who Would Leave Me

05 Somebody We Both Know

Cheaper Faster Better (Drummer)

Wrecking My Car

I Suck at Being Your Ex

(The Ballad of) Paradise Lite

Free Food

That's What Ghosts are Saying (SCM Placer Vocal)

When Your Parents Were Asleep

The Former Home of Country Music Star Steve Wariner

All of a Sudden its Now (progress)

The Light of a Low Moon

Under Her Porch Light

2 Green Lights (2025 remaster)

I Wanna Take You Home (2025 remaster)

Fake Book (2025 remix)

Creating the Backing track for My Christmas Wish 

Christmas Song 2 (backing track and setup chatter)

Songs by John Sheets and/or Charlie Hopper
Recorded between 1986 & 1994, when it was *hard* to cheaply make a decent recording, these catchy melodies and hooky lyrics have been waiting underground, like spores. Mikes House was active during a high point of the Indianapolis indie scene, opening for bands like the northerly edition of The Vulgar Boatmen. The Indianapolis Star noted, “The band thinks it sounds like The Velvet Underground meets The Lovin’ Spoonful” and “They have a secret desire to write the perfect pop song.” Maybe so, Star. Maybe so. 
(Also included here are songs from Charlie's current and currently untitled project with Scott, Untitled Charlie Hopper Project.)
John Sheets: guitar, vocals. 
Charlie Hopper: keys, vocals. 
Scott Montgomery: bass, vocals. 
Joe Caparo: bass, briefly, before Scott. 
Von Robinson, Ted Zarras, Chris Dumke, Jeff Chapin: drums  

(Production hub for the Mikes House remaster project.)

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