Identifying with the poor.
You might believe how many different band names seven guys can come up with hanging out in between playing songs. In this case, some enlightened conversation about something led someone to say something like, "...like the vodka contingent..." and that became the name of the band that released these three improvs and one song. If we had been more organized, we could have released a dozen recordings like this, each with a different band name...but we never got around to that.
Songlist
Aspirin, Aimless improvisation with spoken word overdub.
Deep Sea Diver, Aimless improvisation.
I Have It, Aimless improvisation with spoken word overdub.
Beatles, Written by Mike Koppa.
Players
Kev Koch: bass; Ken Koppa: bass; Mike Koppa: guitar and voice; Mike Lappen: guitar and voice; Chris MacVane: drums; Adam Passow: guitar; Pete Schmidt: organ.
Recorded and produced by Mike Lappen for Mello-Crisp Records at Lunik in the basement of Koppa's Farwell Foods in 2001.
Jewel case insert and tray card hand set with lead types and letterpress printed into Arches cover. Signed and numbered edition of ten copies. Out of print.
Beatles
The long haul
from Spokane
to Grantosa Drive
has been driven
in a van.
We know there
are beatles
on every highway
'cause you saw 'em
from the bench.
Red ones,
and blue ones,
and green ones.
The orange ones held his favor
'mongst the bunch.
But he loved 'em.
He loved every single one of 'em.
He loved 'em.
He loved everything about 'em.