Blockhead!
Blockhead! is a game invented in 1952 by G.W. "Jerry" D'Arcey and developed by G.W. and Alice D'Arcey in San Jose, California. Originally consisting of 20 brightly colored wooden blocks of varying shapes, the object of the game is to add blocks to a tower without having it collapse on your turn.
Rules
The first player sets one of the blocks on a flat surface; this is the only block allowed to touch the base. Each player then takes turns adding a single block until the tower collapses. The player that knocks over the tower on their turn loses. A player who loses three times is eliminated. The last player remaining wins.
Blockhead! uses slang terms with a block theme: A player who has lost once is called a "square"; a player who has lost twice is a "character"; a player who loses three times and is eliminated is a "blockhead".
History
The game was first published by G.W. "Jerry" D'Arcey in 1952. In 1954 Saalfield Publishing Company released the first 25-block version of the game. The design of the blocks has remained consistent through each edition, the only change being modifying the yellow “double hump” to be more heart shaped. Currently, the game is produced by Pressman Toy Corporation.
Blockhead
Blockhead(s) may refer to:
In music:
See also
Blockhead (music producer)
James Anthony "Tony" Simon, better known by his stage name Blockhead, is an American hip hop producer based in Manhattan, New York.
Aside from his solo efforts released on the Ninja Tune label, Blockhead is most associated with producing for Aesop Rock, a rapper for the indie hip hop labels Definitive Jux and Rhymesayers. He is also a member of the comedy hip hop group Party Fun Action Committee and has previously worked with rappers Cage, Hangar 18, Open Mike Eagle and Murs. According to him, his stage name comes from the shape of his head: "While it's not square, it's pretty close."
Biography
Simon was born and raised in Manhattan. He is the son of the late Sidney Simon, a well-known sculptor in New York City, and Renee Adriance, a social worker. He has one brother and five half siblings. From a young age, he loved hip hop—both the lyrical and musical aspects. In his early teens, he and his friends made a group called the Overground where Simon first started making music. As an aspiring MC, he enrolled in Boston University in 1994. He only remained at Boston University for one year, but in that year Simon's real music career began when he first met and starting working with Aesop Rock who was also a student at BU. At this point Simon put aside his ambition to be a MC and focused on producing music.
Podcasts:
Blockhead
ALBUMS
- Bells and Whistles released: 2014
- JustPlayWitIt released: 2014
- Capture the Sun released: 2013
- Interludes After Midnight released: 2012
- The Music Scene released: 2009
- Peanuts in Your Mouth released: 2007
- Uncle Tony's Coloring Book released: 2007
- Downtown Science released: 2005
- The Block Is Hot released: 2004
- Music by Cavelight released: 2004
- Blockhead's Broke Beats released: 2001
- Raw Thoughts released: 2000
Blockhead
ALBUMS
- Trial of Tears released: 2006
Blockhead
ALBUMS
- City Lounge 8: Cool Tempo New Generation released: 2011
- Kulturkantine - A Different Kind Of Chillout Session released: 2010
- City Lounge 5 released: 2009
- Café Mambo released: 2003
Café Mambo
Released 2003- The Dove
- Follow Love
- Trying (studio mix)
- Can't Be Doing With Love
- Coming Home
- On My Mind (Electric Lounge session)
- Blockhead (James Bright remix)
- Raggatronique
- Decourage (Charles Webster Full on vocal mix)
- One Day (General Electrik's 12" Flute mix)
- Magic Love (Ashley Beedle Soultek vocal mix)
- It's You, It's Me
- Innocent (Joey Negro vocal mix)
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by D.r.i
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by Blockhead
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by Blockhead
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by Devo
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by Brutal Truth
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by D4L
Blockhead
by: D.r.iYou work all day to earn your pay
To pay off all your debts
You rent your square to live in
And that's the best it gets
Cubical man does what he can
To keep himself alive
Pays his share for his little square
In order to survive
Locked in a race, the money chase
The systems fooling you
The more you make the more they take
And there's nothing you can do
Cubicle man does what he can
To keep himself alive
Pays his share for his little square
In order to survive
Run your ass to get your check
Stand in a crowded line
Pay your bills and buy the pills
That help you to unwind
Cubicle man does what he can
To keep himself alive
Pays his share for his little square
In order to survive
You buy a chair for your little square
So you can sit and hide
But you're all alone you fucked up clone
'Cause no one's on your side
The game of fools has its rules
So don't you fall behind
They'll take your square 'cause they don't care
They've got they're home-free ride
BLOCKHEAD!
Line-up:
Kurt Brecht - Vocals
Spike Cassidy - Guitar
Eric Brecht - Drums
Dennis Johnson / Josh PappÊ * - Bass
1982 November:
Recorded at Wooden Studio's, Houston, Texas
Recorded, engineered and mixed by Gus Buzby
Mastered at Somewhere in Nashville?
Produced by Spike Cassidy and D.R.I.
1982:
Originally released as a 7" EP @ 33rpm. "The Dirty Rotten EP" with black & white mange head cover art.
Only 1000 copies were pressed in this version. It has become a rare collectors item, and sell's
for over $100 U.S. currency, for a mint copy.
1983:
Pressed as 12" LP @ 33rpm. "The Dirty Rotten LP" with black & white mange head cover art.
**** LIMITED QUANITIES ****
Are still available of the original 1983 12" vinyl pressing
1987:
Re-mixed at Trax Studios, California
Re-mixed b Spike Cassidy and Tony Ezzo
*Violent Pacification EP... added to Dirty Rotten LP.
1987:
Released as a CD, contained The "Violent Pacification 7" EP" with the Violent Pacification insert
(Skeleton soldier kicking in door) as its cover art.
Thanx to:
The Dead Degenerates, Pissed Youth, Greg, Jeff, Susan, Mathew, Julia, Terry, Free Money (R.I.P.),
Vince, Jebb (thanx for the Teeth), Really Red, Stacy Rocker Sum Thief, Hubert, Temp, Buttwiper,
all the people who believe in us, and thanx to Steve, who Made it all possible.
Special thanks to:
Mad Man, Mad Lady, Spike's Dad, Taffy, The Island, Lambroast, the Omni, Ronnie and real Records,
Kevin, Joann & Teddy, Glenn & Michelle, Todd & Leta, Matt, Crum, Cripeled Punk, Kevin t-shirt,
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