Beatnik Turtle's Song of the Day

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Happy Arbor Day! Now go plant a tree!

Beatnik Turtle is in the process of recording an Irish Album, and updating some great traditional Irish songs. This one is one of our favorites, and this is what happens when you turn up the tempo, add a horn section, and play electric guitar on it.

All of us apartment dwellers have been the "broomor" or the "broomee." Sometimes damaged ceilings are the result...

This song was commissioned by Steve Levy for the Steve Levy Show. The title came about in the control room of the studio when Randy commented "It's like a bucket of cool..."

A pyromaniacal tribute to the great Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and his lab assistant Peter Desaga for their invention.

anaphora

n. The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs; for example, "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills" (Winston S. Churchill).

This one was written by Pete Shukoff of Nice Peter (www.nicepeter.com) the night before joining us in the studio to do some writing and recording.

A version of this song will be featured on Pete's upcoming album alongside songs about Guitar Center and 50 Cent. Keep an eye out at www.nicepeter.com for details.

Most dictionaries list it as Daylight Saving Time, no plural. But references acknowledge that people call it Daylight Savings Time. We sing it the way most people say it. The main thing is, be sure to spring one hour ahead tonight.

Don't blame us if you're late for work tomorrow.

Things have been pretty busy at Beatnik Turtle headquarters the last few weeks getting ready for the release of The Indie Band Survival Guide written by our very own Jason and Randy! We have new Beatnik Turtle songs in the pipeline, but in order to get everything ready for the book's release we decided to present encores of some of the best of last year's songs.

This song, of course, refers to February 29th, or Leap Day. It also refers to heartbreak and loss, but that's not nearly as important as Leap Day. The observant listener will notice that 2007 is not a leap year, and while we considered delaying entire The Song of the Day project until 2008 so this song could fall on 2-29, we just decided to release it on February 28.

We are aware that the existence of an intercalary day in a leap year originated under the Egyptian pharaoh Ptolemy III in 239 B.C. and it was Aloysius Lilius who proposed the Gregorian calendar in the 1500s - not Gregory. We just found "Gregory" much more singable.