Beatnik Turtle's Song of the Day

Our friend Holmes! came into the studio with this gem. He laid down the initial scratch guitar, sang, and left. Tom took up the challenge of overseeing the development of it and within a few weeks, built up the guitar parts, got John to play drums, and Tom to add bass.

Everything has a half-life, even love.

The tale of the "Drunk Man's Junk" is based on actual events and goes back to Dragon*Con 2008 when it was told to us at a party by Dave Slusher, one of the world's first podcasters and the mastermind behind The Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast. Apparently an individual in a kilt drank one too many beverages and passed out in a public spot displaying his, er...um..."junk" until a fellow party-goer took the initiative to, uh..."fix" the problem.

Dave wondered if he wrote the lyrics, could we write the music? We of course agreed and so Dave penned the lyrics to the tune and handed it off to us to record as soon as we had the time. We recently grabbed our guitars, cranked our amps, and did a few lyrical touch-ups (adding the moral of the story). So, here it is, one year later, our collaboration in "all its glory." Enjoy!*

*Remember to drink responsibly (that is, don't wear a kilt and decide to go commando when you decide to party all day, okay?)

This is a song about a girl named Arcola from the little town of Arcola, Illinois. Arcola is known for their Lawn Rangers, a precision lawn mower drill team, that marches in formation with brooms and lawn mowers while wearing cowboy hats. Jason Feehan (lead singer and author) and Dave Barry (humor columnist and author) are proud members.

We're not cat people.

Who hasn't asked themselves this question? Check out the music video for this song on TheSongOfTheDay.com.

Somewhere at night a convertible drives through the California desert with this song playing on the AM radio.

It's summer and there's yard sales. This is just but one story.

This is just the best song that I've written today. The top songs of TheSongOfTheDay.com so far (as rated by our listeners) can be found here and are worth a listen.

Sometimes, sh*t happens. You know, snakes on a plane. And other times, your troubles are self-inflicted.