Beatnik Turtle's Song of the Day

This week's song tells the story of a group of patrons of a pub who, upon learning that the pub is on fire, head to the cellar to drink all the booze instead of running outside. Recorded as part of our RPM Challenge 2008 album, Sham Rock, this is another traditional Irish song done in the Beatnik Turtle style.

The song Finnegan's Wake is believed to have been composed in the mid 1800s and served as the basis for the James Joyce novel of the same title. This week's song is our rendition of Finnegan's Wake which we recorded as part of our RPM Challenge 2008 album, Sham Rock.

Having just completed the release version of our RPM Challenge 2008 album - literally 5 minutes before typing this - we present another preview track from the forthcoming album, Sham Rock.

This year, we are once again participating in the RPM Challenge. Last year, we produced our album All In A Day's Work for RPM Challenge 2007. This year, we are basing our album on the concept behind the Beatnik Turtle songs Beer Beer Beer, All For Me Grog, and Whiskey Yer The Devil. That is, we are taking traditional Irish songs and re-arranging them Beatnik Turtle style.

This week, we present the first finished cut from the new album. Watch for more in the month of March!

This subtle song about encouraging someone with "dreams to destroy the earth" is a remix of the original from our Cheapass Album - an entire album of songs based or inspired by the quirky games of Seattle's Cheapass Games.

Other songs from The Cheapass Album have made TheSongOfTheDay in one form or another (mostly the original demos): Were All These Beer Cans Here Last Night? , Cube Farm, and Nothing Beats Rock.

Of course, The Cheapass Album is available at iTunes, too!

Based on our most recent TwitterSong, this week's song, Long Lasting Battereez was based on a Twitter post from Heather Welliver who posted "Oh noes my battery is getting low!" a few weeks ago. We couldn't resist making a song about this!

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Sometimes we dig ourselves in a hole. Sometimes we dig others in a hole. Sometimes others dig us in a hole. This song does all three.

The song GeekSpeak You're Breaking My Heart spawned this week's song. The original was written for BoardGameGeek's GeekSpeak (a.k.a. BoardGameSpeak) board gaming podcast, and has been fully re-recorded in this expanded version.

Jason and Tom work for the same company and take similar paths to work. But NOT the same paths. There's a walkway nearby which happens to be on both their routes to the office, but it's a perfect example of crumbling and neglected city infrastructure. For some reason Jason tempts fate and takes the walkway each day. Tom, however, refuses to and chooses to leave earlier for work so he can take the safer route.

You can see the walkway for yourself at Google Maps. The walkway runs along Hubbard avenue and crosses Rush street in the image. And if you check out the Google Street View, and look up at the walkway, well, you'll see what we're talking about! If you don't hear from Jason one of these days, you'll know why.

This song kinda summarizes how Tom and Jason felt during the month's of November and December as they struggled to keep Beatnik Turtle on track and complete 365 free songs for 2007. They're both all better now. Really.