Beatnik Turtle
Tietoja
Jäsenet:
Jason, Randy, Dave, Chip, John, Tom, Tom, Mike, Chris, Ryan, and Matt.

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Tyyli:
Horn-Powered Geek Rock Goodness
Kotikaupunki:
Chicago, IL
Levy-yhtiö:
Independent
 
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From all us Turtles, wishing you a healthy and happy 2010. Party on.
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Given the type and style of music we write, our band Beatnik Turtle is often categorized with the label “Geek Rock”. De...
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Every year around this time our “Un-Holiday” album, SANTA DOESN’T LIKE YOU, respawns, er, gets reborn. (Jesus was the world’s first respawner, no?). And it...
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We were a little late in seeing this, but that doesn’t make it any less awesome! George Hrab — our mega-multi-talented friend, podcaster, author, and musician — was recently interviewed on TV - Channel 69, WFMZ (yep, Channel 69, baby!). The interview can be streamed here and is worth watching. But ...
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Looks like we’re not the only band that has a housing bubble song. Dave from Blimp sent us a link to their video. Damn funny.
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Last weekend at Dragon*Con, BT, represented by our own Randy Chertkow, had its third TCLP Interview with the Command Line himself, Thomas Gideon. To give it a listen, just click here. By the way, as Randy clearly states, some members of the band are not wimps for not making it to Dragon*Con...
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This week’s song at TheSongOfTheDay.com tells the tale of the “Drunk Man’s Junk,” based on actual events. It 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. Apparent...
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Lots going on lately. If you’ve been following our Twitter Tweets, you know our away team hit the JPF Awards last weekend where Sham Rock was a finalist in the Celtic music category. This week-end, Randy Chertkow is going commando into the very heart of Atlanta at Dragon-con. ...
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Beatnik Turtle will be live giggin’ at Sylvie’s - 1902 W Irving Park Rd. Chicago, IL on August 15th (this Saturday). I’m guessing things should start around 8-ish, so show up at start drinking at 7 just to be sure. (Yeah, Silvie’s is always an over 21 show) Admission: $5
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Some time soon, we might dive into the REAL Rock Band scene, submitting a couple of Beatnik Turtle songs for Rock Band through the Rock Band Network. Exactly which songs remain a closely guarded secret that even yer ma won’t tell ya. Hint hint… Stay tuned for more info!
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Beantik Turtle’s album, Sham Rock (A compilation of rocked-out irish drinking songs made for RPM) was nominated for the Just Plain Folks (JPF) Music Awards in the Celtic category. This is a peer-reviewed award. And we were one of over 42,000 albums submitted. ...
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Beatnik Turtle Beantik Turtle was nominated for the Just Plain Folks Music Awards for Sham Rock. http://www.justplainfolks.org/09albumnoms.html

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Just a reminder that the video for our TheSongOfTheDay.com song “Star Wars (A Film Like No Other” will air on SpikeTV today - Monday, May 25th sometime in the afternoon (allegedly around 2pm…though that could be Central Standard Time or Pacific…we’re not sure). It’s St...
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A long, long time ago we created a music video for our TheSongOfTheDay.com song “Star Wars (A Film Like No Other” through StarWars.com’s cool video mashup tools. That video will now air on SpikeTV this Monday, May 25th sometime during their CSI Marathon. (Um, why during a CSI marathon? May ...
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Hey all, long time no Blog. But we have something newsworthy… A Beatnik Turtle Away Team is being assembled to beam down to Mahoney’s (551 Ogden Ave. Chicago, IL) at 8:30pm, Thursday, May 14, 2009. Th...