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

See the Welcome & Participation Terms post on the board (http://is.gd/eWvx). By participating here, you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, no worries, don't participate. If you do, then welcome aboard, as we have music to create...

Genre:
Horn-Powered Geek Rock Goodness
Hometown:
Chicago, IL
Record Label:
Independent
 
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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. ...
Kirk
Kirk
Congrats! I'm in awe of you guys, and so honored to know you!
I want the first copy of TheSongOfTheDay album! It WILL be awesome!
wendy
September 4 at 11:13am
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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!
Shawn Beatty
Shawn Beatty
That's too cool. Do it! I'd buy rock band then!
July 23 at 7:46pm
Chip
Chip
Whose stupid idea was it to do that? Oh, wait ...
July 23 at 9:46pm
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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 ...
Jim
Jim
Most excellent news, BT. Will try to watch or Tivo.
May 24 at 11:51am
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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...
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One thing about making an album in a month is you end up crashing hard the day it’s over. That was today. And now my sleep cycle is completely off. But, we did it. The new album is entitled “When I Was Your Age” as it’s a look back at ourselves when we were kids. But th...
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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 ...
Jim
Jim
Most excellent news, BT. Will try to watch or Tivo.
May 24 at 11:51am
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Beatnik Turtle Found out our music video for "Star Wars (A Film Like No Other)" will air on SpikeTV Monday May 25 during the afternoon.

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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
Joshua Wentz
Joshua Wentz
Very cool
May 24 at 9:39am
Jesse
Jesse
That is so cool!!!
May 24 at 10:12am
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Beatnik Turtle Beatnik Turtle finally emerges from Turtleshell Studios to play live on stage! Come see Beatnik Turtle join Silvergirl and Absinthe & The Dirty Floors playing songs from each of their 2009 RPM Challenge albums and more. Accompanying Beatnik Turtle, from the band Fourth Half, will be Dave Siegel on drums and Marc Ilsanto on rhythm guitar.

Beatnik Turtle is sending it's Away Team to Mahoney's
Time:8:30PM Thursday, May 14th
Location:Mahoney's
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Beatnik Turtle is still resting after completing the RPMChallenge.com

March 4 at 1:08pm