Beatnik Turtle's Encore Song of the Day

Tom wrote a number of songs about a year ago that inevitably had an autumn flavor to them. This is the first one, with more to come before the year is done.

When listening to today's song, try turning out all the lights and sitting alone quietly. There's no such thing as ghosts, right? Happy Halloween!

Sometimes it's tough to shut off the brain, stop thinking, and just go to sleep.

What a nightmare!

We love Casio keyboards here at The Song Of The Day, but this one must have been a little bit schizo...

Creepy...

Well, how long do you have? Satisfy your morbid curiosity this Halloween.

It's a bummer to think you're haunted.

It's that time of year! This is the theme song for the annual Iowa City Zombie March, with recently added drums.

This is the flipside version of the song, Mr. Right Now. This was actually the original version.

At first we thought Ms. Teen South Carolina was missing a few marbles with her "maps" speech, until we realized she was actually broadcasting a secret coded message to girls everywhere to rise up and unite. This song about girls rising up and taking over the world is dedicated to all Grrls everywhere (you know who you are - Peggy, Rosie, Tara, Carrie, Mur, Tabz, and all cool others we know who are making things happen and getting things done). You rule! It's your world, we're just sightseeing.

On a rainy day earlier this year, while Tom was walking to work, he wrote this song. Stay tuned later this year for more rain-inspired songs written during Tom's "commute."

Today's song highlights some very important life lessons!

Some people are just in the way sometimes. This song is for them.

This instrumental lies somewhere between surf and Halloween.

An upbeat, fun little instrumental featuring the melodica.

Today's song introduces the first use of the classic Vocoder here at The Song Of The Day.

This is the theme to Stuck On 2 - a webshow that follows the exploits of those who don't have an XBOX 360 or Halo 3. They're, uh, stuck on Halo 2. And, yes, it's ska. Believe it or not, our first. For 11 years we've been accused of being a ska band because (a) we have a horn section, and (b) most people don't know what ska is. Well, this is as close to ska as we get.

Just wishing the "ex" all the best...

Ah, the foggy regrets of the "night before."