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Flying Tyrtle

I'll tell you all my secrets, but I lie about my past

About Me

Flying Tyrtle likes to design stuff and make music. She also likes to make snacks and watch birds and poke around amongst flowers and vegetables. Recently, she has been playing drums and hollering in a band called The Mutineers .

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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The Mutineers -- Tidal Wave EP out now

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My Interests

| music | food | plants | wildlife | gardening | UFOs | writing | reading | drawing | listening | watching | politics | activism | yoga | photography | sustainability | sleep/dreams | travel | hiking | running | history | sailboats | revolutions | meditation | lists | animation | internets | herbs | sewing | camping | graphic design | outer space | monsters! | movies | wine | whiskey | blogging | volkswagon vans | playing drums | composting

I'd like to meet:

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Music:

| Tom Waits | Townes Van Zandt | Billie Holiday | Bob Dylan | Nina Simone | John Lennon | X | Tom Petty | Bob Marley | The Knitters | Neil Young | Woody Guthrie | Doc Watson | Wilco | Uncle Tupelo | Freakwater | Richard Buckner | Calexico | The Places | Koko Taylor | Elvis | Elliott Smith | Beatles | The Jayhawks | Bjork | DJ Krush | Yo La Tengo | Beck | Grateful Dead | Johnny Cash | White Stripes | Iron & Wine | Whiskeytown | Blue Mountain | The Pixies | The Pogues | Jenny Lewis | Lucinda Williams | Ryan Adams | Marvin Gaye | Gillian Welch | Weezer | Loretta Lynn | Dolly Parton | The Avett Brothers | The Mutineers | David Bowie | B52s | Velvet Underground | Leonard Cohen | Slavic Soul Party | Neko Case | Murder By Death | Billy Bragg | Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | Langhorne Slim | Menomena | James Brown | Shonen Knife | The Ramones | Artfolk Open Mikers | Juanita Family and Friends | Drunken Prayer | John Prine | The Finches

Movies:

Woody Allen, Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater, David Lynch, Jim Jarmusch, Coen Bros., old Chinese kung fu movies, music documentaries, Vietnam war movies, twisted violent Korean films, foreign films, anti-establishment documentaries, indie dark comedies, Spinal Tap, American Movie, Waking Life

Television:

Don't own one.

Books:

Charles Bukowski, Thoreau, Henry Miller, Carson McCullers, William S. Burroughs, Gabriel García Márquez, Hunter S. Thompson, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Kurt Vonnegut, The Original NJ Writers Group, Catcher in the Rye, Federico García Lorca, Stanley Kunitz, Sinclair Lewis, Oscar Wilde, Vietnam War books, travel books, cookbooks, history books, ...to be continued.

Heroes:

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VIDEO:

The Mutineers "Senorita" at Muddy Waters
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WRITING:

Dinosauria, we

born like this
into this
as the chalk faces smile
as Mrs. Death laughs
as the elevators break
as political landscapes dissolve
as the supermarket bag boy holds a college degree
as the oily fish spit out their oily prey
as the sun is masked
we are
born like this
into this
into these carefully mad wars
into the sight of broken factory windows of emptiness
into bars where people no longer speak to each other
into fist fights that end as shootings and knifings
born into this
into hospitals which are so expensive that it's cheaper to die
into lawyers who charge so much it's cheaper to plead guilty
into a country where the jails are full and the madhouses closed
into a place where the masses elevate fools into rich heroes
born into this
walking and living through this
dying because of this
muted because of this
castrated
debauched
disinherited
because of this
fooled by this
used by this
pissed on by this
made crazy and sick by this
made violent
made inhuman
by this
the heart is blackened
the fingers reach for the throat
the gun
the knife
the bomb
the fingers reach toward an unresponsive god
the fingers reach for the bottle
the pill
the powder
we are born into this sorrowful deadliness
we are born into a government 60 years in debt
that soon will be unable to even pay the interest on that debt
and the banks will burn
money will be useless
there will be open and unpunished murder in the streets
it will be guns and roving mobs
land will be useless
food will become a diminishing return
nuclear power will be taken over by the many
explosions will continually shake the earth
radiated robot men will stalk each other
the rich and the chosen will watch from space platforms
Dante's Inferno will be made to look like a children's playground
the sun will not be seen and it will always be night
trees will die
all vegetation will die
radiated men will eat the flesh of radiated men
the sea will be poisoned
the lakes and rivers will vanish
rain will be the new gold
the rotting bodies of men and animals will stink in the dark wind
the last few survivors will be overtaken by new and hideous diseases
and the space platforms will be destroyed by attrition
the petering out of supplies
the natural effect of general decay
and there will be the most beautiful silence never heard
born out of that
the sun still hidden there
awaiting the next chapter
-Charles Bukowski, from The Last Night of the Earth Poems, 1992


My Blog

new things...

Well, the cd is out and the release party was awesome, thanks and mucho hugs to all who showed up and rocked with us. If you missed it, you can catch The Mutineers at the Mercury Lounge on June 19. Ch...
Posted by Flying Tyrtle on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:44:00 PST

coming soon...cd release

New stuff:The Mutineers are releasing their new EP soon. See Brian's latest post.We're playing a Big Show on June 6th with Big Jugs. It's their cd release party at Velvet Jones! The Cash Prophets and ...
Posted by Flying Tyrtle on Mon, 12 May 2008 03:16:00 PST

Drunken Prayer + Mutineers


Posted by Flying Tyrtle on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:31:00 PST

Tyrtle Happenings

A few things going on in Tyrtleville...Been recording with The Mutineers, new EP on the way!Upgraded my drum kit to bass, snare and hi-hat. Experimenting with floor tom and some cymbals.Practicing fil...
Posted by Flying Tyrtle on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:38:00 PST

nuther show

Mutineers next show: Jan. 12 w/ SB legends Big Jugs. If you come, we guarantee you'll smile. At least once. Maybe four times.*wink wink
Posted by Flying Tyrtle on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:33:00 PST

Show Nov. 24th

Next Mutineers show coming soon...Nov. 24th at Muddy Waters with friends Fast Heart Mart and Northern Two. Kyle from Cosmic Revelators is opening up. Come on out to the Mud for an evening of fine musi...
Posted by Flying Tyrtle on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:08:00 PST

Big Bass Drum

Check out my new bass drum, we'll be raising a ruckus with The Mutineers at Muddy Waters on Sept. 13. Come on down and stomp along....
Posted by Flying Tyrtle on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:47:00 PST

Show tonight - Biko House

I'll be shakin' and hittin' stuff with The Mutineers tonight at the Biko Garage if you wanna come out for a listen. 6612 Sueno Rd, Isla Vista, California. Show starts at 7 p.m. or so but I think we go...
Posted by Flying Tyrtle on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:20:00 PST

The tyrtle has landed

At least for a little while. We're back from the tour and had a blast. So many great people out there, special thanks to everyone who put us up for a night or two. I'll be posting stuff on my page fro...
Posted by Flying Tyrtle on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:52:00 PST

Last show in Portland tonight

If you're a Portlander or in the area, come on out to the Kenton Club at 2025 N Kilpatrick St at 9 p.m. tonight. I'll be sitting in for a set with The Mutineers (minus one). We're gonna rock to the be...
Posted by Flying Tyrtle on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 05:09:00 PST