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When the raptors bark at each other to communicate, it's a tortoise having sex. It's a mating tortoise! I recorded that at Marine World ... The people there said, 'Would you like to record these two tortoises that are mating?' It sounded like a joke, because tortoises mating can take a long time. You've got to have plenty of time to sit around and watch and record them.
When the raptors bark at each other to communicate, it's a tortoise having sex. It's a mating tortoise! I recorded that at Marine World ... The people there said, 'Would you like to record these two tortoises that are mating?' It sounded like a joke, because tortoises mating can take a long time. You've got to have plenty of time to sit around and watch and record them.
If people knew where the sounds in Jurassic Park came from, it'd be rated R! It's somewhat embarrassing, but when the raptors bark at each other to communicate, it's a tortoise having sex. It's a mating tortoise! I recorded that at Marine World (in California).More quotes »
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Review: Jason Moran's jazz/skateboarding duet
group connected the dots between "93 to Infinity" (by Hieroglyphics, the Oakland hip-hop collective), "Evidence" (by Thelonious Monk) and "The Sheikh of Araby" (by Fats Waller), dressing up the latter as a rhumba. Joining the band for Saturday's half-pip from Contra Costa Times Read more »
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Critics' Picks: March 27 - April 2
Douglas McCombs' Brokeback broke its silence with a new record this year; the Tortoise bassist and guitarist hadn't released anything with his side project in a decade. McCombs' new Brokeback lineup — including members of Head of Skulls! and Pinebender — from Pittsburgh City Paper Read more »
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CD review: Brokeback's Brokeback and the Black Rock
Led by Tortoise bassist extraordinaire Doug McCombs, Chicago post-rock outfit Brokeback has visited Black Rock's desert-friendly palette before. But the tracks that referenced Ennio Morricone's classic Spaghetti Western on Brokeback's previous record, th from Charlotte Creative Loafing Read more »
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Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. Provides Section 19(a) Notice
LEAWOOD, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- This notice provides stockholders of Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (NYS: TPZ) with information regarding the distribution paid on Feb. 28, 2013 and cumulative distributions paid fiscal year-to-date. from Daily Finance Read more »
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The 10 Best Tortoise Songs
10. “Ry Cooder” (Tortoise, 1994) I’m not sure what guitar virtuoso Ry Cooder has to do with Tortoise, but this song’s slippery grooves and stripped-down aesthetic are a great introduction to the group—they sound like everything from a broken FM transmitt from PopMatters Read more »
