Tilting at windmills policies. The movie "They Might Be Giants" (1971) features a reference to Don Quixote thinking that the windmills are giants, and the movie is named after that reference. Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, in a 1972 album release by the same name, wrote and recorded the song Don Quixote which contained the lines "through the woodland, through the valley, comes a horseman wild and free; "tilting at the windmills passing", who can the brave young horseman be...". The alternative Santa Barbara band Toad the Wet Sprocket released the album "Dulcinea" in 1994. Named for the love interest of Don Quixote, the
Tilted Thunder Rail Birds modern flat-track leagues in the United States, TTRB was only the 7th roller derby league to build a banked track in the nation. TTRB is also a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Tilted Thunder has four home teams, an All Star travel team, and two junior derby programs: Peeps and Chicklets. Mission statement: As a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, Tilted Thunder is committed to fostering serious competition on a national and international level, developing amateur athletes for competition, and promoting the physical and mental strength and independent spirit of amateur female athletes. Tilted Thunder is a founding member of the Roller Derby Coalition