Line Out - Comments on The Band Name Game! http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_band_name_game Q: What do these bands have in common? The Descending Teeth Rupert Smooth and the Sandwiches Spandrel Addict The Chiffon Robots A: They don't exist ... not yet. Each tasty little moniker up there was randomly generated by way of... Copyright 2008 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:15:35 -0800 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:14:33 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by k Rupert Smooth and the Sandwitches is actually pretty great. I feel like they should open for James Pants.

]]> k http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_band_name_game#c1058592 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_band_name_game#c1058592 Guilty Pleasure Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:46:25 -0800 Comment by pgreyy Is there anything more interminable than being around band members who are trying to think up a band name?

When everything and anything is considered to see if it has some cosmic underlying meaning that will perfectly represent everything that this group is "about" (without trying too hard, of course)...

Every moment of every day becomes an endless game of free association...even going to the store to get groceries means that suddenly the entire inventory of the store is up for consideration...

2 Percent Milk?
Butter?
Corn Syrup?
Hydrogenated Oil?


...and now, Darby, you want to make this process a game?

This is how bad ideas like karaoke get started, you know.

]]> pgreyy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_band_name_game#c1059230 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_band_name_game#c1059230 Guilty Pleasure Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:37:53 -0800 Comment by Darby McDevitt Fortunately this game was designed to reverse the normally dull arc of a band's development. Now one can generate a solid name first ... if it's tolerable, invent a genre and start gigging. Boom. T-shirt sales guaranteed. Otherwise, just keep drinking.

]]> Darby McDevitt http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_band_name_game#c1059398 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_band_name_game#c1059398 Guilty Pleasure Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:14:33 -0800