Now that the annual shelling has stopped, maybe it's safe to go out and hear music. Once again, the club listings yield a plenteous harvest:
Dismal Tide
Now that for-real summer is here, we might be inclined to put away one of the Northwest's most evocative adjectives, but don't fool yourself. Winter will be back in all its gray and rainy splendor. As for "tide," this could be a marine usage, but maybe not. In the Church, we have Christmastide and Eastertide; I'm going to say Dismaltide is January 2 - the end of Lent.
Lost Dogma
I imagine this sign tacked up all over the None Zone, land of the unchurched, dechurched, postchurched, spiritual-but-not-religious -- all who check "none" when asked for their religious affiliation. Guess where?
Ohailno
I like how the spelling conceals the meaning until you read it aloud, but gives you the correct pronunciation.
Sarchasm
More fun with spelling -- that gap between the snide speaker and the naive literalist who doesn't get it.
Shmohawk
The first one this week to really make me laugh. Regular Joe tries to get a punk haircut but it doesn't really help.
Naming a band is an act of concentrated creative expression. Square Pig in a Round Hole exists to reward five favorite band names each week. Winners are listed alphabetically. Selection is wholly unscientific and subject to whim, with a bias toward wordplay, humor, and local flavor. In most cases, I won't know anything about the bands at the time of selection. Thanks to the Seattle Times club listings for abundant source material!
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