Saturday, November 1, 2014

November 1, 2014

As usual, we got zero trick-or-treaters last night (nobody wants to trek down and back up the steep hill). The young men of the household have promised to do their bit to eat up the big bag of candy. It's a lot but probably less than half as much as they used to bring home when they would stalk the neighborhood by a route that hit the most houses with the least backtracking. Which tells me there are probably a lot of other houses nearby with too much candy. The day after Halloween would be a good day for a block party, if only it weren't November!

Here are some treats to start the new month:

Alien Ant Farm
It Lives, It Breathes
It seems appropriate so close to Halloween to have two band names with that great B-movie vibe. I can imagine at least two scenarios for an alien ant farm -- aliens keeping humans or humans keeping aliens. Both pretty horrifying for someone! And any monster movie with the line, "It lives! It breathes!" is about to get real messy.
 
Blessed by a Broken Heart
Not often do I see a band name so genuinely touching. Enough time has passed to see what was gained through grief. This is grown-up stuff.

Sweet Blue Lanyard
The nerdy enthusiasm made me laugh out loud.

Vexx
The additional X amplifies the vexation packed into this strong monosyllable. I've long thought Miff, Irk, and Vex would be great cat names (and have written these cats into the backstories of a couple of fictional characters). Now I think Vexx more perfectly balances Miff.

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