Mid-blog, some program decided it needed to restart my computer. I didn't lose much, but I think I'll cut things short just to be safe. On with the list:
Haunted Summer
Unexpected and poetic. It takes quite a spook to haunt anything as bright and shiny as summer.
The Pro & the Con
So many meanings in so few letters/syllables! I'm also happy when I get to promote a guitar-drums duo, since that's where I live.
Prom Queen
In a rare occurrence, I heard this band before picking them for the blog. The name perfectly fits what the group is about: they have a wonderful retro look to go with their vintage sound and instruments. If you like to slow-dance in the living room, this is what you need.
Secret Cat
I'm picturing a cat going undercover in a dog household to steal the plans for a canine takeover of the world, blowing that plot wide open and then taking a nap. (And hey, they're on a bill with Square Pig faves Power Skeleton!)
Tan Sedan
The least flashy conveyance out there. Belongs in the same category as Car Seat Headrest for celebration of mundanity and evocation of '70s cars.
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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Saturday, January 9, 2016
Sunday, December 27, 2015
December 27, 2015
The post-Christmas club listings provide very slim pickings this week, so it's time for a retrospective post. Thanks are due to Kyle Ryan at A.V. Club and to my brother and bandmate Neal Kosaly-Meyer, who shared Ryan's article "When Bundled Bowels met Gruesome Toilet: The 2015 year in band names." I had previously blogged about at least seven of the 300-plus on this list. Here's what I had to say:
Car Seat Headrest
(from January 10, 2015) Naming a band for a prosaic, unsexy object shines a spotlight on the mundane and brings it some glory. I'm also old enough to remember when car seats didn't have headrests, so there's a little nostalgia factor. I also like how this one thing has a name that's a list of three nouns (four, if you break up "head" and "rest").
Fit for an Autopsy
(from November 23, 2013) Not what you want to hear at your annual check-up.
Good Willsmith
(from August 12, 2012) I like the word overlap that turns the meaning in the middle from a movie into an actor.
Make Do and Mend
(from May 17, 2014) This is how I was raised and how I run my household. In rock band terms, "use more duct tape."
Mild High Club
(from May 23, 2015) The sly wordplay makes this a more accessible club for late-life beginners who dislike air travel, especially if you live in the land of legal weed.
O-Face
(from January 13, 2014) Full disclosure -- a relative is a co-founder of this group, formerly of Whidbey Island, now based in upstate New York. I like the name for its implicit raunchiness and explicit innocent silliness. (And the new EP is pretty good, too).
(Now operating under the name Doubles.)
Wizard Rifle
(from July 21, 2013) Now, that just seems unfair. Magic and firearms, too?
Car Seat Headrest
(from January 10, 2015) Naming a band for a prosaic, unsexy object shines a spotlight on the mundane and brings it some glory. I'm also old enough to remember when car seats didn't have headrests, so there's a little nostalgia factor. I also like how this one thing has a name that's a list of three nouns (four, if you break up "head" and "rest").
Fit for an Autopsy
(from November 23, 2013) Not what you want to hear at your annual check-up.
Good Willsmith
(from August 12, 2012) I like the word overlap that turns the meaning in the middle from a movie into an actor.
Make Do and Mend
(from May 17, 2014) This is how I was raised and how I run my household. In rock band terms, "use more duct tape."
Mild High Club
(from May 23, 2015) The sly wordplay makes this a more accessible club for late-life beginners who dislike air travel, especially if you live in the land of legal weed.
O-Face
(from January 13, 2014) Full disclosure -- a relative is a co-founder of this group, formerly of Whidbey Island, now based in upstate New York. I like the name for its implicit raunchiness and explicit innocent silliness. (And the new EP is pretty good, too).
(Now operating under the name Doubles.)
Wizard Rifle
(from July 21, 2013) Now, that just seems unfair. Magic and firearms, too?
Saturday, January 10, 2015
January 10, 2015
I'm having a really good year so far; I don't know what the rest of the months are going to do to follow January! The hard work of 2014 pays off now, with the release of Rocks and Glass, the first album by Your Mother Should Know. See below for details on our epic album release show on January 23!
Meanwhile, the bar bands keep providing abundant blog fodder. This week's picks:
420 Blackbirds
I picked this one because it looked like a weed joke being actually a little bit subtle and clever, with a serendipitous literary reference. Seeing that the official name is 4&20 Blackbirds, I'm not sure that's what they meant, but it got my attention.
Car Seat Headrest
Naming a band for a prosaic, unsexy object shines a spotlight on the mundane and brings it some glory. I'm also old enough to remember when car seats didn't have headrests, so there's a little nostalgia factor. I also like how this one thing has a name that's a list of three nouns (four, if you break up "head" and "rest").
Knife Pleats
The seamstress in me picked this one. The most brutal fashion detail!
Snow Day
I think I like this partly because snow days are so rare in Seattle, and therefore even more beloved (by schoolkids if not their parents). This winter doesn't look promising so far, but it's a long way from over.
Three Chord Killer
So that's why they call it an axe . . .
My fiction and blogging projects collide in "St. Rage," now available as the 13th release in the Pankhearst Singles Club. This story of an all-girl teenage garage band with superpowers is short, it's funny, and it's only $ .99. If you like "St. Rage," please like St. Rage on Facebook and go listen to their first demo.
UPCOMING: Your Mother Should Know album release show, with Tom Price Desert Classic, Can You Imagine?, and Dead Bars Friday, January 23 at the Highline Bar. I'd want to go to this show even if I wasn't playing! https://www.facebook.com/events/374070109426331/
Get the record: https://yourmothershouldknow2.bandcamp.com/album/rocks-and-glass
Meanwhile, the bar bands keep providing abundant blog fodder. This week's picks:
420 Blackbirds
I picked this one because it looked like a weed joke being actually a little bit subtle and clever, with a serendipitous literary reference. Seeing that the official name is 4&20 Blackbirds, I'm not sure that's what they meant, but it got my attention.
Car Seat Headrest
Naming a band for a prosaic, unsexy object shines a spotlight on the mundane and brings it some glory. I'm also old enough to remember when car seats didn't have headrests, so there's a little nostalgia factor. I also like how this one thing has a name that's a list of three nouns (four, if you break up "head" and "rest").
Knife Pleats
The seamstress in me picked this one. The most brutal fashion detail!
Snow Day
I think I like this partly because snow days are so rare in Seattle, and therefore even more beloved (by schoolkids if not their parents). This winter doesn't look promising so far, but it's a long way from over.
Three Chord Killer
So that's why they call it an axe . . .
My fiction and blogging projects collide in "St. Rage," now available as the 13th release in the Pankhearst Singles Club. This story of an all-girl teenage garage band with superpowers is short, it's funny, and it's only $ .99. If you like "St. Rage," please like St. Rage on Facebook and go listen to their first demo.
UPCOMING: Your Mother Should Know album release show, with Tom Price Desert Classic, Can You Imagine?, and Dead Bars Friday, January 23 at the Highline Bar. I'd want to go to this show even if I wasn't playing! https://www.facebook.com/events/374070109426331/
Get the record: https://yourmothershouldknow2.bandcamp.com/album/rocks-and-glass
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