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?
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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Sunday, December 27, 2015
Saturday, May 23, 2015
May 23, 2015
Happy Folklife, known elsewhere as Memorial Day Weekend. I might head down to the festival on Monday, and if I do, I'll be sure to look for Mikey Mike the Rad Scientist (Mike Gervais to those in the know), 2:45 p.m. at the Discovery Zone Stage. Delightful science and nature songs for all ages! If you're bringing kids (or even if you're not), be sure to check him out.
Meanwhile, away from Folklife:
Mild High Club
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.
The Parade Schedule
Festivity requires organization. All the clowns and marching bands have to respect the person with the clipboard.
Rather Dashing
With a name this posh and well mannered, I expect a mess of noise (and am not disappointed).
Shy Girls
My story "St. Rage" is the tale of a formerly invisible girl who decides to start a garage band and ends up with superpowers. Shy girls can do anything when they decide not to give a shit what other people think.
Stubbily Mug
In an appropriate coincidence, only a stub of the name appeared in the paper, so I thought I would be writing about Stubbily. The actual name is even more charmingly weird, and a whole lot of fun to say aloud.
Meanwhile, away from Folklife:
Mild High Club
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.
The Parade Schedule
Festivity requires organization. All the clowns and marching bands have to respect the person with the clipboard.
Rather Dashing
With a name this posh and well mannered, I expect a mess of noise (and am not disappointed).
Shy Girls
My story "St. Rage" is the tale of a formerly invisible girl who decides to start a garage band and ends up with superpowers. Shy girls can do anything when they decide not to give a shit what other people think.
Stubbily Mug
In an appropriate coincidence, only a stub of the name appeared in the paper, so I thought I would be writing about Stubbily. The actual name is even more charmingly weird, and a whole lot of fun to say aloud.
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