Exercise For Credit: Five Names For A Fictional Open Mic

I love the excruciating boredom that radiates from each of these three words.

I also feel there needs to be a sensitive guy with a Polish last name, like "Josh Verbitzky."

I like that idea. He needs to have a boyish first name as well. Chrissie Wolski. Petey Kubica. Andi Sycz. DD Jarowski

There needs to be someone called Josh. As with "open mic night", the name is redolent of well-meaning insipidness.

Josh Anthony?

Apologies to anyone called Josh, BTW.

Eric "Jah" Harrington?
Josh "J-Dub" Wetzler?
Alex "Sasha" Pendleton?

Some more good spam names:

Lydia Godfrey
Leticia Coates
Earline Blake
Kitty Kimball
Ananth Boyce
Scott Von Heldt (writing to me about Baron Von Sloth, which could be a band name)
Catalina Leitz
Ramona Sawyer
Agnes Petersen
Olimpia Tash
Henri M. Ramon
Bernadine Prescott
Maurice Chaparall
Toussain Swaby
Luther Eldridge

And my personal favorite, Enumerates G. Purview

I love the excruciating boredom that radiates from each of these three words.

-- joseph cotten (josephcotte...), July 16th, 2006.

This made me LOL

Genre: Bluegrass/Folk/Rock

Band Members Just Myself
Influences Eric Clapton, BB King, John Mellencamp, Bill Monroe
Sounds Like Folky Blues and Bluegrass
Record Label Docwoody Studios

The Illuminati Solution
Defeat of Denial
Hillbilly Jim

My Life, Her Heart, Our Wound
Blood by Blood, Fate by Fate
Miranda's Last Farewell
One Sunday In June
Quel'que Chose
Unrelenting Vengeance
Sheep in Wolves Clothing

i like this -- i grew up in a russian neighborhood and i knew at least six alex-sashas.

Jennifer Basil
On Wing
The Dust Bowl
Hammer and Icicle
Wingardium Leviosa
One Green, Two Colorless
Valleri Indecision
The Crystal Chain
Doctor Casino
Serena Ember

Michael, I'm afraid to ask, but what kind of act did you have in mind here?

"SKITTLES!" -Big Gay Al

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ive been looking for a sagely wry novel to read

amazing

Wow, I missed all the later revives - congrats on the book! I totally want to read it. Just for S&G I'm gonna re-render the thread as an ILM poll in a few...

A college friend of mine just posted a show announcement and one of the band they're playing with is called Tr1bal S3eds. I immediately thought of this thread.

http://www.theawl.com/2011/05/my-two-weeks-as-a-russian-tabloid-sensation

"My thing," said Germanika, "is black bogs of despair."

http://www.victorian-cinema.net/trainspotting.jpg

great article!

reading Ground Up right now and thoroughly enjoying it :D

Women of Mass Destruction

Once encountered a real band, playing the social night at a phil conference, called 'The Critique of Pure Rhythm'. Nearly too clever, but also yuck.

god this thread is so good

The Other Side
― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), zondag 16 juli 2006 15:23

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SxAw2LJHX0

http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2014/12/live_local_bands_returning_to.html#incart_river

It's going to be a loud night, with three bands known for amped-up guitars and roaring vocals. Dead Fish Handshake, whose last EP was produced by Sevendust's Clint Lowery, describe their sound as "unadulterated rock 'n' roll...with a no bells-and-whistles approach." Crewman Number Six (the name is a Star Trek reference) have been pounding out their "heavy, soul-funkin' hard rock music" for more than a decade, while Ed Smith & The Ego are longtime Hoboken scene vets.

The Donors Like You

That's great

Saw the below flier and thought The Grateful B.R.O.s was worthy of this thread
https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/192755816_3542630525837102_2893181263667135789_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=2jRNyASmYYwAX86zVml&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.xx&oh=36b868021ee333863c5ddc6f567c0e99&oe=60D8D8C4

http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2014/12/live_local_bands_returning_to.html#incart_river

It's going to be a loud night, with three bands known for amped-up guitars and roaring vocals. Dead Fish Handshake, whose last EP was produced by Sevendust's Clint Lowery, describe their sound as "unadulterated rock 'n' roll...with a no bells-and-whistles approach." Crewman Number Six (the name is a Star Trek reference) have been pounding out their "heavy, soul-funkin' hard rock music" for more than a decade, while Ed Smith & The Ego are longtime Hoboken scene vets.

― 18th Century Celebrity WS of Shame (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 21:18 (nine years ago) link

"longtime scene vets" is such a cruel backhanded complement

Compliment even

Anyway that post is solid gold so nice revive!

Once encountered a real band, playing the social night at a phil conference, called 'The Critique of Pure Rhythm'. Nearly too clever, but also yuck.

― Fine Toothcomb (sonofstan), Tuesday, September 30, 2014 10:43 PM (nine years ago) bookmarkflaglink

LMAO

also Ken Zoan is ace. great thread. also kind of amazing that this book ended up being published by FSG. did anyone ever read it?

It’s in my giant pile of I’ll get to it one day.

Jeff "Guitar" Elliott kills me every time.

In my orbit, too many pickup band names are lazy AF, referencing their practice time or their practice space or how often they rehearse. I probably shouldn't name them here but there are some decidedly lazy band names out there.

to be fair, some of the greatest bands in musical history had the laziest, most unimaginative names

Like, The Band

or The Beatles