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 (usually) 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 nightlife listings for abundant source material!
(Until live music returns, I am curating retrospective posts from past material. Dates indicate when the band was originally featured.)
SQUARE PIG IN A ROUND HOLE PANDEMIC EDITION #31
I’m wrapping up a reasonably good vacation, considering we couldn’t really go anywhere: an online author event, a radio interview, some errands, some yardwork, a nice walk and picnic in the park on the one sunny day, re-homing two shelves of board games, lots of writing, and VOTING! Our ballots are already in the drop box.
Meanwhile, Moon Month continues! (We even found an appropriate wine.) October 2020 has two full moons (the second one will be on Halloween) so I will be sharing nothing but moon-themed band names all month. There are so many, this week includes a bonus sixth band. I hope it takes your mind off the lunacy that is 2020. Everybody, wash your hands, wear your mask, and plan to vote like your life depends on it. And if you are able, please buy these bands’ music and merch while we wait for a better day.
(April 26, 2014) That’s not a moon. It’s a space station.
(December 10, 2011) Nice. I’d settle for a spaceport, but hey, dream big! It’s always a beautiful day on the moon …
(October 12, 2019) 4.51 billion years, give or take 10 million. Thanks, Google, not what I was looking for. Perhaps a subset of the Space Age, back in my childhood when we were landing men on the lunar surface.
(April 30, 2016) Could be the name of an eccentric character in a quirky novel. Could be an affectionate response to the question, “What’s that bright thing in the sky?” Or someone just really loves the moon.
(November 23, 2019) They go together: one’s about an extra moon, the other about a moon that’s missing. In either case, the world would be a very different place. Maybe we have only one because another planet heisted the extra. Lookin’ at you, Mars.
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Karen Eisenbrey 