Naming a band is an act of concentrated creative expression. Since 2010, Square Pig in a Round Hole has been rewarding 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 Stranger’s Everout nightlife listings for abundant source material!
Our neighborhood is having a Halloween costume parade this afternoon. It’s likely to be wet and windy, so I’m glad I don’t have a little kid who has been looking forward to this for weeks. Seems like a much better weekend find an indoor venue for ones costumery, or just stay home and watch the rain through the window.
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The Bug Club
After-school activity for second graders who will someday be entomologists instead of paleontologists.
Drunk Drama
From which the sober can’t look away, no matter how messy. Bonus points for alliteration.
Freeway Hawk
Nature, visible from and making its own use of our transportation infrastructure.
Loud Lust
Passion making itself known from several rooms away. As inescapable and alliterative as drunk drama.
New Lore
All ancient wisdom was once fresh and shiny.
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Karen Eisenbrey 