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!
As we head into Thanksgiving week, I am grateful for electricity and the workers who restored it (and are still hard at work) after the big windstorm. Also for band names and however many readers find their way to this blog! If you want to meet me in person, I will be at the Underground Holiday Market in Shoreline from 10 am to 4 pm today, November 23, selling and signing my books in the Author Event Network booth. They make great gifts!
If you are able, please buy these bands’ music and merch. And … hit the subscribe button at the lower right to never miss a post.
Fun Parents
When you’re a kid, you wish you had them. When you have kids, you want to be them. But the sad truth is, parenting is a lot of work and only occasionally fun.
I’ve Never Been Here Before
That’s the thing about time traveling at 60 seconds per minute. You’re always stumbling into the future when all you know is the past.
People in Progress
The beauty and tragedy of being human: every one of us is trying and failing and trying again. Going on to perfection but never quite getting there. Never truly finished.
Redshift
Nerdy, science-y term that sounds (and actually is) pretty cool–astronomers can tell how far away distant galaxies are! Also, my band Your Mother Should Know is on this bill, along with Square Pig faves Dead Bars, so I’ll actually be at the show. It has been a long time.
Sit.Stay.Beg.
Acceptable in dog training. Iffy in a human relationship, unless you’re into that.
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Karen Eisenbrey 