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Eric: A late night, wistfully.
It was a friend. His band was called Defenestry. They play jazz. They had a vibraphone player who goes insane, getting his whole body into the act, thrusting and jiggling and moving and all.
The band before him was Giant Panda Mode, and they played vastly too loud neo-reggae, with a couple of girls in "Grandchildren of Woodstock" attire dancing in front of them. Which would have worked better were there more than twelve people in the pub. It was an Irish Pub, in Allston, Mass.
I drank coffee. Weds drank harder stuff. My friend Kate split the difference. My friend Joe played guitar and did damn well.
One more night of driving. And then everything is back to normal, and you'll see more from me.
Though, admittedly, that's a silver lining.
Posted by Eric Burns-White at June 28, 2005 11:59 AM
Comments
Comment from: Arachnid posted at June 29, 2005 3:01 AM
Good thing Brent Sienna wasn't watching that band, eh? ;)
Comment from: Kate Sith posted at June 29, 2005 3:01 AM
Those are the awesomest band names I've heard since The Wookiees and Shep and the Kind of Guys Who'd Drink a Bottle of Shampoo for $20.
Comment from: Phil Kahn posted at June 29, 2005 12:07 PM
"Shep and the Kind of Guys Who'd Drink a Bottle of Shampoo for $20" is arguably the greatest band name I've ever heard in my life.
Comment from: hess42 posted at June 29, 2005 12:37 PM
Best name of a band I actually saw in person was "We're Late And Smell Like Beer". But I gotta say, "Shep and the Kind of Guys Who'd Drink a Bottle of Shampoo for $20" is right up there.
Comment from: Kate Sith posted at June 29, 2005 2:51 PM
I haven't actually *heard* Shep, mind. I heard about them back in high school, so I'd place that at... five, six years ago? I doubt they still exist. Google doesn't seem to think so.
If it's any consolation, though, I *am* listening to a song titled "We Poured Gasoline Into the Fire and Now We Have Stumps for Arms and No Eyebrows".
(Decent song, too. NOFX.)
"We're Late And Smell Like Beer" wins, I think.
Comment from: Robert Hutchinson posted at June 29, 2005 5:39 PM
Of the bands I've actually heard (and having the benefit of a name still barely on this side of infinite pretentio-wankery), my vote goes to Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives.
Comment from: TheNintenGenius posted at June 30, 2005 7:58 PM
A lot of great band names in here. I especially like "We're Late and Smell Like Beer" and "Shep and the Kind of Guys Who'd Drink a Bottle of Shampoo for $20." Personally, the best band name I've ever come in contact with is when someone floated me an mp3 of some weird, obscuro band called Vincent Price's Orphan Powered Death Machine (whose music, I should note, was absolutely fucking terrible). Can't think of any other band names that I've found really amusing, though.
Also slightly related to another one of the posts, I still think the best song name ever is an old favorite by Taco the Wonder Dog (who I wish hadn't taken down his site, as it was awesome): "SONG FOR THE STUPID RAVER SHITHEAD WHO LIVES UNDERNEATH ME AND ALWAYS PLAYS HIS SHITTY MUSIC REALLY LOUD AND MAKES MY FLOOR VIBRATE AND AT ONE POINT HE LEFT HIS ROOM BUT LEFT THE STEREO ON AND IT SKIPPED AND I HAD TO LISTEN TO IT FOR FOUR FUCKING HOURS."
Comment from: Wednesday posted at July 4, 2005 8:05 PM
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