Not to be outdone

[michrennie]

Well this is just too weird: Bob decides to form a country folk combo right about the same time my surf combo morphs into an Americana band. I'm hoping to make this sort of a rough-and-tumble roadhouse band. The idea is to take rock and country music from various eras and sub-genres and filter it through a Flying Burrito Bros-meets-the-

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[alanpartlow]

I will give you The Stitshanes with my blessing if you'll have it.

[michrennie]

Hmm. Let me think on that one. Maybe we all claim to be named "Shane" as part of the deal.

[alanpartlow]

It will grow on you. Pretty soon it will be all you can think about then you'll come running!

Btw, totally unrelated (sort of), but I was wondering if you heard any of that Mudcrutch album?

[alanpartlow]

No, I haven't. I heard one track off it and it sounded solid. Nothing too exciting, but solid. I recorded a four-hour Tom Petty documentary called "Running Down a Dream." I haven't watched all of it yet (did I mention it's four hours long??), but it opens with a concert at the O-Dome. Mike Campbell is playing a guitar with the Gator emblem painted on it.

I had a friend who came up with an interesting litmus test for band names: "you must be able to share it with an attractive woman at a bar without being embarrassed." At first I thought this was silly, but the more I consider it the more it makes sense.

[michrennie]

/\ me

[alanpartlow]

I see one of the bands your covering is Slobberbone. How would that name go over with the attractive woman at the bar?

I heard a couple of songs from the Mudcrutch. It's got a sort of Allman Brothers vibe to it. The song Crystal river is cool and made me a bit misty.

[michrennie]

Depends on the woman, I guess. I actually heard that one of the reasons that (very awesome) band disbanded and reformed as (the totally forgettable) The Drams was to get away from that unmarketable name. "Everything You Thought Was Right Is Wrong Today" is a great album.

[alanpartlow]

Okay, using the rather shallow guideline of your friend, I've come up with the perfect band name: The Orlotans. First of all it's French, so it's got built in class. If the woman asks what an Orlotan is you can explain to her that it is a rare songbird prized in France as an immodest delicacy. Once caught, the tiny bunting is kept in a small cage, where its eyes are poked out. It is then force fed oats, millet, and figs until it's plumped up to four times its size. It is subsequently drowned alive in cognac, roasted at high heat, then served as an exquisite - and illegal - meal. Traditionally the diner enjoys this delicacy - approximately the size of a human thumb - underneath an embroidered napkin. The head is bitten off, and the entire body eaten in one crunchy bite.

The woman will find you sensitive to the plight of this adorable bird. Next thing you know she's front row center at your next show with three of her hot friends.

[michrennie]

Perfect. Now delete that entry before some skinny-pants-wearing emo band steals my, err...your idea.

didn't make it to Yukon tonight. sorry.