[kj] OT: End of the Year! Post your BEST OF lists

[Alexander Smith]

When I was the "fine arts editor" of my college newspaper (the  
Denisonian), I wasn't allowed to put the name "BUTTHOLE SURFERS" in a  
headline (I'd written a review of a show of theirs in Columbus, Ohio  
on the LOCUST ABORTION TECHNICIAN tour). I had to refer to them in the  
headline as the "B.H. SURFERS".

Times have indeed changed.

Alex in NYC



On Jan 8, 2008, at 6:21 AM, B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:


> Yeah, Agoraphobic Nosebleed have been around awhile. I've always  

> been partial to The Exploding Plastic Fuck Dolls' name.

>

> It's a testament to punk's subsumption into mainstream culture that  

> there is a show in TV in the UK now called "Nevermind the  

> Buzzcocks," which, from what I have seen, has little to do with  

> punk, or the Buzzcocks. Or that the Buzzcocks have a commercial for  

> AARP. I mean, not even 15 years ago, a band with a name like  

> "Buzzcocks" might find it hard to get exposure or airplay, just  

> based on their name, taken from an x-rated rag. Now we regularly  

> have kids saying names like "Buzzcocks," or "Butthole Surfers,"  

> which is arguably worse.

>

> And, man, in the real dark ages, even The Damned complained they  

> were told their name was a barrier to commercial viability; they  

> were often urged to change it in the early 80s when they were  

> starting to work with MCA.

>

> Times sure have changed. I'd like a world where "Butthole Surfers"  

> and "Anal Cunt" are regularly spoken by 5 year olds.

>

> -Oliver

>

>

>

> Alexander Smith wrote:

>>

>> Bahahahahahahaaha.

>>

>> The best I'd heard this year was Agoraphobic Nosebleed.

>> Alex in NYC

>>

>> On Jan 7, 2008, at 2:03 PM, fatpotanga wrote:

>>

>>> On 7 Jan 2008, at 18:58, Alexander Smith wrote:

>>>

>>>> I love that there's a band called BLOODY PANDA.

>>>

>>> the best band name I heard last year was bipolar bear

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