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What's in a (band) name?

What's in a (band) name?

Good Names versus Perfect Names

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May 11, 2023
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“What's in a name? That which we call a rose/ By any other name would smell as sweet.” from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

Is Juliet right about that? If a Rose were called a Mold Curdle would we still love the smell? Maybe…

A recent conversation around band names kicked off on Twitter this afternoon thanks to Agnes Callard:

It got me wondering if picking …

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