Philosophy
Was reading a book awhile back and came across the phrase "Empedocles' cosmic love cycle" and thought "man, that would make a great band name." Always wanted a band myself called The Synthetic A Priori Blues Band. There's a folk duo on campus here at Gettysburg that occasionally performs at lunchtime as The Sibling Brothers, a name that delights me to no end.
Other band names that should exist or good ones we might not have heard of?
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Yesterday was Bruce Springsteen's 60th birthday. Let's play with a question I thought about for my contribution to Bruce Springsteen and Philosophy. Bruce is famous for leaving it all onstage. His shows don't end when the shows end. Anyone...
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I got drafted to write a piece in the forthcoming Bruce Springsteen and Philosophy, so I've decided to start thinking about encores. The E Street Band is famous for two and three encore performances, with the encore being the length of other bands'...
Philosophy
Band Names
Was reading a book awhile back and came across the phrase "Empedocles' cosmic love cycle" and thought "man, that would make a great band name." Always wanted a band myself called The Synthetic A Priori Blues Band. There's a folk duo on campus here at Gettysburg that occasionally performs at lunchtime as The Sibling Brothers, a name that delights me to no end.
Other band names that should exist or good ones we might not have heard of?
- Are There Songs On Dark Side Of The Moon?
Pink Floyd won in court last week. They were suing their record label EMI who was trying to sell downloads of songs from Dark Side of the Moon on iTunes. The band argued that their contract required that it be sold in album form only -- these were the...
- The Boss And Encores
Yesterday was Bruce Springsteen's 60th birthday. Let's play with a question I thought about for my contribution to Bruce Springsteen and Philosophy. Bruce is famous for leaving it all onstage. His shows don't end when the shows end. Anyone...
- Is Spinal Tap A Real Band?
My heroes, Spinal Tap, will be on The Daily Show tonight in support of their new album. Philosophers of language have long grappled with the question of fictional names. What does "Hamlet" mean given that there is no Hamlet for the word to refer to?...
- The Dead: Facsimile Or Reformation?
The Dead just announced a spring tour. Lots of excited chatter on the internets tubes. Then the prices were announced. Around $100 a ticket. Much grumbling ensued. The reason for the exorbitant prices during a recession is that they are afraid. At the...
- The Ethics Of Encores
I got drafted to write a piece in the forthcoming Bruce Springsteen and Philosophy, so I've decided to start thinking about encores. The E Street Band is famous for two and three encore performances, with the encore being the length of other bands'...