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Greg - 2007-06-20 09:59:20
Meat Puppets, had they never, ever recorded anything, deserve to be famous just for the name.
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iwombat - 2007-06-20 15:33:19
No, it's not like you're laughing at them (I hope you're not!) it's like you are walking by the bordello and appreciating their charms, and admitting your weakness, not judging, just saying hello, but walking on by, because, well, you just don't do that kind of thing...maybe, someday, you'll be in a position to make an honest dog out of one, lucky, one.
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grigorss - 2007-06-20 17:05:07
Well, the situation that got them there, in that window display, you can't control (even what got you there, looking at 'em, is not entirely under your control) -- but, dogs, being social creatures, are probably happy to see you (and anybody else); and you seem happy enough to take a gander as you stroll by. What's the expression? No harm, no foul...
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Greg - 2007-06-20 17:41:43
And most dogs, like humans, appreciate the humor behind the name Meat Puppets. Really!
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Steve - 2007-06-20 18:55:25
the M'ups
Is this a common nickname? I never heard it before.
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iwombat - 2007-06-20 21:00:29
I, at first, assumed I was about to become more informed about the Muppets.
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Paula - 2007-06-20 22:45:25
he M'ups Is this a common nickname?
No, it's just what I call them. Honestly, I hate band nicknames. I never say "the 'Mats" and I become nauseated when people refer to Paul McCartney as "Macca."
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Greg - 2007-06-21 02:04:01
Paula--the only thing more annoying than band nicknames is artists with one name. I can't explain why that irks me but it does. I let Prince off the hook because it's his real name.
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Greg - 2007-06-21 02:04:43
Oh, and I let Moulty off the hook because... well, just because.
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Paula - 2007-06-21 08:06:55
....because he's got a hook for a hand?
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Philip - 2007-06-21 10:10:26
What about Morrissey? And for that matter, the nickname "Moz"?
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Paula - 2007-06-21 10:40:49
Aside from being fascinated by the "z" style of nickname that Brits seem to favor (my English sister-in-law Karen is sometimes called "Kaz"), I just call Morrissey "Morrissey," or "that guy who looks like John Sharples."
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Bina - 2007-06-21 12:26:02
Moz or Mozzer. Madonna is Madge. William is Wills. Sharon usually becomes Shazza. Diana was Di and Camilla was The Rottweiller.
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Bz - 2007-06-21 12:38:24
Some nicknames are assa (acceptable), such as The Toads (Stones), Toxic Raisins (Reasons), Minor Treat, etc.
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Greg - 2007-06-21 12:42:24
I figure a drummer with a hook for a hand rates any name he likes. haha... good call. The guy from Def Leppard, while I respect that he goes on still, he is sans hook.
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Bad Meow - 2007-06-21 18:26:01
My grandpa used to play "How Much is That Doggie In the Window?" for me on an old 78 when I'd visit.
That gives me an odd fondness for dogs in windows.
The dogs mustn't stay too long, do they? I imagine they find their people pretty quick.
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Paula - 2007-06-22 11:57:05
I imagine they find their people pretty quick
Well, this adds an extra layer of pang: my three favorite dogs--Mr. White Paws, Smokey, and Liberty--have been there as long as the store's been open, and they just keep growing and growing...There were 5 yellow labs and one of 'em got adopted but the 4 others remain.
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Mr Lojban - 2007-06-22 16:02:01
I hate band nicknames. I never say "the 'Mats"
Wait. Who are the 'Mats?
I confess to shortening band names. The other day I saw the singer who fronts the Ninety-Nine Cent Dreams. She had her guitar and said she was on her way to rehearsal. I said, "With the Dreams?"; she replied "With the Dreams!" I was also tempted to refer to Ice Mitten as "Smitten". Boy am I glad I didn't.
Paul Gascoigne = "Gazza". The guy from Kingmaker = "Loz".
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Mr. Lojban - 2007-06-22 16:16:23
Paul Gascoigne, despite having been talented... is Satan incarnate. His pal Five Bellies is pretty humorous though.
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Greg - 2007-06-22 16:17:19
Shoot!!!! I did it again... Sorry Mr L. That was me in response to you. I'm used to this other board where the first open line is for addressing the person you're responding to.
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2fs - 2007-06-22 22:55:54
On the off chance Mr. Lojban was not joking: The Replacements, yeesh!
And: Chaz Hatherley for Charlotte Hatherley. Basically, take Andy Partridge's talents for weirdo-yet-right hooks and stuff them into the frame of a petite, attractive woman (she plays a mean geetar too). That's as opposed to Partridge himself, who these days looks rather stuffed into himself.
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Mr Lojban - 2007-06-22 23:54:37
'Mats = Replacements? Sheesh. I was not joking. But now I know. Do I deserve to get my nick nicked? Maybe. Probably.
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Paula - 2007-06-23 11:01:58
I have called the Velvet Underground "The Velvets" (in print!) and Yo La Tengo "YoLa," but that's as far as I'll go.
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