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Ha, this is definitely turning into a discussion about *cough* branding. I was in denial about that until now.
I was (and am) in a way too - I made very sure I didn't use the term "corporate identity" in my post above.
Well, the trick is to come up with a name that suggests something which we want to stay the same each time, but which isn't restrictive.
Just so. The restriction we have in terms of using the name for future events is any mention of a link to Barbelith, assuming that were to remain beyond one or more events.
Funny, I thought about Barbarity. Then I thought how appropriate that was for Hunting Lodge, and then in turn I thought "yeah, but does that mean it always has to be noisy and hairy and that?"
I like it, but it also doesn't necessarily fit the other two main bands - BIN are certainly noisy and somewhat hirsute in person, but not especially barbaric. As for MB, save Jim's messianic looks and the obvious fact that while Mono has hair the band are not barbarically hairy, musically or otherwise.
Of course some nights do have a sonic identity, but I'm fairly certain this wouldn't be one of them.
Not on the current line up of noisy jazzcore/psych garage rock/alt.not.exactly.country it doesn't. Would these three bands appear on the same bill elsewhere? I doubt it, and while BIN and MB have played at Drones Club events before, it's been on bills which match their sounds a little closer than the Barbegig's.
Does 'Barbarity' suggest something more specific than just general bad behaviour?
From the Free Dictionary:
bar·bar·i·ty Pronunciation (bär-br-t)
n. pl. bar·bar·i·ties
1. Savage brutality or cruelty in actions or conduct.
2. A cruel or savage act.
3. ... Crudity; coarseness.
while 'barbarism' has:
1. An act, trait, or custom characterized by ignorance or crudity.
2.
a. The use of words, forms, or expressions considered
incorrect or unacceptable.
b. A specific word, form, or expression so used.
Which isn't that promising, really - unless we're bringing out the racks and fetishwear along with murdering the (musical) language along the way...
I suppose it could have connotations of a risk-taking punkish attitude of disobeying or being outside the civilized norm, but (BIN's recent soused slamdancers aside) do we really want that sort of atmosphere being suggested?
Sorry, I'm probably dissecting this term too much - mostly because I'd quite like to find a way to use it positively, but can't. It would be a good in-joke in some ways, but almost everyone at the event would miss the point, and would possibly not turn up in first place as a result. |
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