RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE

"A statement of fact cannot be insolent." The miscellaneous ramblings of a surgeon/scientist on medicine, quackery, science, and pseudoscience (and anything else that interests him).

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Worst band names ever

Courtesy of Maxim, here’s a list of The Worst Band Names Ever. (Found via Stereogum.)

I’ll certainly go along with them in naming Limp Bizkit and Toad the Wet Sprocket as truly horrible band names. But, hey, what’s wrong with Men Without Hats (besides the music)?

A few suggestions I’d add to the list:

Better Than Ezra

Dogs Die in Hot Cars

Cherry Poppin’ Daddies

Panic! At The Disco (I particularly detest wandering exclamation points.)

…And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead (Love the band, hate the name.)

Godspeed You Black Emperor! (As much as I love this band, it was a toss-up between including this on a list of best band names ever or worst band names ever. But, then, damn if the pretentious collective from Montreal didn’t move the exclamation point in later iterations of the band name, producing Godspeed You! Black Emperor. I still love their music, though.)

Haysi Fantaysee

Hoobastank

Do Make Say Think

My Dad Is Dead

I’m sure you can think of more…

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Orac is the nom de blog of a humble surgeon/scientist who has an ego just big enough to delude himself that someone, somewhere might actually give a rodent's posterior about his copious verbal meanderings, but just barely small enough to admit to himself that few probably will. That surgeon is otherwise known as David Gorski.

That this particular surgeon has chosen his nom de blog based on a rather cranky and arrogant computer shaped like a clear box of blinking lights that he originally encountered when he became a fan of a 35 year old British SF television show whose special effects were renowned for their BBC/Doctor Who-style low budget look, but whose stories nonetheless resulted in some of the best, most innovative science fiction ever televised, should tell you nearly all that you need to know about Orac. (That, and the length of the preceding sentence.)

DISCLAIMER:: The various written meanderings here are the opinions of Orac and Orac alone, written on his own time. They should never be construed as representing the opinions of any other person or entity, especially Orac's cancer center, department of surgery, medical school, or university. Also note that Orac is nonpartisan; he is more than willing to criticize the statements of anyone, regardless of of political leanings, if that anyone advocates pseudoscience or quackery. Finally, medical commentary is not to be construed in any way as medical advice.

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