Friday Fun … the best band name for librarians
April 11, 2008 at 11:14 am Tyler Rousseau 44 comments
If you were in a band with a bunch of other librarians, what would you call it? Would you refer to your profession in the title?
Personally, if I were to be in a rock band with fellow librarians, I would go with:
The Dewey Decibel System
If it were an alternative band, I think it would favor:
Mending Potter’s Spine
So, let’s have a little fun this Friday; what are some great band names you can come up for the profession?
Entry filed under: Fun. Tags: Friday Fun, random.
Library Garden 
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Karen | April 11, 2008 at 12:13 pm
I work in a health sciences library, so I’d have to go with The PubMedliners or The MeSH Browsers (cuz The EMTREE Tools just doesn’t have the same ring to it!)
2.
Anonymous | April 11, 2008 at 12:57 pm
My Guitar Hero band name is The Velmas. Works for an all girl band.
Chris
3.
Anonymous | April 11, 2008 at 2:31 pm
How about these?
The Weeding Shelvers
Data Managers
Answered Questions
4.
Jeff | April 11, 2008 at 3:53 pm
How about a real librarian rock band? The Bearded Pigs–www.beardedpigs.org. Naturally. We usually hang out at MLA.
5.
cwood | April 11, 2008 at 6:45 pm
I’d go with Shhhhh!
6.
Janie L. Hermann | April 11, 2008 at 9:19 pm
I like the Dewey Decimators — or just Decimators for short.
If it was an all girl band I would go with The Info Divas or Info Supremes.
Okay, so I am not that original. I gotta give this some more thought.
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Peter Bromberg | April 12, 2008 at 6:37 am
MY TOP TEN…
Tweenie Pop Band: The Lifesavers
Country/Western: Rocakabibbly
DIY Punk: Serial Control
Adult Pop: The Carnegies
Emo: Moon (for Eric Moon)
Tweenie Pop Punk: Juvenile Fiction
Alternative: No Dialog
Christian Rock: Renew
Heavy Metal: Spine out
Pop Metal: Bad Circulation
Cover Band: The Plastic Covers
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Lisa Coats | April 12, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Dewey Do It?
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Janie L. Hermann | April 12, 2008 at 11:16 pm
Oh, I love Serial Control. I gotta get dh to consider that for his next project if his current band splits up.
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Grace | April 12, 2008 at 11:30 pm
The Book Covers (A cover band)
The Library Police (heavy metal)
The Story Tellers (a folk band)
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Anonymous | April 14, 2008 at 11:57 am
Oh, it would have to be an acronym! R.E.A.D – Rock, Emo and Dance!
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Cynthia | April 14, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Ooooh, I love Juvenile Fiction–so perfect on so many levels.
My choice would have to be 781.66 RAM, in honor of the greatest band to ever exist…..
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Anonymous | April 16, 2008 at 11:34 am
Don’t forget:
Electronica: Bibliotechno
Hip-Hop/Rap: OPAC Shakur
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Evan T. Struble | April 16, 2008 at 11:46 am
Of course, all of these acts would be signed to the label “Bib Records”…
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Anonymous | April 16, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Dewey and the Page Turners
Source
YA YA
No Index
The Paperbacks
Search Engine
Lost in the Bookdrop
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Anonymous | April 16, 2008 at 6:25 pm
I Did Not Go to Grad School to Help You Use the Photocopier
(Maybe that would be a better album name,lol!)
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Laura @WJ | April 16, 2008 at 6:31 pm
The WebJunction staff actually participated in a street caroling competition as the Dewey Decibels.
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Katherine Ralson | April 16, 2008 at 8:37 pm
The Hysterical Librarians, of course 🙂
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starvark | April 16, 2008 at 9:47 pm
I’m thinking, especially for vintage library rockers: ‘The Bring ’em Backs’. Of course this makes me think of the all-author band ‘The Rock Bottom Remainders’. Oooh! I have it: “The Know-it-Alls”. Or, still more playing to stereotype: “Hairbun”.
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Anonymous | April 17, 2008 at 8:21 am
A couple of librarian friends of mine had a band in the 1980s called “The 050s.” I occasionally sang with them. Post-punk garage band in New Jersey.
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Day | April 17, 2008 at 9:38 am
I love “I did not go to grad school to help you with the photocopier.” That’s just brilliant.
But I would probably go with one of my favorite library terms: Subfield Delimiter. It kind of has that weird indie-rock what-the-heck-does-that-mean ring to it.
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Anonymous | April 17, 2008 at 10:01 am
Punk: Authority File
Alternative: Mylar
Christian Rock: Challenge or PABBIS et al
Heavy Metal: MetaData
Drum and Bass ect: RDF – Radical Dance Faction
so many acronyms, so little time . . .
23.
Anonymous | April 17, 2008 at 10:12 am
What about “The Call Numbers”?
Or is that a bit too risque?
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Anonymous | April 17, 2008 at 10:17 am
I didn’t see this one yet, so I thought I’d add “The Shelveits.”
25.
Anonymous | April 17, 2008 at 11:16 am
I’m not a musician, but several people here at the Brooklyn Public Library are. Some of them have a band called Lost in the Stacks.
Susan Levy, Brooklyn, NY
26.
Tim | April 17, 2008 at 2:15 pm
http://www.iamthearchivist.com/music.htm
There’s already a band out there.
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Tim | April 17, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Here’s another band that fits: Data Rock
http://www.datarockmusic.com/
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jenjen | April 17, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Playlist for liberyluvr99
Oh See Elsie! – “Straight outta Dublin (OHIO-HIO-HIO-HIO)”
Ref Riders – “Look me up in your Index of Love”
The Five Laws – “Rock Me Ranganathan”
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laura | April 17, 2008 at 4:24 pm
These are all great! I’ll go with Checked Out
30.
Anonymous | April 18, 2008 at 6:57 am
I’ve always dreamed of being the front man for Marc Tag and the Subfields.
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Anonymous | April 18, 2008 at 8:42 am
Band Names:
The Donations
The Withdrawals
The Discards
The Overdues
The Renewals
The Laminates
The Book Supports
The Shelf Ends
32.
James | April 18, 2008 at 8:55 am
Snags for a AAA band, they’d sound a lot like Bright Eyes, I think.
On a related topic, I always wanted our library to join the local softball league. We’d call ourselves The Overdues.
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Anonymous | April 18, 2008 at 8:59 am
BlöödHag play short heavy metal songs about science fiction and fantasy authors.
http://www.bloodhag.com/
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Anonymous | April 18, 2008 at 9:27 am
I totally forgot The Bookdrops in my post.
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Anonymous | April 18, 2008 at 5:19 pm
How about the Way Overdues?
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Greg Schwartz | April 19, 2008 at 6:50 am
Our mythical grad school band was called Dublin Core. Or maybe we’d have spelled it Dublin Corps.
37.
Anonymous | April 21, 2008 at 8:24 am
unbound…
loose pages…
38.
Kurt W Wagner | April 22, 2008 at 8:27 am
How about:
The Bound Periodicals
or
Overdue
39.
RedheadFangirl | April 24, 2008 at 3:23 pm
ISBNettes for my girl group.
AnnoTation for my metal group.
Barcode for my electronica.
And I’d love to throw in something with the word “Boolean” in it…
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Anonymous | May 6, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Of course!
The Boolean Operators.
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Anonymous | May 15, 2008 at 1:40 pm
As a cataloger, I would have to go with Subfield Delimiters–but a great garage band name–The OverDudes!
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Samd | June 5, 2008 at 6:01 pm
I work at an American art museum library, and I give credit to an old colleague who came up with a perfect band name: The ND237s.
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Anonymous | June 6, 2008 at 11:17 am
The waived fines
The MiSsHeLvEd
Credited with Return Revival
The Overduebee Brothers???
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