Friday, June 25, 2021

Brent Toderian's Band Name Challenge

Several days ago, a well-known urban planner named Brent Toderian asked his Twitter followers, "What’s the best band name for a group of city planners, architects and transportation experts?"

He's turned his favorite responses into a survey. But I wanted to note some of the answers from the larger list. 

There are so many inside jokes (some of which, I confess, I don't get), so this may not be as amusing to you as I find it. But here goes:

  • The Roundabouts
  • Density’s Child
  • Planners with Attitude (PWA)
  • Lewis Mumford and Sons
  • Electric Light Rail Orchestra
  • Jane Jacobs' Addiction
  • Lil NACTO X
  • Raingarden
  • Public Amenity
  • The Alan Parsons Mixed-Use Project
  • The Cars
  • Gehry and the Placemakers
  • Dire Streets

It looks as though Density's Child has won the survey. 

Extra points to the person who said there has to be an album named "Never Mind the Bollards."


4 comments:

Michael Leddy said...

The Venturis?

Daughter Number Three said...

That's a good one!

Bill Lindeke said...

I kind of like Raingarden the best

Daughter Number Three said...

I loved the subtlety of that one.