{"id":1671,"date":"2009-06-08T12:57:06","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T19:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2009\/06\/a-million-little-mashups\/"},"modified":"2009-06-08T13:01:06","modified_gmt":"2009-06-08T20:01:06","slug":"a-million-little-mashups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/08\/a-million-little-mashups\/","title":{"rendered":"A Million Little Mashups"},"content":{"rendered":"

from Coudal Partners<\/a> via MediaBistro<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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A QUICK CONTEST<\/span>\u00a0FROM WHERE\u00a0WE DO OUR BEST THINKING<\/h1>\n

Booking Bands<\/h2>\n

<\/p>\n

The walls in the washroom at our studio are all chalkboards. It was Susan’s idea and after she spent a weekend painting them up, not much happened. An occasional drawing or joke was added, a visiting courier might leave a crude message or one of Jim’s kids would draw a puppy or write something unintelligible. Lately, however, we’ve taken to using that forum for a series of wordplay games and the current one is pretty fun. The idea is to mash up the name of a book with the name of a band.<\/p>\n

Here’s a few of our examples to get you started:<\/p>\n

The Things They Might Be Giants Carried*
\nThe Who Moved My Cheese*
\nThe Old Man and The Sea and Cake*
\nCharlie Daniels and the Chocolate Factory*
\nCatch 182*
\nHorton Hears a Hoobastank*
\nOf Mice and Men at Work*
\nBare Naked Lunch Ladies*
\nThe Agony and the XTC*<\/p>\n

JAMES FREY? WASN’T HE IN THE EAGLES?<\/span><\/p>\n

A Million Little Pixies (Aaron Kelly)<\/em>
\nA Million Little Feat Pieces (Jim Sheeran)<\/em>
\nA Million Little Richards (Brian Braiker)<\/em>
\nA Million Little Peaches and Herb (Robert Hofheimer)<\/em>
\nMy Friend Lynrd Skynrd (Daniel Pink)<\/em>
\nMy Friend Leonard Cohen (Jamie Stolarski)<\/em><\/p>\n

(I am TOTALLY dismayed that no one got “A Marillion Little Pieces*” or “My Friend Len”)<\/em><\/p>\n

Charles Dickens’ not-so-slim pickens<\/span><\/p>\n

The Pickwick pAperchAse (Cy Culpin)<\/em>
\nNickolas Nickelback (Joshua Johnson)<\/em>
\nOliver Twisted Sister (Joshua Johnson)<\/em>
\nNicholas Nickelbee Gees (Jim Sheeran)<\/em>
\nA Christmas Carole King (Tracie Bedell)<\/em>
\nA Christmas Carole King Lear (John Upchurch)<\/em>
\nA Christmas Carol Channing (Meredith Payne)<\/em>
\nDavid Gray Copperfield (Troy Kukes)<\/em>
\nBleak Housemartins (Tom Ward)<\/em>
\nA Tale of Two Bay City Rollers (Tim Carvell)<\/em>
\nA Tale of U2 Cities (Jessica Sheeran)<\/em>
\nGreat White Expectations (John Boeckmann)<\/em><\/p>\n

[ click to read full list at coudal.com<\/a>\u00a0or MediaBistro<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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