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Recent news topics that also make good band names

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AirTran

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Parking Lot Suicide Kings

 

Bundy Clash

 

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The Federal Backdown

( "Smooth — even placating — jazz for the don't-tread-on-me crowd." — Horton Veal, Jazz Hands magazine)

 

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Duck! the Shoe

(Cryptic protest folk from an exciting new one-woman band.  "More than just music, it's a diagnosis!" — George Will, Pithfork)

 

Blood Moon Rising

(Credence Clearwater Revisited cover band.  "Sounds like a copy of a copy, and that's good enough for us!" — Sherwood Applejack, music booker, Fremont Street Experience

 

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Broke Rear Ends

 

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The Drones

 

Gloria Lee and the Octogenarian Priest High-Roller Murder Cult

 

Face of Deficit

 

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Dark Money

 

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Sex with Inmates

 

Arson Puppies

 

Marijuana Suckers

 

Pangolin Traffic

 

Massive Buildup

 

The Donors

 

Dissenting Judge

 

Return to Fukushima

 

The Finalists

 

High-Level Administrators

 

Misuse of Funds

 

The Quintuplets

 

The Million Dollar Tarps

 

Lockdown

 

Simulator

 

Sheldon’s Campaign

 

Trespass Cattle

 

 

 

 

Scott Dickensheets is a Las Vegas writer and editor whose trenchant observations about local culture have graced the pages of publications nationwide.
As a longtime journalist in Southern Nevada, native Las Vegan Andrew Kiraly has served as a reporter covering topics as diverse as health, sports, politics, the gaming industry and conservation. He joined Desert Companion in 2010, where he has helped steward the magazine to become a vibrant monthly publication that has won numerous honors for its journalism, photography and design, including several Maggie Awards.