Sweet Irony

or those of you who don’t follow sports, earlier today bo schembechler, the legendary university of michigan football coach, passed away on the eve of the biggest college football game of the year. as tomorrow the heated rivalry between the wolverines of umich face the buckeyes of ohio state with the winner all but assured a spot in the national championship game. in fact in all the years of this rivalry, tomorrow will mark the first time that the teams will meet while being ranked numbers 1 and 2 respectively in the polls.

but, this is not a blog about college football, at least not completely. no, this is a blog about the hazards of choosing a name for your punk rock band.

see, there’s a punk rock band from the columbus, ohio area who since the early 1990s have been playing under the name of the dead schembechlers.

and for the 16 some odd years of this band’s existence their name has been nothing but a knowing jab at the heated rivalry that exists between fans of these respective schools (and more importantly their football teams)…but now that bo is actually dead, their name is nothing else if not inappropriate and creepy.

so, now, the dead schembechlers, having to deal with the consequences of what happens when you name your band after a person who later passes away have apparently played their final performance under this moniker.

if the band continues on they have stated that they will change their name (presumably this time to something other than the dead - insert name here -).

so to all you folks out there thinking about starting a band, let this be a warning to you. choose carefully.

take it from me…last week i came this close to naming my new band “I Got Shot And A Riot Ensued While Trying To Buy A PSP3.” boy, that would have been awkward.