HOW IT WORKS  1. Jon Soto posts a photo prompt on Facebook. 2. Hundreds of entries are posted.  3. Everyone votes on the band and album names separately.  4. The top names are designed into an album cover and hung in a Tumblr gallery.
 Band Name Winner “The Birth Canals”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Terrible at Hiding”:  Bob Winter
 Band Name Winner “The Biscuit Cans”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Limo Sunroof”:  Andrew Christou
 Band Name Winner “Yuge”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Unfit”:  Kevin Kehoe
 Band Name Winner “Portland Brawl”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Synchronized Ovulation”:  Rob Katzenstein
 Band Name Winner “Stucco”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “This Is What It’s Like Talking to My Husband”:  Mark Lewis
 Band Name Winner “The Ankle Monitors”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “She’s Gay”:  Irena Jaroszewska
 Band Name Winner “Insurance Claim Denied”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “2nd Amendment, 3rd Round”:  Mark Mazut
 Band Name Winner “The Serengeti Bettys”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “In Heat”:  Wayne Davis
 Band Name Winner “Pap’s Blue Ribbons”:  Hilary Lannan  Album Name Winner “Tickling the Wivories”:  Lesly Pyle
 Band Name Winner “The Styrofarmers”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “We Were Promised Women”:  Kevin McMonagle
 Band Name Winner “Homeroom Dave”:  Jon Soto  Album Name Winner “My Bedbugs Don’t Bite, But I Do.”:  Lesly Pyle
 Band Name Winner “100 Feet From Parks”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Mustache Toboggan”:  Jason Elm
 Band Name Winner “Red Sock”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Braces Off”:  Andrew Christou
 Band Name Winner “The Five Leaf Clovers”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “We Sleep Alone”:  Rich Siegel
 Band Name Winner “Weaponized Suspender”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Ja to Fun! Nein to Scoliosis!”:  Jon Soto
 Band Name Winner “Maids of Dishonor”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Untag Me”:  Marc Einhorn
 Band Name Winner “Cocky”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Packing Light”:  David Estoye
 Band Name Winner “Eczema”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Tell Cory I’m Breaking Up with Him”:  Jon Soto
 Band Name Winner “Reflux”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “I Think We Go This Way”:  Tyler Hampton
 Band Name Winner “The Available Babysitters”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “C’mon Guys, Just Have Fun With It”:  Tyler Hampton
 Band Name Winner “Daniel The Spaniel”:  Bob Winter  Album Name Winner “Curtains”:  Lesly Pyle
 Band Name Winner “Pew Pew The Clown”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “For Christ’s Sake, Mom! I’m in Here!”:  Jon Soto
 Band Name Winner “Muffled Tooting”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “MmmfMmfMmmf”:  Nik Dessle  This is a great example of two names that were accidentally destined to mate for life.
 Band Name Winner “Sunny Hibiscus”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “I Am Smiling”:  Bob Winter
 Band Name Winner “Synchronized Menstruation”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Are You Sure Your Keys Aren’t In Your Purse?”:  Stephen Goldblatt
 Band Name Winner “The Easy Sister”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Children In The Oven”:  Ryan Dancik
 Band Name Winner “The Limp Handshakes”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Easy Dodgeball Targets”:  Rob Katzenstein
 Band Name Winner “Your Biological Father”:  Rob Katzenstein  Album Name Winner “Recent Pic”:  Lesly Pyle
 Band Name Winner “Affordable Male Models”:  Rob Katzenstein  Album Name Winner “Covid Cuts”:  Lesly Pyle
 Band Name Winner “Invisible Toilets”:  Rob Katzenstein  Album Name Winner “Push”:  Lesly Pyle
 Band Name Winner “The Ambiguous Pronouns”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Last Known Photo”:  Rob Katzenstein
 Band Name Winner “Front Row Blockers”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Just Teasing”:  Rob Katzenstein
 Band Name Winner “Ukrainian Defibrillator”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “That One Time a Russian Person Smiled”:  Rob Katzenstein  (This contest was December 2020 - before the war. Did not age well!)
 Band Name Winner “Cut From Baseball”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “These New Feelings”:  David Estoye
 Band Name Winner “The Indictments”:  Andrew Christou  Album Name Winner “Putin’s Puppet Show”:  Lesly Pyle
 Band Name Winner “Social Backlash”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Which Way to Epstein Island”:  Paul Adams
 Band Name Winner “The HR Department”:  Ma Ra  Album Name Winner “Ivory Tower Investigation”:  Lesly Pyle
 Band Name Winner “Dim”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Twice Dilated”:  Justin Bundy
 Band Name Winner “Mel and Noma”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Stained Pillow”:  Andy Mckeon
 Band Name Winner “The Jonestown Refreshments”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Darwins Petting Zoo”:  Steven Rovery
 Band Name Winner “High. Heels.”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “So Over You”:  Mark Mazut
 Band Name Winner “The Guzzlers”:  Irena Jaroszewska  Album Name Winner “We Made Bail!”:  Lesly Pyle
 Band Name Winner “Uncle Contraband”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “One Checked Bag”:  Kevin Kehoe
 Band Name Winner “The Realtors”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Have You Lost Weight?”:  Mark Mazut
  HOW "NAME THAT THING" WORKS  1. Jon Soto posts a prompt on Facebook (random things like products, books, TV shows, or movies). 2. Hundreds of entries are posted.  3. Everyone votes. 4. The top name(s) are designed into a comp and hung in Soto's Tum
 The "Polish Color" Name Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Color:  "The Color Formerly Known As Prince"
 Double Tap! (When you win both parts of a contest, it's called a "Double Tap." The rarest of SOTO wins.)   This "Polish Color" Name Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Color:  “Trumpkin”   This "Polish Tagline" Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Tagline:  “This is the best nail
 Double Tap!   This "60s Sitcom" Name Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Sitcom:  “Tolerating Henry”   It's "Descriptive Line" Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Description:  “He Reads Books. I Read Labels.”
 This "Memoir" Name Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Memoir:  “Baptism by Father”    The "Subtitle" Winner:  Rob Katzenstein  Subtile:  “Stories That’ll Leave You In Stitches”
 This "Movie Re-Name" Winner:  Rob Katzenstein  Movie:  “Burning Man. The Musical"   The "Tagline" Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Tagline:  “*No Writers Were Hired During the Production of This Film”
 This "Movie Re-Name" Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Movie:  “Stangers with Candy”   The "Tagline" Winner:  Nik Dessle  Tagline:  “Who Can Take a Sunrise and Sprinkle It with LSD?”
 This "Cologne" Name Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Cologne:  “AfterDave”   The "Tagline" Winner:  Donna Pursel Gleason  Tagline:  “It Will Drive Your Internet Girlfriend Wild”
 This "Swim Suit Line" Winners (L to R):  Mark Mazut: “The Swell,” Nick Spooner: “The Baffler,” Mark Mazut: “The Tidbit,” Lesly Pyle: “The Smuggler,” Gary Peare: “The Aristocrat,”  and  Bob Dorfman: “The Accommodator.”
 This "Hospital Drama" Name Winner:  Jim MacNaughton  Drama:  “Gothpital”   The "Provocative Tagline" Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Tagline:  “Never Check ‘Organ Donor’”
 This "Rental Car Company" Winner:  Lesly Pyle  (Sorry!) Car Company:  “Hearse”   The "Tagline" Winner:  Rob Rizzo  Tagline:  “Kids Fly Free”
 This "Documentary Series" Name Winner:  Stephen Goldblatt  Show:  “Ménage à Pa”    The "Provocative Tagline" Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Tagline:  “Our House Smells Exactly Like You Think It Does”
 This "Action Movie" Name Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Movie:  “The Custody Battle”    The "Provocative Tagline" Winner:  Dan Kutler  Tagline:  “He Changed Diapers. Then He Changed History.”
 This "One Man Show" Name Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Show:  “Sssssave Me a Ssssseat”   The "Critic's Blurb" Winner:  Steve Amick  Critique:  “Terrible…but the theater was rat free.”
 Double Tap!  This "New Product" Name Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Product:  “Knight Be Knit”    The "Provocative Tagline" Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Tagline:  “Keeps Away Cold Air. And Hot Dates.”
 This "Ironic Book" Name Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Name:  "‘Working’ From Home”
 SOTO'S NAME THAT THING This "Instructional Book" Name Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Name: “ How to Hold a Book Believably”
 This "Sexy Pose" Name Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Pose:  The Burt Reynolds
 Headline Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Line:  “Take a Crap. Then a Nap.”   Collection Name Winner:  Bob Winter   Name: “Lav-ra-doodle”
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