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 “Portland Brawl”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Synchronized Ovulation”:  Rob Katzenstein
 Band Name Winner “The Biscuit Cans”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Limo Sunroof”:  Andrew Christou
 Performer Name Winner “Daniel The Spaniel”:  Bob Winter  Album Name Winner “Curtains”:  Lesly Pyle
 Band Name Winner “The Ankle Monitors”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “She’s Gay”:  Irena Jaroszewska
 Band Name Winner “Yuge”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Unfit”:  Kevin Kehoe
 Band Name Winner “Stucco”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “What It’s Like Talking to My Husband”:  Mark Lewis
 Band Name Winner “Insurance Claim Denied”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “2nd Amendment, 3rd Round”:  Mark Mazut
 Band Name Winner “Pap’s Blue Ribbons”:  Hilary Lannan  Album Name Winner “Tickling the Wivories”:  Lesly Pyle
 Band Name Winner “141st Trimester”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Don’t Pick At It”:  Don Mulkey
 Band Name Winner “The Styrofarmers”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “We Were Promised Women”:  Kevin McMonagle
 Band Name Winner “Paper Dolls”:  Steve Rovery  Album Name Winner “Going to the Bathroom”:  Lesly Pyle
 Band Name Winner “Lice Check”:  Nik Dessle  Album Name Winner “Stop Pinching, Darren”:  Lesly Pyle
 Band Name Winner “He Said Smile”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Exhausted”:  Irena Jaroszewski
 Band Name Winner “The Serengeti Bettys”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “In Heat”:  Wayne Davis
 Band Name Winner “The Cartel Informants”:  Tyler Hampton  Album Name Winner “No Railing”:  Lesly Pyle
 Band Name Winner “Red Sock”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Braces Off”:  Andrew Christou
 Band Name Winner “Weaponized Suspender”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Ja to Fun! Nein to Scoliosis!”:  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 “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 “Expired Potpourri”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Smell This”:  Jordan Dontos
 Band Name Winner “Envy”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Tingly Burden”:  Jon Soto
 Band Name Winner “Unimpressed Girlfriends”:  David Estoye  Album Name Winner “Dude, Really, Cleats?”:  Lesly Pyle
 Band Name Winner “Dutch Ovens”:  Dion Hughes  Album Name Winner “Retirement Gifts”:  Lesly Pyle
 Band Name Winner “The Shivvvvers”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Dead by Nightfall”:  Jay Nicholas
 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.
 Performer Name Winner “Sunny Hibiscus”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “I Am Smiling”:  Bob Winter
 Band Name Winner “The Easy Sister”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Children In The Oven”:  Ryan Dancik
 Band Name Winner “Invisible Toilets”:  Rob Katzenstein  Album Name Winner “Push”:  Lesly Pyle
 Band Name Winner “Your Biological Father”:  Rob Katzenstein  Album Name Winner “Recent Pic”:  Lesly Pyle
 Performer Name Winner “Feral”:  Lesly Pyle  Album Name Winner “Flounce”:  David Eastman
  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"
 This "Memoir" Name Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Memoir:  “Baptism by Father”    The "Subtitle" Winner:  Rob Katzenstein  Subtile:  “Stories That’ll Leave You In Stitches”
 Double Tap! (When you win both parts of a contest, it's called a "Double Tap." The rarest of SOTO wins.)  This "60s Sitcom" Name Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Sitcom:  “Tolerating Henry”   It's "Descriptive Line" Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Description:  “He Reads
 This "Hospital Drama" Name Winner:  Jim MacNaughton  Drama:  “Gothpital”   The "Provocative Tagline" Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Tagline:  “Never Check ‘Organ Donor’”
 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 "70s Romance Novel" Name Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Title:  “VentriloTryst”   The "Descriptor Line" Winner:  Ross Ludwig  Description:  “His Love Was Worth The Splinters”
 This "Swim Suit Line" Name Winners (L to R):   Mark Mazut: “The Swell”    Nick Spooner: “The Baffler”    Mark Mazut: “The Tidbit”    Lesly Pyle: “The Smuggler”    Gary Peare: “The Aristocrat”    Bob Dorfman: “The Accommodator”
 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”
 These "Modern Haircut" Name Winners:   Jon Soto: “The Thatched Cottage”    Dion Hughes: “The Goiter”    Lesly Pyle: “The Dateline Profile”    Mark Bell: “The Whoville”
 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 “Superhero” Name Winner:  Lesly Pyle   Superhero: “The Stork”   This “Superhero” Theme Line Winner:  Dion Hughes   Theme: “Toys-R-Me”
 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.”
 Headline Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Line:  “Take a Crap. Then a Nap.”   Collection Name Winner:  Bob Winter   Name: “Lav-ra-doodle”
 Haiku Winner:  Lesly Pyle   It had been decades   Since she had an eye exam   Here kitty kitty
 Double tap!  This "Polish Color" Name Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Color:  “Trumpkin”   This "Polish Tagline" Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Tagline:  “This is the best nail color. Really. The best. It’s genius. It’s stable. You’ll never see a better nail color. Ever
 This "Vintage Ad’s Headline Winner" Winner:  Rob Katzenstein  Headline:  “No One Wants a Rotten Child”   The "Tagline" Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Tagline:  “Preserve Their Innocence”
 This "Movie Re-Name" Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Movie:  “Hanging Chad”   The "Tagline" Winner:  Mark Mazut  Tagline:  “Wanna Party? Of Corpse!”
 This "Movie Re-Name" Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Movie:  “The Bad Apples”   The "Tagline" Winner:  Mark Mazut  Tagline:  “High Hoes, High Hoes”
 Double Tap!  This "Movie Re-Name" Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Movie:  “Finding Neo”   The "Tagline" Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Tagline:  “Lots of Green Type”
 This "Ice Cream" Re-Name Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Title:  “Forrest Glump”
 This "Pulp Fiction Novel" Name Winner:  Don Mulkey  Title:  “Best Bar Mitzvah Ever”   The "Descriptor Line" Winner:  Lesly Pyle  Description:  “The Day Dollar Bills Became Better Than Quarters”
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