Saturday, November 29, 2008

The Muslims (the San Diego Band, Not the Followers of Islam) Change Their Name to the Soft Pack

I would venture the Mumbai attacks had something to do with it. There had been a lull in major extremist religious terrorism, and calling themselves "The Muslims" was a way to turn people's heads without immediately offending anyone (which they shouldn't really have had to do, their music stands on its own merits).

Interestingly, Mumbai is of course the (relatively and not really) new name for Bombay and there is a band with Bombay in its name playing one of the upcoming Vampire Weekend shows at Terminal 5.

The Soft Pack is a terrible name by the way.

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