Ok, all…I need your help.
I’ve been looking at the current state of my poetic career (an oxymoron if ever there was one) and trying to figure out what I do next.
I’ve been published in numerous magazines and a few anthologies, have performed all over the country, and feel that I do good work as a poet, in addition to my work as a host, performer, slammer, slam MC, and online columnist.
Nonetheless, I feel like something’s lacking. And this morning, I finally figured out what it is.
I need a rockin’ good stage name!
Oh, sure. I know some of the Wormtown crew will say, “But Tony, what about your beloved moniker, MC Rammalammadingdong?”
Feh. It worked once, I know; but I need something more substantial these days. These days, it’s no longer about the bling…it’s about the work, people! The work!!
That, and the LOVE.
So…I’m taking suggestions. What would you offer me as a stage name?
The only restrictions on this: no name I currently go by will be considered. Thus, no “Chryslerpoet”, “Tony”, or “Who’s the fat guy?”
Have at it, you lunatics. Invite your friends! Invite your relatives! Invite my relatives!
Ready, set…
Dark Matter 
February 13th, 2004 at 1:42 am
Re: stage names
I’M A BOY! a really hairy one, also from denver.
February 13th, 2004 at 12:56 am
Re: stage names
yes, i did grab that off of ed zeppelin. i always point people to her journal to read through those. my name’s elizabeth. nice to meet you. i live in denver, colorado.
February 12th, 2004 at 6:19 pm
Re: stage names
Oh my God.
You have no idea how much that means to me. I’ll explain why in my journal.
Thank you.
February 12th, 2004 at 6:03 pm
Re: stage names
yep, totally, and in chicago in ’99. you poem you did second night about the artist really changed the way I look at writing. you can’t have Ed Zeppelin. I really like it.
February 12th, 2004 at 5:55 pm
See the previous comment.
February 12th, 2004 at 5:54 pm
Re: stage names
Eirean! I’ll be damned. Long time no speak to…Do you recall us meeting at Middletown, all those years ago?
February 12th, 2004 at 5:50 pm
Re: stage names
I have no idea who that was… but they grabbed them offa my journal page. there’s 25 more or so on there. Having a stage name is incredibly liberating…I just started using one about 6 months ago or so.
February 12th, 2004 at 1:10 pm
Thanks, Rachel. Thanks a lot.
Feelin the love,
pencil genitals (!)
February 12th, 2004 at 1:08 pm
Re: and your Argyle Sock and Tassled Footwear Hunt Club name would be-
Heh! Political and yet satirical at the same time. I like that.
February 12th, 2004 at 1:07 pm
Seth Pistols, I love.
Now then: who is this?
February 12th, 2004 at 6:15 am
Jef Leppard
Seth Pistols
Brad Religion
Fred Hotchillipeppers
Bryce Cube
Matt Tallica
Earl Jam
Ed Kennedys
Casey Deecy
Brad Company
Paul Lease
Jack Sabbath(already taken by Mikey Henry)
Ed Zeppelin
Bea Tulls
Fred Nugent
Al Isinchains
Matt Lee Crue
February 12th, 2004 at 5:20 am
SIX EGYPT!!!!
God, I never thought of that. Brilliant…mystical and totally inane at the same time, plus it actually connects to me.
(Those who have no idea what the fuck I’m talking about…some other time.)
February 12th, 2004 at 5:03 am
Re: Ummm
Gak! Hadn’t seen that one for awhile.
“Wopaho” was my dad’s pet name for his two half Italian, half Apache kids.
As for the “tokin'” part…that’s totally unfamiliar to me. No clue where that came from.
February 11th, 2004 at 11:09 pm
Desmond Quattro
February 11th, 2004 at 10:48 pm
and your Argyle Sock and Tassled Footwear Hunt Club name would be-
Mos Left
latah,
o.b.
http://www.geminipoet.blogspot.com/
February 11th, 2004 at 10:47 pm
!@#$ing lost blank spaces.
It makes more sense like this:
Raging Bewildebeest
Millenium Scudmonkey
Purgatory Cookout Chef
MC Sarcasmo
Secret Slinky
Trademark Infringement
Evil Twin
Fuxbridge
Leaving Webster
Pink Flamenco
Lorca’s Bastard
Stealth Virus
MC Spondee
Iambic Pentagram
H.R. Nightmare
Diversity Strainer
Iamb Whoam
Rabid Capybara
Confused Moose
Traffic Enjambment
Plato Fun Factory
Marat-Sade Bathtub
Televised Riot
Stealth Suburban
Longfellow’s Nemesis
Habitrail for Humanity
Tony & His Amazing Prehensile Uvula
Hubris Longshot
Village Idiom
Edward Allegory
Six Egypt
Universal Panacea
Overhead Defector
Boomerang Metaphor
Oedipus Simplex
Jungian Linotype
Pining for the Fnords
February 11th, 2004 at 10:45 pm
Some of these only really work if you become your own band, but:
Raging Bewildebeest Millenium Scudmonkey Purgatory Cookout Chef
MC Sarcasmo Secret Slinky Trademark Infringement Evil Twin
Fuxbridge Leaving Webster Pink Flamenco Lorca’s Bastard
Stealth Virus MC Spondee Iambic Pentagram H.R. Nightmare
Diversity Strainer Iamb Whoam Rabid Capybara Confused Moose
Traffic Enjambment Plato Fun Factory Marat-Sade Bathtub
Televised Riot Stealth Suburban Longfellow’s Nemesis
Habitrail for Humanity Tony & His Amazing Prehensile Uvula
Hubris Longshot Village Idiom Edward Allegory Six Egypt
Universal Panacea Overhead Defector Boomerang Metaphor
Oedipus Simplex Jungian Linotype Pining for the Fnords
February 11th, 2004 at 10:00 pm
Ummm
the “tokin token woppaho” ?
never write anything in your senior yearbook that you wouldnt mind coming back to you… :-p
February 11th, 2004 at 9:36 pm
m.c. finger puppet
father wood
mudflap
P. Tiddy
franz
pencil genitals
lord of the iron hearts
jesus chrysler (i know you said no chrysler, but…)
open casket
mid-evil
poem alone
shock sonnet
two palms full of sheer heaven
m.c. mouthful
uni-verse x infinity
m.c. slam slacks
skreecher teecher
lambchop
supreme T.
February 11th, 2004 at 7:40 pm
Re: Fell off my chair
FROSTED FLAKES?!
Oh, yeah, like that’s original! ;-D
Hi, Lia!
February 11th, 2004 at 7:36 pm
Fell off my chair
At Tony 3:16! Actually Radio-Active Artist is extremely cool. 🙂
Brave Brave Sir Tony
Dream Weaver
Plains Ink
Murphy’s Law
TBA
Hard Drive
Frosted Flakes
Enjoy!
Lia K
February 11th, 2004 at 5:39 pm
Re: T. Ruth? Oh, now I get it…
You mean, re-name the Asylum? Wow. That’s interesting…
February 11th, 2004 at 5:38 pm
Re: T. Ruth? Oh, now I get it…
Pa Don sounds like a noodle dish. Can we find something less carb heavy?
February 11th, 2004 at 5:36 pm
Re: T. Ruth? Oh, now I get it…
The danger with these names, of course, is that you’ve got the power to make whichever one of these stick that you choose.
hehehe.
two more that just came to me are…
Pa Don
Radio-active Artist
we should have a re-naiming night.
wipe the slate clean & chose a new
name & direction. kind of a clensing
for the mind as it were.
February 11th, 2004 at 5:28 pm
T. Ruth? Oh, now I get it…
There’s already one of those in DC, I think.
A poet, not the Truth itself. There’s very little of that in DC.
The danger with these names, of course, is that you’ve got the power to make whichever one of these stick that you choose.
February 11th, 2004 at 5:27 pm
Re: From T and me
That one was my favorite, too.
February 11th, 2004 at 5:24 pm
Re: Names
Hmmmm…I’m kinda liking Futayyih Rukan, myself. Makes me feel all warm and tingly, like I’ve been sitting in a warm Baath.
And I’ll have the book with me tonight, by the way.
February 11th, 2004 at 5:23 pm
you asked…
T. Pirate
M.C. MC
T.Bone Steak
Tony Da Verse
Tony Award
Da Man
Tony 3:16
Tone
Chap Book
T.Ruth
Lance Rest
Wordwalker
February 11th, 2004 at 5:12 pm
Names
According to rumandmonkey.com, your monnikers are as follows:
Goddamn Rock Solid Ghetto Shiznit: Dr. Get Down
Crappy Little Elf: Pony Bracken
Iraqi Leadership: Futayyih Rukan
Insulting: Slutmonkey Poobrain
Mormon: Connyr Bowden
Personally, I think Dr. Get Down works for you.
February 11th, 2004 at 4:04 pm
Jeez. I was so hoping a branding iron would be involved somehow.
February 11th, 2004 at 4:03 pm
Re: THEY CALLLLLL ME…
Makeup makes me break out.
February 11th, 2004 at 4:03 pm
Saucy!
February 11th, 2004 at 4:02 pm
Re: From T and me
MacMillan’s already Papa around here. I do like MC Pirate Squishy, though.
February 11th, 2004 at 3:57 pm
From T and me
How ’bout…
Bigger Poppa T.
or
Dread Pirate Watch My Ass.
or
Dread Pirate Poetic
or
Papa Poet
or
The I am not Michael Brown Poet
or
Preach!
or
The Human Resource
or
MC Pirate Squishy
Let’s see what else we can come up with?
love love
February 11th, 2004 at 3:49 pm
Well, I am sorry sir, but “The Kosher Kid” is already taken…got myself a branding iron with a big “OU” on the end and everything.
(It was Bill’s idea…)
I think I once tried out the moniker “Diakon Mitternacht” (mabye it was at AS200) and have “YankeePoet” in Austin…or “Damn(ed) Yankee”, depending on my mood…you will always be Tony to me, and that name and, much more importantly, your work, resounds with herculean potency.
February 11th, 2004 at 3:37 pm
THEY CALLLLLL ME…
Dr. Love
(call me Dr. Loooooove)
I AM YOUR DOCTOR OF LOVE
(call me Dr. Looooooove)
I GOT THE CURE YOU’RE THINKING OF
(call me Dr. Loooooooove).
Just saying, bro.
February 11th, 2004 at 3:32 pm
Veal Parmasean