CBC Radio 2, in its relentless effort to sound like a mid-70s pop station, has a feature called "How did that band get its name?" This explores the genealogical roots of such groups as Arctic Monkeys and Bat for Lashes.
Listening to this mini-program, we were reminded of a routine recorded a millennium or two ago by Al "Jazzbo" Collins, the New York disc jockey who used to tell fairy tales in hipster style, and Steve Allen, fastest ad lib in the west.
It was their theory that pop band names were chosen at random, by words picked out of two bowls. One bowl contained adjectives, the other nouns.
Jazzbo and Steverino took turns pulling adjectives and nouns from the bowls, until they came up with what they were sure would be a chart-buster.
The band's name: The Chocolate Brassiere Strap.
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