Right to Name Things: REVOKED

The new Coheed and Cambria album is good. What's unconscionable is it's title, which I reproduce here in full, all punctuation intact:

Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

The official line (from the official website) is this: "The intricate title only hints at the density and complexion of the music it contains." Intricate title, indeed. You can practically smell the copywriter's brain smoking as he tries to compose something — anything — to make it sound like the title's a work of artistic genius rather than the lunacy he couldn't quite quash in the conference call where the band's manager was all "The band gets to name the album, marketing dork, so STFU."

Coheed's last album title was pushing the edge...

In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3

...though the one before that was more or less alright (even though you can clearly see the seeds of this horrible trend in it):

Second Stage Turbine Blade

In any case, this band's right to name things is hereby revoked.

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Comments

Agreed, though I know nothing of the band.

In response to your hanging-hyphens pet peeve, cited on my blog previously, I wage a Battle Against "Alright" on yours. No such word as "alright" is recognized by me. Yes, I am a hypocrite for loving "already" but siding against the formation of an Alright State.

"All right" is all right, for ever more.

Jeff says "alright?" Dude, I am never asking you for punctuation/grammar advice again.

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