Who knew that naked muppets would cause a change in my musical direction.

NAKED MUPPETS??

That's right, naked muppets. As I was crawling the web for references to the letter "Q" to use in random links in this blog, I ran across Avenue Q, the web site for the Broadway musical of the same name. I didn't really search the site in great detail, but a notice on the main page warns of "full puppet nudity." Granted, they also have a disclaimer that their show has not been sanctioned by the Jim Henson company or Sesame Street, but there's no mistaking what the "puppets" were designed to emulate.

So why should I care? Well, I've been working on a few musical numbers over the last three years under the working name of "Ave. Q" based on a number of factors: the Q in my name, the fact that the Green Chili CD was recorded in a studio on Ave. Q in Lubbock, and I just like the way it sounded. Obviously, I can't use that name any more, or the company producing the musical will come after me, or there will just be mass confusion by people trying to find either organizations music. With Green Chili Burp and the Aftertaste, it's pretty hard to get confused with someone else.

So now I get to come up with another musical name to use for future projects, including the tunes I'm wrapping up in the studio right now. I'll use another post to work out 'band names' in more detail.