New Subscriber / Use of the name The Paranoids

[Mark Wright AIA]

Howdy
"The Paranoids" seems a common sort of name in the end anyway.  
Lets all play:
"Disgusting English Candy"
"White Visitation"
"Iron Toad"
"Merkin"
"Blatherard Osmo"
"Osbie Feel"
"Gin Marshmallow"
"Brigadier Pudding"
"Uri & The Venturis"
"Cockades of Lead"
"AsB4"
"Last Delta T"
"Mares' Milk Qummys"
"Banana Breakfast"
"Champagne Split"
"Basher St. Blaise"
"Pirate's Condition"
"Poisson Distribution"
"Ellipse of Uncertainty"

U.S.W.
Mark

--- PeepSmersk at aol.com wrote:
> Hello - 
> 
> My name's J.P. Cyr, and I'm new to the list.  I've got a specific
> question that I'm hoping somebody can help me with (yes, i'm here 2
> minutes and already bugging y'all for info) . . .
> 
> I am forming a band and, though we have a great 45 minute set
> together, naming the entity has been troublesome.  The three members
> have all agreed
> that we'd love to name ourselves The Paranoids;  however I seem to
> recollect reading somewhere that old Thomas grew quite annoyed at
> someone who'd previously tried to do the same, to the extent of
> legally "blocking" the use of the name.
> 
> Am I correct on that count?  I would not want to take the name if it
> were to draw the ire of Mr. Pynchon . . . I've also searched the web
> at great length
> looking for someone else who's used the name, and have found nothing
> - leading me to suspect that my remembrance is indeed true.  Yet I
> can't seem to find any info on the subject.
> 
> If any of you know definitively of a case like that mentioned above,
> please let me know.  If not, that's fine as well.  I'd really
> appreciate any info you on the subject!
> 
> Glad to be here,
> JP
> 


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