Desire Path

Desire path, Tilgate
Originally uploaded by Fun-filled Georgie.

Desire path is a term for when planners design a layout, with paved pathways and green areas, but everybody always takes a shortcut across the grass.

The resulting muddy track is called variously the desire path, path of desire, or line of desire and shows where the path should have gone if it was to suit the people who use the space rather than those who designed the layout.

This photo from a photographer who is local to me illustrates the concept well. I like to keep an eye on his photos on Flickr and when I saw this one I immediately thought... what a great name for a band.

Its such a nice generic name, Desire Path. It could easily suit a standard Coldplay/Snow Patrol sort of band but could just as easily be a soul band or folk band.

Redknapp's Trolley Dash

A headline in the sports section of today's paper read "Redknapp's trolley dash yields nothing but excuses". The gist of the match report was that the Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp has been on a bit of a spending spree during the transfer window and started this home game against Everton with four new players but still ended up losing 1-0.

Harry Redknapp has a reputation as a bit of an Arthur Daley for his transfer deals, snapping up players cheap or on free transfers who later turn out to be stars of the team. Sometimes his wheeling and dealing fell down a bit (Marco Boogers) but when he was at West Ham his transfer activity was second only to his ability come up with fantastic quotes in post-match interviews.

Being a West Ham supporter I still have a bit of a soft spot for Harry which is why the headline caught my eye, and it was mere nanoseconds later that I thought it would make a great name for a band.

Actually 'Arry's Trolley Dash would be just as good, maybe better, but nevertheless Redknapp's Trolley Dash would still be good for a pub-circuit band.