Dada Is My Name

Names come and go, but many just go... * No one names their baby Adolf anymore… * An owner of a name can destroy that name, sullying it around the world, for an extremely long time, maybe forever… * For some reason, no one calls their daughter Fanny anymore * Nor do they call their son Dick * Nor do they call the Sun Dick , unless uncomfortably hot, enraged or mad * Two Dicks don’t make a Fanny (that wasn’t funny Fanny , very immature…) * Is there a reason the name Gertrude has gone out of vogue? * Ronald , John , and Dorothy don’t seem very 2019, do they? * According to the site Bounty.com, the most unpopular names for girls in 2018 were Cecilia , Bridie , and Bonny. http://www.bounty.com/pregnancy-and-birth/baby-names/top-baby-names/baby-names-news-and-trends/girls-names-set-to-disappear-in-2018 While for the boys the most unpopular names were Jago , Macauley , and Leroy http://www.bounty.com/pregnancy-and-birth/baby-names/top-baby-names/ba...

Bike is my name Bike is my name and I’ll ride you to town over the bumps and the bushes. I can sometimes change gears and sprint down the street, or climb a large mountain to cheers. When I feel joy I slip on yellow jersey, and when I feel fast it is green. I can dink you and hit you, guide you through dreams, I can jump through your hoops, if you ask kindly. When I am down I am flat and/or just broken, until I am fixed to spin once again into the trivial and profound daily wheels gliding past churches and scenes Now time for my anti-dada moment that I share with all my named friends… This is the T-shirt and Hoodie I wear, the poster I see on my wall: https://teespring.com/Bike-Is-My-Name

Let’s Start The Naming…. “Sticks and Stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me” Dada laughs into its untruth… Name Fact Until 2009 there was a road named, Butt Hole Road , in Conisbrough, South Yorkshire. Unfortunately/Fortunately residents voted to change the name to the much less attention grabbing, Archers Way Quote of the Day “Bob Marley isn't my name. I don't even know my name yet.” (Bob Marley) What Name Is It? A public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks https://www.dictionary.com/browse/street Name: Street What’s My Name? 1.      I was born in 1943 2.      I am known as a singer-songwriter 3.      I sang at Woodstock 4.      I wrote and sang Mercedes Benz 5.      I was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 6.      The 197...

Sheep is my name Sheep is my name, I baa and I bleet, I run and I hide to be brave in reverse. I wool up to be shaved, to be made into fine clothes, or I don’t and get killed for your meals. I eat grass in the fields and dream of sheep cheese, in every good supermarket now for only $8! I’m not unique, who is?, I am a metaphor for timidity and fear. A hero for the downtrodden and weak (not really). I have dogs round me up to corral and annoy me, I have people who try to touch me, or worse, ride on my back or just grab me. I’m cute as a lamb, Mary can vouch for that, when I’m older I’m eaten as mutton, bastards! I always need to see my own kind as I graze, to be in the group at all times unless I want to be killed by the hungry prey. Pray for me, it is not a great life, but it is if I just focus on the next sheep Now time for my anti-dada moment that I share with all my named friends… This is the T-shirt and Hoodie I wear, the poste...

Marcel Duchamp 1887 – 1968 “I don’t believe in art. I believe in artists” Said Marcel Duchamp or R. Mutt 1917 who used the latter pseudonym and signature for his infamous and iconic dada inspired art work, Fountain . The ‘readymade’ artwork consisted of a standard urinal purchased from a sanitary ware supplier that Duchamp anonymously presented as an art work to the Society of Independent Artists in 1917. They rejected it, dismissing it as an object unworthy of being called ‘art’. Others disagreed:   “Mr Mutt’s fountain is not immoral, that is absurd, no more than a bathtub is immoral. It is a fixture that you see every day in plumbers’ shop windows. Whether Mr Mutt with his own hands made the fountain has no importance. He CHOSE it. He took an ordinary article of life, placed it so that its useful significance disappeared under the new title and point of view – created a new thought for that object.” (Anon., ‘The Richard Mutt Case’, Blind Man, New York, no.2...

Car is my name Car is my name but it used to be carriage until it was shortened and quickened I’ve spread faster than disease for comfort and ease, I vroom and I broom, A to B I use many roads that always need to be fixed, I eat and I drink diesel, petrol or gas I light up at night, I flash and I moon, I skid and I brake and when in the mood I like doughnuts. I get registered, smashed, always need to be serviced, fixed and maintained, come and fine me I can be bought new for big dollars or used for big and small dollars bring out your card or iPhone while I vomit and roar, smoke and/or hiss, take pictures as I leak and I purr, come check me out, open my door, come inside me. Now time for my anti-dada moment that I share with all my named friends… This is the T-shirt and Hoodie I wear, the poster I see on my wall: https://teespring.com/car-is-my-name

Name Fact Long Names One of the longest, if not outright longest, names in history goes to a man from Germany who mostly went by his shortened name: Hubert Wolfe. His full name? Here it is: Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfe­schlegel­stein­hausen­berger­dorff­welche­vor­altern­waren­gewissen­haft­schafers­wessen­schafe­waren­wohl­gepflege­und­sorg­faltig­keit­be­schutzen­vor­an­greifen­durch­ihr­raub­gierig­feinde­welche­vor­altern­zwolf­hundert­tausend­jah­res­voran­die­er­scheinen­von­der­erste­erde­mensch­der­raum­schiff­genacht­mit­tung­stein­und­sieben­iridium­elek­trisch­motors­ge­brauch­licht­als­sein­ur­sprung­von­kraft­ge­start­sein­lange­fahrt­hin­zwischen­stern­artig­raum­auf­der­suchen­nach­bar­schaft­der­stern­welche­ge­habt­be­wohn­bar­planeten­kreise­drehen­sich­und­wo­hin­der­neue­rasse­von­ver­stand­ig­mensch­l...

Cheese is my name Cheese is my name, also fromage, I know my accent is sexy! I love it blue, stinky, and pungent accompanied with your fine wine. My face is camembert and my eyes are whey, my goat is great riding to the dairy. I melt in the sun, I bubble and thin, I caress both sides of your bread. I enter your mouth while we converse, just as I say, “Cheese”   is my name Now time for my anti-dada moment that I share with all my named friends… This is the T-shirt and Hoodie I wear, the pillow I sleep on at night: https://teespring.com/cheese-is-my-name

* “Hi, my name is, what? My name is, who? My name is, chka-chka, Slim Shady” ( My Name Is , Eminem) https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/eminem/mynameis.html * There are over 40,000 John Smith’s living in America * He or She was named the victim; She or He was named the accused... * In 2015 Germany’s Angela Merkel was named Time Magazine’s person of the year * “Put your name tag on so I can know who you are” * “That’s a nice name” * Put Dame or Sir before your name to elevate it into the Pantheon * “What’s your name again?” * In the 2010 US census there were over 6 million different surnames recorded https://projects.newsday.com/databases/long-island/census-last-names/ * “I can’t pronounce your name…” * In the Name of The Father * “I didn’t quite catch your name…” * Donald Trump * We [insert name here] fight against [insert name here] * Quick, give me your name                 ...

Cow is my name Cow is my name and I run and I jump through milk clouds, roaring my moos for eternity I eat grass so milk me pull on my teat, but kindly as I bull and heifer my way through to see Angus Jersey Shorthorn my pals from behind the barbed fence but who cares just eat me, use me for fuel, a steak to whack on the BBQ or drink me and cheese me blindfold tight on just don’t indigest me as I moo in your dreams looking into big eyes my name is cow hello Dada! Now time for my anti-dada moment that I share with all my named friends… This is the T-shirt and Hoodie I wear, the poster I see on my wall: https://teespring.com/cow-is-my-name

What's In A Name? 1.      The letters N. A. M. E 2.      The words, MANE, MEAN and AMEN can be made from the above letters 3.      A dictionary definition of Name: A word or set of words by which a person or thing is known, addressed, or referred to https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/name 4.      Sometime after the year 1066 surnames were introduced to England 5.      Many wild animals do not have a specific name and thus do not have to pay taxes 6.      In many English-speaking countries, the most common surname is SMITH 7.      Worldwide, the most common surname is WANG 8.      Picabo Street, a US Olympic Gold medallist skier, didn’t have a name for several years, with the words ‘baby girl’ appearing on her birth certificate instead. Her parents believed in their children choosing their own ...

Dada is my name Dada is my name and my name is Dada and I eternalise the world with identities. I fly and I kite and I screw with trivial profundities, smoking without ever smoking, without ever being, a dada blob under your shoe I stretch to the moon and I shrink to the earth to beyond the tiniest atom. I climb up every wall to display myself proper, pasting my news as your wallpaper. I’m old but unborn colouring every world with mixed suppers I crave and I meditate on small mountains abstaining myself for cool shoes. I lose and I win daring to be sold, throwing myself to the lowest bidder. I bing and I bop to zinga the cran, shouting my name like its meat Did I mention my name is Dada? Dada is my name? I understand your martyred caring and hope that it springs through the air to every aired corner and planet. Dada is my name, stop shouting in my ear and taste the new thing beginning, now ending, beginning, I’m DADA, I’...

Dada is my name and my name is Dada. This is my Dada. This blog is dedicated to Dada, a Dada masterpiece made up of little dada pieces. Each Dada extremely valuable – a unique art piece that should be treated with respect and care, unrespect and uncare. Each piece celebrates Dada and Anti-Dada – like it’s 1799 and 2199, take your pick! The pieces will be short and frequent, like life. Dada is freedom! What is Dada? Some say Dada was born in the early twentieth century but it could have been born well before then: or is forever. Some say Dada was a reaction to the horror of the First World War. Some say a reaction to the traditional art world and conservative mores of the early twentieth century. Whatever the case, it has been well documented that a group of poets and artists, lead by German writer Hugo Ball, came together in Zurich at a night spot called the Cabaret Voltaire in 1916 and put on the first official ‘Dada’ performance. This consisted of reciting the Dada ma...