I remember when I lost my mind

In what has to be considered one of the biggest put-ons in history, Danger Mouse claimed in an interview with the Observer that the name of his act "Gnarls Barkley" has nothing to do with noted basketball player Charles Barkley. To wit:

Danger Mouse grins. "There's no story behind it," he says ... "The name doesn't have anything to do with anything."
Not even Charles Barkley, the basketball player?
"Nope. It's just like everything else on this record. There was no conscious decision about stuff."

This is, of course, utter horseshit. How could it not be? The odds against this level of coincidence - especially since "Barkley" is not a word on its own - are so high as to render it impossible. Barkley, for his part, has apparently called himself "flattered" to be the group's namesake, so maybe Danger Mouse - who I'm sure learned his lesson about other people's intellectual property with the Grey Album - can stop lying through his teeth. But he probably won't.

With that in mind, I've come up with a list of names that Mr. Mouse can use for his next project, should he choose to go a similar route. I should note that none of these names is based on the name of any actual person - they just sort of came to me. (Wink!)

Gym Brown

Crank Thomas

Roses Malone

Flan Musial

Bomb Seaver

Astrolabe Ruth

Moraine Wade

Feral Owens

Barrio Lemieux

Dill Pickelson