What's in a name?

[jalevinemd]

My username, JALevineMD, is rather unoriginal. My name is Jonathan Alan Levine and, you guessed it, I'm a physician. Some of your names are quite straightforward as well, while others are more creative. I'd be curious to know the origins of some of the names you all have chosen.
 
Regards,
 
Jonathan

[hydrargyrum]

Well, I wanted something alchemical to suit Alembic's themes, and I work with hazardous materials, so I chose the latin name for mercury, Hydrargyrum (where the Hg comes from on the periodic table, BTW).  I spend a great deal of my time making sure mercury is handled correctly, so it seemed apt.

[tom_z]

[laytonco]

Yeah, mine is really original, Laytonco. I am Gil Layton and am from Colorado. Go figure! It's also the name of my music business, Laytonco Productions. I wish I played exactly like Jerry. Then I could be Jerryco. Alas, that talent is still on my wish list!

[lowlife]

For myself, Lowlife made reference to the low end of the audible spectrum, which is where I like to hang out and also comically reminded me of some of low things that I perpetrated when I was much younger.
 
Ellery (Lowlife)

[spliffy]

Mine is short for Spliff n Riff - as used on another site. My bass teacher always told me that I need to smoke a joint when I play because I am too tense when I play....  ..... It did not work as expected! I am less tense now, but that may have to do with either getting some or it may just be because I am older! Who knows.

[bigredbass]

I'm neither big nor red, but here goes:
 
After I bought my Spoiler 5, my dear brother-in-law (who fronted me the money to get it, besides having EXCELLENT taste in women) came to Nashville to see me. 'So where's that new bass?'
Went and got it, opened the case and pulled it out. 'WOW, that's a BIG RED BASS!'
 
What else could I call it?  Couldn't think of a better online aka either, so there you are.  
 
J o e y
 
(Message edited by bigredbass on May 05, 2006)

[olieoliver]

Well mine is very unexciting. My first name is Olie (pronounced OH-lie, rhymes with Holy) and my last name is Oliver. So there ya' have it olieoliver.

[gare]

Another original one.
My name is Gary..everyone calls me Gar, but when you read that it looks more like the fish..so I added the 'e'..hare..bare..Gare.
Plain,simple,to the point..nothing cosmic here.
Oh..and I couldn't think of anything else at the time.
 
G

[dadabass2001]

Last name = Addyman, 4 kids (all grown thank God), I prefer to dabble in the range between 41.2 Htz and 392 Htz, I joined the old Yahoo Alembic club in 2001.
summed response = Dad A Bass 2001
 
Mike
 
P.S. I used to use dadadd as a screenname, but a friend mentioned trying to look me up in Google and being directed to alternate guitar tunings!!?

[jet_powers]

Many years ago, back in the last millenium, I was playing in a band where the drummer's name was also John. Living in a highly French-Canadian settled area, I really didn't want to be known as John Paul either. (I didn't know there was later to be a few popes with that handle.) So... I wised off one night at rehearsal when someone called out Hey, John! and responded with You may now refer to me as Jet Powers. (From Gary Francis Powers, the U-2 pilot shot down over the USSR.) It stuck and was way better than Chuck Roast or Stu Beef....
 
Looking back now we should have called that band 2 Non-Johns!
 
JP

[kmh364]

KMH364:
 
KMH are my initials - Kevin Michael Hogan
 
364 is my old street address when I shared a house with my younger brother...I got my first AOL screename there and my brother used his initials and address, so I followed suite.
 
Everyone assumes that 364 is my birthday...I can only wish...it's actually 11/22/63.
 
Cheers,
 
Kevin

[gare]

Kev..you were born the day Kennedy was killed ?
Mines 11/21..a few years earlier
 
G

[bracheen]

Bracheen is one spelling of a name from one branch of my family on my mother's side.  Alternate spellings are Brackeen and Bracken. Both Bracheen and Brackeen spellings can be found in abundance in and around Lamar County Texas where my mother is from.  The branch has been traced back to 17th Lancashire England.  I use it in various places online because it's rare that I get an already in use message and it's easy to remember.
 
Sam

[applejuice]

I play in a band called Electric Apple Juice. Got that name from Phil Lesh's book.