# Is there a single artistic endeavor whose name ends with "project" that doesn't totally suck? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 19, 2010, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-single-artistic-endeavor-whose-name-ends-with-project-that-doesnt-totally-suck/557630 "2010-10-19T04:01:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-single-artistic-endeavor-whose-name-ends-with-project-that-doesnt-totally-suck/557630/21 "2010-10-19T15:52:12Z")
> [@whole\_bean](#): > > the Manhattan Project? That was way overblown. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-single-artistic-endeavor-whose-name-ends-with-project-that-doesnt-totally-suck/557630/22 "2010-10-19T15:53:41Z")
[The jaypaul project.](http://www.jaypaulproject.com/) [Michael Occhipinti and The Sicilian Jazz Project](http://www.michaelocchipinti.com/sicilianjazz/). Jane Bunnett - [Radio Guantanamo](http://www.janebunnett.com/radioguantanamo/) (Guantanamo Blues Project Vol. 1) 2006 Juno Award Winner for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year. The hardest thing about answering the question is I don’t know what you find pretentious. For all I know, you might find all of the above pretentious, in which case we have a fundamental disagreement. ---
**Author:** ![Blaster\_Master](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Blaster\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blaster_Master)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-single-artistic-endeavor-whose-name-ends-with-project-that-doesnt-totally-suck/557630/23 "2010-10-19T17:07:46Z")
[Devin Townsend Project](http://www.hevydevy.com). It was originally just his solo stuff as Devin Townsend, then the Devin Townsend Band, but he’s apparently going using Project now. Either way, Devin Townsend is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-single-artistic-endeavor-whose-name-ends-with-project-that-doesnt-totally-suck/557630/24 "2010-10-19T17:08:31Z")
> [@Blaster\_Master](#): > > [Devin Townsend Project](http://www.hevydevy.com). It was originally just his solo stuff as Devin Townsend, then the Devin Townsend Band, but he’s apparently going using Project now. Either way, Devin Townsend is awesome. My first thought upon seeing this thread title as well. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-single-artistic-endeavor-whose-name-ends-with-project-that-doesnt-totally-suck/557630/25 "2010-10-19T18:43:18Z")
Maybe what the OP is thinking of is “Experience.” Other than the Jimi Hendrix Experience, has there been any good \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Experience? And no, the Dale Gribble Bluegrass Experience does not count. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-single-artistic-endeavor-whose-name-ends-with-project-that-doesnt-totally-suck/557630/26 "2010-10-19T20:11:08Z")
Better not try and diss the Randy Disher Project. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-single-artistic-endeavor-whose-name-ends-with-project-that-doesnt-totally-suck/557630/27 "2010-10-19T21:16:18Z")
I’ve got a CD called **The Raymond Scott Project** ; a collection of his music originally on old 78s. Even if you don’t know the name, you’ve heard his music. Great stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-single-artistic-endeavor-whose-name-ends-with-project-that-doesnt-totally-suck/557630/28 "2010-10-19T21:17:30Z")
**Colossus: The Forbin Project**? ---
**Author:** ![Book\_it](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Book\_it](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Book_it)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-single-artistic-endeavor-whose-name-ends-with-project-that-doesnt-totally-suck/557630/29 "2010-10-19T21:24:34Z")
The Joe Perry Project had several good songs ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-single-artistic-endeavor-whose-name-ends-with-project-that-doesnt-totally-suck/557630/30 "2010-10-19T21:30:26Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Better not try and diss the Randy Disher Project. My thoughts exactly. That dude is deep. One might say inscrutable. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-single-artistic-endeavor-whose-name-ends-with-project-that-doesnt-totally-suck/557630/31 "2010-10-19T21:46:58Z")
[The Sandinista! Project](http://www.amazon.com/Sandinista-Project-Various-Artists/dp/B000OZ2CVG) rocked mightily. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-single-artistic-endeavor-whose-name-ends-with-project-that-doesnt-totally-suck/557630/32 "2010-10-19T21:50:26Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > [The October Project](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm9kQdIFObY&ob=av2n) is very good if you like dream-pop female vocals. Wait, that’s a woman singer? \ ---
**Author:** ![PetW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-single-artistic-endeavor-whose-name-ends-with-project-that-doesnt-totally-suck/557630/33 "2010-10-19T22:14:27Z")
The Adam Carolla Project! Definitely not pretentious. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-single-artistic-endeavor-whose-name-ends-with-project-that-doesnt-totally-suck/557630/34 "2010-10-19T22:50:09Z")
[The Heidelberg Project.](http://www.heidelberg.org/) Tyree Guyton took an awful, derelict, gang-ridden street in Detroit - the street he grew up on - and turned it from a place people avoided into something people seek out and explore. Stumbling into it is the best way to find it; picture it, you’re driving down the road - abandoned house, vacant lot, burned-out house, abandoned house… OMGWTF kewpie doll heads? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-single-artistic-endeavor-whose-name-ends-with-project-that-doesnt-totally-suck/557630/35 "2010-10-19T23:41:06Z")
Another vote for the Alan Parsons Project. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-single-artistic-endeavor-whose-name-ends-with-project-that-doesnt-totally-suck/557630/36 "2010-10-19T23:50:34Z")
> [@whole\_bean](#): > > the Manhattan Project? > [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > That was way overblown. It bombed. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-single-artistic-endeavor-whose-name-ends-with-project-that-doesnt-totally-suck/557630/37 "2010-10-19T23:59:50Z")
> [@Dr.Rieux](#): > > **Colossus: The Forbin Project**? Dammit, ninja’d again! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-single-artistic-endeavor-whose-name-ends-with-project-that-doesnt-totally-suck/557630/38 "2010-10-20T00:14:29Z")
What are some examples of “\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Project” or the “\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ Project” that suck? ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-single-artistic-endeavor-whose-name-ends-with-project-that-doesnt-totally-suck/557630/39 "2010-10-20T00:38:54Z")
The [Gotan Project](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZk-LJ_KCMg) really doesn’t totally suck. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-single-artistic-endeavor-whose-name-ends-with-project-that-doesnt-totally-suck/557630/40 "2010-10-20T01:34:03Z")
_The Langley Schools Music Project_: > **[The Langley Schools Music Project](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Langley_Schools_Music_Project)** > > The Langley Schools Music Project is a collection of recordings of children's choruses singing pop hits by the likes of the Beach Boys, Paul McCartney, and David Bowie. Originally recorded in 1976–77, they were found and rereleased 25 years later (in 2001) and became a cult hit and a successful example of outsider music. It was rereleased on vinyl March 9, 2018, by Bar/None Records. > The project was undertaken in 1976–77 by Canadian music teacher Hans Fenger with students from four different ele... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-single-artistic-endeavor-whose-name-ends-with-project-that-doesnt-totally-suck/557630.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-single-artistic-endeavor-whose-name-ends-with-project-that-doesnt-totally-suck/557630.md?page=3)