JQD titles frequently behave as compressed works rather than labels. They can counterfeit a genre, corrupt a familiar phrase, concatenate incompatible registers, announce an institution that does not exist, or give the reader a joke whose delayed explanation is the work itself.
Recurring title operations
- Impossible noun phrase: Animated Grief, Electrical Antlers of the Messiah.
- Corrupted familiar language: Be the Drugs You Want to Do in the World.
- Fake technical / philosophical category: Quantum Entendre, INSTRAFUCTURE.
- High/low collision: Failure Resolved (dog-brained genius), Jumbo Dumbsludge.
- System or product language: OTHERWORLD AESTHETICS™ (NOT A CULT THIS TIME).
- Phrase as scene: A Kid Named Lost in Death City, Night Blooming Jasmine (26 Dimensions).
Selected title formations
| Date | Title object | Work |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-03 | ADVENT 1.1: The Apophoenix | ADVENT 1.1: The Apophoenix |
| 2021-12-06 | ADVENT 1.4: Blue Devilism | ADVENT 1.4: Blue Devilism |
| 2021-12-28 | Starvation Artist in a Hostage Telethon | Starvation Artist in a Hostage Telethon |
| 2022-01-07 | THE SIMULATED RUM DIARIES: Dry Out or Die! [skeleton.gif] | THE SIMULATED RUM DIARIES: Dry Out or Die! [skeleton.gif] |
| 2022-01-10 | ILLEGAL AUDIO: Castlevania Surf-Swamp Dirge (Abandonware?) | ILLEGAL AUDIO: Castlevania Surf-Swamp Dirge (Abandonware?) |
| 2022-01-18 | Lavender Propinquity | Lavender Propinquity |
| 2022-01-23 | Sway to Remember How the Eye Dances | Sway to Remember How the Eye Dances |
| 2022-01-28 | PAGODA BENZ 1.2: Be the Drugs You Want to Do in the World | PAGODA BENZ 1.2: Be the Drugs You Want to Do in the World |
| 2022-02-01 | Idol Singer of an Empty Hour | Idol Singer of an Empty Hour |
| 2022-02-19 | POST-CRINGE: North Star Navi (Subscriber Guilt) | POST-CRINGE: North Star Navi (Subscriber Guilt) |
| 2022-02-25 | Mars Swings a Well-Tuned Racket | Mars Swings a Well-Tuned Racket |
| 2022-03-15 | The Spectacularist Waxes (12:57 A.M.) | The Spectacularist Waxes (12:57 A.M.) |
| 2022-03-25 | ♸♸♸ Erotoplastic Xanifesto♸♸♸ | ♸♸♸ Erotoplastic Xanifesto♸♸♸ |
| 2022-05-10 | SCALED ALPS 2.1: Lizard Magic Strategies | SCALED ALPS 2.1: Lizard Magic Strategies |
| 2022-05-17 | Low-Minded Purposeless Frippery | Low-Minded Purposeless Frippery |
| 2022-05-25 | Animated Grief, Electrical Antlers of the Messiah | Animated Grief, Electrical Antlers of the Messiah |
| 2022-05-30 | Hyperactive Inevitabilities | Hyperactive Inevitabilities |
| 2022-06-04 | SCALED ALPS 2.3: Viridian/Eschatone Pome | SCALED ALPS 2.3: Viridian/Eschatone Pome |
| 2022-06-11 | SCALED ALPS 2.4: Anaidea's a Wake | SCALED ALPS 2.4: Anaidea's a Wake |
| 2022-06-15 | A Viper Well Late in Yawn | A Viper Well Late in Yawn |
| 2022-06-29 | Sistine Eightrax Forlong Wordsum to Zero | Sistine Eightrax Forlong Wordsum to Zero |
| 2022-07-18 | Blown Dust, Tactless Data Loss | Blown Dust, Tactless Data Loss |
| 2022-07-19 | Cat of Creases (Ex Vogue) | Cat of Creases (Ex Vogue) |
| 2022-08-03 | Perfect Information Endureth to the End (Billions Burn in Hell) | Perfect Information Endureth to the End (Billions Burn in Hell) |
| 2022-08-05 | Jackals Ground-Axes & Hostile Mimesis | Jackals Ground-Axes & Hostile Mimesis |
| 2022-08-25 | 'The Event of the Ad' (Erotic Adult Guitar Rock) | 'The Event of the Ad' (Erotic Adult Guitar Rock) |
| 2022-09-05 | The Clue Gun | The Clue Gun |
| 2022-09-12 | Ego Altar | Ego Altar |
| 2023-05-03 | FutureSport 90-90 | FutureSport 90-90 |
| 2023-07-02 | Hostilis/Five Irregulars For An Evaporating Audience/Renova/Work-Life Highlights | Hostilis/Five Irregulars For An Evaporating Audience/Renova/Work-Life Highlights |
| 2023-07-20 | Rolling Stunned Harebrained in Hiding | Rolling Stunned Harebrained in Hiding |
| 2023-07-22 | A Knave Illegible (Called Shots and Backwalls) | A Knave Illegible (Called Shots and Backwalls) |
| 2023-10-12 | 𝐒𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐅𝐋𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐈𝐆𝐄𝐑 █００４: THE WICKED MAN OF THE LATE WEST | 𝐒𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐅𝐋𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐈𝐆𝐄𝐑 █００４: THE WICKED MAN OF THE LATE WEST |
| 2023-10-27 | Thieve Sleeves Cloven Hooves & Minced Oaths | Thieve Sleeves Cloven Hooves & Minced Oaths |
| 2023-11-07 | Dummies Invariably Fell Heavily to Earth | Dummies Invariably Fell Heavily to Earth |
| 2023-11-14 | PALAVER TWIST xx: 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐫 | PALAVER TWIST xx: 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐫 |
| 2023-12-18 | N̶o̶n̶s̶e̶n̶s̶e̶ Exegesis 𝚂𝚊𝚐𝚊 𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚜 𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝐻𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝐙𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝕏 | N̶o̶n̶s̶e̶n̶s̶e̶ Exegesis 𝚂𝚊𝚐𝚊 𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚜 𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝐻𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝐙𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝕏 |
| 2023-12-07 | A FRAMED S҉C҉R҉E҉A҉M҉ | A FRAMED S҉C҉R҉E҉A҉M҉ |
| 2024-01-05 | 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝 (𝑑𝑜𝑔-𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑢𝑠) | 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝 (𝑑𝑜𝑔-𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑢𝑠) |
| 2024-05-29 | 𝐉𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐨 𝐃𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 /or/ 'N̶E̶V̶E̶R̶ F̶O̶R̶G̶E̶T̶' | 𝐉𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐨 𝐃𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 /or/ 'N̶E̶V̶E̶R̶ F̶O̶R̶G̶E̶T̶' |
| 2024-06-06 | 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐑 𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐑𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐌 | 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐑 𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐑𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐌 |
| 2024-07-05 | PAYDAY KOANS (𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲-𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬) | PAYDAY KOANS (𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲-𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬) |
| 2024-11-05 | Sixteen Shatterdream | Sixteen Shatterdream |
| 2024-11-07 | New Scams for Advanced Impostors | New Scams for Advanced Impostors |
| 2024-12-19 | Breathing Meat (Temporary) | Breathing Meat (Temporary) |
| 2025-01-19 | █Deathtraps for Live Players | █Deathtraps for Live Players |
| 2025-01-29 | █Quantum Entendre | █Quantum Entendre |
| 2025-02-20 | The Island of Defunction | The Island of Defunction |
| 2025-02-27 | SKLĒROS/ANTI-SKLĒROS | SKLĒROS/ANTI-SKLĒROS |
| 2025-03-04 | Cremation Diamonds | Cremation Diamonds |
| 2025-04-29 | Night Blooming Jasmine (𝟤𝟨 𝘋𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴) | Night Blooming Jasmine (𝟤𝟨 𝘋𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴) |
| 2025-10-12 | FUNICULAR → ASKING → VICIOUS UNCONSCIOUS | FUNICULAR → ASKING → VICIOUS UNCONSCIOUS |
| 2025-10-28 | Disemvowal (16 Bits) | Disemvowal (16 Bits) |
| 2025-11-14 | OTHERWORLD AESTHETICS™ (NOT A CULT THIS TIME) | OTHERWORLD AESTHETICS™ (NOT A CULT THIS TIME) |
| 2025-11-18 | Piss Stance Wizardry | Piss Stance Wizardry |
| 2026-02-05 | Pimp Teeth / "PINK DIAMONDS" | Pimp Teeth / "PINK DIAMONDS" |
| 2026-02-06 | Absurd Saints | Absurd Saints |
| 2026-02-09 | Pearls Swan in Meaning Slake | Pearls Swan in Meaning Slake |
| 2026-04-14 | Make It Sound Like Amphetamine Teeth | Make It Sound Like Amphetamine Teeth |
| 2026-05-05 | Godforce Aching | Godforce Aching |
| 2026-05-15 | Vorescient Form (Reverse God Zoom) | Vorescient Form (Reverse God Zoom) |
| 2026-05-19 | A Kid Named Lost in Death City | A Kid Named Lost in Death City |
| 2026-05-30 | Anomic Comedy | Anomic Comedy |
| 2026-06-01 | Metabolic Etymology (We Beg Your Electric Tides) | Metabolic Etymology (We Beg Your Electric Tides) |
| 2026-06-09 | Planetary Um | Planetary Um |
| 2026-06-16 | One Anomalous Impulse | One Anomalous Impulse |
| 2026-07-07 | █SCRAP METAL: Seven Lines/Excalibur/Pornopticon | █SCRAP METAL: Seven Lines/Excalibur/Pornopticon |
| 2026-07-01 | THE MOUTH OF THE MIND | THE MOUTH OF THE MIND |
| 2026-07-27 | The Light of Heaven Shines Upon You | The Light of Heaven Shines Upon You |
| 2026-08-12 | Spoilsport/Finish Shit | Spoilsport/Finish Shit |
| 2026-08-13 | The Idea of a Cliche Expressing Itself Through Song | The Idea of a Cliche Expressing Itself Through Song |
Relation to the lexicon
Some title words migrate inward and become terminology—Apophoenix, Spectacularist, Erotoplastic, Disemvowal, INSTRAFUCTURE. Others remain one-off acts. The distinction is useful: recurrence produces a vocabulary; one-time titles show how readily the work can invent a vocabulary it never needs again.
Numbers in titles
Digits and counts form a parallel branch of the title engine. ADVENT 1.x, “5!, 4!, 3!, 2!”, .EXE: 150 People I Don’t Need, Described, 404 ERA, FutureSport 90-90, 2HOT4TV, Sixteen Shatterdream, Night Blooming Jasmine (26 Dimensions), Disemvowal (16 Bits), ONE ONE, The Key is 3 and WALK 00001 use number to suggest countdown, software version, error state, score, list size, digital resolution, serial archive or occult charge before the work has even begun.
Number, Measure & Pattern tracks what those numerical title-machines do after entry.