If no better idea ( like mine ;-) ) comes up I would support ayla's suggestion, maybe allowing not only to chosse 5 to 10 songs, but also do vote against 5 to 10 songs.
I think what we all really are looking for is a superordinated ( übergeordnete ) idea,
a story, something that makes the release name less random (in regard to how the next release name is connected to the previous one. For the time being there is no connection between release names apart from being a (random) rock song).
One story:
We could change the policy from rock song to Toy-story-song (which would refect our real and substantial connection to Debian, too). This would give us 16 names for the next 4-5 years. I don't know whether I am allowed to post the list of names, it's taken from here:
hxxp://www.amazon.de/Toy-Story-Deutsche-Version-Ost/dp/B000GPPPZ4
This is the list ( please delete if this appears to be considered a copyright infrigement ):
1. You#ve Got A Friend In Me
2. Strange Things
3. I WIll Go Sailing No More
4. Andy#s Birthday
5. Soldier#s Mission
6. Presents
7. Buzz
8. Sid
9. Woody And Buzz
10. Mutants
11. Woody#s Gone
12. The Big One
13. Hang Together
14. On The Move
15. Infinity And Beyond
16. You#ve Got A Friend In Me
Ok, not so sexy like rock songs, but still ...
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Or another story:
New, additional rule: There *must* be something in the new name/song that allows the art team to cite (zitieren ) part of the old artwork in the newone. I do not remember my proposal for the 2012.1 edition, but it was inspired from this idea [1]. It is an artificial restriction (compared to the toy story). But creativity often gets better *if* and *when* the underlying conditions are limited. "Rock-song" isn't limitation (=story) enough because it leads only to randomness.
So let's find the story or at least additional rules.
[1] Found it. Me proposal was "On the Road again" from Willie Nelson.
Although not being a country fan I proposed this as an idea to begin to update a serial:
Starting form "OSB" artwork a fantasy car with Debian swirl wheels follows the (osb-) road to ...