In Gazing The Shoe

Shoegaze: verb. To play an instrument (especially a guitar) with one's head down, as though gazing at one's shoes.

I wonder where this shoegaze name came from? If only Isman did include England on his Cool War post...

sometime in some stage
Band Guy 1: Dude, I've been watching you lately and finally came out with the name for our new music styles: Nosepick!
Band Guy 2: No way, dude. Picking and licking is a common use in our community...
Band Guy 1: Drewlyshirt?
Band Guy 2: Naah... too wet! how 'bout Fingersweat?
Band Guy 1: Eat shit man! Hey... we're on dude. Let's gave this show some kicking ass riffs!
Band Guy 2: But we haven't found a name for it yet...

while playing
Band Guy 2: You never told me you have new shoes...
Band Guy 1: Pretty cool Puma isn't it? It's on discount...
Band Guy 2: (looking at his) But my Nike still shine right?
Band Guy 1: What about his? (looking at their mates shoe)
Band Guy 2: What about his?
Band Guy 1: He has no shoes, man!
Band Guy 3: Yo fella! Stop gazing each other shoes, we're on stage...
Band Guy 1&2: WE FOUND IT!

Notes:
When the term shoegaze first appeared, it referred to a style of music popular in Britain in the early 90s (and also called bliss-rock and dream-pop). But the verb now has a wider currency, as seen here:

"Hum does shoegaze here and there, and some of the songs fidget too long before getting started."
-- Rafer Guzman, "Hum: Downward is Heavenward," New Times Los Angeles, January 29, 1998

Earliest Citation:
"With their blend of hazy swirling guitars, detached vocals and rhythms that alternate between fierce and droning, Drop Nineteens are showing the Brits that they can shoegaze with the best of them."
-- John Yee, "alter ASIANS," The Ethnic News Watch, October 31, 1992