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Christina the mom drummer

Christina drums for the Ambulance Men. A mom of two who works at a school, she is the calm one, and quietly posted their demo online.

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Popularity rank 1 #100. MySpace friends list

February 9, 2006

RONI: She should be able to add her husband as a friend on our myspace page, John.
JOHN: No, look, we gotta keep our list looking hip and young.

RONI: And female and half-naked.
JOHN: Hey, I don't send friend requests, OK? All these people on here sought us out.

RONI: Really? So Brooke Burke and the Suicide Girls are big fans of all our shitty demos you posted?
JOHN: Maybe they are!

CHRISTINA: John, I'm not even a fan of those demos.
RONI: No, he's right, Christina! I bet they all get together and have naked listening parties!

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Popularity rank 2 #234. Resolving the melody

June 8, 2009

RONI: No, John, you can't do that.

JOHN: Do what?

RONI: You ended your song before you resolved the melody!

RONI: You can't DO that!
JOHN: Why NOT?
RONI: You just CAN'T!!
JOHN: I CAN!!
RONI: No, you CAN'T!!!
JOHN: Says WHO?!

RONI: Says MUSIC!!!!
JOHN: I AM music!!!!
CHRISTINA: OK, let's... take a rehearsal break...

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Popularity rank 3 #318. The Late Jar

December 3, 2009

DAN: C'mon, John, I had to WORK, man...
JOHN: NO EXCUSE! Put a dollar in the "Late For Rehearsal" jar!

JOHN: We are a nation of LAWS! Not of MEN!
RONI: We're... not a NATION.
DAN: John, you don't underSTAND...

DAN: He doesn't even WORK... He gets to live off that settlement money from G.E.

DAN: I wish MY dad would run his lawnmower over a loose power line...
CHRISTINA: We are late to rehearsal a LOT...

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Popularity rank 4 #98. Breaking big news

February 7, 2006

JOHN: Guys: we, as a band, need to take ourselves to the Next Level.
RONI: So, you're finally going to let us be involved in the songwriting?

JOHN: Well... maybe. No. Anyway. The key to success in this business is... promotion.
DAN: Ooo, did you get us an agent, John?

JOHN: No, no, just-- look, the future of music is the Internet, right?
CHRISTINA: Did you get our demo onto iTunes?

JOHN: OK, Jesus, just let me-- I made us a MySpace page, OK? A-and it's gonna take us to the Next Level!
CHRISTINA: Oh.... Neat.
DAN: Didn't we already...
RONI: Yes.

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Popularity rank 5 #103. MySpace influences

February 14, 2006

JOHN: OK... then MySpace has a spot for our influences.
CHRISTINA: How about John Adams?
DAN: John Adams?

CHRISTINA: Yeah. I read a biography of him last month. It's really influenced me.
JOHN: I'm not putting John Adams, Christina.

CHRISTINA: OK... but he's one of the most unheralded heros of the American revolution.
JOHN: Great! But how many chords did he know?

RONI: How many chords do you know?
JOHN: I know some chords!
DAN: How 'bout Frank Zappa? He was a revolutionary sorta dude.
CHRISTINA: Zappa knew some chords.

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