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Tony King the agent

Tony King, or Anthony, is Jumpstart Malady’s agent. He books the tours, fakes the live shows, and his eyes turn into dollar signs.

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Popularity rank 11 #259. A normal afternoon

August 27, 2009

DEB: Kev, look, I still don't know what you're trying to DO here...
KEVIN: I just want to spend a NORMAL afternoon with my son. That's IT.

DEB: Fine, you can come in. But your little "entourage" stays HERE.
KEVIN: NO problem!

A pause.

TONY: You guys wanna play RISK?
CROWD: Sure.
CROWD: OK.
CROWD: Yeah.

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Popularity rank 12 #225. Why the fans showed up

March 27, 2009

TONY KING THE AGENT: Gordon, you should know-
GORDON CRANWICK: That was great to do a SOLO SET! My fans really SHOWED UP, too!

TONY KING THE AGENT: Yeah, Gordon, but-
GORDON CRANWICK: People know I'm not just Kevin Edo's backing band! They RESPECT ME!
TONY KING THE AGENT: GORDON!

TONY KING THE AGENT: I... had to promise Kevin would do an autograph line to get fans to show up.
KEVIN EDO: Hello Gordon.

TONY KING THE AGENT: I HAD to, man! If I send tweets without Kevin's name, PEOPLE UNSUBSCRIBE!
KEVIN EDO: Maybe I'll play some of my solo stuff first to sorta CLEANSE THEIR PALETTES...

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Popularity rank 13 #210. Teaching a rock star to Twitter

February 13, 2009

TONY THE AGENT: So you just text or IM your updates to your Twitter account, and fans follow it so they can experience your day-to-day life.

TONY THE AGENT: I've been running it, but I think you should take it over now.
TONY THE AGENT: Seems easy enough... Oh SHIT. This kid... I KNOW this kid.

TONY THE AGENT: Christ, how'm I supposed to tell this kid I screwed his mom backstage at our show in Billings?

TONY THE AGENT: Well, you use the @ symbol, and then his username...
TONY THE AGENT: Oh, OK. This IS easy...

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Popularity rank 14 #206. The fat thing

February 4, 2009

KEVIN EDO: What statement would I even MAKE?
ANTHONY THE AGENT: Well, Lachey sorta condemned the press for covering the fat thing at ALL, and you were involved with her, TOO, so...

KEVIN EDO: Yeah, but she DOES look fat, OK, Tony? No. No statement. Jessica's fat, Britney's batshit and Kirsten Dunst's teeth look like Ground Zero wreckage. And this is all news to NO ONE.

SOUND: click slurp

ANTHONY THE AGENT: Mark? Quote Kevin as saying, "It's just more of her to love." Oh, he'd love to be on Extra! "Every Morning" he'll come on your show! Ha ha, OK...

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Popularity rank 15 #205. Bonnaroo 2009 poster

February 3, 2009

KEVIN EDO: Did you see this fucking BONNAROO POSTER? We're in fucking 14pt, man!
TONY THE AGENT: Looks... the same as other bands.

KEVIN EDO: NO, Springsteen, Phish, and fucking NIN are 14.25pt, but we're down in 14pt with the God damned STEERAGE! We're the same damned font as God damned GOMEZ, Tony!

A pause.

TONY THE AGENT: You can eyeball a .25pt font difference?
KEVIN EDO: I took a typography class in Junior College!!!

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