Bassist Wanted

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Bassist Wanted

Comics for musicians

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Discovering Music from TV

Greg finds new music in commercials and calls the FreeCreditReport.com band our Beatles. Brett disowns any band that licenses a song.

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#182. Pop or art

October 27, 2008

GREG: It's a pop MASTERPIECE!
BRETT: It's corporate drivel.

GREG: One day they'll be hailed as GENIUSES!
BRETT: You're an idiot.

GREG: Mark my words: those FREE CREDIT REPORT .COM guys are our generation's Beatles!! OUR BEATLES!!

GREG: If, you know, they're actually a real band.

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#183. The New Punk

December 12, 2008

BRETT: The Free Credit Report.com songs are not SONGS. They're marketing JINGLES.
GREG: Jingles are the new punk, Brett!

GREG: There's nothing wrong with artists getting paid! Da Vinci got a commission for doing the Sistine Chapel!

BRETT: Are you comparing the Roman Catholic Church to a scammy credit website?
GREG: Why? Am I gettin' a little too EDGY for ya, Brett?!

BRETT: No, you're getting a little too STUPID for me, Greg.
GREG: My theories are HOT, and you don't wanna BURN YOUR HANDS!

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#184. Ad-agency-based Rock

December 15, 2008

GREG: The FreeCreditReport.com commercials have opened my eyes to the wonders of AD-AGENCY-BASED ROCK, Brett. I'm SUPER into the Martin Agency in Richmond.

GREG: Their senior copy writer, David Muhlenfeld, is, like, the next JIMMY HARNED!
BRETT: ...who?

GREG: Jimmy Harned. Of Tonefarmer? He did Subway's classic "FIVE DOLLAR FOOTLONG" spot? Wow, do you not...? Here, lemme...

GREG: SHOOT, my boutique-firm stuff is on my other iPod... tell you what, I'll make you a mix...
BRETT: That's... OK.

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#185. FreeCreditReport.com singer

December 17, 2008

BRETT: And I just hate the Free Credit Report.com singer. He's just too-
GREG: ERIC.
BRET: Huh?

GREG: The singer, his name is ERIC VIOLETTE. He's a 27-year-old Montreal-based actor, singer and songwriter.

BRET: WHATEVER. So I heard him in this interview, and-
GREG: OOO, probably his 11/21 appearance on Cleveland's Uncensored Net Noise podcast.

GREG: He's sort of low-energy in it, which is actually SOOOO Eric...
BRETT: YOUR BRAIN SHOULD NOT CONTAIN THIS INFORMATION!!

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#186. Letting your taste be defined

December 19, 2008

BRETT: Just realize that between Free Credit Report.com and iPod ads, you now let your music taste be defined completely by random marketing executives.

GREG: Hey!

GREG: It's also defined by Grey's Anatomy soundtracks!

BRETT: You do not grasp the crux of my point.
GREG: No... I definitely don't grasp your crux.

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