Bassist Wanted

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Bassist Wanted

Comics for musicians

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Discovering Talent

Kevin Edo adopts an orphan who outshines him, Joel signs a Twilight actor who can’t sing, and John finds his true art form: scrapbooking.

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#353. We’re gonna get you recorded

March 19, 2010

JOEL: OK, we're gonna get you guys recorded. I hired you as session players for the Twilight kid's new record.
JAMES: We don't know his songs.

JOEL: Neither does he. We're just gonna record YOUR songs in between his bullshit...
JAMES: He won't notice?

JOEL: Hey Ayok, we're recording these guys' songs today. Also, we'll be shoving four or five needles into your peehole.
AYOK: Svnse wrfl...

JOEL: He seems OK with it.
JAMES: Dammit! He's chewing through my mandolin again!

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#354. Max the backing track

March 20, 2010

JOEL: For this track, let's turn the Twilight kid totally down and max out the backing vocals.
ROCCO: I already was, man.

ROCCO: I get what you're doing, man, secretly recording the songs of this backing band. It's cool of you to give these kids a shot.
JOEL: Oh, uh, thanks...

JOEL: So wait, if Ayok's turned down, how am I still hearing him? Isn't this room soundproof?
ROCCO: It IS soundproof.

ROCCO: It is NOT shit proof...
JOEL: Goddammit, he's humping the amps again... Ayok! NO! Down! DOWN!!

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#355. Keeping upright

March 21, 2010

JAMES: This Twilight kid is amazing. I've never seen someone so over-medicated and over-sexed still stand up straight. How does he do it?

JOEL: Star power. Pure star power.

A pause.

JOEL: Also, he has these neat biometric leg braces they use for people with M.S.
JAMES: Cool...

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#356. Meet Shukri

March 25, 2010

CECE: Kevin, this is SHUKRI, the daughter you adopted.
KEVIN: Yes, yes, great... Wow, you are... as advertised.

SHUKRI: Hello.
KEVIN: So... welcome to the U.S.! You need some food? Was there much to eat in the slums of Chad?

SHUKRI: I wouldn't know. I spent most of my youth in Paris modeling.
KEVIN: Oh. Great! Anyway, I'm hungry. Who wants sushi?

SHUKRI: Ooo... I know a great sushi place near here on La Brea...
KEVIN: You're a... FUNNY kind of impoverished, aren't you?

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#357. The ol’ Edo mansion

March 26, 2010

KEVIN: Now that I've adopted you, you'll be staying at the ol' Edo mansion...
SHUKRI: Your home is very modest.

KEVIN: It has 30 rooms.
SHUKRI: Yes, but in Chad, I lived in a gargantuan palace made largely of precious stones.

KEVIN: So you weren't, like, one of these POOR orphans?
SHUKRI: Oh no, no... my family has wealth beyond belief.

KEVIN: Well... cool. By the way, clothing is extremely OPTIONAL here.
SHUKRI: It is so cute that this furniture is not pure rhodium...

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