Bassist Wanted

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Bassist Wanted

Comics for musicians

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Popularity rank 1 #140. No Blunt on commercials

August 7, 2006

GREG: Gah! That could prove Lincoln innocent!
TV: Stay tuned for more edge-of-your-seat "Prison Break" action, which will in no way rip off "The Great Escape."

TV: This summer at the Nextel Sprint Time Warner Sony BMG Amplifitheater... James Blunt... LIVE.
BRETT: AUGH!

BRETT: AUGH!
SOUND EFFECT: SMASH SMASH SMASH

GREG: Brett! What about Lincoln, Brett? What about Veronica? And Mi-- what happened to Michael, Brett?!
BRETT: Here's $2. Get it on iTunes.

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Popularity rank 2 #361. On TV with Shukri

April 7, 2010

JILL: We're here with popstar Kevin Edo and his newly adopted African daughter/lover.
KEVIN: Hi Jill. We're here to plug my new single.

SHUKRI: And to promote my exercise video: FIERCE BY FAMINE.
JILL: GREAT!
KEVIN: An EXERCISE VIDEO? You've been in the US for 72 HOURS.

SHUKRI: I also have a McG movie in pre-production, Jill.
JILL: BUSY GIRL!
KEVIN: When did this HAPPEN? Thursday afternoon?

SHUKRI: And I'm happy to announce the release of my first sex tape.
JILL: She's a TRIPLE THREAT!
KEVIN: You did a SEX TAPE? WithOUT me?!

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Popularity rank 3 #192. Meeting halfway

January 2, 2009

BRETT: Look, it's a new year, let's resolve to meet each other halfway on this.
GREG: OK. How about...

GREG: YOU... make a fundamental moral shift and stop hating musicians that license their songs to TV shows and commercials.

GREG: And I... will try to stop referring to Iggy Pop as "that Carribean Cruise Line guy."

BRETT: Quite a sacrifice.
GREG: I know. "Iggy" is, like, a TOTALLY weird name.

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Popularity rank 4 #191. Artists should have ideals

December 31, 2008

GREG: So bands shouldn't sell songs to TV shows, movies and commercials?
BRETT: No, it taints them.

GREG: But you're also against them charging for mp3s and, like, copyright in general?
BRETT: Yes. Music should be free.

GREG: How do expect these guys to LIVE? Art takes TIME. It takes MONEY.
BRETT: I just want artists to have IDEALS.

GREG: You also seem to want them to have TRUST FUNDS.

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Popularity rank 5 #187. That Outback song

December 22, 2008

GREG: There's tons of cool bands I never would've heard of if not for commercials. Like those dudes who do that OUTBACK song!

BRETT: They're called OF MONTREAL, and I tried to get you to listen to them 3 years ago.

GREG: Well, yeah, but...

GREG: You weren't on TV.

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