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Support gay marriage

Published on Jun 12th, 2009

comic strip | panel 1 - PETITION GUY: Sir, have a moment to support gay marriage?; GREG: Oh, no thanks, I already- I voted for ADAM LAMBERT, so... |comic strip | panel 2 - PETITION GUY: WHAT? On American Idol?; GREG: Yeah, NO, I just- I mean, y'know- I've sort of- you KNOW, I... am TOTALLY down with, uh... gay stuff... |comic strip | panel 3 - PETITION GUY: "GAY STUFF"?; GREG: Yeah... you know, it's just like... like... it's COOL- I'm COOL with your- with YOU... you know... being GAY... and stuff. |comic strip | panel 4 - PETITION GUY: Sign the fucking petition.; GREG: YUP, OK, yeah... |

    • PETITION GUY: Sir, have a moment to support gay marriage?
    • GREG: Oh, no thanks, I already- I voted for ADAM LAMBERT, so…
    • PETITION GUY: WHAT? On American Idol?
    • GREG: Yeah, NO, I just- I mean, y’know- I’ve sort of- you KNOW, I… am TOTALLY down with, uh… gay stuff…
    • PETITION GUY: “GAY STUFF”?
    • GREG: Yeah… you know, it’s just like… like… it’s COOL- I’m COOL with your- with YOU… you know… being GAY… and stuff.
    • PETITION GUY: Sign the fucking petition.
    • GREG: YUP, OK, yeah…
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Hannah Montana - “The Climb”

Published on Jun 11th, 2009

comic strip | panel 1 - MILEY CYRUS: Ain't about how fast I get there...; BRETT: My friend sent me this song from the HANNAH MONTANA movie as a JOKE... |comic strip | panel 2 - MILEY CYRUS: Ain't about what's waitin' on the other siiiiiide...; BRETT: But I've been secretly listening to it for days. I can't STOP... |comic strip | panel 3 - BRETT: Eventually some INDIE BAND will ironically cover it and I... I can switch to THAT... but until then I... I... I... gotta be STRONG! |comic strip | panel 4 - MILEY CYRUS: It's the cliiiiiiiiimb!!!!; BRETT: Yes! YES!! God DAMMIT, Miley, why nust your words ring so TRUE!! |

    • MILEY CYRUS: Ain’t about how fast I get there…
    • BRETT: My friend sent me this song from the HANNAH MONTANA movie as a JOKE…
    • MILEY CYRUS: Ain’t about what’s waitin’ on the other siiiiiide…
    • BRETT: But I’ve been secretly listening to it for days. I can’t STOP…
    • BRETT: Eventually some INDIE BAND will ironically cover it and I… I can switch to THAT… but until then I… I… I… gotta be STRONG!
    • MILEY CYRUS: It’s the cliiiiiiiiimb!!!!
    • BRETT: Yes! YES!! God DAMMIT, Miley, why nust your words ring so TRUE!!
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I have to hate MGMT

Published on Jun 10th, 2009

comic strip | panel 1 - BRETT: Well, as of 3pm, MGMT has over 300,000 fans on Facebook. I have to hate them now. |comic strip | panel 2 - BRETT: They're becoming mainstream. An anti-MGMT backlash is inevitable. It's like the STOCK MARKET. I gotta get out before the bubble bursts... |comic strip | panel 3 - GREG: But why so SOON? Aren't you being overly cautious?; BRETT: You don't underSTAND... You weren't there in '99. |comic strip | panel 4 - BRETT: ...when the bottom fell out of the RETRO SWING market...; GREG: Oh right... the Bryan Setzer "correction." |

    • BRETT: Well, as of 3pm, MGMT has over 300,000 fans on Facebook. I have to hate them now.
    • BRETT: They’re becoming mainstream. An anti-MGMT backlash is inevitable. It’s like the STOCK MARKET. I gotta get out before the bubble bursts…
    • GREG: But why so SOON? Aren’t you being overly cautious?
    • BRETT: You don’t underSTAND… You weren’t there in ‘99.
    • BRETT: …when the bottom fell out of the RETRO SWING market…
    • GREG: Oh right… the Bryan Setzer “correction.”
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Music and math

Published on Jun 9th, 2009

comic strip | panel 1 - RONI: Music theory is like a... BEAUTIFUL MATH PROBLEM. Music and math are a lot alike actually.; DAN: But... I'm TERRIBLE at math. |comic strip | panel 2 - RONI: Well... |comic strip | panel 3 - RONI: You're not really great at music either. |comic strip | panel 4 - DAN: Oh yeah, so that actually makes sense.; RONI: Yeah. |

    • RONI: Music theory is like a… BEAUTIFUL MATH PROBLEM. Music and math are a lot alike actually.
    • DAN: But… I’m TERRIBLE at math.
    • RONI: Well…
    • RONI: You’re not really great at music either.
    • DAN: Oh yeah, so that actually makes sense.
    • RONI: Yeah.
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Resolving the melody

Published on Jun 8th, 2009

comic strip | panel 1 - RONI: No, John, you can't do that.; JOHN: Do what? |comic strip | panel 2 - RONI: You ended your song before you resolved the melody! |comic strip | panel 3 - 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?! |comic strip | panel 4 - RONI: Says MUSIC!!!!; JOHN: I AM music!!!!; CHRISTINA: OK, let's... take a rehearsal break... |

    • 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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Add more emotion

Published on Apr 15th, 2009

comic strip | panel 1 - RONI: If that's what you want me to play, then say that!; JOHN: I DID say that! |comic strip | panel 2 - RONI: No, you said, "add more emotion"! Who knows what that means!; JOHN: People!  PEOPLE know what that means! |comic strip | panel 3 - RONI: Isn't it much easier to remember that I play the root and fifth note as an arpeggio? |comic strip | panel 4 - JOHN: Yeah, if you're a MIDI sequencer, Roni!; DAN: Wait, now I'm not even sure I was playing the same song as you... |

    • RONI: If that’s what you want me to play, then say that!
    • JOHN: I DID say that!
    • RONI: No, you said, “add more emotion”! Who knows what that means!
    • JOHN: People! PEOPLE know what that means!
    • RONI: Isn’t it much easier to remember that I play the root and fifth note as an arpeggio?
    • JOHN: Yeah, if you’re a MIDI sequencer, Roni!
    • DAN: Wait, now I’m not even sure I was playing the same song as you…

For no real reason other than the mention of MIDI, here’s a MIDI cover of “Kashmir”, which is “for pepole that want to sing with the music only” according to this YouTube poster:

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