Things that are tagged audience

Audience hate = respect

Posted on September 18, 2008 by Porter Mason

comic strip | panel 1 - JOHN: …and if you get another guitar, we can even do the thing where we make the audience wait while you switch them. |comic strip | panel 2 - DAN: Don’t they hate that? JOHN: Audience golden rule: what they HATE, they RESPECT. |comic strip | panel 3 - DAN: Even that night at Rockwood? That was all… respect. JOHN: Oh, totally. TOTAL respect. |comic strip | panel 4 - DAN: Even that old handicapped woman? JOHN: Well, yeah, you gotta, y’know, read between the fistfights. |

No show for Gordo

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Porter Mason

comic strip | panel 1 - GORDON CRANWICK: There’s no one fucking HERE, Colin! COLIN THE WHITE GUY WITH DREADS: We don’t get big crowds. I TOLD you that. |comic strip | panel 2 - GORDON CRANWICK: But Gordon Cranwick of Jumpstart Malady is doing a surprise impromptu acoustic SOLO SET!! TONY KING THE AGENT: Gordon, you said NOT to advertise it. |comic strip | panel 3 - GORDON CRANWICK: I figured you wouldn’t be able to contain yourself! TONY KING THE AGENT: Yes, well… sadly I successfully contained myself. |comic strip | panel 4 - GORDON CRANWICK: I’ve been practicing for this impromptu set for weeks! COLIN THE WHITE GUY WITH DREADS: Look, we gotta get started. They do a Guitar Hero tournament in here at 9… |

Laying down some crowdtalk

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Porter Mason

comic strip | panel 1 - GORDON CRANWICK: (singing) Creatioooon of broooken- Oops, lemme take that again… COLIN THE WHITE GUY WITH DREADS: Ha! Kinda tough when it’s not PRERECORDED, huh, man? STICK TO STADIUMS, SELLOUT! |comic strip | panel 2 - GORDON CRANWICK: Be COOL, Gordon… This is that classic AUDIENCE INTERACTION you get in small venue shows. We just gotta lay some charming CROWDTALK on him, like you did in the old days. |comic strip | panel 3 - GORDON CRANWICK: SECURITY, get this little ASSTOASTER out of my SIGHT! |comic strip | panel 4 - GORDON CRANWICK: Guess that crowdtalk muscle has ATROPHIED a little… COLIN THE WHITE GUY WITH DREADS: HEY, you can’t just- OW!! Hands off the DREADS, dude!!! |