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Getting approached after the show

Published on May 10th, 2005

comic strip | panel 1 - JOHN: I always wanted someone to come up after a show and say, "Your songs really moved me."; DAN: Yeah, or like, "You looked hot up there." | comic strip | panel 2 - JOHN: "Your lyrics... they're like poetry... sweet, sweet poetry."; DAN: "The way you move up there, it just... drove me crazy." | comic strip | panel 3 - JOHN: "You're the most exciting songwriter of our generation!!"; DAN: "Daniel Lepp, I wanna ride you like Space Mountain!!" | comic strip | panel 4 - RONI: What's, ah..... What's up, guys?; DAN: H-hey, Roni, I, uh... look I'll be right back, OK?; JOHN: "You! Not Conor Oberst! Not #@*?ing Conor Oberst!!" |

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Tags: Ambulance Men (a local band), Bright Eyes, concerts, Conor Oberst, Dan the naive guitarist, delusion, John the egomaniac singer, our generation, post-show talk, Roni the jaded guitarist

When do we get to be rock stars?

Published on May 17th, 2005

comic strip | panel 1 - JOHN: We've played clubs around here for years. We've paid our stupid dues. Where's our record deal? Where's our groupies? When do we get to be rock stars? | comic strip | panel 2 - DAN: I got recognized by a waitress at Denny's last night.; JOHN: Yeah? Uou get the food for free? | comic strip | panel 3 - DAN: No. But I felt like she gave me more little jelly packets than normal. | comic strip | panel 4 - JOHN: Too much jelly. OK... OK, sure. "Decadence." See that's rock star, dude.; DAN: And she was, like, super quick with our free refills, too. |

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Tags: Ambulance Men (a local band), Dan the naive guitarist, delusion, fame, jelly packets, John the egomaniac singer, paying your dues, post-show talk

First words that come to mind

Published on Nov 25th, 2005

comic strip | panel 1 - JOHN: OK, come on, song-a-day. We're overthinking this. Look, just give me a word, and I'll say the first few words that come to mind. Those'll be the lyrics. | comic strip | panel 2 - DAN: OK... "vegetable". | comic strip | panel 3 - JOHN: Um... all right... "staring blankly at the wall... my mind is gone... I drool, I fall... here or there... I'm always... in... in my wheelchair." | comic strip | panel 4 - JOHN: Hmm. Pretty God damn touching actually.; DAN: Totally. A song about a disabled dude. We could, like, win an Oscar, John. |

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How to tell when you graduated

Published on Feb 2nd, 2006

comic strip | panel 1 - DRM 9000: Out of curiosity, Greg, did you graduate college in 1999?; GREG: Yeah... how did you...? | comic strip | panel 2 - DRM 9000: A simple bell curve analysis of the release dates of your music collection reveals a statistical peak from November '95 to March '99. | comic strip | panel 3 - DRM 9000: Ergo... class of '99.; GREG: What? No... I've bought a ton of music since college, I... no... | comic strip | panel 4 - DRM 9000: Your "Pavement/Shins Ratio" also puts you solidly in the '99 bucket.; GREG: Th-there's a Decemberists CD on my dresser! Make sure you counted that!! |

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Tags: buying CDs, college, Decemberists, delusion, digital rights management, DRM, DRM 9000, Greg the mindless fan, music collection, music consumers, Pavement, rootkit, Sony, The Shins, TOP FIVE

Contest For New Bands

Published on Sep 25th, 2006

comic strip | panel 1 - JOHN: So guys: gig this Friday. A contest for new bands.; CHRISTINA: We've been a band for 8 years, John. | comic strip | panel 2 - JOHN: We've got to bring 10 people, so plug this bitch.; RONI: A bringer show? Jesus....; DAN: How much money is the prize? | comic strip | panel 3 - JOHN: The prize, Dan, is a whole lot of the most valuable currency in the music business: EXPOSURE. | comic strip | panel 4 - RONI: And of course, the title of "City's Most Gullible Band".; JOHN: Oh, hey, the entry fee's $150, so... pony up. |

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Setting a price on art

Published on Dec 9th, 2009

comic strip | panel 1 - JOHN: Look, when you set a PRICE on your art, you are setting its VALUE. And I want to be mindful of the LONG-TERM. | comic strip | panel 2 - JOHN: YOU see this CD as a shitty little 4-song demo, Roni. But I see it in 30 YEARS, as rare unearthed LOST TRACKS included on our 6-disc anthology BOX SET! | comic strip | panel 3 - RONI: God DAMN it, John... You are so... | comic strip | panel 4 - RONI: ...so INSPIRATIONALLY DELUSIONAL.; JOHN: Thank you. You are... You are WORDS, too. |