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Where the lyrics come from

Published on Feb 22nd, 2005

comic strip | panel 1 - KULA: Kevin, I'm a huge fan.  First, I have to ask, the lyrics of "Spiral Away", so moving.  I mean, I wept the first time I heard-- |comic strip | panel 2 - KEVIN EDO: I copied them off a condon ad I saw sitting on the can in Detroit.; 	KULA: W-what? |comic strip | panel 3 - KEVIN EDO: "Kevin," I thought.  "You spend all this time, you know, thinkin' a words, when there's all these words already written all over the place!" |comic strip | panel 4 - KULA: But... y-you... there's....; 	KEVIN EDO: "Too Little Time" is from my VCR manual. |

Song about Carole

Published on Apr 12th, 2005

comic strip | panel 1 - JOHN: OK.  I'm finishing the lyrics to "Screw You Carole" and I need another word that rhymes with "Carole".; 	DAN: OK. |comic strip | panel 2 - JOHN: So... so far I've used... "Clairol", "barrel", "feral", "sterile", and... "NARAL". |comic strip | panel 3 -  |comic strip | panel 4 - JOHN: What?  Carole and I had a complicated relationship, dude....; 	DAN: "Feral"? |

     

A unified sound

Published on Aug 2nd, 2005

comic strip | panel 1 - TRUDY: Hey, you played great up there.  Did you write all the guitar solos.; 	DAN: Oh, heh, thanks, no, I used to.  But not anymore. |comic strip | panel 2 - DAN: John said it would be a more unified sound if he wrote all the parts.  He also said my solos "lack urgency." |comic strip | panel 3 - TRUDY: Jesus... sounds like a real pretentious dick.; 	JOHN: Who sounds like a pretentious dick?; 	DAN: You do, man. |comic strip | panel 4 - JOHN: Yeah, well, so did Lennon.  You wanna give a hand with these amps?; 	DAN: Hey, I gotta go.... |

Different Mix

Published on Oct 4th, 2005

comic strip | panel 1 - KEVIN EDO: OK, Gordon, here's the mix of your song.  Now... I sort of went for a different feel with it....; 	GORDON CRANWICK: OK. |comic strip | panel 2 - PETER WELD: Wow.  This is really different, Kevin.; 	KEVIN EDO: Yeah, it's a different sort of take on it. |comic strip | panel 3 - GORDON CRANWICK: Yeah, it's definitely different, Kevin.; 	KEVIN EDO: Yeah, I was going for something different.; 	PETER WELD: Really different. |comic strip | panel 4 - GORDON CRANWICK: Yeah, do you not like my song, Kevin?; 	KEVIN EDO: No, I really don't, Gordon.; 	PETER WELD: I mean it sounds like a different song. |

     

I want it in writing

Published on Oct 6th, 2005

comic strip | panel 1 - KEVIN EDO: Don't take that the wrong way, Gordon, I just--; 	GORDON CRANWICK: Excuse me?!  I can't believe-- I want that in writing, Kevin. |comic strip | panel 2 - KEVIN EDO: Come on, look--; 	GORDON CRANWICK: No, here: "I, Kevin Edo, state that Gordon Cranwick's songwriting lacks heart."  Sign it! |comic strip | panel 3 - KEVIN EDO: (sigh) I'm not signing this, Gordon, when, when.... |comic strip | panel 4 - KEVIN EDO: You know, it's not so much "heart" as it is "emotion."; 	GORDON CRANWICK: Make whatever changes you like!  I'll initial them! |

We need a new song

Published on Nov 21st, 2005

comic strip | panel 1 - JOHN: We need a new song.  A song that gets on the radio.  And people request it at all our shows.  And we play it.  As the cold opener or as a mid-set adrenaline boost. |comic strip | panel 2 - JOHN: And then we think, "We're more than just one song, dammit!"  And our next album is a total departure, all noodley and instrumental, and critics pan it.  And it bombs. |comic strip | panel 3 - JOHN: That's what we need, man.; 	DAN: Yeah. |comic strip | panel 4 - DAN: We could also probably use better amps.; 	JOHN: Oh yeah, totebags.  Yeah, these Rogue 120s suck ass. |

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