Bassist Wanted: Comics about music and musicians http://portermason.com/bassistwanted Bassist Wanted is a comic strip about music and musicians by Porter Mason. This feed updates with every new comic and also any news about the strip. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:00:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/BassistWantedhttp://feedburner.google.comThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. Creepy but noble http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BassistWanted/~3/zupUBmrGxYQ/ http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/2010/04/30/creepy-but-noble/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:00:08 +0000 Porter Mason http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/?p=3039 comic strip | panel 1 - PETER: Well, for what it’s worth, I think adopting that hot 19-year-old orphan was, though CREEPY, sort of NOBLE. |comic strip | panel 2 - KEVIN: Yeah, I think, in the end, I’m just not fit for organized charity. PETER: So no more do-gooding? |comic strip | panel 3 - KEVIN: Oh no, I just need to get back to how I USED to help people. PETER: How’s that? |comic strip | panel 4 - KEVIN: Having sex with the disadvantaged, man. PETER: You’re one of the good ones, Kev. |


]]> http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/2010/04/30/creepy-but-noble/feed/ 0 http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/2010/04/30/creepy-but-noble/ Free of the shackles http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BassistWanted/~3/NFNbj2edNBg/ http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/2010/04/28/free-of-the-shackles/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:00:13 +0000 Porter Mason http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/?p=3036 comic strip | panel 1 - DAN: You happy to be free of the shackles of the dayjob? JOHN: Oh yeah, man. |comic strip | panel 2 - JOHN: And my settlement checks are even bigger than they were before, so I’m gonna donate some stuff to one of them starving African orphan kids. |comic strip | panel 3 - JOHN: They say they need the essentials, so I’m thinking some Beatles CDs, some Stones, maybe early Bowie… |comic strip | panel 4 - DAN: What about… FOOD? JOHN: Um… sure, I could eat. |


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]]> http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/2010/04/23/youre-fired/feed/ 0 http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/2010/04/23/youre-fired/ Lost the master http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BassistWanted/~3/EnsXX_L0I6g/ http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/2010/04/21/lost-the-master/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:00:53 +0000 Porter Mason http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/?p=3027 comic strip | panel 1 - JAMES: The douchebag at Kinko’s lost our master, Joel! Can you help us record it again? |comic strip | panel 2 - JOEL: Well, my boss caught on to what we were doing, so… NO. I can’t even UNOFFICIALLY represent you anymore. JAMES: So… THAT’S IT? |comic strip | panel 3 - JAMES: So we did ALL that work, NOTHING came of it, and now you’re ABANDONING us? JOEL: Well, YES. |comic strip | panel 4 - JOEL: So you really did get a taste of what it’s like to be signed to a label. |


]]> http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/2010/04/21/lost-the-master/feed/ 0 http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/2010/04/21/lost-the-master/ This isn't a CD http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BassistWanted/~3/eQsNY2VKf1A/ http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/2010/04/19/this-isnt-a-cd/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:00:51 +0000 Porter Mason http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/?p=3024 comic strip | panel 1 - JAMES: This isn’t a CD. It’s a bunch of construction paper and GLITTER. JOHN: Uh, NO, it’s a SCRAPBOOK and it’s work of ART. |comic strip | panel 2 - JAMES: We didn’t order a SCRAPBOOK. We paid you to reproduce our CD. JOHN: Oh, no, I destroyed your CD. |comic strip | panel 3 - JAMES: That was our MASTER! JOHN: It was GARBAGE. THIS captures the essence of your band. |comic strip | panel 4 - JAMES: THIS is our album cover surrounded by pictures of a baby in a LOBSTER costume! JOHN: It’s… SO much more… Did you even READ the puffy paint? |


]]> http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/2010/04/19/this-isnt-a-cd/feed/ 0 http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/2010/04/19/this-isnt-a-cd/ Legal divorce http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BassistWanted/~3/rU9e2tA-SP4/ http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/2010/04/16/legal-divorce/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:00:10 +0000 Porter Mason http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/?p=3021 comic strip | panel 1 - KEVIN: Anthony? Where’s SHUKRI? ANTHONY: I just heard from her agent. She’s legally divorcing you as a parent. Also, she’s screwing Robert Pattinson. |comic strip | panel 2 - KEVIN: Whoa. So my adopted African daughter/lover left me for the guy from Twilight. ANTHONY: It’s a tale as old as time. |comic strip | panel 3 - KEVIN: Hey, did you ever find out for me how her parents died? ANTHONY: Yes. They were beheaded during a military coup she initiated. |comic strip | panel 4 - KEVIN: (sigh) I’m gonna miss her. ANTHONY: She’s quite a woman. |


]]> http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/2010/04/16/legal-divorce/feed/ 0 http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/2010/04/16/legal-divorce/ Changing the order http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BassistWanted/~3/zmccTm-1AGs/ http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/2010/04/14/changing-the-order/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:00:44 +0000 Porter Mason http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/?p=3018 comic strip | panel 1 - DAN: John, you can’t change people’s orders, dude. JOHN: They’ll appreciate the changes when it’s done. |comic strip | panel 2 - DAN: But… the customer is always right. JOHN: Screw that. My idea is BETTER. |comic strip | panel 3 - JOHN: I change what I want, when I want, if it’ll improve the piece. I run my life like I run our band. DAN: Yeah… |comic strip | panel 4 - DAN: …our band’s not very SUCCESSFUL though. JOHN: The new rule is: the customer is NOT always right, and is usually an IDIOT. |


]]> http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/2010/04/14/changing-the-order/feed/ 0 http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/2010/04/14/changing-the-order/ Shukri meets the agent http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BassistWanted/~3/EUsXOnx7nr0/ http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/2010/04/12/shukri-meets-the-agent/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:00:02 +0000 Porter Mason http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/?p=3016 comic strip | panel 1 - KEVIN: Anthony, this is Shukri, my newly adopted African orphan daughter/lover. ANTHONY: I know Shukri. Took a meeting with her on Monday. |comic strip | panel 2 - KEVIN: You met with my AGENT before you met ME? SHUKRI: Yes. |comic strip | panel 3 - KEVIN: So, what? Are you REPPING her now? ANTHONY: Oh no no… |comic strip | panel 4 - ANTHONY: She went with William Morris. SHUKRI: They have a stronger orphan division. |


]]> http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/2010/04/12/shukri-meets-the-agent/feed/ 0 http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/2010/04/12/shukri-meets-the-agent/ Making the CD at Kinko's http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BassistWanted/~3/nBJbWe59i_c/ http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/2010/04/09/making-the-cd-at-kinkos/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:00:27 +0000 Porter Mason http://portermason.com/bassistwanted/?p=3012 comic strip | panel 1 - JAMES: Hi, we need this CD reproduced with this as the cover. JOHN: I’m in a band TOO, y’know. |comic strip | panel 2 - JAMES: Oh… cool. So… what kind of turnaround time we lookin’ at? JOHN: SCREW YOU. You think you’re BETTER than me? |comic strip | panel 3 - JAMES: Um… no. JOHN: GOOD. Because you’re NOT. You’ve got ZERO talent compared to me. |comic strip | panel 4 - JOHN: Now. Can I interest you in adding toner to your order? JAMES: Is this, like, the “hard sell”? JOEL: No, I think it’s the “weird sell”. |


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