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They've just done an obit on 'Last Word' on radio 4.

I knoe what you mean James. It's the main reason I started playing bass in the first place. Hope things start to look better for you soon. (( ))

[quote name='EliasMooseblaster' timestamp='1363194333' post='2009585'] I think I've tried that one, you know. I seem to remember it being more exciting than their music. [/quote] I love your username! Sorry..back on topic...

[quote name='lee4' timestamp='1363117793' post='2008879'] Thats not ankle jewellery,it's a tag!Do you have an ASBO(Awful Sounding Bass Order)? [/quote] Oh yes, I've definitely got one of those! I'm not allowed to play me bass in a built up area or in front of children or people of a nervous dispostion. Or those with any musical discernment at all.

[quote name='Dr.Dave' timestamp='1363167860' post='2009390'] That wasn't Paul Dianno - that was me ! [/quote] So you've got your own Corset Tech have you?

Soemone I know did a gig with Paul Dianno years after his IM days. He said he saw a roadie lacing him into a corset minutes before going on. Can't verify this of course.

Well I didn't realise that playing a Fender P in a covers band put you in Chav territory. But if so, I'm in ! Also I have been known to wear toe rings and ankle jewellry, which I gather from another thread is beyond the pale.

Excellent guidelines Mr Chairman. May I raise a question from the floor? What are the guidelines for BCers we have met IRL?

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1362861178' post='2005561'] Haha! We-e-e-lll.... I don't want to know! He'll always be a metal god no matter what [/quote] This is true! :-)

[quote name='jezzaboy' timestamp='1362852946' post='2005411'] And what proof do you have of this fact? I heard that they [i]did[/i] in fact, monkey around....... [/quote] No they didn't - they were too busy singing to put anybody down!

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1362851321' post='2005382'] Little known fact No. 3: Cosy, twee, love song "Last Train To Clarksville" (while they can't get credit for writing it) was an anti-war song. Clarksville was an army base for kids who ended up in Vietnam, hence the line "And I don't know if I'm ever coming home". [/quote] Well I never knew that! I love that song.

Nice blog, Sylvia. Looking closley at that pic of you with David Ellefson....do you think he has the beginnings of a combover going on there? Aaargh! :-0

[quote name='bassace' timestamp='1362690828' post='2003535'] I played with him twice. Not only a very good musician but he had a very good recall of past gigs and people he had known, some of them fifty years ago. He struck me as someone who had a genuine interest in other people. A nice guy. [/quote] That's good to hear. And I've just remembered I saw him play! It was at Sunbury on Thames regatta in the early seventies when I was a kid. :-)

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1362678277' post='2003288'] There was a radio 2 special on him only a couple of weeks ago and very entertaining it was too [/quote] Yes I caught this by accident when driving home from a rehearsal. Really good.

RIP Ken :-(

[quote name='jezzaboy' timestamp='1362661872' post='2002897'] Sad news indeed but no mention of it on tv or even radio 2 this morning. [/quote] Yes very sad. I only found out from this thread :-(

[quote name='the_skezz' timestamp='1362510258' post='2000533'] Nope, I'd fall at the first hurdle as I absolutely refuse to use the word 'baby' in reference to a love interest, which seems to be a prerequisite for just about every pop song. [/quote] Shame I can't think of a rhyme for 'Bunnykins' :-)

'The goose flies south in winter...' I'll leave the photos behind a litter bin in Hyde Park. Or am I getting it confused with a dead letter box now?

Yes sos for the delay Sylvia. I 'll try to do it at work tomorrow where I have the technology! :-)

I forgot to mention another famous face 'spot' on Sunday. I saw the actor Ben Miles (played Patrick in the comedy series 'coupling' amongst other things). He was sitting right in front of me in the Peter Hook masterclass.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1362417730' post='1999381'] Wow! I never knew Peter Hook was blonde ! [/quote] Yeh, I really should have had a shave! :-) But seriously he seemed like a really nice bloke and was not at all condescending.

[quote name='rushbo' timestamp='1362353828' post='1998966'] Erm....I'm pretty sure its Saturday the 9th, unless I'm very mistaken...which I am a lot of the time. If Yoricks real name is Nigel, then he's da man.I remember that their outgoing Bassist placed the ad on here, which I thought was rather sweet. [/quote] Ooh yes 9th it is. But still its the Sat I can't do. :-( Yes Nigel is the guy I meant. :-)

[quote name='rushbo' timestamp='1362353074' post='1998954'] Heyhey...my gig is in sunny West Bromwich on Saturday, March 9.Its with Heartbreaker, who are a Paul Rodgers tribute, so if classic rawk is yer thing, come on over. We're playing at The New Talbot. It would be lovely to see a Basschatter or two there. Rest assured, ill be spamming the site mercilessly between now and the gig... [/quote] I think Sat is March 8? If so I can't make it due to another comitment. Bugger I would have loved to have been there. Is it Yorrick's old band btw?

Rushbo, when and where are you gigging it? I really hope to be there. :-)

Well said bluejay. Completely agree.