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Good luck!

Updated with offer of free tickets, see original post!

[font=Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial][size=2][b]Friday, May 25, 2012. Village Underground - 54 Holywell Lane, London, United Kingdom EC 2A 3PQ • 020 7422 7505 • [color=#0000FF][u][url="http://villageunderground.co.uk/"]http://villageunderground.co.uk[/url][/u][/color] For the first time in nearly 30 years, influential bassist Jah Wobble and the archly avant-garde guitarist Keith Levene will re-unite. The former Public Image members have come together for a series of special gigs in unusual places. Village Underground in Shoreditch has been chosen to be the first venue to be rocked by their dub interpretation of the genre defining post-punk album Metal Box. Tickets are just £15.00 and you can purchase them Here - [color=#0000FF][u][url="http://bit.ly/Hw90ae"]http://bit.ly/Hw90ae[/url][/u][/color][/b][/size][/font] OR win tickets with BC! We have two tickets up for grabs for one lucky winner - Just answer the following question: [i]Q: What is the name of Jah Wobble's 2009 autobiography?[/i] Please email answers to [email protected] using 'BASSCHAT METAL BOX COMPETITION' as the subject line. Winners will be added to the guest list and notified by email. Cheers ped

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1337347894' post='1658610'] It was at this point I became [i]really [/i]worried and got out! [/quote] I was going to advise that everyone fills a jerry-can with Basschat

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1337343895' post='1658486'] To bfirsh, the rest of us are just mouth pieces. [/quote] Speak for yourself son I've been called a ringpiece too

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1337337261' post='1658308'] Thanks for all your hard work to get Basschat up and running. It might be worth letting the paranoid of us know what malware we were potentially exposed to and what it was supposed to do. [/quote] It didn't manage to do anything because we're zipped up tight and everything is secure, luckily. I don't know what it's intended mission was but it certainly wasn't to access anyones information or muck around with any settings which is a stroke of luck. Ben will be able to tell us more.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1337331245' post='1658119'] Ah..! A victim of your own success, then. [/quote] Well we would have been OK but there was a microscopic fault in the software which was exploited and used to create the problems... I have no idea how or why they do this type of thing but us bass players are made of stronger stuff so a patch is being developed for the hole right now. Then we SHOULD be super safe. (Famous last words)

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1337329741' post='1658074'] You're back, you're back, you're back, you're back - as a matter of fact you're back. Well done everyone! But why on Earth would you hack a bass forum?? [/quote] We weren't targeted because we're us, but because we're a sizeable vehicle for their malware, apparently.

[quote name='Al Heeley' timestamp='1337326592' post='1658000'] still getting warning page and no access on my mac at home via safari. INstalled firefox and tried that but also an issue. TRied emptying cache and still getting warning. Will try again later today. [/quote] Try clearing your Cache memory. Last I heard we had submitted a report to Google to remove the threat status now everything's clear. Cheers

Thanks guys we'll look into it. I don't think it's anything to worry about.

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1336825569' post='1651596'] Remember:[i]bag it, before you HTML tag it.[/i] Surf safe, people. [/quote]

I tend to use 'View new content'. Then on the left have the fields 'content I have not read' and 'topics I have participated in' OR 'just items I follow' highlighted.

Too many bass players caused the last earthquake, didn't it?

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1335257720' post='1627919'] I would agree. If iBass Magazine aren't going to use this forum to interact with their (potential) readers then why are they here? Ped, did they ask specifically for this sub-forum or was this something that Basschat offered to them? [/quote] I can't remember to be honest but when the mag first launched we did a banner and the sub-forum at the same time; I wanted to let Nick post updates here and take any ideas, discuss articles from the mag etc to sort of tie the two in a little bit. We even discussed having little 'Discuss this article on BC' buttons at the end of magazine articles that woudl take you to this forum, and I think they are still going to feature. So, I think it has big potential. However, and this is a big one. I have offered sponsored forums before, usually to new companies we would like to help out. We haven't ever charged for one because we hoped that they would either allow our members to give feedback about a certain product (Innovation strings is a good example of this) or have access to exclusive offers/updates from shops (GAK used to have one...) The problem is that as much as some of these companies like the idea, they often don't update them enough or take the bull by the horns. Maybe it's because some shops just don't understand the community or because they don't value it, I don't know. Innovation did things pretty well by asking a BC member to post on their behalf which has been useful and worked well. Talking to Jason How at Rotosound the other week I know some company owners/employees are also unsure about how to approach a community as large as BC because they don't want to come across as advertising or taking advantage. This is partly my fault for not being clear about how companies/employees should conduct themselves. I'm adressing this at the moment. I've just heard from Nick who is catching up with this thread so hopefully he'll update us soon. I think I speak for all of us when I say we all hope iBass is a success and hopefully Nick will either appoint someone to maintain the iBass forum or check it on a regular basis as I would assume that most of his potential readership is already on Basschat. Cheers ped EDIT: Nick posted whilst I was typing!

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1335209985' post='1627399'] Which is a shame, as when you're putting out a small publication, nailing the social media can make all the difference - hence my previous reference about there being some brilliant examples of doing it right. Looking at One&Other.com, which is run by some mates. It can really cut through for you; flirt with it and get it wrong, and you just sink. Like here. [/quote] I agree. I've tried to liaise with iBass (for mutual benefit eventually, for theirs initially) but it hasn't really got far. Nick doesn't seem pro-active getting a banner booked on BC and I've only left this forum because I'm trying to help the mag but I'm in the dark too, and will probably remove the iBass sub-forum and put the posts in the parent forum at some point. I think we would all like to help the mag, after all the more bass related industry we have in the UK the better for all of us, but communication is pretty important, as is peoples money...

[quote name='lettsguitars' timestamp='1335117358' post='1625997'] I guess Nick is not able to post on here due to being a business. I doubt he is ignoring anyone. The mag looks pretty good to me and the extra content seems well worth the small subscription. [/quote] He's welcome to post. I'm not sure how forum savvy he is though which looks like its turning out to be a big problem.

When's the old sod going to donate?!

Any more entries??

If it wasn't for that 5% I wouldn't be able to even hold the bass so for me it's essential

Great efforts so far chaps and chapettes, well done. I've had a couple of orders so hopefully more people are ready to strut their stuff on this thread.... Here's the pics of Leftybassman392 at the lefty bash looking pretty smooth in his BC polo: [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/pedullaman/EPSN0405.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/pedullaman/EPSN0397.jpg[/IMG] I think you'll all agree that wearing a BC polo increases your musical ability by at least 5%, so it's win-win Cheers ped and Nellie-bobz