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A lot of potential there. And a great name.

Yeah that whole Ghandi thing went too far, wandering around in flip flops, haggling in local music shops and so on.

You’re just being silly now. Ben Kingsley played the tenor banjo

The handsome one out of Take Direction? No need to call him a nob. You’re just jealous of his trousers and snake like hips.

It’s great to see a group of friends still enjoying playing music together after four decades (edit Gallop and Smith really), refusing to move with fashion whims, kowtow to big labels or rip off their fans. This album has really grown on me. The best thing they have done since Disintegration and really heartening to have a band in the twilight of their career produce something so relevant and memorable.

Playing the new cure album a lot. First listen was a bit meh. OK but nothing special. It’s really grown on me. Best thing they have released since Disintegration. Some of the lyrics really resonate as I am getting a little older.

Good week for me. Martin Harley at The Lantern (Bristol) followed by Ezra Collective at The Beacon the following evening.

there is an all parts jazz bass neck on bc for sale maybe put together a bitsa? i have a neck plate, dimarzio pickups and and probably a loom and knobs knocking about that i could donate.

The Skatalines, Lille. Great fun. Kudos to the bassist who had to be assisted to the stage with his walking frame but once seated rocked out with a Hohner B2B. Absolute legend.

The Skatalites, tomorrow night

Edit: Sinking Probably not the ‘greatest’ bass line of the ‘80s but this album made me want to learn bass. Just checked was released in’85. Time flies!

well if you play your cards right big boy

It was my civic duty

Fettling Mr Blank. Felting a gazebo. What kind of madness is this. This is a sensible topic, for sensible people.

I doubt many members of the general public know who Shed 7 are. On that note I was on a bus a while back and sat next to someone wearing a Joy Division T Shirt. Great band said I. Blank and confused look later… Joy Division I said. A band? said my monosyllabic passenger. We didn’t discuss Hooky.

Shed felting without proper paperwork is nearly as serious as fettling a gazebo with undue care and attention. You can’t escape the long arm of the dibble in these matters. Now for something completely pointless. Famous bassists you say? Not arf.

I think it’s been conclusively proven that even the wives and offspring of bassist don’t know or particularly care about bass.

Just asked my son. He can’t name a single bass player and has never heard of Mark King or John Taylor. Hang on a minute… he just said Sting. He knows Macca, likes the Beatles but didn’t know he plays bass. He could name 10 rappers and 10 DJs but I’ve not heard of half of them.

I love the idea that the general public would know that lot. Maybe Ant and Dec Jaco ( and his moonwalk) Windy Miller Victor Meldew Larry Grayson Tigger and Poo Boots the Chemist Weymouth Kim Jong that Korean bloke with the dodgy barnet Paul McCartney

That Ken bloke from Bros?

FTFY

Kim Deal Patricia Morrison Carol Kaye Melissa Auf der Maur Sheryl Crow Kim Gordon Et al

By all accounts what Pete Best lacked in the drumming department he more than made up for in the looks department and attracted Epstein’s attention.

I think that if you look up “forum” in the Oxford dictionary it says Forum: A remnant of the early days of the interweb. Place for grumpy old men to argue. I would think that the yoot are on SnapGram or TokTik or whatever is the latest app of the moment.

Just my tupence worth: 1. She sounds pretty good to me. If I were a young lass rather than an old(ish) bloke I would definitely think yeah I would like to play like her. 2. When festivals first announced a more equal split between male/female artists I thought it was a bit unfair and artists should be judged on merit alone. I have to admit to being wrong on that one. The quality and number of all female bands has definitely been on an upward projection since.