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Poll appears to have closed a day early. Shame, I was hoping for a late surge 😁

I doubt very much that there will be a plethora of bass-related TV shows coming up in the new year so, personally, I'm glad to grab any that happen to come along. Clearly, you feel differently and, as I expressed in my last post, each to their own.

Maybe give it a watch then? Seems rather incurious that someone who frequents a site called Basschat wouldn't want to at least attempt a peek at an all-too-rare TV show about the subject. Each to their own, I suppose. Testify! 👏

Always going to happen, wasn't it? Too many zinger tower burger meals.

TEA??? Rubbish! A coffee, please. I'm also with Frank on the arched window.

I'm going to see Morrissey perform tonight in Nuneaton, just popping into Wetherspoons for a bite to eat first.

Threads like this are rubbish...

I'm going to my music room now to plug in a bass and play along to I Am the Resurrection. It seems like the right thing to do. Ta-ra, Mani. Thanks.

Here's mine, Jeremy Vine. A light and frothy tune with a Portuguese title that translates as Hate Everybody Immediately, ha, no, not really, it means Sleepy Village. I could imagine supping a cold beer in one of the beach huts and listening to this. Mind you, I could also sit in one of them listening to Wake Up by Rage Against the Machine, so what do I know? Ended up sounding like a Fisher-Price Johnny Marr on my Westfield Les Paul copy through an RP80 effects pedal, cursory bass came from the Vester P copy and MT Drums went bum-tet-bum-tet. Wavepad and Audacity, as ever, put it all together.

Written and sung by Ian Willis. You know him better as Lemmy.

Isles Badly Drawn Box Whim! Salon Find Young Cannibals Dead or Clive Frankie Goes to Hollyrood Krankie Goes to Hollywood Adam and the Anus Dover Gulp Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pogs

Bedford Esquires tonight for noise merchants Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs.

Bravo, chaps 👏👏 worthy winners!

And, staggering in late again... Going off at a tangent from the 6-in-1 wonder oven theme (although an air fryer is mentioned in one verse) I instead decided to celebrate a comedian, a singer, a professor, a philanthropist, a cricketer and a cartoon character with an in-depth(!) delve into what makes them who they are. What they do have in common is that they all share the same surname, Fry. Ended up doing that as I couldn't think of six folk with the surname Oven. You want words? You got 'em, buster (but they're hidden below) 4-string cigar box guitar, Les Paul copy and P-bass copy. Ableton provided drummery programmery tomfoolery. A bit of RP80 for guitar effects. Recorded and dusted down with the dynamic duo of Wavepad and Audacity.

Were you having a few pints with Nigel Farage last night and he got hold of your phone?

I think it was Captain Sensible (born Ray Burns) who said that he and some of the early punks changed their names to help avoid the DHSS from sniffing around too much as they were still claiming 'the dole'.

Well done, chaps 👏👏 the picture really brought out some diverse tunes this month.

I have a Vester Catalina P-bass copy. Gigged it a few times way back when, did the job.

The John Peel archive on the creative flow channel on youtube. There's around 100 shows on there at the moment. That'll keep me occupied for a while.

Again, a late one... Another poor, shipwrecked sap falls for the sound of the sirens. Though he escaped with his life, he now spends his days tormented as he watches and waits for a ship that never arrives. Spoon, moon, June-alike lyrics to pick apart hidden below: I scoured the array of sounds within Ableton this month to piece together the various synth layers. MT Drums, Westfield Les Paul guitar, violin bass and the siren sample at the end came from Sample Focus. Vocals rasped through an Apogee Mic+ by the unmelodious stylings of yours truly. Wavepad and Audacity did their usual sterling work.

Hype Sandoval Lull Tiny Turner Dud Lipa Rita Orc Pissy Elliott

Ooh, you lucky devil!

Bravo, @Chiliwailer, you're getting good at this 😁

Got one done again just in time... Hey, what's the rush? Life's too hectic. Take a stroll, breathe a little and just enjoy being in the moment. Eko 12 string acoustic, Vester Catalina P-Bass, Westfield Les Paul, Yamaha keys and a drum sample from Looperman. Recorded without any bells and whistles with Wavepad and Audacity.

I agree. Too many things started to slide with that band. When people get sloppy it's always an uphill battle to get things back on an even keel.