Frank Blank

Is this in reference to @Bassassin's speciality? Cool.

A little guitar emporium has opened up right at the top of my street! This little beauty is in the window, I certainly like the look of it and thought I'd consult the BC hive mind before Googling it. I love the look of it but have never heard of a Hagstrom Swede bass before. I'm going to page @Bassassin because... well, because it's the done thing. 😀

Oxygen and the air pressure are always being monitored. In the event of a decompression, an oxygen mask will automatically appear in front of you. To start the flow of oxygen, pull the mask towards you. Place it firmly over your nose and mouth, secure the elastic band behind your head, and breathe normally.

Scarborough Fair...

Not Klezmer per se but... well, I'll let Wiki and John Zorn explain... Given the historical associations of the project's name (see Masada), the Hebrew titles of the compositions, the melodic themes and musical structures reminiscent of klezmer music, and the Jewish imagery on the covers of the associated albums, Zorn was clearly exploring his Jewish roots with the Masada songbook and groups. He stated: "The idea with Masada is to produce a sort of radical Jewish music, a new Jewish music which is not the traditional one in a different arrangement, but music for the Jews of today. The idea is to put Ornette Coleman and the Jewish scales together." If you dig it there's eleven albums worth of studio recordings and seven live albums and then tons of offshoots.

I may be incorrect this time but doors were around 10am last time.

Absofeckinlutely, any excuse...

Man I ate so much last time. After lunch every bass I tried seemed to be further away!

I believe I'm right that @jebroad set up a unique track and trace QR code for the Midlands Bash.

Gary Kemp & Guy Pratt chatting with JJ Burnell on episode 52 of the Rockonteurs podcast, excellent.

Oh! In that case you have got my size, sorry! Put me down for a 3XL and how do I pay?

I'd love a T-Shirt buy you don't do them in my size!

Oh bloody hell, just as well I suppose, last time I ate my own weight in roast potatoes…

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Unfortunately. I will not be attending but have a great time.

True. My one moment of doubt was when I heard a thin reedy sound coming from what sounded like the papier-mâché horn of an ancient gramophone, but then I realised it was @Stub Mandrel's rig...

Just because it reminds me of being dragged to a party by two punk/rude girl crossover ladies in my youth. Ended up in a big old house in Walthamstow that was absolutely rammed with huge skinheads. Now, with my skinhead-popular neon pink mohican, I assumed I was in line for a kicking, however, they turned out to be massively friendly and hugely into music, I should have known by the smell of the place, not glue but weed. Being smashed out of my bonce and dancing to Jamming in a room entirely packed with grinning skinheads is one of my fondest memories from back then. One of the women I was with put on Rock Lobster and I thought the vibe would come crashing down but no, another great memory is the same room totally getting down to the B52s too! Great night, happy times.

That’s how you got out of setting up last time! 😉

Likewise, it’s been decades!

I was just thinking, whilst perusing the glorious variety of music on this most excellent of threads, that whenever I listen to a reggae track these days there is an element to my enjoyment missing and, after a few months of it niggling at the back of my brain during each listen I’ve suddenly realised what it is, I’m not smushed out of my gourd. Odd it should take that long to realise.

Aerodynes get a bad press I think, loved mine, played like a dream and, as you say, really light. Definitely the best fender I ever had.