Rich

NürburgRing My Bell - Anita Ward

OK, everyone calm the flip down please. If you want to argue, do it via PMs. Not here. Your luscious, pouting mod team would hate to have to lock the thread, but if it descends into acrimony, it's toast.

I don't mind playing for nothing, i.e. losing money, if the charity is close to home. Alzheimer's or some such. Generally though I'd ask for a bit of petrol money, 20 quid is better than nothing. We did a charity gig some time ago and I was expecting just expenses but they gave us a pretty substantial wedge. I stuck some of it in one of the collecting buckets on my way out the door.

Disco Duck - Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots

Do you still have the loco?

Everything I Don't Like Is Rubbish, And That's A FACT.

You say that, but thanks to my 15 quid I bet you turn up at the next bash in a Maserati.

Come on folks, get that dosh rolling in. It's in all our interests!

9am (The Comfort Zone) - Londonbeat

Here's an example - 2:23 to 3:15, an absolute masterclass. https://youtu.be/hqWdNSDc-uc?si=IIO-yhPChaDf07tc&t=143

Electricity - OMD

Superb choice, sir. JG's work on that album is utterly glorious.

🎶 What a nice surprise, bring your raffle prize 🎶

@scrumpymike, just sent you £15 via previous PayPal address, hope it's still your current one 👍🏻

Folks, I've started a new topic for the 2026 Bash. Let's continue discussions over there.

Thought it'd be a good idea to start a new thread for this one, as there's more to organise/discuss.

FANTASTIC You can have my 15 quid now if you want What, even my virtually-intravenous coffee addiction? Can I put in a cheeky early bagsy for a dementia/Alzheimers charity? Sadly, a cause that is very close to home.

Ditto and ditto. Food-wise maybe we could do a bring-&-share? Richard mentioned sandwiches and Geek mentioned a giant Costco cake, and I know Costco also do trays of wraps and things, and I'd be quite happy to make some stuff to bring. Obviously I couldn't hope to make anything as utterly brilliant as The Crumble

Last year I ventured downstairs for a look round, and it's a good job I did because that's where ACG were lurking. I might have missed them completely otherwise. I have a busy gig weekend this year alas, so I won't be going.

😭x1000 And there's me having already sorted out my raffle prize donation for this year. Seriously though... Mike, I cannot put into words how much I (and I'm sure I speak for all of us here) appreciate all the hard work you and Gabs and the Scrumpettes have put into the BFSWBBes over the years. I've only missed one, and spent the whole of that day feeling like I was missing a limb. As an aside, I've been looking into hall hire etc round this way, and the cheapest I could find was smaller, less convenient (i.e. closer to houses) and 30 quid more expensive than the full rate for Cheddon would be. The place was perfect.

I never use the pre-shape on my TE1200 as I'm predominantly a fingersman. The old GP12SMX (still the best bass preamp ever made IMO) had two pre-shapes, one of which was far more usable in the real world than the other. But I still never used it live.

Yes, I have this problem too. "Is that face in pain, or p!ssing itself laughing? *magnifying glass* Ah, apparently it's vomiting."

Pies Without A Face - Billy Idol

Truck Still Works - Brad Paisley