Graham

Nice Mayones 😀

On a positive note, I did like the sound of the bass in that video

Today has been: Mastodon - Leviathan Converge - Jane Doe ISIS - Oceanic The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works Cult Of Luna - Salvation

Carnets are already causing problems

Need a bassist for tonight (21st Feb) in Croydon, playing blues covers, £100 PM if interested

I had this recently with Lingua Ignota's most recent album Caligula. I'd not heard of her before, but people I respect were raving about the album so I gave it a go. First time round, I was completely unclear what I was listening to and didn't like it at all. A few weeks later thought I'd give it another shot, this time my expectations were re-calibrated - I think first time I was expecting something like Chelsea Wolfe or Emma Ruth Rundell, which it isn't - and whilst I could see more where it was going, still wasn't wild about it. Again, a few weeks later, I thought I'd give it one more chance and this time I thought it was pretty good. Couple more listens and I've changed my mind completely and think this woman is a literal musical genius, I can't stop listening to it. I'm retrospectively, changing it to my number one album of 2019 and can't wait to hear the new release she's got out this year.

What tragic news, thoughts with his family. The Lulls I've tried have all been astonishingly good instruments and the T pickups he designed are some of the best I've ever heard.

That's amazing

Root. Octave. Flat fifth Three notes, two of them C and fifty years later still the greatest riff ever written

50 years ago today, heavy metal started, with rain and a bell

The new Sepultura - really good, particularly for a band at this stage of their career

I occasionally go through those bouts of thinking "any time I'm going to log onto Basschat, I'll pick up a bass instead". I swiftly realise this is completely impracticable, and the vast majority of time I'm on here I'm not in a position to be practicing.

There's a reason he's pulled everything after Danzig III from Spotify/Apple etc

Because of a podcast, I've listened to Danzig IV, V, VI and VII recently and wowser, some of that is bad. I'll have to go back and listen to the earlier stuff at some point, as I understand that's a lot better.

Cathedral supporting HIM - Cathedral were the only redeeming feature of the night. If I'm being completely objective, Old Man Gloom were better than Cave In last year, but they were both great. In a similar vein, Oxbow were better than Sumac when I saw those two as well.

Update I gave up trying to get a doctor's appointment, as even answering the phone turned out to be a bridge too far for the surgery. I bought some arthritis gloves - there's two sets of fingerless gloves in the pack, a warm pair which I've found quite useful for driving on cold mornings and a set of lycra(?) compression gloves. Last weekend, I wore the compression gloves on the drive home and while I could feel it in my hands the next morning, they were definitely less stiff than they'd been in the past. Last night, I forgot to take the gloves with me and had quite stiff hands this morning, so put the gloves on for about an hour and now feel a lot better. So, I think the best thing to do is buy another set and keep them in my gig bag. I'm also going to try taking turmeric capsules, but haven't bought those yet.

First concert - Alkaline Trio at the London Astoria, 2002 Last concert - Nirvana UK in Brighton in December Best concert - Cult Of Luna & Julie Christmas at Damnation Festival Worst concert - HIM at the Cambridge Corn Exchange, 2005/2006 Loudest concert - Electric Wizard I reckon Seen the most - Anaal Nathrakh Most surprising - Nordic Giants Next concert - The Lounge Kittens Wish I would have seen - Nirvana, Pantera, Fugazi, Pink Floyd, Metallica in the 80s

If the DI is dead, could you run the line-out into a DI box? Could be a cheap option

I had one of these, it was a great bit of kit. In the end I went back to my EBS gear as that's the sound that really works for me, but I was very happy with the GK and would have another if I could afford to run two amps

"I'M JUST ONE OF THE OUT OF FOCUS GUYS"

The Bacche from Chris Brookmyre's A Big Boy Did It And Ran Away I love the daft arguments and petty fights. It's very well observed 😁

Sounds good that you got out now, best to do it quickly rather than let it build up.

Great stories @Doctor J I only saw him once, on the Cynic reunion tour in 2007, it was a great show In a tiny London venue. The reunion album Traced In Air probably has my favourite drum sound, just so clear and punchy.

Yesterday, former Cynic and Death drummer Sean Reinert was found dead, aged just 48 https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-death-and-cynic-drummer-sean-reinert-dead-at-48/ Reinert was a founding member of Cynic and played on all their albums to date before parting company with them in 2015; he also drummed on Death's seminal record Human. He will have influenced a generation of metal drummers antd has left a legacy of musical brilliance.

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