Rich

Oh god, that mental beach. Our drummer had an argument with her over set lengths and payment, in the end she cancelled all our future bookings and told him to sex-and-travel. I roasted them alive on Farcebook next day and had lots of #metoo replies. From what i understand, they're having trouble getting bands and it's going down the toilet fast. Good. I hope it burns to the ground.

I have a friend who sustained a very embarrassing injury from the 'saddle' of his Del Var Bass Bike. It took surgeons 2 hours to remove it and now he has to wear special pants. Small print notwithstanding, I demand compensation. On his behalf, of course.

Yes! I fitted orange mains plugs to all my leads for the same reason 😄

A few of my favourite hacks: Mains IEC chassis socket mounted permanently in the side of my 4U rack case, just under the handle so it's protected from accidental bashes. This in turn feeds the mains 4-way inside the case. Makes setting up even easier. I carry a 1ft square piece of 1" foam inside the rack, which allows me to store the bag of mains/speaker/misc cables inside the rack without them rattling around damaging things. At gigs, the foam goes between the cab and the amp and stops vibrations. The cable bag itself is an old school PE kit drawstring bag. Ideal size. Kiddie's night light plugged into the rack's 4-way. Provides enough illumination inside the case to allow me to plug stuff in without fumbling around.

Yes, I've played quite a few in Melksham too. Last night was the Forester's Arms, it was rowdy but ok. At least they danced i've also played at the Pg & Whistle, which is snug but nice, and The Pilot which is a ghastly s***hole upon which I would not pee if it was on fire. Where was your fraught experience?

Gig with the ska band tonight, just got home after a horrid drive through the falling snow. Towards the end of the second set, a rather sozzled punter asked if we played any 'old skool ska'. We pointed out that we'd just played well over an hour of it. She then asked if we do any Stereophonics songs. *rolls eyes* Melksham. 'nuff said.

I remember well one particular night at a crap pub in Highbridge, at the end of the gig I counted what I thought was an 'audience' of seven... and then realised I'd included the singer's girlfriend and the bar staff. Stuff happens. Just call it a paid rehearsal.

Grown ups? Where?

Effective, true, but I find that electricity applied to the testicles first really gets the message across. I like a little bit of old-skool finesse first before galloping headlong towards the 9mm finale.

"I've has found a website where I can get bands for free!" Yes, of course he has. The bloke is a total chancer. Definitely sounds like yet another decent venue disappearing down the bonzo dog. Have you got enough other decent regular haunts to make up for it? Small consolation I know, but.

Ow. Make them stop.

Mummy, my head hurts.

Saturday night was my 4th gig with the ska band. Best yet good crowd up and dancing from the 'n' of the first note, the band were on fine form and a terrific laugh was had by all. I'm barely having to refer to my notes at all now, in a couple of gigs' time I'll be able to abandon them altogether. Evening only tempered by the fact that by the time I got home, my favourite kebab emporium was closed damn shame, I was in the mood for one of their amazing chicken/doner combos.

Please lay off the politics and religion, folks. Ta. 👍

Yup, it'll only take 70 years or so 😄

WHAT? DID YOU SAY 'FANNIES ALLOW DUST RINGING A LOOM'? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

WHAT? SPEAK UP! SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER MY HARTKE 3500'S FAN.

What does a cab shootout usually entail (apart from cabs )? I'm guessing a neutral-sounding amp for starters, in which case my Shuttle 6.0 will be freely available if required?

Mike, I've just updated the list on this post to include the bits I'll bring if I can make it (work permitting).

Nothing like this ever happens in my band. We're all crap and we know it.

Knowle is many things, but 'grassy' isn't really one of them

It was that doyenne of the UK session scene, the incomparable Tony Goggle. He's been the subject of considerable discussion on BC in the past.

Jamerson's supernatural playing on "What's Goin' On?" and "For Once In My Life" alone are enough to make him a total genius, and that's all I need to know.

Why do people do that? All she needed to say was "Sorry, my mistake. Anyway, as I said, it went well..." and just carry on as normal. It's the 21st century FGS, surely we should be well past the point where someone's sexuality is the cause for Lego-face or hole-digging?