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Basschat: the movie


funkydoug

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Thought I'd share this little moment with you... 

Earlier today I pulled into a car park and spotted a large estate car parked awkwardly on the side of the entrance with its hazard warning lights flashing. Does this person need assistance I thought? 

A guy was leaning against it scanning the  carpark for  who knows what... 

Meanwhile another man was walking toward him with intent. Both nodded as if to say, yes,  I'm your contact. 

Was this a drug deal, undercover cops, secret services???? Just as I checked in my rear view mirror I realised, I know this guy. He was half hiding inside the collar of his jacket but there was no mistaking it, it was @thebassdoc!! I knew that face from the good old days of the bass place, but hadn't seen this revered figure  for  a good 20 years. 

My mind raced at what was in the boot of that estate, a quiver of expertly set-up basses most likely!!  As my car rolled into the first available bay and I scrambled to get my basschat autograph book out,  I looked back and he was gone. Disappeared back into the bass underworld. 

 

Ha ha, the whole thing felt very cinematic in a non-stalkery, not geeky-at-all kind of way!! Liam Neeson or Matt Damon would be good casting shouts for the badass bassdoc. 

This opening scene could then lead to a groovy theme tune, like a bond film,  but better :)

 

Apologies to @Thebassdoctorifthisisabitcreepy

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34 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

IIRC he was ill for a while and has been absent from here for a while.

Glad to hear he's better.

That sounds like a cover story if you ask me. 

Great story! Thanks for sharing. I’ve had many car park encounters over the years on Basschat and only two have turned into shootouts. 

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Just be careful not to mix up your car park assignations.

I met a chap in a car park to buy a bass cab and ended up with £200 worth of hash.

It's terrible - no low end, undefined mids and a harsh top end.

:)

 

 

(Also nice to know the bassdoc's still about)

 

 

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BassChat: The Movie - News

Tinseltown reels as Brit-flick provisional cast list leaked:

 

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Chris O'Dowd as: Kiwi 

 

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Zachary Quinto as: Ped

 

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Christopher Plummer as: The Bass Doc / Sir Charles Lytton

 

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Yul Brynner as: Happy Jack

 

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Alan Bennett as: Billy Apple

 

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Brian Blessed as: Dad3353 / Prince Michael Bakunin

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4 hours ago, Linus27 said:

Oh my god, this is hilarious. Happy Jack as Yul Brunner is genius. Keep them coming Skank.

That photo is dangerously close to being accurate, y'know. 

It somehow captures my smooth suave man-about-town air, my sense of being a Bond villain just out of his lair, and finally my complete and utter absence of hair.

 

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Just now, Happy Jack said:

That photo is dangerously close to being accurate, y'know. 

It somehow captures my smooth suave man-about-town air, my sense of being a Bond villain just out of his lair, and finally my complete and utter absence of hair.

 

To be honest, it was just the absence of hair that did it 😂

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26 minutes ago, Happy Jack said:

That photo is dangerously close to being accurate, y'know. 

It somehow captures my smooth suave man-about-town air, my sense of being a Bond villain just out of his lair, and finally my complete and utter absence of hair.

 

My sources inform me that Mr Brynner's suave man-about-town-ish-ness and slightly menacing persona were the factors that swung it for him with the casting director; the absence of hair was an unexpected bonus.

That and the fact he's a cheap hire, being brown bread and all.

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18 hours ago, skankdelvar said:

My sources inform me that Mr Brynner's suave man-about-town-ish-ness and slightly menacing persona were the factors that swung it for him with the casting director; the absence of hair was an unexpected bonus.

That and the fact he's a cheap hire, being brown bread and all.

Is he doing that for tax purposes like Hotblack Desiato?

Interesting fact from the link above; 'Hotblack Desiato is the name of an estate agency in Islington.'  It's good because the popular image of Estate Agents in general was of a bunch of cowboys.  A squad of Space Cadets is a much better mental image for them, dontcha think?

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35 minutes ago, funkydoug said:

Tickets are limited and marked up 25%

They will be posted in the for sale section at an outrageous price listed in euros in an eastern European country.... pick up only.

Eventually after 332 bumps the price will finally be reduced to the market rate and delivery will be offered for 50% of the face value per ticket.

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1 hour ago, Paul S said:

I am assuming there will be the usual concessions for the over 60s?

 

17 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

A nice thought; well done, you.

Here it is, then, at twice the size, for the short-sighted old gits...

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Disappointed to see that being over 60 leads to warnings about falling over.

:|

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