The Last Bass Outpost

Blue Öyster Beatles …



That song was always corny, even the dark BÖC can’t save it.  But it’s still kinda cute.

When I saw Victoria spanking her Danelectro with her flat hand, I believe it was the first time where I had visions of wanting to be a bass. I’m still coming to terms with it.

He was in a band called Rapeman and was altogether far too enthusiastic about images of child sexual abuse. If I was feeling generous i would say he was clearly a bit neurodivergent and trying far too hard to mine new depths of shock value. But I'm not feeling generous; he was a chronically overrated hipster and his music sounded terrible. Like being locked in a filing cabinet full of loose cutlery and being kicked down a metal fire escape.

Ok, some (s)obitchuary, but I'm sure, Alan, there must have been some small things too you perhaps did not like that much about him? 

https://www.visitsherwood.co.uk/explore-the-forest/the-major-oak/#:~:text=Probably%20the%20most%20famous%20resident,that%20absolutely%20cannot%20be%20missed.



Reputedly 800 to 1.100 years old, i.e. when you guys weren't even seasick on the Mayflower yet. Alan used to walk by it on his way to school when it was still a seedling.

You know what? I turned from a Danny Sapko hater into a fan, I really did!    Initially, he was like a car accident to me, terrible, but I had to watch. But over time I realized that his love for bass behs  playing and music is sincere, he is not mean-spirited and full of self-deprecating humor. In YouTube Shorts doses he's kinda fun and sometimes even enlightening.

I wasn't aware of this EB-3 vid at all (which belongs on the Gibson page, get going Ricky boi!), I only knew his shorts (clips, not underwear, I hate how you guys think ...).

Wait until they go in the pool.

And knock on the window pane asking for pool-served drinks.

She doesn't seem to be aggressive, just inquisitive, but with two cubs to protect that can of course change quickly. But as long as the human inhabitants stay on their side of the window, all seems to be well, give or take periodic re-purchases of pool floats obviously not designed to withstand brown bear claws and teeth.

I've seen black bears this oblivious to human civilization, but not brown bears (I've learned that a Grizzly is a brown bear sub-species, but Californian Grizzlies as another sub-species are extinct, so she and her cubs are brown bears, not Grizzlies).

If this happened in Germany in the few regions where we still have brown bears a state of national emergency would have already been called.  West Coast relaxation about things can be admirable sometimes.

Ironically, karaoke singing IS live - it's just not always good!  But even the worst karaoke singer takes the risk being judged and laughed at - which is something Don Henley avoids on the canned Desperado.

Not karaoke, but still live, also no AutoTune, just beautifully sung:



I wasn't aware of her. Canadian North American Native, talented girl.