Sunday, November 04, 2007

Still here!

Well, just about!

These days I'm nearly always on Facebook, usually playing poker!

So don't be afraid to add me as a friend, and take care everyone!!

The Mighty B

Monday, March 12, 2007

Dirtiest joke I've come across...

......well, here we go then.....


What's the similarity between a woman and a KFC Bargain Bucket?




After you've finished with the breasts and thighs, all you're left with is a greasy box to stick your bone into!!!



Wahey!



Ben R


RIP Brad Delp - Lead singer with Boston, acknowledged as a truly nice guy of rock.

Monday, February 05, 2007

My Bass Heroes (well, a few of them!)

Well, the Darkness has passed, and no, not the bird-flu infected Suffolkers, but the depression I get hit by from time to time. All swings and roundabouts in my head - manically happy at times, and shittingly depressed at other times!! It's a funny head I've got!

1. ) John Entwistle

Have to start with him don't I?! Showed the world what a bass solo was, pioneered roundwound strings, and the Marshall Stack to name some milestones of rock bass.
Favourite tracks:

Talk Dirty
Dancing Master
905


2.) Bakithi Kumalo

Name might not mean much to people, but you're bound to have heard his fretless bass on a Paul Simon record. He's worked with many illustrious folk, including Herbie Hancock, and Mickey Hart, the Grateful Dead other drummer (not Bill K!).
Favourite tracks:

You Can Call Me Al
Light Rain
Seems Like Old Times


3.) Jaco Pastorius

Speaking of fretless basses, no list would be complete without the genius of Jaco. Someone who told his brother at 19, 'I am the best bass player in the world', and his brother believed it. So did the rest of the world when he burst onto the scene with his self-titled debut album. Problems lead to him being beaten unconscious outside a Florida club, and he died soon afterwards. had he lived to even middle-age, what songs would he have come out with?
Favourite tracks:

Portrait of Tracy
Donna Lee
Come On, Come Over (the song that re-united Sam and Dave)

4.) James Jamerson

The man who introduced the electric bass to the world, he was the man who drove Motown. Nuff said.
Favourite tracks:

Ain't Too Proud To Beg
My Girl
I was Made To Love Her



Well, there's 4 of the best in my opinion!!

Sunday, January 07, 2007

Goodbye

To all the friends and fellow bloggers who have commented on my blog over it's short lifespan, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

But I am in a place now where it is dark, and I need to be alone. I may return someday, maybe not.


On this road I must go.

Goodbye.


Ben R.

Thursday, December 21, 2006

Early pressie for me!!




Well, here it is!!

My nice shiny new Warwick Buzzard Bass!!

Yep, it's the proper version, neck-through and the beaked headstock, the closest versions to what John played up until the mid-90's when Status Graphite made what were to be his last versions, the one-piece carbon fibre wonders.

She plays silkily smooooooooth, and the P-P pickup configuration is the dog's cahoonas!!

Ben

PS -not me in the pics obviously, but her former owner, who has even played her at Glastonbury!!

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

New job!!

Yep, I've moved on in the world after 2 years in my first 'proper' job after uni!

I have to say mortgages were never an area I thought I'd end up in after reading Chemistry, Business, Marketing and Strategic Thinking at university!!! Turned out to be a good little job, but I couldn't see any further promotion from my role, so stuck my head out to see what was on offer in the marketplace.

.. and so I end up being offered a job at a big Pharmaceutical company, and isn't it lovely when they offer you more money to join than what you asked for at the interview?! At least my student loan will finally start to shrink! Great company ethos, and nice place. Kinda like a Bond set! Free gym, healthcare, secure parking and 4 o'clock finishes on Fridays. Ahhh - beat that rush hour.



Talking of rush hour, bloody police have blocked my shortcut to work (Horns Lane for those of you who are local!), due to the Police finding more terrrorist stuff in the woods by the road. THis was the same wood they searched when doing those first raids in High Wycombe. Damn well adds about 15-20 mins to my journey each day. Uumph!


Take care people!

Ben R

Sunday, October 29, 2006

New car for BG!!


Hey Molly!

This one's for you!

Picture taken from:
http://jakesgeneralstore.com/Carpages/68%20black%20Charger%20RT/68rta.jpg