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D Bassman

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About Me

My favorite words are portmanteaux, onomatopoeia, and ...Oxy-mormon. Yep, I said it.

My Interests

Ocean and Sea. Sand. Music. Beer. Sunset. In that exact order, but sometimes reversed.

I'd like to meet:

Railroad Bill, Railroad Bill...he never works and he never will... he just rides, rides, rides, rides.

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Music:

I play the bullfiddle with The Konza Swamp Band, Kasey Rausch and Friends, and Dirty Mae. I also play guitar with The Costa Rican Rebels. Check out these sites - www.myspace.com/thekonzaswampband - www.myspace.com/dirtymae - www.myspace.com/kaseyrausch - www.myspace.com/thecostaricanrebels

Movies:

If you can guess the movies that these lines come from, then you can be my friend. 1. "Just a bit outside." 2. "The price is WRONG, bitch!" 3. "Yer phone's ringin' dude. Thank you Donny!" 4. "I'm in high speed pursuit!" 5. "The horror...horror..."

Television:

"TV. The more you watch, the less you know." "Fight prime time. READ A BOOK!"

Books:

Currently reading... Hemingway, Holliday, and The Best American Travel Writing of 2007!

Heroes:

My father.

My Blog

Hitchhike

 A hitchhike through the rich part of town. A ramshackle shack when the rain pours down. A bamboo raft to float coral reefs. A wolf-trap mine field and a grassland for sheep. A handful of ni...
Posted by D Bassman on Tue, 15 May 2007 12:22:00 PST

Santa Teresa, Costa Rica

  Bird folks wait as long for a good look as birds wait for a stab at dinner. Next rock down found my heart on the ground. In among reefs and rocks wind and spray sun's shadow boards and bikes t...
Posted by D Bassman on Tue, 15 May 2007 12:14:00 PST

Sum, sum, sum, sum, sum, sum, summertime.

Hello again. As always, it has taken me months to get back to this here blog. I have lots of breaking news from my life, but that is boring to you the reader unless it is directly related. So, my long...
Posted by D Bassman on Tue, 15 May 2007 12:11:00 PST

Random thoughts for February

Hello everyone. I realize that it has been a while since I landed in this here space. I am trying to get better, or more consistent anyway, about blogging here. I will be adding some links for any of ...
Posted by D Bassman on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 03:27:00 PST

KSB CDs are here!

Hey all you bluegrassers out there! The Konza Swamp Band is having their CD release party tonight at the Free State Music Festival. The appropriately titled second album from the KSB, "Groundhog" is f...
Posted by D Bassman on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 07:30:00 PST

home again

howdy folks, i made it home to kansas in one piece. frickin amazing considering the way my last three days have gone. garrett and i really should be dead in a gutter in downtown san jose, costa rica s...
Posted by D Bassman on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:37:00 PST

hola from isla bastimentos, panama

hello out there in myspace land... sorry to have neglected my page here and my friends. thanx for the b-day congrats and well wishes for my travels. for those of you i have not talked with or email in...
Posted by D Bassman on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 10:51:00 PST

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Sidewalk flies. New tiles in a coffee shop. The tightest daisy dukes on a Ford truck driving cheerleader. Tea bags. Laptops. Cell phones. Newspapers. New employees. Late arrivals. Airport drop-offs. A...
Posted by D Bassman on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 12:54:00 PST

Wednesday is...

On Wednesday, there is no future. On Wednesday, there is no past. Early in the week, the past looks better than it really was. Later in the week, the future looks better than it will be. But, on ...
Posted by D Bassman on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 12:46:00 PST

Part 3

All of a sudden November is within shouting distance. All of a sudden festival season is gone. All of a sudden, I am waiting in a library on a late Friday afternoon in late October and I don't know wh...
Posted by D Bassman on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:17:00 PST