Official Basnight apology thread.

Jim basnight knows more about basketball than everyone on this bored combined. His connections are endless and he is also an innovative musician.

PurpleThrobber

You were right. It was a huge mistake to fire Romar.

I’m sorry.

Wood

HillsboroDuck

Jim basnight knows more about basketball than everyone on this bored combined. His connections are endless and he is also an innovative musician.

Jim basnight > Joey Thomas

I have no higher compliment.

JaWarrenJaHooker

Cohen blundered!

theknowledge

Basnight's tweets and diatribes are what pulled me through Cohen blowing up the greatest collection of high school talent ever assembled to play college basketball. He also made me realize how guilty I feel to be white. Shame on me. Shame on us all!

bananasnblondes

http://www.northwestmusicscene.net/jim-basnights-evergreen-in-not-changing/

Jim Basnight is a Northwest perennial, best known for his new wavy combo the Moberlys, but also a figure in such outfits as the Meyce, the Rockinghams, and as a solo act. He’s ventured away from the Northwest, having lived in NYC and LA, but, like a homing pigeon, he invariably returns to our neck of the woods. He’s currently sequestered in Indianola (that would be in Kitsap County), and has just released his first album in seven years, Not Changing.

Unsurprisingly, there’s plenty of Basnight’s trademark power pop, but the album’s also something of a musical buffet. The opening track, “Code to Live By,” is a laid-back, contemplative toe tapper; don’t look at the calendar, and the more uptempo “Never Get Lost” might make you think you’re back in the early 1980s (the Raspberries come to mind). “Second Street” sinks the hook in deep from the very beginning, in a portrait about the slightly seedier side of the boulevard.

You can also detect some classic influences (at least these ears can). “Big Bang” has some of the bawling, drawling blues of the Rolling Stones (there’s also a Jagger-esque touch to the vocals in “Best Love in the World”). Pay attention to the lyrics of “Avenue of the Star”; it has the same nonsensical wordplay of Paul McCartney’s Ram era. And speaking of wordplay, I can’t help it — the title of “Making Love for a Living” makes me think of nothing so much as pursuing a career as a porn star.

Things turn serious in the mournful “Suicide Evening,” which has the narrator considering whether or not to shuffle off this mortal coil. A similar mordant note is struck in “Kurt Cobain,” with Basnight musing about singing “a pretty tune” with the grunge icon (and also adding a touch of fuzz guitar).

Basnight’s voice is better on the more rocking numbers; at a slower pace, the songs tend to drag (as in “Saturday Dream”), though even the slower numbers likely sound more dynamic in live performance. It all comes to a close in celebratory “Living the Way I Want.” The song kicks off with a great bit of fun, some radio DJ patter from KWJZ’s own Jay Phillips, excitedly urging you, “It’s summer in the Jet City, so come one — let’s rock and roll with Jim!” (“It’s kind of this salute to the classic days of top-40 radio in Seattle that I grew up with,” Basnight told the Kitsap Sun). It also reveals Basnight’s philosophy in a nutshell: “I won’t settle for nothing if it ain’t what I want.” All these years later, Jim Basnight’s still doing it his way.

Finding inspiration in Cohen's blunder

Fire_Marshall_Bill

It would be wrong to go to one of his shows and throw shit at him.

One of my great joys is seeing Basnight getting roasted by true Husky fans on a nightly basis. Fuck that guy

Doogles

https://mobile.twitter.com/jimbasnight/status/1100295652641140736

@Tequilla takes Basnight to the woodshed with his IMA knowledge.

https://twitter.com/jimbasnight/status/1100295652641140736

@Tequilla takes Basnight to the woodshed with his IMA knowledge.

It would be wrong to go to one of his shows and throw shit at him.

Hardcore Husky obviously doesn't condone that kind of behavior

https://twitter.com/jimbasnight/status/1100616555887394817

If McDaniels signs with UW, how would this class compare to the hypothetical fighting Basnights of 2017? Two top-5 players has to be better, right?

Domicillo

If McDaniels signs with UW, how would this class compare to the hypothetical fighting Basnights of 2017? Two top-5 players has to be better, right?

Sounds like a good question to ask Basnight and then promptly be told in 280 characters that you couldnt possibly understand the answer to that in 280 characters.

theknowledge

https://twitter.com/jimbasnight/status/1100616555887394817

I'm speechless. Is that date wrong?

JaWarrenJaHooker

If you want to make accusations out here, take responsibility for them. Sign your real name to them. If not, that's what gets deleted. Always have, always will. You don't get to trash people out here anonymously. Use your real name or don't do it.

Now we shall see if Teq is just another coward hiding behind his computer screen.

Now we shall see if Teq is just another coward hiding behind his computer screen.

Maybe he's posting from his phone. Ever think of that, internet tuff guy?

Don’t have time to find the tweet but how has nobody posted the tweet of Basnight telling Teq to jump off a bridge?

Now we shall see if Teq is just another coward hiding behind his computer screen.
Maybe he's posting from his phone. Ever think of that, internet tuff guy?

@yobates and @steelheader2 ????

https://twitter.com/jimbasnight/status/1100274565555601408

Don’t have time to find the tweet but how has nobody posted the tweet of Basnight telling Teq to jump off a bridge?

I don't care about hoops but this Basnight fellah makes it fun.

http://twitter.com/jimbasnight/status/1100136287602860032?s=21

“Without dirty money” EL-O-L

Because hiring Porter’s daddy with zero men’s coaching experience and paying him more than seasoned assistants passes the smell test.

https://twitter.com/jimbasnight/status/1099766168368238593

He's got an answer for everything

FRANNY

PurpleJ

He's got an answer for everything
https://twitter.com/jimbasnight/status/1099766168368238593

Calm down, Hitler.

Don’t have time to find the tweet but how has nobody posted the tweet of Basnight telling Teq to jump off a bridge?

https://twitter.com/jimbasnight/status/1100274565555601408

Incredible.

CuntWaffle

Sounds like Basnight is ready to take the gloves off

Sounds like Basnight is ready to take the gloves off

You don’t want to see Basnight when he’s angry

Comments

Jim basnight knows more about basketball than everyone on this bored combined. His connections are endless and he is also an innovative musician.

PurpleThrobber

You were right. It was a huge mistake to fire Romar.

I’m sorry.

Wood

HillsboroDuck

Jim basnight knows more about basketball than everyone on this bored combined. His connections are endless and he is also an innovative musician.

Jim basnight > Joey Thomas

I have no higher compliment.

Cohen blundered!

It would be wrong to go to one of his shows and throw shit at him.

One of my great joys is seeing Basnight getting roasted by true Husky fans on a nightly basis. Fuck that guy

Doogles

https://mobile.twitter.com/jimbasnight/status/1100295652641140736

@Tequilla takes Basnight to the woodshed with his IMA knowledge.

https://twitter.com/jimbasnight/status/1100295652641140736

@Tequilla takes Basnight to the woodshed with his IMA knowledge.

It would be wrong to go to one of his shows and throw shit at him.

Hardcore Husky obviously doesn't condone that kind of behavior

https://twitter.com/jimbasnight/status/1100616555887394817

If McDaniels signs with UW, how would this class compare to the hypothetical fighting Basnights of 2017? Two top-5 players has to be better, right?

Domicillo

If McDaniels signs with UW, how would this class compare to the hypothetical fighting Basnights of 2017? Two top-5 players has to be better, right?

Sounds like a good question to ask Basnight and then promptly be told in 280 characters that you couldnt possibly understand the answer to that in 280 characters.

theknowledge

https://twitter.com/jimbasnight/status/1100616555887394817

I'm speechless. Is that date wrong?

JaWarrenJaHooker

Now we shall see if Teq is just another coward hiding behind his computer screen.

Now we shall see if Teq is just another coward hiding behind his computer screen.

Maybe he's posting from his phone. Ever think of that, internet tuff guy?

Don’t have time to find the tweet but how has nobody posted the tweet of Basnight telling Teq to jump off a bridge?

Now we shall see if Teq is just another coward hiding behind his computer screen.
Maybe he's posting from his phone. Ever think of that, internet tuff guy?

@yobates and @steelheader2 ????

https://twitter.com/jimbasnight/status/1100274565555601408

Don’t have time to find the tweet but how has nobody posted the tweet of Basnight telling Teq to jump off a bridge?

I don't care about hoops but this Basnight fellah makes it fun.

http://twitter.com/jimbasnight/status/1100136287602860032?s=21

“Without dirty money” EL-O-L

Because hiring Porter’s daddy with zero men’s coaching experience and paying him more than seasoned assistants passes the smell test.

https://twitter.com/jimbasnight/status/1099766168368238593

He's got an answer for everything

FRANNY

PurpleJ

He's got an answer for everything
https://twitter.com/jimbasnight/status/1099766168368238593

Calm down, Hitler.

Don’t have time to find the tweet but how has nobody posted the tweet of Basnight telling Teq to jump off a bridge?

https://twitter.com/jimbasnight/status/1100274565555601408

Incredible.

CuntWaffle

Sounds like Basnight is ready to take the gloves off