Diary
July 14, 2016 Surgery day! Cool, early start. Here in my backyard with old friend and brother-in-arms Chris Bell, shooting for his new documentary. Excited and honored to be a part of this. I mean hell, Chris is the guy who Produced, Directed and Starred in “Bigger, Stronger, Faster” and “Prescription Thugs.” Being part of…
<meta http-equiv=”refresh” content=”0; URL=/rickbassman/posts/10206932968665452?_fb_noscript=1″ />(2) Rick Bassman – This is a looong post. Well, I’m supposed to be a… This is a looong post. Well, I’m supposed to be a writer, so… what the hell. It’s also very, VERY personal. I’m feeling the need, so here goes… I report to Orange Coast Hospital in Fountain…
About 4 years ago, in a seemingly random encounter, I met this bright spirit. We quickly became friends. Shortly thereafter, I went down with the first round of spine surgeries and “life-threatening” infections. Without being asked –and without any thought of reward—this person stepped up. BIG TIME. Taking care of me & Ramone & GoGo….
Weekly Photo: Hanging out at Muscle Beach, Venice with Savage, Mavrick, Horshu and their killer chihuahas.
Author launches Kickstarter campaign in effort to share his remarkable story of survival with others LOS ANGELES (March 3, 2013) – Rick Bassman has lived eight lives as a Stage 4 Cancer survivor, homeless person, gunshot and stabbing victim, heroin and cocaine addict, criminal, and 5’4” “tough guy”/street fighter. Yet, despite all his travails, the…
“Casting About” for a Celeb, or two twenty Do you watch movies like the amazing “Love, Actually”, or the horribly bad “Valentine’s Day” and ever wonder “How in the world do they get ALL of those celebrities to do such small parts?” In 1994, not long after leaving The Walt Disney Company, I was offered the opportunity…
Gary “Big Daddy” Goodridge gets an airplane spin from Rick Bassman If you think you’re safe, you’re not! Just ask all around tough-guy/nice-guy “Big Daddy” Gary Goodridge. Famous for not only being one of the top arm wrestlers in the world, but also for his career in MMA and kickboxing. Defeating Paul Herrera in…
Tonight, I’m feeling reckless. Dangerous. And that’s, generally speaking, NOT GOOD. For me. And many times, for those whose paths I cross. It’s 10:12 pm on a Tuesday. Late for me, as of late. But tonite, it feels unGODly early. I’ve lived a lot of life today, for one day. After 6 hours of dead-to-the-world…
Spelled[dahy-uh-ree] l1. a daily record, usually private, especially of the writer’s own experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes, etc. It’s taken me nearly two and one-half years to write “Been There, Done That.” My Diary consists of almost-daily and equal parts painfully searing / rise-from-the-ashes entries, of the penultimate extreme of physically occurrences and emotional ruminations –written…
One man’s memoir of going to hell. And coming back through the other side, electrified. Year after year after year. From nearly dying of cancer, living destitute and drug addicted on the streets and losing his family one by one, to producing movies and concerts, communing with spiritual leaders and celebrities. Travel every corner of…
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