Joe! New album is great! "MIndstorm" question: To my ears it sounds like intro is on a Marshall amp and when the seven string enters its a Mesa Rectifier?? I love the tightness of the gain on that intro! Interesting to hear you playing more songs with a Stratocaster as well! See you in Dallas! Mark P.S. For the fourth time (I ask before each tour) will you please play "MEMORIES"!!!! thanks

wiser1 - Calm down. Jon is doing all that he can. He's fixed a lot of problems that other people have had with the site because we ask nicely. If you acted the same way you're acting now when you sent him the G3 pictures, it's no surprise to me that he didn't put them up. There's no need to get so upset, ok?

webmaster - You continue to do a great job with the site. I already have my tickets (8/11) but it's cool to see that you're working on the presale info for everyone else.

Hi everyone. I'm sorry for putting this in a post that's separate from my other comments, but this a completely different topic. I hope everyone understands. I finally got around to typing up my thoughts about Strange Beautiful Music. The entire thing would make one HUGE post. And since I'd rather not see whether or not there is a post length restriction here on Talk To Joe (LOL), I thought I would break up the review into pieces and post one each day. That way there will be more time for people to read everything. Maybe we can get some good SBM discussions going. So here is the first little bit about my experience buying the record as well as what I think about the packaging. I'll go through the album song by song, posting my thoughts about one song each night at around midnight Pacific Time. I'll also include the track times of the parts that I think are really cool. It'd be nice if other people here could do the same thing, in response to my posts. So I'll start with Oriental Melody later tonight...and I guess I'll finish up in about two weeks. But right now, here's some basic stuff...

It took me forever to find Strange Beautiful Music. I looked at a local music store, as well as Target...then I called Circuit City and Best Buy. None of these places had it... I called Tower Records next...they had it so that's where I bought it. Even though it took forever to find it, it was DEFINITELY worth the hours of visiting other stores. It kinda sucks though...next time I think I'm just going to buy it online. That way I won't have to deal with driving all over town to find a copy.

Case / Artwork / Etc. - I think it's really cool. I love the color scheme. Sometimes I think it would've been better if the inside was full of bright colors (blue, green, yellow, red, etc.) to make up for the black / white / gray outside. Although with it the way it is now, everything is the same in the packaging and you have to listen to the music to find (hear) the different colors. It's kinda neat if you think of it that way.

PhryDom: I'm waiting for other crazy questions!

Hi Joe! My 15 year old son and I saw you at the warner theater in DC last year with G3, First off.... I sat him in row one directly in front of you.. I was 7 back.. Your incredible. My son was completely jazzed! Thanks for a great show. We didn't bring a camera that night (too bad) but would love to a pic autographed of you made out to JJ and Mike if possible. that would be so cool.

I sang in a Microsoft gig at the Tabernacle 2 weeks before you gigged there... I was in the spot light with my son when I told him that you were playing there and then we saw you the next month in DC..

You'll have to give out the secret of how you stay young.

Take care and have fun!