Mud Grunt - I actually got lucky... The CD had a $18.99 sticker price, but it was on sale for $13.99. That's about what it sold on amazon.com, without shipping...right? Still...I'd rather pay a little extra and know that I wouldn't have to worry about anything. So I'll go with amazon.com next time.

PSUKCAT13 - SBM is at the top of my list of favorite Satriani albums. And know what? I honestly think it'll stay there...yes, it's THAT good. :-)

Lowend - List yourself as attending your show on the tour page and you might win backstage passes.

wiser1 - I've had to buy tickets without presales before. I know exactly what it's like. It stinks sometimes, but hey, at least you'll be able to go to the show. As far as accusing me of kissing butt and brown-nosing to get backstage passes, that's just ridiculous. I have the same odds as anyone else that uses the backstage pass contest. And go read some of my other posts...I've pointed out quite a few things that should be changed on the site. There is a difference between telling someone to "prepare to be flamed" and using constructive criticism to point out flaws. Constructive criticism is not brown-nosing by any means.

It is Stu not Boo - Heh. Sounds a lot like my experience looking for a copy of SBM yesterday. I went to Tower first, but saw the $19 price tag. Screw that, I'm happy to give Joe the extra money, but I knew it would just go towards the Jaguar payment for some Tower exec. Figured I could do much better at Best Buy. 2 Best Buys and a ton of hassles later, not another SBM in sight! Tried a few random Wal-Marts and Targets (figured they would come up empty) and finally went back to Tower about 2 hours later. The guy rang it up and it was actually on sale for $12! I was happy about the price, but jeez they could have saved me a lot of trouble by actually advertising it! (strange concept)

Anyway, I've been playing it nonstop since then and loving it more and more. Finally getting a chance to check out the online listening party now and hear Joe's comments on the songs. The album as a whole didn't grab me or blow me away like some of the past releases have. After the first listen I would have put it in my least 3 favorite Joe albums - meaning awesome but not up to par for Joe. But it's one of those that grows on you, and I'm really getting into it now. Noticing a lot of great little details that you can't get in the first couple of listens - I have a feeling this may become one of my favorites in the coming weeks! It's quickly moving up the rankings...

Sorry for making a lot of posts tonight, but here's the first part of my SBM review...

Oriental Melody - This song is very different for Joe. After listening to it once I thought it was just ok... But I like it more and more each time I hear it. My favorite part is from 1:14-1:38.

Kinda a crummy "review", but hey. ;-) Some of the ones for the other songs are better. Does anyone else have any comments or favorite moments in this song?

Belly Dancer will follow tomorrow night.

Satch3d - Stop just spinning it and go put the thing in your CD player - you'll like it even more that way, trust me!!!!! lol

Stu Not Boo - I reckon Oriental Melody is pretty good. As soon as I put it in my CD player and heard that intro I was like "hmmm..." I just love the drum groove and the bit that I suppose could be called the chorus. The only problems I have with that one are I don't really like the melody guitar sound at the beginning; that really soaked in delay sound kinda does my head in. And the solo sounds a bit, dare I say it, sloppy in places. But I think that's also down to the tone - it's quite muddy. I didn't have anywhere near the problems you had in tracking the album down though. I just walked into my local MVC, checked the "new releases" shelf, and there it was...

Anybody else having problems uploading stuff to their IUMA lately?

L8rs, Neil.

Here's my little Joe rip off tune - b'cuz I like him.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jem777/joe.mp3

hey fellow satch fans, an update on my SBM situation...

I rode my bike to Best Buy yesterday morning (after the guy said it'll be there in another shipment) and it wasn't there. I felt like beating the guy up. I was so PO'd.

When I got home I called the Orange Park Mall (to be directed to Sam Goody. I said, "Do you guys have the new Joe Satriani CD?" She said, "Who?" (only the fiftieth time I'd got that.) "Oh yeah, we have it. we got it yesterday." Suddenly, Handel's Hallelujah chorus rose in my head. HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH! and so on.

So anyway, I told my mom and after my orthodontist appointment. (OUCH!) I will get my SBM FINALLY!

Thanks for the comfort Joe,

Hey joe whats up?I just herd the samples of your new album and i cant wait much longer for the cd to come out in Slovenija.I reali hope i will meet you some time and i hope that we shal play together in a few years.SO plese plese write to me some time.Oh yes,my brother is a great fan to and said to me to say Hi!

Front row center for August 31st. 6ft away from Joe, the Clones will be.

Just finishing up some research on where to best order SBM. Soon... It really hurts.

Plum Loco - Thanks for the website. The cd costs $7 more but you really save on shipping from amazon.ca instead of .com.

Wiser1 - Really, why would you rag on the listening party? It was a great idea from what I heard. If they aren't just 14 pure tracks playing rfont to back... wouldn't that kinda be like buying the cd?