webmaster - Thanks for posting the Concord pictures. They look great. :-)

Get a loaf - I wish I was paying more attention to you...I would've said hi or something. Oh well, there's always the next show.

Metalhead Ted - You just missed the SF gig. Joe played Concord on 8/11. There are pictures in the road section.

I like your honesty Clarky :-)....I came short of saying this was JOE's best album, and the same thing happened when CP came out....For some reason, it didn't hit me at first because I was getting more into VAI back then....A friend of mine let me borrow CP, and I just didn't get into it (I know, it's crazy when I think about it now!!)....But after awhile of seeing it on the racks at the store, I finally bought it and haven't put it down since....I bought SBM right away (like EOC) and it is flip-floping in and out of my cd player, but never out of my car....I'm trying to "absorb" it, and I stated before that it will take a long time to do so....I am not thrilled about the cover/ layout design either....I was expecting too much maybe, and some of the middle part's of songs don't seem to "fit" in the mix but like I said, although I really like it, "TIME" will be the only real way to honestly judge it as JOE's best....

BTW, what I meant by "I was expecting too much maybe, and some of the middle part's of songs don't seem to "fit" in the mix", was that some of the solo's don't go where I'd like them to go....Kinda' tapered off, but that's to early to tell......

due to sleep requirements i missed the show..has anyone got a recording of it?..if not...you all very ignorant as i asked for the show to be recorded..anyone??cos its not fair that you americans get to have 2 shows over the net and us europeans have one...cos Joe missed out alot of europe

Here you go fellas, enjoy this one.

Top Ten Signs You Have Been Around And Frequented T2J

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10. You have told someone the Top Gun theme is not by Joe

9. You are still loving the fact there is no 4 hour limit

8. You have seen someone blast YaYo thinking he is the real Steve Vai

7. You have heard the Yngwie debate more than once

6. You know what a 3-peat is

5. You are counting down the hours until Major Tom's guitarist poll pops up again

4. All your cookies are belong to satriani.com

3. You have told someone "It is Stu not boo"

2. The word "wicket" has an alternate meaning

1. You "fully agree with me and support me now"

Love the top ten list Ben!! LMAO!! Especially the top 5 :-)

SOTD: B.R.O. by Mr. Gilbert....from the Racer X "TD" album.... A little Bach infested shred manifesto....Nice and Heavy!! ;-)

SOTD tomm: "Oriental Melody" by THE MAN, Mr. Satriani :-) JOE: You should add some Classical touches to your next album!! I know you can play it, and part's of "SBM" showcase it!! :-)

dragonchild: "wicket" is a term that an old TTJ'er named wolfie used to use....Same meaning as "wicked" I believe.. You can check out the archives from about 2 yrs ago and you will find his "only wolfie can understand" post's, lol.... eg: "Man, car was fast but Satriani blew the door off and uh..oh, oh, kinda like that cause my friend's said so and gotta get...ya it on there cause 4 barrell and 2 by 4 cant!!"

Death Cube - I think Beck is superb... folks don't really talk about him much these days... he's a tremendous 'ideas' man as well as a player..

MZ - very little of the new stuff was played live....

Ovation - I think that I will not listen to SBM for a few months.. just forget it.. listen to different stuff for a while and totally empty out my head.. I'll try again another time all fresh.. I know what you mean about some sections not exactly 'dove-tailing' together... It's almost like 'cut-n-paste' song writing.. When you write soley on software this happens.. when you write with a band [or very focused upon how a band would perform it] the songs are more flowing, natural... organic. I'm not critising or so that he should or should not have done something a specific way - it's not my place to do so... I just thought that some parts seemed a little odd - un-natural even. I'm not the type of fan that blinly follows a band, adoring everything they've done just because they did it... I'm a mental Vai fan but there is a great deal of his stuff that don't flick my switches too..

I don't think that 'getting older' is a reason for this [as someone pointed out in an ealier post]... Satch's playing from a mechanical point of view is top notch [you'd expect nothing less].. I think it's more the writing and overall vibes....

For Adun - Haha nice. LET'S GET THE 3-PEAT EXPERIENCE HAPPENING AGAIN... erg... but Ya Yo isn't to frequent anymore.

Yeah and what was with that dude, you completely understand and support me now?

Ovation1 - I can't believe it myself but I didn't dig CP at first either. Now it's the greatest thing ever... other than NOTE, my most recently aquired album.

Wingnut - I developed an exercise called G major everywhere. It's good for learning the neck and I use it to repair and enhance my technique. Scales alone won't make you a better player though.. You still need to practice moving from one chord to another cleanly, arpeggios, tapping, harmonics, bending, muting, vibrato and the list goes on..... What, how and how often you practice is important too.. If there was only a single thing to make you a great player then we'd all be practicing it like fury ... lol.. If you spend all of your time playing scales you'll never learn to write songs / solos.. Your practice sessions should be varied, interesting, fun and with a specific objective so that you can measure your success... If you wish, we can try to work out something that is good for you....

For Adun --- hilarious!! although i don't know what all of it means, i know more than half the references and am glad to be part of T2J! LOL

i'd said it before and i'll say it again, SBM didn't sound that cool when i first heard the audio samples on this site, but after listening to the album completely and giving it time, i think it's a fantastic record!!

my Song of the Day -- 'Starry Night' gorgeous performance by Joe on the BONE!!

All I have to say, Joe, is... great new album! Didn't know you liked 7-string, though! Sounds amazing! Keep up the outstanding work! I hope I can see you in Portugal one of these days.

Non smoker - I like chocolate and sundaes too.

Anibur - I've probably missed a bit, is Joe saying not many girls go to his shows, there were enough at Brum and London. Not enough to produce large loo queues though as you pointed out.

I'm sorting my housing out right now, it's time to be ruthless and chuck out all the clutter.

LOl

JOE it would be great if you could get JEFF BECK out for the next G3 tour, Beck is incredible.