Jeez, what a load of posts overnight..........

ZAXIMUS - yeah I think he was chased by a bull, but i love the bit when he gets his fingers tied up in knots - lmao, where are from man, do you play ?

MICHELLE - How much oil could a gum boil boil if a gumboil could boil oil ? (that was the other one that my grandfather used to get us on as kids) Thanks for the memory!

STU NOT BOO - You never asked me when i was a newbie (sniff sniff), don't bother now, i'm too offended ;-)

PHRYG DOM - I was just going to gloss over NK99's post, i'm with you but live and let live, as ever the CLARKMEISTER proves to be very interesting as well as theorectical

CLARKY - I'm reading and learning dude (thanks) any sign of the new axe yet ? btw i'm glad that you have only referenced the minors at the mo, I've tried to go a bit bit further with PHRYG DOM and only suceeded in confusing myself, esp cos i'm on 'no playing' break with hand pains. I dread to ask this question and PHRYG DOM will kick my butt for doing it BUT.......... Why are there 15 keys, when 3 of them are enharmonically equivalent (Db, Gb,Cb) to (C#,F#,B)........ if it's going to start another A#/ Bb confusion maelstrom don't worry about it ;-)

I've noticed that too Austin ;-)

Great song title there Clarky....I'm sure it's gonna be heavy, lol ....That would be sooo kuul if you did a bonus track for Japan!! I think "The Gates of Shuri Castle" (Famous Castle here in Okinawa) would be an interesting name, lol!!..........BTW, very captivating reading there on the minors....

Happy 100 Invigor!!

I need to check out what Crystal Jammer was posting about on "BBM"....Sounds interesting!!

Peace all, /\/\ike

hey joe, i was at the concert in taipei yesterday. (10/10). i was really glad to see you, and getting your signature on my shirt was just... wow well.. there was just this one little disappointment. well. i was one of the aftershow winners online. which you probably know. the thing is. i was looking at pictures online. and every single otehr person got a "pass" like the thing on their shirt. and it looked like they all got to "hang out" and talk. but too bad, we didnt get a chance. cuz for some reason, the people in taipei didnt really know what was goin on. not that i'm complaining.. jsut. i thought the aftershow was more than that. but even if it wasnt. its ok. i loved the show. especially because the songs that you played were all my favorites. like. surfing with the alien. and crush of love. .. all my favorites.

thank you once again for being in taiwan.

Crystal Jammer: Sounds to me like "Cut that up"....Although, it does sound like a longer word than cut....Maybe it has something to do with the following solo?!?! Maybe you can tell us Jon!?!?

I was wondering today....What song has JOE's best Legato run?? I was thinking either "TIME" or "Bells of Lal pt.2"...Or maybe "SWTA"....Or maybe...Well, enough rambling, have a great weekend all!!

Phyr. D., sorry. I totally missed it. Yesterday was a looong day, so I just scanned the posts for my name when I got home from work at 10 pm. Thanks.

JBlaze, I've been doing that for years ~ with & without toothpaste :)

JOE IS A GOD OF GUITARING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I LOVE HIS STLYE WITH HIS EXPERIMENTAL NATURE <ALL THOSE WHAMMY BAR SCREAMS <THEY ARE SIMPLY UNBELIEVABLE

i am from india and u can imagine the rock scene here simply speaking it doesnt exist "and to be crazy about joe" is like surfing with aliens in real life ,

BUT I LOVE HIM

Crystaljammer - Nowadays, when I hear Big Bad Moon, Big Bad Baboon pops into my head, sorry Joe but it is funny. ha ha

Austin - I'm getting used to weird stuff. Thanks for the congrats folks, Sunny is having a well earned snooze after demolishing his freebie pedigree chum.

Don't know what anybody else thinks but this year is going too quickly, doesn't seem that long ago when we were standing in front of Joe in London. Aaah time does fly when you're having fun.

chocoholic - Congrats on the awards! Your dobie must be a real beauty! We have 3 dogs all very well trained. A German Shepherd+something mix (we aren't quite sure), a Lab+Husky+Collie mix & a West Highland Terrier. The Lab & Shepherd have both had many levels of obedience and are so well behaved, they are the best. We also have 3 cats, so it's a bit of a zoo around here most of the time. You can see them here: http://fambly.freeyellow.com/images/gnd02.gif & here: http://fambly.freeyellow.com/images/gnd01.gif

As for the ASCII art, I've gathered up a huge collection of them since I began goofing around on the internet, I don't create or draw them myself, I just copy & paste them. It does take quite a bit of getting used to, you need to learn the difference between "fixed-width" fonts and non fixed-width fonts, there are many online tutorials & whatnot that can teach you how to use them. Good luck! It's fun.

hey joe, i was at the autograph session in Hong Kong in October, i liked it very much, you guys are so nice, taking your time with each individual fan, and doing all you can to make em happy...taking pictures, signing all that stuff we sorta dump in front of you, shaking our hands....blah blah blah...hehe well i just wanted to say thank you...yeah thank you

One more kick-butt ASCII, then I won't waste server space with them anymore, EXCEPT for Birthdays, I ASCII everyone for their Birthday, you'll see!

Now, here's my favorite ASCII art of all time, prepare to ASCII buzzard bait!
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ZAXIMUS - I'm in the UK, being playing about 20 years and listening to Joe since SWTA, I went the other way and got defeatist about things, didn't really play at all for about 7 years then went to pub rock bands. On a roll at the moment with PHRYG DOM teaching me loads of theory, but a spot of tendonitis has kept me off playing for the last week or so :-(