And now for something completely different - and totally sickening...

BAND'S SUICIDE BATTLE

A rock group says it will go ahead with an on-stage suicide during a concert in the US next weekend, in defiance of a hastily-enacted law designed to scuttle the plan.

Hard-rock band Hell on Earth said a suicide by a terminally ill person would take place during a concert on Saturday in St Petersburg, Florida, to raise awareness of right-to-die issues.

The city council unanimously approved emergency legislation making it illegal to conduct a suicide for commercial or entertainment purposes, and to host, promote and sell tickets for such an event.

"While I still think it's a publicity stunt, we couldn't sit idly by and let somebody lose their life," council member Bill Foster said.

A judge granted the city a temporary injunction against the band, preventing them from advertising the show and allowing the suicide.

But band leader Billy Tourtelot said: "The show will go on."

Tourtelot, 33, said the concert will be played before "a select few people" at an undisclosed location in St Petersburg and will be shown live on the band's website.

He wouldn't disclose any details about the terminally ill person or say how the death would take place.

The Florida-based band, known for such outrageous on-stage stunts as chocolate syrup wrestling and grinding up live rats in a blender, created the furore by announcing that the suicide would happen at the State Theatre in central St Petersburg.

But the theatre's owner, David Hundley, promptly cancelled the band's show, and another venue also turned away the event.

Tourtelot said the band was aiming to raise awareness that physician-assisted suicide should be legalised in Florida.

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ABBA

Who is CHIquitITA ?

!atiTIUQihC? Something in Swedish?

I can't quite figure it out. I do know though that she is singing a sad song about a spirit that she lives with.

Joe Schimmel might know. (Rock & Roll Sorcerers of the New Age Revolution)

Excellent 4 hour video that explains these things.

If anyone out there knows let me know but only if you know not if U dunno.

Havent' been around for a while so sorry if I missed 'owt!! Was snowboarding on the weekend (just learning)- for you UK based guys & gals, I went to Tamworth Snowdome (real snow indoors). OK not as good as the real stuff, but it rocks all the same. I'm totally hooked!!! Think I might have to write some good music to SB by...(Think I already have a few trax that fit the bill), reckon any of Joe's surfing-type stuff should fit the bill too!

Lookin at the latest pics, I'm intrigued by the "recording Jeff's Harley" pic- can we expect some interesting samples and SFX on the new album???

Catch you later

Stu M - yup... 'copy' is a wuss-out..... maybe new musical terminology could be introduced here...
"I was in the studio 'wussing' the riffs on my new track"
or
"I'll be hittin' the studio later to 'wuss-in' the grooves"

Re 'Pride' - If you take a close look at the pic you can see that there is a locking nut and behind the bridge are the allen screws that clamp the strings into the bridge saddles. So yes.. that's a Floyd.. an old one too... it is still to this day truely awesome..
Pride is a 1978 USA Ash Strat which I've owned from new, so the locking nut and Floyd were added some time in the late 80s early 90's [I can't recall exactly when]..

However, the chocolate syrup wrestling sounds kind cool... I really do need to see this - for educational purposes of course...

And if some nutter wants to blow himself to bits all over the place then I'll be up for tickets to that gig... if it's death by leathal injection then count me out.... zzzzzzzzzz...

Stu Clone - Maybe Joe painted his DS-1 that color just to screw with all of our heads...LOL. That'd be pretty funny.

I heard the interview with Junkman of KNAC yesterday. Thanks for checking in, Joe. I know G3 has no extra time when you first play Vancouver at the end of this month but the schedule is a little more open when you come back to Canada in November. I was really hoping G3 could schedule a stop in Kelowna in British Columbia. Kelowna is about a four hour drive north of Vancouver and the venue (http://www.skyreachplace.com) is excellent! Korn added us to their tour on the way from Calgary to Vancouver. We have had some surprisingly big name acts play here, everything from Billy Idol, Cheap Trick, Moody Blues, Rod Stewart, Elton John & Nickelback. I know you are really busy but I am hoping you can get to this message before it is too late.

Thanks a lot from a HUGE fan in BC!

Michelle - That really is sick...

Jelly Stew/Man & Austin - Thanks guys! Maybe the chronological order system will work for this. Number 1 it is...

SupaaDave - Passion and Warfare is an awesome cd! I actually started like Stuvation suggested, P&W and the 7th Song. It's a good combo... but if you're only getting one, go P&W; it rocks!