My favorite drummer(s) : Mitch Mitchell......Keith Moon....John Bonham. I could'nt possibly single out one as the best.

My neighbor left a dozen picks on my doorstep for me. I don't know who makes them but they're great. They are "heavies" and they have a gritty, sandpaper-like coating on both sides where your fingers would rest. Zero slipping....total control...

Ouch...did anyone hear about what happened to Ozzy Osbourne? I just heard a blurb on the radio...apparently he was riding a quad and fell off. He just got out of emergency surgery, where they fixed some broken ribs and straightened out his collarbone.

I can't remember if I posted about this here or not, but my cool pair of heaphones died about three weeks ago. I bought the crappiest pair of headphones in the world for $10 as a short-term replacement.

I went to Amazon a few days ago and bought this awesome pair of headphones for about $35. I got them from UPS today. They sound great, and I recommend them to everyone. They're monitor-style headphones (sorta), but they aren't designed for that purpose...does that make sense? The overall volume is very loud, yet everything is crystal clear. The bass is VERY full as well. They rock. Both an 1/8" and 1/4" jack is included.

RDG - Congrats on the LA Music Award. I posted something here a day or two after you won, but I guess you didn't see it. ;-)

It's cool to see that you're doing another gig at the Whisky...I'd love to go, but I go home (Sacramento) on the 19th. Oh well.

I agree with you about Until We Say Goodbye. I think the Engines Of Creation version is great (although I like the Additional Creations version much more), but the song doesn't do much for me in a live setting.

EDIT - I forgot to make "this" a link...LOL.

Mischievis- hehehe lol, I know I probably have the spelling wrong again :)

Gotta joke for ya all

There was this man who wanted to get his daughter a parrot for Christmas. So he went to the pet shop and asked the clerk where the parrots are. So the clerk took the man and showed all the parrots they had. The man was not impressed. So the clerk goes to one more and says This is no ordinary parrot, this parrot can sing. The clerk lit a match and put it under the parrot’s left foot, and then it started singing Jingle Bells. The man asked, what if you light a match under his right foot? So the Clerk took a match and lit it under the parrot’s right foot, and it started singing Silent Night. Then the man asked well, what if you light a match under his balls? So the clerk lit a match under the parrot’s balls and he started singing – Chest Nuts Roasting on an Open Fire

Oh hell, I forgot Carter Beauford! I'm not a big DMB fan, but I love the trippy vibe and timing of all of his songs.

SupaaDave, thanks. It's getting pretty ugly these days at my sis's. She got so mad at him one day she waited for him to come in for dinner and when he came in the door, she put his plate of food in the dogs dish. LOL! Now she only cooks for her & her daughter. She's a strong girl. She'll be much happier on her own.

Vinnie Colaiuta, Portnoy, Rod Morgenstein, Akira Jumbo,Danny Carey.

Ill look for it Graham

Mikesb: "tear along dotted line" haha that is hilarious...btw, do your licenses have that written on them?!?

Greg M / Jelly Man: dude...your printf won't work properly because you omitted the semicolon at the end of the line. #1 error in C programming.

Austin: I saw the headline when I logged out of hotmail. All I can say is this: "will anyone notice any difference?"

Ringo was crap. I can't believe I used to think he was great. For a good drum song, listen to "Home" by Sevendust. The drummer is Morgan Rose. Keep in mind that by "good" I don't mean "fast" or "tricky"...

.....1.e.&.a.2.e.&.a.3.e.&.a.4.e.&.a.

cr |-------------------x-x-----------|

hh |                         x       |

t1 |---------------------------------|

sn | o o o o       o o       o     o |

t2 |-----------o---------------------|

t3 |                                 |

t4 |-------------o-------------------|

rb |                                 |

lb |---------------------------------|

.....1.e.&.a.2.e.&.a.3.e.&.a.4.e.&.a.

cr |---------------------------------|

hh | x       x       x       x       |

t1 |---------------------------------|

sn |         o     o         o     o |

t2 |---------------------------------|

t3 |                                 |

t4 |---------------------------------|

rb |   o o             o o           |

lb |---------------------------------|
rep last bar x times.

Best drummer?

Solid. Hihats loose and only on crochets. Perfect timing using this method requires more skill than it seems.

That was the bar leading into the "I'm home...leave it to me" refrain followed by the main beat used in the song. Chunky stuff.

I'm doing homework now, but...

My suitemates were arguing LOUDLY earlier tonight (once again...hehe). One of them said the following:

"Shut the f-ck up! I'm going to nail your f-ckin' forehead to the wall."

Just a moment ago I read one of the longest sentences I've ever seen, taken from a US Supreme Court case:

"In Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. FCC, 512 U.S. 622 (Turner), this Court held these so called 'must carry' provisions to be subject to intermediate First Amendment scrutiny under United States v. O'Brien, 391 U.S. 367, 377 , whereby a content neutral regulation will be sustained if it advances important governmental interests unrelated to the suppression of free speech and does not burden substantially more speech than necessary to further those interests."

I don't know...I just find it funny that in a matter of minutes I was exposed to both the most primitive use and the most complex use of the English language.

Anyway...it's time to get back to work.

after watching live at the astoria london all i can say is... if fred astaire and satan had a kid, and it took acid...it would be steve vai. the guy is nuts, this video was OVER THE TOP....especially bad horsie holy shyt.... you thought the matrix had special effects.... dave weiner reminds me of bud bundy from married with children, and eric sardinas looks like slash with a dobro... billy's bass lesson WAS HILARIOUS!!!!!! i was on the ground laughing, out of this world LMAO ....i was expecting to see billy show us something on bass....u gotta see this LMAO....not what u think.

DO THE STU- yeah i read the one on cnn.com too then researched the vilin some more cause i wanted to know more about it and came across that site....

pray for the ozzman----------

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Ozzy Osbourne was seriously injured Monday in an accident while riding an all-terrain vehicle on the grounds of his British estate, according to Cindy Guagenti, a publicist for the heavy metal legend.

Hello Joe and fans:

Joe, what happened to The Forgotten (part 2) on the new recording?

Joe - Can you give us any hints about what will be included on the CD / DVD? ;-) I don't think the whole show (Yngwie, Steve, yourself, the jam) will fit on 2 CDs...right?

Luke the Duke - LOL...that joke brings back memories from way back in elementary school. I'm only 20, but recently I've come across more and more things that remind me that I'm getting old. ;-)