michelle - LMAO!!! That was great...haha. When did I grow six inches taller?

I have some MP3s of a gig they played with Jeff Beck, of all people. They covered a few Yardbirds tunes. All I can say about that gig was that Jeff sounded great...LOL.

Mick, do you really have a 6 toe? I LOVE 6 toed cats!! lol! I've never had one, but my sister does. I always wanted one, but the only cat I've ever had that's been "different" is my Manx ~ Lumpy, who was the most precious, loving, loyal cat ever. He had a little lump instead of a full tail. At 17 yrs old, I had to say goodbye to him in August a year and a half ago. As a matter of fact, and this is the truth, he loved pudding. lol! Very mellow cool cats. Man, if I could find a 6 toed tailess Manx, I'd be in heaven! lol! The only thing I know about Newfoundlands is that they're big dogs. LOL! I know nothing of the people.

As for The Darkness, I still can't watch that video without making faces and saying WTF?!? lmao!! I was actually surprised by the White Stripes on the award show. The wild psychodelic (sp?) song they played was pretty cool.

Alexandre, yes I know the breed. I'll check out the link as soon as I have time. Beautiful dogs! What's your dogs name?

Sammy, it was right nice here today too. The storm missed us completely. Maybe I'll wash my car tomorrow if it gets a little warmer :) Wasps ~ EEK! or should I say OUCH!

mari, Aug. 2 at the Tweeter. Don't know if we'll make it though. Tourdates are up and they're going all over the east coast. I don't even know most of the newer songs, but hell, a Rush show is never a bad thing! lol!

Benny, I don't know, and I think it's better that way. lol!

Austin, dammit! I was ALMOST the first to mention the tour dates for Rush! Foiled again! I stand at 5' 4", so anything over 6' is freakin' BIG to me. 6' 4", 6' 7" either way bro, you're wearing a Janet Jackson paste on nipple ornament & a speedo ;-p LMAO!!!

jelly man - Yes...Vai.com has tentative info.

JS Song Tournament

The voting in Round 1 Section A has slowed down, so I thought I'd go ahead and post Round 1 Section B.

If you haven't voted on the songs in R1SA yet, you can still do so by clicking here. I won't post any of the results until we have completely finished Round 1.

Round 1 Section B:

The Bells Of Lal (I and II) vs. Big Bad Moon
Ceremony vs. Hordes Of Locusts
Speed Of Light vs. The Feeling
Surfing With The Alien vs. The Forgotten (I and II)
Headless Horseman vs. Back To Shalla-Bal
Rubina's Blue Sky Happiness vs. War
Cool #9 vs. Headless
The Extremist vs. Luminous Flesh Giants
Friends vs. Hill Of The Skull
Why vs. Saying Goodbye
One Big Rush vs. Oriental Melody
The Eight Steps vs. Banana Mango (I and II)
All Alone vs. S.M.F.

Once again, do not post your answers. Instead, you can email them to me here.

This round should be a tough one. There are a lot of GREAT song pairs here.

Artanis I: haha, lol man, Jazz_Man stated that Dr VAI, JOE and YJM were all listed in the Metal Guitar Gods (or whatever it was) in GW.... He said they are not Metal, just Rock, Blues, Jazzy, Classical and blah blah.... If you'll notice, I agree with not having YJM and JOE on there (although JOE can play Metal, lol).... On Dr VAI.... I stated several examples of why he is also easily listed as Metal.... That is why I said he is Rock, Blues, Jazzy, Classical (to some extent in his scales) And Metal!!.... It is only right that Metal is part of describing Dr VAI.... If you and Jazz_Man dont think so, then email Steve and tell him how disappointed you guys are that he actually said "And now, time for the Heavy Metal Section" in the dvd.... %-) I'm not saying he is all Metal, just that it needs to be added to the list of describing him....

btw, look at this interview and read what Dave say's about playing guitar.... (about 3/4 of the way down the page).... Now, I did'nt say I dont like Foo Fighters Music.... Just that Dave is on the cover.... C'mon, where the hell was JOE and Steve on the front cover when G3 was F'in going on!!.... And I find it interesting that Dave say's Probot is the death metal Supernatural.... hmmmm.... I did'nt recognize one guest guitarist that was on the list of that album.... That said, I really like the song Monkey Wrench and stuff like that.... They are a kuul band, but when people like that get to go on the front cover....

Stu NOT BOO Clone: lol man, I hear ya on the college campus radio man!!.... That must be a hard place to tolerate, lol, maybe you could hold the station hostage and play JOE and STEVE for a couple day's straight!! ;-)

Do The Stu: Thank's for the updates man, and I saw those RUSH tour dates at another site.... btw, sad, isnt it.... JOE's and STEVE's promo's getting thrown in the trash.... Next time you wander by a radio station, be sure to check their trash out back, lol!! ;-)

Round 1 Section B votes going in.... Good to see Bells Of Lal I&II and Banana Mango I&II will be going to the next round!! ;-)

I missed Joe online... T_T

Do The Stu: Headless was in the votes twice.... btw, did you ask JOE to check out the contest?!?! ;-)

ovation1 - Headless and Headless Horseman are two different songs. ;-) One is on NOTE and one is on FIABD.

I debated whether or not to count them as one (like a Part I and a Part II), but after listening to them a few times I decided that they were different enough to be their own songs...

I don't think it'll be an issue, though. I doubt either one of them will make it through the first round.

I didn't have a chance to ask Joe about the contest.

Hi Joe! There are lot's of people who missed you, including me! We have so many questions to you! About instruments and music, about life! And in spite of it we are with you! Play your music Joe!

Damn, missed Joe. :(

Oh well.

Death Cube K: thanks for looking at my website. I gotta make 28 chord chord diagrams in Flash by the weekend and I'm finding it hard to put my guitar down lol.

hey hey-- check out the new news item for the contest winners and also a new contest that epic is putting on. i've also updated some info on the G3 page about a cool thing they've done for this release where you can stick it in your computer and then access extra info online. it's so secret, i haven't checked out the footage yet myself! :}