Oh yeah, thanks Austin for alerting me to the Calvin and Hobbes email subscription yesterday. It's one of my all-time favourites.

hi joe,

HAY JOE,

I HAVE JUST GOT MY NEW PRS AND I WAS WONDERING WHO DOES THE GRAPHICS ON YOUR GUITAR AND WHERE YOU GET THE DESIGNS FROM.

hay everyone,

mikesb - bat.. lmao.. that is what I call guitars.. lol... I always hated the slang term "axe"... "dude.. seen me new axe?" just sounds so poxy... I preferred "dude.. seen me new bat?"..

most often though my guitars are 'my gilries'..

you every checked out Legrene.. the mad French jazzer... I haven't heard any of his stuff for years and years.. and then the other day a track of his was played on the radio.. I'd simply forgoten what a beautiful and stylish player his is..

Hi Joe and everyone at T2J,

I have a really sad story to tell about that just happened yesterday, unfortunately. It all began when I started to listen to Flying in a Blue Dream. Here I was, enjoying Joe's brilliant masterpiece, when I heard footsteps in the front room. Now, just so you know, I live in a place that is half home and half business. There's a doorbell hanging from the ceiling, and it normally announces everyone coming in. My father runs the business, but he was in the back room at the time. Needless to say, I went to check on the footsteps and I didn't see anyone there, but the door was halfway open. So, I went to get my father to check if anything was missing and of course to go outside to see who was here. We didn't see anyone. So, we went back inside and looked to see if anything was missing, and... here's the really sad part... the thief made off with a metal can filled with $4,000 in silver dollars, which is my father's savings. Not only that, but my father lost all his operating capital which he kept in an envelope. Needless to say it wasn't very bright to keep all that stuff in one area. My father lost 3 gold rings, 32 two-dollar bills, $2000 in cash, and over $4,000 in coins, including a couple of proof sets and 20 individual silver dollars. :( Now he's in debt and has no operating capital except what we have been able to scrounge, which is very little. My father's business is very humble, in that he barely makes enough to cover the bills. It's a really small shop and he's been here for 25 years. We have no insurance and recovering stolen coins and cash is pretty much impossible. :( The guy could walk in a store and sell all the coins he stole without giving so much as a name because coin purchases are not required to be documented by second-hand dealers. :(

Well, I don't know exactly why I'm sharing this but I know Joe and most of the rest of you all understand what it feels like to have something stolen. I just wish everyone were as kind as Joe is... then I could listen to his music without being robbed blind... :( It wasn't even that loud...

Of course, we will be replacing that doorbell with something that can't be grabbed and muted by anyone intent on sneaking in...

Artanis I - ah, but can you post two more than Do the Stu?

Civgeek I have no idea what lawn darts are but they sound so cool...the only thing we have to save people from is thereselves...I had the feeling the string was gonna' snap because its an ancient string but still because of my boredness and stupdity I kept a-revolving lol. Human error lol.

hi all

LAWN DARTS THE SAGA

I am a firm believer that the reason we have so many dip-shits walking the streets, reproducing too I might add, is due to the banning of great childhood toys like Lawn Darts. The purpose of these toys was to weed out, in a Darwinian manner, the kids that didn't have the tools to survive on their own.

I am sad to say that the great Lawn Dart ban of 1988 will forever be a dark day in the history of children everywhere ( a moment of silence) .

TAMINO - Being here with you in Portland it angers me that this is happening in our town. Post where your store is at and maybe we can help through patronage or referrals. Good Luck!!

2297 - I will be contacting you to take you up on the karting offer. My cousin used to race karts at Laguna Seca and we used to drive them around the neighborhood, illegally of course, and had a blast. 89.1 is the correct station. They play jazz everyday except for Friday nights. Enjoy!!

DCK - congrats on the band. Post some tunes as soon as you can.

Been out on a 'work trip' without a possibility to go internet -> over 180 posts to catch. So I'll catch you later!

Just wanted to say HI to everybody...missed you all.

...have to satisfy my family first, you know...wifes can be so demanding sometimes.

SOTD: Men at work; " Down by the sea"

Hi Joe,

When you use your Ultermute Octave, do you also have one of your Boss Overdrives on? It's a wicked sound by the way..

cuthbert1776

Is your nickname in regards to James Ramsey Cuthbert ? If it is isn't the internet cool ?

Clarky: lol bro, I'm in the same kind of situation with only 3 guys at work.... (Bossman went on vac today for 4 weeks!!) We have to bare the load with only three people and 2 planes.... It's getting tight, lol, and do the best you can man, but dont overdo it, cause all the work stuff is secondary, lol....

Zenfish: I hear ya on the Doors.... They showed us a hint of Progressive and were unique for their time....

962: BIG ASS CONGRATS on the aftershow pass contest bro!!!!!!!!!! I'm green with envy!!!!.... btw, lol on the JEM winging it, haha, and the technology may be old, but they certainly dont make guitars like they used to, and the wood doesnt get any better than what you got.... Hope you can get it fine tuned and in shape again, and tell Steve to make Fire Strings available on a dvd, lol!! ;-)

slanshroom: thanks t my girl/family/friends & the good people here at T2J i have a lot more faith in what i do.... Amen brotha, and glad that Pizza was good, lol!! ;-)

Hi migupais!! :-)

ATN: Hi Randell!!.... Kuul stuff man, and I will get to the P.O. by the end of the week and I'll let you know :-)

/\/\/\R|<: Kuul news man!!.... Congrats!!....

tamino: Sorry to hear the bad news man, but spread the news around!!.... Someones got to pick up on it, and when the guy tries to cash in on the stolen goods, he'll get caught!!.... Good Luck and keep us posted, we wish you and your Father the best....

....On the Lawn Darts.... When I was in the Air Force, we used to call F-16's Lawn Darts.... It was a cute joke that described their 1 engine configuration and they were crashing alot back in the day....

Hi Noppa :-)

....Later peeps>>>>

OMG- i just heard awmawy on the radio here on 99.5 the mountain and its still a thrill to hear joe songs on the radio, as it doesnt happen very often... the dj played a jimi song and then an eric song and then joes and when the set was over talked about joe being a 'guitarists guitarist'... anyway that was cool... so i emailed the station and thanked them for playing joe and suggested some other songs that would fit their format well to maybe encourage more airtime... :)

well off to go to work :( Hope all in Satchland have a good day...

juju ~ that is aWeSoMe!!! good for you for emailing the station

1776 - That's weird cuz James Ramsey Cuthbert was born in 1776. So then what gives ?

(said in a Barry White voice)" Tell me your's and I'll tell you mine." Of couse I think your's will be more interesting that mine.

Video of the week - Joe live in Amsterdam