I have 5th row seats to Joe's show tonight at the Keswick Theater near Philly, PA, and I'm looking forward to rocking out and marveling at Joe's guitar mastery...

SATCH ROCKS!!!

I have never been to hear Joe in concert, but if it is anything close to his Live in San Fran, and G3 concerts it should be AWESOME!

I just had to share that, because I have been getting revved up about this show for weeks!

I hope my ears still work tomorrow...

Rock on people!!

Zinc Master- yes sorry about that grumpiness.

I haven't seen the new Starsky and Hutch film either - but I cannot stand Ben Stiller, so unfortunately haven't felt the urge to watch it. I did like the Spiderman film as well though- but not the Hulk re-make. I bought some of the old Hulk stuff on DVD recently, and remembered how they were so much better. I suppose the other odd one has to be Batman- they varied a lot in quality. I think Michael Keaton did the best job.

I did like X-Men- but translating comics to film isn't quite the same as re-making old programmes.

Suzie2000

The Hulk needed work - too cartoony. X-men pretty good, both of them. Many movies lately are just re-makes of older movies as well - The Manchurian Candidate for example.

suzie2000

just saw this . . .

austin: they cant be that bad if they are in the playoffs..be nice...meanie....lol...

Zinc Master- I thought the way the Hulk turned out was a shame- it could have been a lot better. I think the computer generated / human mix just didn't work at all. I agree, it was far too cartoony. X-Men I and II both rocked though!

There are LOADS of re-makes out there- the one I have avoided watching so far is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre- the original freaked me out, not sure what a re-make would be like with today's effects... I've had enough bad dreams lately!

Suzie2000

not much into horror flicks - most make me laugh - and i would rather see a comedy anyway, so I haven't seen any version of the chainsaw movies

Zinc Master- I don't watch too many horrors myself, especially ones with vampires in; but I thought the Texas Chainsaw Massacre was not so much horror, but more just sick!

The only way I could watch it was to fast forward the worst bits at appropriate moments! Thank goodness I didn't see it at the cinema. :-)

KERRY IS GOING TO KICK BUSH' ASS

Joe, I really hope you plan make Baltimore MD. a regular stop for all your tours from now on. We want to see G3, too. A lot of bands group us together with D.C., but many people can't travel that far and they tend to bypass us.

cuthbert1776 Broom Closet, very funny. I'll keep that for a joke I can tell to a couple of friends of mine. Of course Moore is biased, my problem with Fox News is they say there not when they are. I don't belive in all that conspiricy stuff, however Bush's record isn't great. Let's look at this election, not the past ones.

jazzzzzzzy Hmm, you think that even though you disagree with her politics?

962 Hmm, don't liek Yngwie? neither do I, do you think it was smart to have him for the G3 tour?

Zinc Master I pity the foo'. Cool quote. I wonder if they will get Mr T to be in it. I refuse to see a movie with Owen Wilson, he has never been in a great movie IMHO.

JS_JS

Do you mean HOMEWORK? LOL

I want to go over the boarder and go to Detroit on wednesday and see an Evening With Joe S. Parents probably wont take me because I seen him in august with Deep Purple in Toronto, and its a four hour drive to Detroit. So, fingers crossed.

Delfino - Yes and no; it depends what kind of teaching you want to get into. To teach privately you really don't need any qualifications - you just need to be able to play. Although you can charge more money if you do have relevant qualifications. It helps to have a bit of a reputation as a player before getting into it, but if you don't then you may well be able to do that through the teaching. But it's hard to make a substantial amount of money (ie. a living) out of private teaching because it takes time to build up your clientelle.

For school/peripatetic teaching (which is what I do, as well as four or five private students) they really prefer you to be qualified, since it's a much more official position - to some extent you're more of an employee than self-employed. I got my teaching gig on the premise that I will graduate at the end of this year. Mind you, it did help that I used to go to the school and the head of music remembers me.

One thing I will say, however, is that regardless of how amazing you are at playing the guitar you may well make a lousy teacher. You have to be able to communicate the information in a clear, understandable, jargon-free, and fun way. You have to be able to relate to your students. Some people just can't do that. There are courses you can take and various methods you can employ, but that won't necessarily help in any way - you're either a good teacher or you aren't, IMHO.

By the way, I haven't forgotten about my little country styles demo I said I'd make for you - I've just had a lot on my plate recently; I will get round to it, I promise!!!! :-)

MR NICK under 200 pounds..:)

cuthbert - i'm now on mandrake linux which has one advantage and one disadvantage...

Good point - I've got internet working, and it was all pain free and easy.

Bad point - I've now got to wade through all the settings changing things to work in a nicer way (Slackware is nicely setup, it just doesn't do anything unless someone who really knows what they're doing plays with it.