Hey there, hi there, ho there! Just skimming quickly to catch up. I got my interview with Dio done! whew! Now I still have to do the show review! But I've got some very important matters to attend to......Joe Satriani tomorrow night (with Michelle) and Saturday night ( Matt King and a few other friends!) Woooohoooooooo!

Michelle? You ready baby?! I can't wait!! I'll see you there! My Jones Beach 8x10's came out REAL NICE! I have to get up at 5am so I'll talk more at the show! It's going to rain!!! Drive carefully, see yah there!

Clarky: Happy Birthday! Here's a hug and kiss coming to you!! Hope it was a good one! Your Birthday I mean. hehe! Cheers!

TASTEY - Welcome back, but the Red Sox suck. ;-)

Okay, you're talking about that side of things. People were incorrectly listed as felons...okay. This happened several months before November 2000. There should have been plenty of time for individual voters to fix their records. Yes, a mistake was made somewhere. Yes, it was unfortunate.

However, I don't see how someone can make the argument that the Bush family and Katherine Harris planned this whole thing out months in advance. (I'm guessing you think she's the reason Bush won...if not, I don't see why you brought her up here...)

How did she and the Bush brothers know which states would be won by Bush and which would be won by Gore? How did they know ahead of time that it would all come down to Florida? How did they know that Gore would have lost his home state?

If Gore would've won Tennessee, his home state, the whole Florida thing would not have been an issue.

"Bush did not win the majority in the electoral vote."

Bush did not win the popular vote (I'm guessing that's what you meant), but that shouldn't matter because the popular vote has never been used to determine the president.

Whether or not the popular vote should determine the president is a separate issue entirely.

Austin, no spiders. They was skerred!

Suzie, I dislocated my knee too! lol! I was about 21 maybe, and I think the ligaments have never healed properly or they stretched out or something. When I reached down to feel my knee, my knee cap was kind of up in my thigh *everyone cringe*. I thought my husband was going to pass out. lol! The ambulance guys put me in a canvas stretcher with wooden poles on either side. We lived on the 3rd floor of an apartment bldg, so they couldn't bring up a full size one. Anyways, on the way down the stairs, the guy hit the wood pole against a doorway. The pole was against my knee, and when it hit the doorway, it popped my knee back in. They took x-rays and told me I was fine and sent me home on crutches. Every once in a while, it feels like the tendons go the wrong way and my knee locks straight. I have to kinda straighten it more till whatever is out of place goes back in and I can bend my leg again. It grosses me out so bad! lol! That's what happened when I stretched the other night. "ouch!" lol!

Mari, don't forget the backplate! lol! I'll see you tomorrow. I'm in row 17 center. Have fun!

Jblaze, hopefully they'll take your complaint into consideration and give you some free stuff.

SEE YOU TOMORROW JOE :)

Just saw Fahrenheit 9/1. It's a excellent film. is astounding. Not so much as a film - although it is cunning and moving - but as an event. A event of going against the corprate greed of the Republicans and exposing their flaws. There is something else that is astounding. The aim of Fahrenheit 9/11 is to stop Bush fixing the next election as he fixed the last. Its focus is on the totally unjustified war in Iraq. Yet its conclusion is larger than either of these issues. It declares that a political economy that creates colossally increasing wealth surrounded by disastrously increasing poverty, needs - to survive - a continual war with some invented foreign enemy to maintain its own internal order and security. It requires ceaseless war. Some people say It's a bunch of words, and a lot of them aren't true. The people who say that are lying. But you can go into the movie still believing this. Just go and watch the footage of George Bush and the soldiers, and the families of the soldiers. You may have seen, in the movie trailer, the scene in which Bush talks about fighting terrorism in one breath, and then goes back to playing golf. But no media have shown the footage of the president sitting, after he's been told the second jet has hit the world trade tower, like a mindless moron, scared, confused, inactive.. ineffective, incompetent, doing absolutely nothing. Seven minutes!! Every American should watch just that footage before deciding whether they want to trust the dumbest president in the history of the US with the lives of our soldiers. Is it patriotic to support a fool who irresponsibly, fraudulently sends our trusting, brave troops to their death? Is it patriotic to choose such a man because his religious believes are close to yours, or because he gives you a tax break. No!. It's selfish treachery. But maybe people want to keep feeling like they are doing the right thing. There are plenty of wives of child molesting fathers who don't want to or can't handle the truth. There are millions of Americans whose trust has been violated by George Bush. Many of them would rather not have their bubbles burst. But some will want to know the truth.

Chadster, tell us more of studying with Greg Howe!! What an honour for you. Greg is amazing, he has such huge hands I am sure he can demonstrate some truly terrifying licks!!!

mikesb More than I can pay for.

DelfinoPie You a halo fan by chance? I play that game soemtimes if I'm with a 'friend' who has a x-box.

Happy Birthday Clarky

marimariSRV It's been forever! How is everything? I have been so busy with school, sorry for the late responce.

jblaze1 used to have a Peavy, what happened?

Do the Stu As you noticed, i got a new account, hopefully this will change soemthing.

jazzzzzzzy Speaking of conservative women, have you heard of Ann Coulter?

Jared Presley - " Just saw Fahrenheit 9/1.[sic]"

"The aim of Fahrenheit 9/11 is to stop Bush fixing the next election as he fixed the last."

George W. Bush did not "fix" the 2000 election. See my recent post to jazzzzzzzy...

"But some will want to know the truth."

59 Deceits In Fahrenheit 9/11
Truth About Bowling For Columbine

Clarky - Thanks for the tips. I've always thought that the valve > solid state argument was a bit of an anal rant started by the purists; different strokes for different folks, and all that. But there are definitely differences in the performance of each type of amp. For example, valves play an active part in generating tone - particularly at high volumes. Which could mean that at different venues my tone will be slightly different due to the volume of my amp. I'm probably gonna go solid state for now; apart from anything, they're a hell of a lot cheaper than valve amps... lol

OCPS - Okay, thanks. How much did it cost, and where might I be able to find out more about one of those?

Do the stu: Sadly, it was not a mistake. Not a small mistake. A huge mistake enough to make a difference in a key swing state. Bush had a margin of around 500 something, which was certified by Harris. Florida denied its nearly half a million former convicts the right to vote. However, what was totally missed was the fact that Florida's own courts had repeatedly told the governer he may not take away the civil rights of Florida citizens who may have committed crimes in other states, served their time and had their rights restored by those states. The number of people in florida with felony convictions in their past was clearly over 50,000 and likely over 100,000 (source: Northwestern University - where I am doing research at the moment). If you didnt know, 4 million dollars (help of Choicepoint DBT) was spent on tracking and eliminating these ex felons. Why would they do it if it was not expected to change the popular vote?

White and Hispanic felons, mostly poor, vote almost as solidly democratic as African-Americans. For Example UMN sources reported that 93% of felons of all races supported Bill Clinton in 1996. You know, Austin, there are regular surverys and poll that take place before elections. Voter confidence is calculated. Fortunately, Bush was not leading. So naturally, you know what some people have in mind. And yes, I am hinting to Katherine Harris and Jeb Bush.

What they did was not only unconstitutional, but also racist and disrespectful. I dont see how any rational human being can show support towards such people. Fine, some people do have "conservative" values, but sadly, they look up to the wrong leader.

Do the stu: There is only one color of so called "conservative values" in America - White. Conservative Christian Family values. (sigh)

As for Bowling for Columbine, I dont find anything wrong with it. Blame Music for violence? Troubled High School students? Charleton Heston blaming crimes on ethnicity? Families going out to work at Lockheed Martin?...

If you believe that Bush needs to provide freedom to the rest of the world, write him a letter and tell him to free Burma and Tibet. To find a reason to boycott France and not Saudi Arabia (when Saudi is a no brainer).

hi everybody......did i miss u guys.......shit i did man........actually someone in our room wrecked the machine on friday last and thus my absence since then,,,,no other source too to log in,,,,,....hope yu guys missed me......

steven,,,,,hi !!!!!!got the mail i guess.....will write back soon.........take care.....

hey guys..could not read all the messages...so i wont be replying to all yur statements/messages to me ...............i will be posting as soon as the machine in our room starts working again..........however this saturday i will be going to my friends cyber cafe....so if his machines are fast enough..i will be posting back to each and every one of yu individually..........so have patience with me..

austin...i managed to go thru yur message to me....sorry bro i am not in a position to reply at the moment....hope u understand...btw..thanks....yur efforts in helping me wont go unnoticed by me ever.......u r a real pal......

michelle.......is yur son ok....or thrilled to have my regards on his birthday..............an indian afterall.....so rare right.......lol....just kidding.......how r u?

randell.......atn....hi bro........

clarky.....sorry i missed the bus.......was caught in an uncompromising situation........happy belated birthday.......sorry could not wish u on the d day..........

joe,,,,,u rock this world sir.......u r the king of music..period.....prayers always.