Stace, MapQuest directions to the Sovereign Center - 700 Penn Street, Reading, PA 19602 - from your house and see how many miles it says, then let me know. lol!

baduh, How about naming the baby Joe :) The baby will cry because he misses his nice warm dark home in mommy's belly. Try not to take it to hard. Hold him and love him and let him know he is loved. Best wishes for a speedy recovery to your wife. My Indian friend at work went in to the hospital today. They think something might be wrong with her heart. She's been so tired lately. I will call her first thing in the morning to check on her. My prayers keep getting longer and longer :)

Steven, "See What a couple'a Valium's will do!" A couple of Valium would have me out and drooling for days bro! lol! Have a Red Bull. It gives you wings! lol!

guitarded boy, hope you're having a fantastic time right now at the show. So sorry to hear about your cousin. At 18, he's still just a kid. Where abouts in PA do you have to go? I'm hanging out over here on the right side of the state.

Ya Yo, I agree with Austin. I think you might have your deal set up wrong. Yngwie sounds just as good as Joe and Steve in the mix. Mess around a bit and see if you can get it straightened out.

Mahavishnu, seeeeee, would we lie about a thing like that? Live At Budokan is great, isn't it :)

Cheese 101, Chris, SMF is one of my favorite songs also. One of the best Satch songs ever written!! I don't play guitar, so I can't help you with your question though. Hope someone else can.

SupaaDave, does that make them the Supaa Red Sox?? lol!

HEY EVERYONE,

Ok, so everyone here obviously must enjoy some instrumental rock because we are all satriani fans. I've been playing steady guitar for roughly 5 years now, I have a website with some sound files and a few videos and stuff. I would really appreciate it if some of you would check out my website and listen to some sound clips or whatever. All feedback is welcome. And if any of you out there have something to listen to, send me a link, Ill put it on my site, it would definately help get some of our music floating around.

I should have posted something like this earlier, and I have no clue why I didn't :)

www.guitarnett.com

Mahavishnu - We told you DT's Live At Budokan was good, didn't we? ;-) What are your favorite songs so far? I don't know if I can pick a few...I love everything. Maybe I'll be able to come up with a short list of favorites when I watch it again this weekend (tomorrow?).

What Dream Theater albums do you have?

js_js: no problem dude.

Zen "Hollywood Stink" Phish: Have you banged a guitar? Well, here is a suggestion...try acid and red wine....it'll blow your mind....Jim Morrison, Hendrix and SRV will appear in front of you and start jamming...trust me, it works.

this is really funny!!

Hi Joe, I really enjoyed the concert last night. I was the dude that asked you for a pic when the show was over, but what I really meant was Picture. Thanks for signing my guitar, it looks awesome. I thought the set list was awesome, you mixed it up alot instead of hearing the same things over and over. (seen you 5 times, and after a while You can only here the hits so many times). Anyways I thought I would just say hey since I froze up last night and couldn't really think of anything to say besides, good, show, and can you sign my guitar. BTW, have you ever thought about doing an acoustic album? Just wondered. I would love to here a samll set of acoustic stuff, anyways

Thanks for a wonderful night :)

DCK, Chris Peters, Dave Watkinson - You have mail.

T2J CD update - I have just spoken to the review editor of Total Guitar (in the UK) and they said that they would be able to review the CD. Woohoo!!!!

The Thirsty Taliban

A fleeing Taliban, desperate for water, was plodding through the Afghanistan desert when he saw something far off in the distance. Hoping to find water, he walked toward the object, only to find a little old Jewish man sitting at a card table with neckties laid out on it.

The Arab asked, "My thirst is killing me. Do you have water?"

The Jew replied, "I have no water. Would you like to buy a tie? They are only $150. This one goes very nicely with your robes."

The Arab shouted, "Idiot! I do not need an overpriced tie. I need water!"

"OK," said the old Jew, "it does not matter that you do not want to buy a tie. I will show you that you have not offended me. If you walk over that hill to the east for about four miles, you will find a lovely restaurant. Go! Walk that way! The restaurant has all the water you need!"

The Arab staggered away toward the hill and eventually disappeared. Four hours later the Arab came crawling back to where the Jewish man was sitting at his table.

The Jew said, "I told you, about four miles over that hill. Could you not find it?"

The Plows Must Get Through!

One winter morning a couple was listening to the radio over breakfast. They hear the announcer say, "We are going to have 8 to 10 inches of snow today. You must park your car on the even-numbered side of the street so the snowplows can get through."

Norman's wife goes out and moves her car.

A week later while they are eating breakfast and again, the radio announcer says, "We are expecting 10 to 12 inches of snow today. You must park your car on the odd-numbered side of the street so the snowplows can get through."

Norman's wife goes out and moves her car again.

The next week they are again having breakfast when the radio announcer says "We are expecting 12 to 14 inches of snow today. You must park---" and right then the power goes out.

Norman's wife is very upset, and with a worried look on her face she says, "Honey, I don't know what to do. Which side of the street do I need to park on so the snowplows can get through?"

With the love and understanding in his voice that all men who are married to blondes exhibit, Norman says, "Sweetie, why don't you just go ahead and leave it in the garage just this once?"

Hey Joe, GREAT show in Columbus last night, I sat there with a stupid grin on my face the whole night as you kept playing so many of my favorites!

Apologies for the lame crowd, many of whom I would say haven't bought a new Satch album since 1992 apparently as they didn't seem to recognize a lot of the songs you played.

Yoda - based solely on your recommendation... I went and got Architype...

well.. I listened to the 1st 11 seconds and thought...

"hmmm.. this is nice.." lol..

and I've listened to nothing else since... awesome... [be]good call bro.. very good call...

some folks go on this endless voyage searching for 'that tone'....
they end up buying and selling tons of kit...
they never really settle with anything in their rig..

they are really missing the point...

yes go find a nice tone...

but the tone created by the player is the tone that counts...

then I thought about it.. WW1, WW2, Napoleonic, Greece, Rome, British Empire, Gulf, and on and on it went...
always returning to the same fundamental principle...

hello everybody. saying hello to everyone only.

i have a new job now!