Jblaze, hope you enjoy the DT dvd. I put it on for my husband yesterday and he was blown away. It looks like the same show we saw earlier this year. Killer show too! We had crappy seats, so those big screens came in handy. lol!

Matt, nice to see you here again. How's the cd coming along? Ahhhh, some of my greatest memories are from the Beacon ;-)

Suzie, XTRMIST is pretty good. I have a list I made a few years ago when I got the other plate. I should try to find it. I could always fall back to my second string favorites - CAP-MRGN or CHEEZ-IT, but that's a whole different avenue there. Come to think of it, I might have even had a Metallica song for my third choice when I applied for the satchr8 plate. I think it was SDBT TRU or something like that? I have entirely to much time on my hands. lol!

Eva, best of luck on the Ladies Eurotour!! I know you'll do well :)

qfive, I was just wondering if Joe's mom was at the Beacon a minute before I read your post. lol! My husband and I had the pleasure of meeting Joe's mom at the Beacon in 2001. She's amazing, and such a sweetheart! It's awesome that she still goes to see Joe play when he comes "home". She is certainly proud of her son. http://www.satriani.com/2000/road/2001-07-14/MrsSatriani&Joe.jpg

Wow, that setlist!!! Time, Hordes of Locusts, Lords of Karma, THE TRAVELLER!!!, Moroccan Sunset...only thing missing is Secret Prayer! Please Joe play those songs on tour in Australia so that I can see/hear it!

How cool of Mrs Satriani to go and watch Joe in concert. My parents haven't even seen or heard me play in concert since the high school production back when I was still producing bits of crapness.

Optical studio: Yes, I do have around 15 tracks recorded from the last eight months. Do you use AIM or MSN messenger? The space Echo effect is pretty sick I agree. I have programmed mine with a really high gain, so you have this Type O Negative sound. I love my gt-6!

hi joe,

Hey Joe I just joined this group

I recently checked out your work with Dream Theater Keyboardist "Jordan Rudess" in Screaming Heads (Rhythm of Time) Please tell me how was your experience working with him Cause' i'm a big fan of Jordan Rudess also Is there any chance of getting Jordan rudess in G3?? Cuz that would be Cool Man

Bye Keep up the good work You ROCK

Vinod

Nick - I personally have never tried the Vox fx rack stuff, but a pal of mine here at work has and he really rates it...

if you approach [like mine] is "sod the masses" then it a good a pure path you follow...

but also be prepared to never make it...
a harsh reality....
but reality none the less...

I love them too much....

so you want someone like Christina Aguilara on vocals??
and that's just for the timbre of her voice right?... lol..

My name is Elizabeth and my "good-friend," TIM WEBLEY, is a huge fan! You may remember signing his Steve Vai custom at the Tower Records here in Hoffman Estates... ...I even found him an autographed pic of you for him for christmas... ...I have bought tickets for us to see you OCT 22, at the House of Blues in Chicago...

Our relationship is a little undetermined at this time, and I was hoping if you could say a word or two about how "Once you find love, you shouldn't let it go " or something to that effect with his name -- it would show him how much I care and what I'm willing to go through for him -- which is needless to say, BEGGING you for a little help.

I'm sorry this message will be written everyday 'til the 22, since I'm not sure when or if you will even see this. Sorry for the annoyance.

My name is Elizabeth and my "good-friend," TIM WEBLEY, is a huge fan! You may remember signing his Steve Vai custom at the Tower Records here in Hoffman Estates... ...I even found him an autographed pic of you for him for christmas... ...I have bought tickets for us to see you OCT 22, at the House of Blues in Chicago...

Our relationship is a little undetermined at this time, and I was hoping if you could say a word or two about how "Once you find love, you shouldn't let it go " or something to that effect with his name -- it would show him how much I care and what I'm willing to go through for him -- which is needless to say, BEGGING you for a little help.

I'm sorry this message will be written everyday 'til the 22, since I'm not sure when or if you will even see this. Sorry for the annoyance.

marimari, thanks for the EVH mail. regards the photo, which one is Eddie? hehe, just kiddin!

Hopefully this is a sign of good things to come - maybe we'll honour the retuyrn of Ovation1 and Trutina!

hi everyone.............the machino is revived..........thus i am back,,,,,,,,,,,,will be posting regularly again...missed all u guys.............happy to be in again...........too much work and of course have to read messages from the last 10 days,,,lot of catching up to do....

steven,,,,u have mail bro.........will be posting a long one to yu tomorrow,,,,,,,,,,,missed our conversations................btw,,,thanks for the support regarding the new arrival.....i need it .................due on 3rd most probably........will speak to yu tomorrow.....

everyone,,,,,,,sorry if i miss any of yur messages meant for me,,,especially michelle,,,alexandre....austin,,,,,clarky.....artanis,,,,,,,etc,,etc...

Jblaze, your up at 4 a.m.? That's way early...or way late. lol! Looks like you've seen more of the DVD than I have. lol! Maybe I'll have a chance to watch disk 2 today? As for your plate, I'm pretty sure (99.9%) the mission was accomplished, but wait to hear from Mari herself. We both mentioned it at the show, so I know she didn't forget about it.

bahduh, hello!

ugh! Where's my coffee??

Start your day off right. Crank up your speakers and get down with your bad selves ~~

HI JOE!!!

This is for all you football fans

A guy took his blonde girl friend to her first football game. They had great seats right behind their team's bench... After the game, he asked her how she liked the experience. "Oh, I really liked it," she replied, "especially the tight pants and all the big muscles, but I just couldn't understand why they were killing each other over 25 cents."

Dumbfounded, her date asked, "What do you mean?"

TOP TEN REASONS WHY TRICK OR TREATING IS BETTER THAN SEX

10) You are guaranteed to get at least a little something in the sack.

9) If you get tired, you can wait 10 minutes and go at it again.

8) The uglier you look, the easier it is to get some.

7) You don't have to compliment the person who gives you some.

6) It's O.K. when the person you're with fantasizes you're someone else, because you are.

5) Forty years from now you'll still enjoy candy.

4) If you don't like what you get, you can always go next door.

3) It doesn't matter if the kids hear you moaning and groaning.

2) Less guilt the morning after.

Clarky, yes I actually got my hands on the Alcatrazz album No Parole ( a promo copy) BEFORE it was officially released. I was totally floored by that album. Before that I had heard the Soundpage in Guitar Player magazine and the Steeler record on Shrapnel records. The Steeler had incredible guitar playing but the production, songs and vocals were horrid. I maintain to this day that the young YJM blew his bolt on that Alcatrazz album and his first solo Rising Force album. The Alcatrazz featured his riffing within the confines of Rainbowish power rock and of course the first solo featured YJM playing with free instrumental reign. He has never IMHO, been able to recapture or surpass the power in those two releases. Moreover he has never been able to modify his style/sound etc to any great extent either.

CLarky - Alcatrazz!! Man I haven't heard that name in a while. Couple of funny related stories. A group of us actually did "Island in Sun" for our senior show in high school. I was doing the singing and got wicked sick right before the show. I still have video of it, what a disaster. trying to sing all stuffed up was not one of my better moments. I also saw them on tour. They opened for Queensryche and Dio, I think. Anyway this was right after Malm had left. They had this other gutarist. I was really bummed not getting to see Malm and the new player sucked. I don't know what I was smokin (yea, I do) but it must have been good cause you KNOW who was on guitar. VAI !! It was not long after that I got Flex-ible and couldn't believe it was the same guy. Just watched the Astoria dvd yesterday. Man he inspires me.

Changing times

Barbara Walters of 60 Minutes (USA) did a story on gender roles in Kabul several years before the Afghan conflict.

She noted that women customarily walked about 5 paces behind their husbands.

She returned to Kabul recently and observed that women still walk behind their husbands and are now happy with the old custom.

Ms. Walters approached one of the Afghani women and asked.

"But why do you seem so happy with the old custom that people thought you should try and change?"

George Bush received a call from Russian President Putin.

He says to Bush "Our largest condom factory has exploded". "My people's favorite form of birth control." This is a true disaster!"

"Mr. Putin, the American people would be happy to do anything within their power to help you," replied President Bush.

"I do need your help" said Putin. "Could you send 1,000,000 condoms ASAP to tide us over?"

"Why certainly! I'll get right on it," said Bush.

"Oh, and one more small favor, please?" said Putin. "Yes?"

"Could the condoms be red in color and at least 10" long and 2" in diameter?" said Putin

"No problem," replied the President.

Mr. Putin hung up and started laughing with his aides about how those stupid Americans will fall for any thing.

George Bush hung up and called the CEO of a condom company. "I need a favor. Can you send 1,000,000 condoms right away over to Russia."

"Consider it done," replied the CEO of the condom company.

"Good! Now listen, they have to be red in color, 10" long and 2" in diameter."

"Easily done. Anything else?"

The Cuckoo Clock

The other night I was invited out for a night with "the girls." I

Told my husband that I would be home by midnight, "I promise!"

Well, the hours passed and the margaritas went down way too easy.

Around 3 a.m., a bit loaded, I headed for home. Just as I got in the door, the cuckoo clock in the hall started up and cuckooed 3 times.

Quickly, realizing my husband would probably wake up, I cuckooed another 9 times.

I was really proud of myself for coming up with such a quick-witted solution (even when totally smashed), in order to escape a possible conflict with him.

The next morning my husband asked me what time I got in, and I told him "Midnight". He didn't seem pissed off at all. Whew! Got away with that one!

Then he said, "We need a new cuckoo clock."