Hey Joe you're my hero!!!, I just wanted to tell you how much I like your music, I just can't wait for the G3, I also wanted to ask if there's gonna be some kind of autograph signing or something like that before the show.

keep on rockin' in the free world!!!

jpvel

From the Yeah Right Column

Just like Sammy Sosa

Busted for a "Saturday Night Live" lip-synch gone awry, her manager-father said Monday his 19-year-old daughter used the extra help because acid reflux disease had made her voice hoarse.

"Just like any artist in America, she has a backing track that she pushes so you don't have to hear her croak through a song on national television," Joe Simpson told Ryan Seacrest on Los Angeles radio station KIIS-FM. "No one wants to hear that."

He insisted it would be Ashlee's live voice alone during her appearance on NBC's "Radio Music Awards" Monday night.

And he said she's never used the extra help onstage before.

"The whole situation was a bummer," Ashlee Simpson said in an interview on MTV's "Total Request Live."

And sure - Sammy Sosa only used the corked bat once, and only for batting practice.

Dear Joe,

Hi. I've got a question for you.

I absolutely LOVE the way you play, and it is my ambition to play the way you do that helps me strive to achieve as much as I can as a guitarist.

I was wondering what recommendations for scales, etc. you had that would be of the most benefit to myself.

HORRAY

Chicago Bears Will Not Sign Tim Couch

LAKE FOREST, Ill. - The Chicago Bears (news) will not sign Tim Couch, instead deciding to stick with the three quarterbacks on their roster.

NewsMan

You are correct - my spelling error.

Thanks for the correction.

Maybe I should hire you as my proof reader.

Clarky

Learned razor eater yet?

The show on Saturday was simply unreal.

As I am young, I haven't had ample opportunity to go to many concerts at all, much less many of Joe's, in fact, aside from this past weekend I've only attended a single other Satch show (At the Riv in '02). As incredible as the concert two years ago was, Saturday's show outdid it by several notches. The Platinum Experience was definately worthwhile, as it gave me a chance to meet my idol, and even though I froze up a bit when given the opportunity to ask questions and whatnot, just seeing the living legend up close was more than fulfilling. The on-stage tour was also intriguing, although there wasn't much action going on before the show since they had been in town for three days already. My uncle plays for a Chicago band (the Chicago Catz), and I've seen their stage setup; Joe's setup makes theirs look comperable to a teenage garage band's setup. The show itself? Magnificant. I was close enough that I could lean on the stage, see his setlist (glow in the dark and duct taped to the floor next to his pedals), and have unplugged his pedals had I so desired. 3 Hours of ridiculously incredible guitar playing had me absolutely spellbound. The improv version of Always with me, Always with you was particularly notable, but the remake of Sleepwalk, Searching, and of course, Surfing with the Alien were other personal favorites of mine. A flawless performance as far as I could tell, and one I would pay the same price to see again. _________________________________________________ A side note: I heard a rumor that the next G3 is possibly being planned with John Mclaughlin (of Mahavishnu Orchestra), can anyone confirm or deny that?

962 - "I personally thought the interesting bit was that Bush's cronies tried to get the paper shut down"

Your original post said "George W" tried to get the paper shut down. Which is it? There's a HUGE difference between the president trying to shut down a newspaper and a friend or a supporter trying to do it.

"I gotta be careful what I share now, cause the International Thought Police (ITP) might arrest me,"

If you plan on sharing things (presenting things as facts) that are incorrect or untrue, then yeah, you should be careful. I would not have thought that needed to be pointed out.

This ITP stuff is just ridiculous.

"all just because, shock-horror, I shared an opinion"

What opinion did you share? "George W is trying to get said newspaper shut down." was presented not as an opinion but as a fact. That's the only thing I took issue with...

Or I can do the right thing and pay for a legal copy of it... ;-)

Cool... I was really looking forward to watching that game, but it wasn't televised on CBS out here! We got an extra-looong post game show instead...and they even showed highlights from the Colts game as it was being played. I was bummed...

Since you live in IN, do you know why that might've happened? Did the Colts lose a nationwide television contract or something? Do you know if there was something specific about this game that caused it to not be televised way out here?