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I'll go for Bon Scott's croak on "Problem child" from AC/DC's live album "If you want blood you've got it" (-78) at 2:26 right after Angus' guitar solo... it's just... it makes my heart jump... tears of joy in my eyes... Notice the mumbling after the croak, that makes it complete!

...then again Prince is on fire on "The Beautiful Ones" from "PURPLE RAIN Prince and the Revolution" (-84 ... Great album in all). This one consists of a series of cawings starting from 3:24 until the end... especially from 4:21... actually the best one would be at 4:29... or at 4:35...

guitarrocker c1 - Joe is pressing down on the whammy bar with his left hand, playing pinch harmonics with his right hand (where the 24th fret would be), and lifting up on the whammy bar with his left hand.

It works best on the G and B strings.

I think the players who threw punches at fans should be suspended for the rest of the season. Their union will never let that happen, though... They probably won't be suspended for more than a week or two.

To respond to your poll... The first passionate scream that I thought of also happens to be one of the loudest, longest, and highest... It's Steven Tyler's "Run away, from the PAAAAAAIIIIIIN..." at the end of Janie's Got A Gun from the album Pump. The album version is just average for him, though. I've heard some live versions that are incredible...

If I can come up with some other good ones later, I'll post 'em. I'm too tired to think right now, though... I just mentioned the Aerosmith one because it came to me right away.

NammMan, what do you mean what constitutes a real issue? I said that right there in my post......War is pretty fucking real. And no, western troops don't die every day bringing peace and democracy to the middle east. They die every day bringing terror, starvation and anarchy to the middle east, in the most dishonest war in history.

Trust me, just don't get me started. You know my views on the middle east conflict.

I guess you actually don't get what fox hunting entails? When you guys go hunting, you're exploiting your right to bear arms. You take out a bunch of shotguns and rifles and loads of stuff, play soldiers for a weekend, a shoot a bunch of animals.

When people go fox hunting here, they send a pack of staved blood-hounds out into the fields to chase a fox. For ultimate fun value, they hope that the chase will last all day, and when the terrified fox finally runs out of energy, it is ripped to pieces by the hounds and by the following horse-riders. They then smear the fox's blood over the face of the yongest rider. Kinda like loosing your fox-hunting virginity.

It's barbaric. If people want to hunt with rifles, I don't mind, cause at least it kills the animal instantly, but fox hunting is just plain wrong. I do think it's an issue that should have been addressed 50 years ago or more, but at the same time, it's not as important as healthcare, education and conflict.

962- agree with you 100% over the fox-hunting issue. Whenever the fact it's barbaric or cruel is mentioned, what gets on my nerves is the way people who are pro-fox hunting say how it's a "humane" method of killing foxes??? And how they are helping to cull foxes- well if they were genuinely doing it for that reason, then why not just shoot the fox quickly or whatever method, rather then dress up in a dumb over-the-top top-hat-and-tails costume? I would respect their views more if they would just admit they foxhunt because they LIKE the pomp and ceremony and they LIKE the occasion- and stop pretending that they are providing a service whereby numbers of foxes can be kept down. Then why only foxes? What about other animals?

Sorry to rant and I know many people won't agree with this, but it's my opinion / 2 pennies worth anyway!

i thenk foks hunting is gud. kill thos dam foxes.

Zenfish,

Sorry your Springboard experience was not a pleasant one.

“When the night falls, the big moon’s gonna rise. You can look right up, see it in the sky. Makes me feel like I’m going to blow a fuse. I start to shiver and shake with a strange kind of blues.

...but I like it.

I see it now the moon is high above. It’s got a hold on me, I just can’t get enough. Big, round, black and white, I feel the pull, I see the light. Big bad moon’s looking down on me tonight.

...but I like it.

When the moon comes, got nowhere to hide. It can turn your head around like it turns the tide. Man, woman, boy, child. makes you feel like you were born wild. The big bad moon’s looking down on me tonight.

...but I like it. ...i like it.

Talkin’ ’bout big bad moon Ooh yeah big bad moon Talkin’ ’bout big bad moon Ooh yeah...”

Joe/Webmaster,

I'm about to post my website...thought it might be wise to ask you if I could use your image of the picture of us at your in store appearance on Long Island this Summer within my site?

jelly man,

Ooops! Thanks for the correction...guess my data base was not reliable!

Sorry...be more careful next time...me being part French too!

evbro- hope your birthday was a good one... I understand about the 22 thing... i was bummed out when i turned 22 too, no more good birthdays.... but i will tell you i had more fun when i was 22 than any other age :)

Not sure if anyone else here listens to Cake but i got their new cd pressure chief and it sucks! whats up with that? got tickets for my favorite local band on the 27th... anyone in the area should come to the Gothic and check out The Films (formerly known as Tinkers Punishment)

Snowing here at the moment and supposed to continue all day and night... kind of fun for the first few times each year...

Well off to go take my dog for a walk and play in the snow, Anyone up for a snowball fight?:) Hope all in Satchland have a good weekend....

I don't like stevet, I think he's a no good evul duer!!

Stace - "All.............. Bets.................. Are................. Off....."

lol..

and......
thanx for everything....
thanx more than words can say....

the music on my new album................
all instrumental, mostly pretty heavy with a few softer moments..
mix a metal band with a choir, orchestra and church organ.. and plenty of tasteless shredding on top...
the influencies are wide and varied from Slipknot to Malmsteen, Bach to Wagner.... Mozart to Vai....

I really hope everyone enjoys listening to it as much as I've enjoyed writing and recording it..

so how would I describe it....???? lol.. grab an instrumental [karaoki] Slipknot CD...
play that at the same time as the sound track to the movie "The Oman"..
and then shred over the top with no class, no taste, no style and a complete disregard for your personal safety...
it sounds something like that.... lol..

Stevee T I would get the 1200 or one of the other JS's but unfortunately my pocket doesn't reach that far.=-(

962 actually most of the places I've looked at didn't list the RGT42, but I'm sure I just didn't notice it(tunnel-vision!). yea I've been thinking about upgrading my current guitar,but then with all I'd wanna do it wouldn't be the same guitar. And I couldn't afford it. It's just too bad 7 strings cost so much cuz I'd really want one of those(mind storm, hands in the air...)

ocps - the soreness could be down to a number of things:
too much pressure when playing?
playing almost flat out for long periods of time will tire you out.. hands.. tendons.. muscles.... they cannot be used indefinately at their limits.... and if they can't recover before they're used like that again then you'll be back in pain every time you play....

ever thought of mixing up the way you practice????

session 1: technique [learn a song / experiment with licks]
session 2: write / experminent with music [write a song / mess with chords and licks, experiment with a new theoretical idea, screw with effects etc]
session 3: write / experminent with music
session 4: write / experminent with music

as you can see... I personally prefer to spend more time working the creative / experimental elements...
I work on technique just to cope with my own music...
if you want to be more technique centric.. make session 3 a technique one.... so you alternate.....
this way you have heal, rest and repair and still work on your music...