Got a mystery I could use some help solving...

My wife and I got tickets to the Columbus show and had been reading the reviews of the shows here leading up to it. About a week before that show, we could no longer access this site - it kept loading the old "page cannot be displayed" routine when we tried.

It's been that way until today. We had a brief power outage that shut down both PC's we use. When we booted after that, we could access this site again and were surprised to see that everything appears to have been normal here.

We've never had anything like this happen before and are wondering why or how a power outage could "reset" something that would allow access to a site? Or what happened to begin with that prevented access?

Happy Birthday death cube k !!!

Robben Ford. Nice...

Mahavishnu - Cool...let me / us know what you think when you get to listen to those DT albums...

"But when has anyone here EVER heard Joe Satriani speak out about his political views"

He made a few comments about CA's recall election in (I think) a Lake Tahoe-area newspaper. I bet he's said other things over the years as well.

On 04-24-02, Joe said the following on this very website (in response to the death of Layne Staley):

"all drugs should be de-criminalized, regulated by the gov't, and the revenue used to get people treatment so they don't destroy themselves...the war on drugs is not what it says it is."

Most Californians I have talked to are presently surprised by what Arnold has done. I didn't vote for him and I didn't think he would make a good governor, but he has exceeded my (somewhat low) expectations.

I disagree. It is quite possible to be aware of the different countries world without traveling to each and every one of them. It's wrong to assume that any number of people (even if its not all American people) don't know about Europe just because they haven't been there.

Would you say people who travel all over Europe but don't leave the continent have "seen more of the world" than people who stay in the US for their entire lives? The US and Europe are roughly the same size (their percentage of "the world" is roughly the same)... I've visited most of the 50 states here...I've probably seen as many different places as people in Europe. Should my experiences not count because most of them happen to be in the same country?

I've been to Canada and Mexico. Visiting countries other than those two can get expensive for Americans. I've spent two weeks in Europe, but most Americans probably haven't. Does that really matter?

If it does...what about Australia? They're more "isolated" from other countries than the US is. Do they lack the global awareness that you think some Americans lack? If not, why not? What's different?

Whether or not he will, that is still a far cry from the "every country in the world" that you previously mentioned.

Prove it. Your sweeping generalizations are ridiculous.

"Screw these white trash nascar worshipping trailer park douchebags."

Why all the hostility? For having seen so much of the world, you don't seem to be very considerate of those who aren't like yourself.

I'm doing well, thanks for asking. I've had a busy week, so I'm glad that the weekend is here (I don't have classes on Friday). Woohoo!

Davey, How old are you honey. I might not be old enough to be your mom, but I can still mother you. lol!

Jazzy, which of those other 4 countries did you like the best, and least, and why? Just curious.

JS1200kid, if Joe's sister is anything like Joe, I bet she's a fantastic counselor. Joe is so laid back, optimistic, down to earth, and 'knowing'. His mama did a damn good job! lol! It would seriously kick ass to have her at my kids school!

Alexandre, hello honey! Sorry to hear you're still not feeling well. I send the most healthy heartfelt vibes to go out to you my friend. I wish you a quick recovery. Big hug to Hadji from Moe & Stew.

Muppet stamps are coming!!! lol! Just saw on the news that Muppet stamps will be available soon. That's cool :)

Steven, try to rest when you can and drink plenty of water. Take care!

guitarnett, I stood in line near Ryan & his pals at the Electric Factory in Philly. I think I actually have a picture of him in line too. Tell him Michelle says hello. I stood with my husband and Mary Golly (M&M). Don't know if he'll remember me?

SupaaDave, now that's funny! lmao!!

"In fact, the GOP did so well that the only Republican without a mandate was Cheney's daughter."

steven,,,,welcome back bro'....please do not embarass me,i am just doing my best...afterall yu r the real friend,,the real deal,,,glad to c u back and also thank u for the mail.........guess u r finally settled now,,,talk tu yu later..god bless...prayers always...

austin..........i guess another additional 6 months or half a yr extra will make yu a wiser guy still.......study hard bro'' yu have all my best wishes and prayers.....however i have one question for yu....why did the americans vote for bush once again.....dont yu think the term he had was enough.....i guess america does not need any more terrorist attacks....???dont yu agree...

michelle.......glad to know some history of yur kids,,regards to them and also to yur indian friend,,,hope she is ok now..prayers always..

jazzy....dont yu like obselete and digimortal..........how about demanufacture...fear factory,,,huh........interesting....

where is jose vega the one time posting freak??????

btw,,,,,,,,,happy birthday to deathcube,,,all the best and prayers always.....enjoy yur day bro'......and keep on making music..

alexandre...everything is fine this side,,,so is the baby..btw,,,how r yu and how is the girl yu posted about once,,,any development...i mean did it click...lol...

btw this is to all my american friends.........

Google Labs Aptitude Test

Hey, my name is Jacob and i am searching for a musicians in Denmarkt to start a Joe Satriani style/Satriani cover band. If anyone on this site is intersted, please contact me.

Senator Kerry today said that now we need to come together and heal as a nation. FUCK THAT. There's no fucking way, I am going to come together with these homophobic, flag-waving, god-fearing, gun-toting, uneducated, isolationist, ethnocentric REDNECKS. We live in a country that's in a shroud of ignorance. We do not compromise or come together with them. We fight them and everything they stand for. We as a community have to take care of each other and respect each other because apparently our current government has no interest in that. They do not care about gay people, they do not care about sick people, they do not care about black people, they do not care about poor people, they do not care about the rest of the world, they do not care about our environment, and they especially don't care about a woman's right to choose. We may have lost the battle, shit we may have lost the war...but we are not losing our minds. WE ARE RIGHT...THEY ARE WRONG...just because we seem to be the minority doesn't mean we come together with them. We continue to fight….and drink...and try to have a good fucking time. That's my plan anyway, thanx to you all.

"Guitarnutt: Seems like you never participate in this board. Why are you telling us what to talk about when your participation is almost nothing? If you want to change it, get involved or get lost."

Well that's just the point... If this board had more good topics on music, I would gladly post more often. I was merely offering my opinion the shared experience here would benefit from less politics and more music.

And Jazzy, many of your posts in particular are the most intolerant and hostile of anyone's here and it sets a very negative tone on a message board that should be anything but.

And now I'm gonna take some of Do the Stu's advice, back to the music...

I don't know about you all here, but I'm BIG on music videos, live DVDs and the like. For me, the visual element adds so much to the experience of the music to see the actual artists playing it (or at least goin' through the motions on the music videos). I have over 300 music videos and concert videos on my computer and multiple live DVD's... my favorite of it all of course is "JS Live in San Francisco" followed by the two G3 DVDs.

Anyone here have any particular music videos you recommend or great live DVDs for a fellow guitarnut?

;-)

guitarnut: Dont read it then. If there are any posts you dont like, SKIP IT.

Hello everyone. How's things going? Good I hope. Haven't been on here in ages due to lack of time at work!

Bought myself a Behringer V-Amp for recording. I'm very impressed with the sounds on it. Anyone else use one of these? How does it compare to the Line 6 POD?

Jazzy why cant you let it go? John Kerry did not win, George Bush did win, LIVE with it untill 4 years from now, it wont change untill then...i've got nothing against you cause you've never said anything mean to me, but come on man...its time to let it go and lets make this message bored fun to read again....you said "if you dont like it skip over it" i skip over every single post and just look for blue or green because all anyone does anymore is bash each other and try to see who has the biggest ego on the internet....its stupid and i would not be suprised at all that this is one of the biggest reasons why Joe or the Webmaster doesnt post as often as they did way back when everyone got along and this site was fun to come to and read what people had to say and to hear updates from Joe and just have fun, but now everyone is always trying to out do each other and trying to become the biggest and baddest pixel on a computer screen. its sad, i wish it would stop....

Bob

The Bob: Thanks. I was quiet in the first place and wasnt saying much until others decided to. Anyways, Bush did not win and I will not get over it. I will definitely not express it here but you all can read this link for yourselves.

TheBob - Yay!!!! You're right I'm sure of it. But I just wish there were more commas and full-stops in your post - that's one mother fucker of a long sentence... LMAO j/k

lol master yoda....i've never been a huge fan of english and there for never passed english lol, so do forgive me on that part.

Jazzy i think your right about the boards being less hostile than lots (most) other boards all over the place...its just sad that everyone always has to try and out do someone if they say something stupid, you know what i mean lol...