Hi everybody,

Clarky I just listened to your song, coool kicking @$$ ....

Blue moon, your morning seemed better than mine... nice picture

bahduh

I seem to recall that we let the drongoes win the first ashes test to lull them into a false sense of security before going on to dominate the series. I see history repeating itself. Time will tell.

On another note, I fully understand your outrage at the disrespectful words toward the greatest Albanian that ever lived but IMHO the best way to react is to just ignore them.

zen - I personally believe that ambiguous influence is a strong thing..
it offers balance like yin and yan...
in the inner pool of ideas you have greater breadth and depth..
so there are choices.. times to be sparce... times to be intense.. times to be calculating.. times to be driven by passion.. times for consonance and times for dissonance...
for me this creates a center of gravity in a player / composer that is not fixed, but diverse and shifting...

when I hear the McLaughlin influence it has occured to me that I may be hearing an amalgum that leads to a similar space..

so am I really hearing pure green, or do I hear blues and yellows combining to create shades of green???

like you say... this could essentially be the influences of your influences... lol..

one of the things that I've worked hard on, is to have a shifting center of gravity and all the diversity that comes with it, yet the shift is centered around some common ground...
all of the different spaces are available to me
but no matter what space I enter... you always know it's me...
and that... is an extraordinarily difficult thing to do...

the masters all have this... Satch, Vai, Cyrka etc...

PhryDom

Rowashburn people have been banned from this site for what you are doing... be careful!

you mean post the same message???

...shit. I didn't know that wasn't allowed.

...but...how I'll get this information from Joe himself...if he doesn't read the question?!?!?

Clarkysan: my target with all this new music is not to introduce refinement to the mosh pit...but to refine the triggers to set 'em off... Bring on the heaviness bro, bring it on, lol!!.... And you know we cannot wait to hear the finished Shredz Paul!.... Congrats!....

JohnnyVolume: Dude, your point on: I also got the feeling that at the two shows I saw them at it seemed like Vai was trying to steal some of the spotlight from Joe.... Check out the G3 Denver dvd where JOE introuces Mr. VAI for the Jam Session and Steve walks out bowing to JOE with both hands raised to his heart (as in "prayer mode")..... Steve has also stated that he would never try to "outdo" or disrespect JOE in any way.... "He cut his teeth with JOE", and as you know, JOE is the G3 Boss.... He picks the team....

He is not underground per say but people who are very into his music are usually people who know true skill and art..... Very good point..I agree....

This however, is not true of Vai. Could you honestly see him walking into a Kroger with his eyeliner, black outfits, long hair, etc and not be labled a rocker?.... I disagree.... Mr. VAI does not go out looking like a rock star.... Check the backstage footage on G3, and also check out Mr. VAI' site "News" Section.... Lot's of pic's of the real VAI.... Not "rock star" at all....

Werd to michelle on the great explanation.... Get well soon girl! :-)

evbro: lol Evan!.... Playstation2 and YOUR music!!.... Right along with the ranks of JOE as you know, and that's kuul, kuul stuff!!.... Rock-On and keep us posted....

marimariSRV: Right-on Mari!.... I hope your plan works out, and how kuul would that be!!.... Getting to mee Chris also, lol, SATCH Family ROCKS! :-)

....And VAI is not the devil.... For he is 777 ;-)

bahduh

I agree - it should be called the WWF.

Michelle Hope you feel better soon, no worrries on the mail........all in good time :-)

Phrydom How's life bro' ? Things still going well for you over there ?

Sony BMG recalls copy-protected CDs

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Music publisher Sony BMG, yielding to consumer concern, said on Wednesday it was recalling music CDs containing copy-protection software that acts like virus software and hides deep inside a computer.

"We share the concerns of consumers regarding discs with XCP content-protected software, and, for this reason, we are instituting a consumer exchange programme and removing all unsold CDs with this software from retail outlets," Sony BMG said in an statement.

The XCP software used by Sony BMG, which was developed by British software developers First4Internet, leaves the back door open for malicious online hackers.

Sony BMG, in a separate statement, also announced it would distribute a program to remove the software from a PC where it jeopardizes security.

"We deeply regret any inconvenience this may cause our customers. Details of this (recall) program will be announced shortly," Sony BMG said.

The withdrawal is set to affect millions of compact discs from artists such as Celine Dion and Sarah McLachlan but Sony did not give exact figures or the names of the artists affected.

Sony reiterated that the copy-protection software only installs itself on personal computers and not on ordinary CD and DVD players.

NBC to air audiotapes of Lennon's killer

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The man who murdered John Lennon says in newly released audiotapes of interviews he gave more than a decade ago that his compulsion to kill the rock icon was like a "runaway train" and that "nothing could have stopped me."

NBC said on Tuesday it would present excerpts of the taped interviews with Mark David Chapman as part of a two-hour documentary special set to air on Friday commemorating the 25th anniversary of Lennon's death.

The interviews of Chapman in Attica state prison in New York were conducted in 1991 and 1992 by author Jack Jones, who wrote the Chapman biography "Let Me Take You Down." Most of the tapes from those sessions have never been played publicly.

Chapman, currently serving a sentence of 20 years to life, shot Lennon to death outside the Dakota apartment building in Manhattan on December 8, 1980, hours after getting the musician to autograph a copy of his newly released comeback album "Double Fantasy."

Chapman, who was 25 at the time, has cited J.D. Salinger's coming-of-age novel "The Catcher in the Rye" as his inspiration for the murder. Chapman has said he identified with the book's hero, who hated phoniness, and gunned Lennon down because he thought him a hypocrite.

According to excerpts of the interview tapes transcribed by NBC News, Chapman said he saw Lennon as "a successful man who kind of had the world on a chain, so to speak, and there I was, not even a link in that chain, just a person who had no personality. And something in me just broke."

Recounting the moment he shot Lennon outside the Dakota on a brisk late-autumn evening, Chapman said he "heard a voice in my head, saying, 'Do it, do it, do it.' And as (Lennon) passed me, I pulled out the gun, aimed at his back and pulled the trigger five times in succession."

He also said he remembered "thinking perhaps my identity would be found in the killing of John Lennon."

"I was under total compulsion," Chapman went on. "It was like a train, a runaway train, there was no stopping it. No matter ... nothing could have stopped me."

VFRrocker: haha, lol Paul, the JEM is the main axe these days, but the PGM is so nice and easy to play also.... It flip-flops month to month when I get the chance these days, lol!.... WOW, you got to see Pablo at a clinic!!.... Kuul stuff bro, I'm sure you loved his personality and his ability to make your jaw drop at a moments notice, and then put it back with his melodic ability, lol!!....

....And..And..Did you say THE AT300?!?! :-0 "Super 70's" is running through my head as I type, lol!!.... That is kinda like a JEM mixed with a JS I think.... And the Violin finish must be gorgeous!!!!.... Congrats bro, treat it like it needs to be, lol!!....

Andy Timmons for G3!! Make it happen JOE ;-)

A guy and a gal meet at a bar. They get along so well that they decide to go to the girl's place.

A few drinks later, the guy takes off his shirt and then washes his hands. He then takes off his trousers and washes his hands again.

The girl has been watching him and says, "You must be a dentist."

The guy, surprised, says "Yes, how did you figure that out?" "Easy," she replied, "you keep washing your hands."

One thing led to another and they make love.

After they are done, the girl says, "You must be a really good dentist."

The guy, now with a boosted ego says, "Well yes, I'm a good dentist. How did you figure that out?"

Good Morning Satchland...... How is Everyone Today?

Zinc...... Thanks for the info on Lennon. Sad and scary.

Sad..... Because we lost a Rock icon. A musical poet, a great song writer, Activist for world peace, a end to a Beatle reunion or comeback. We'll never hear any new songs from John. John did a lot of soul searching at this time. Refuted fame , became a house dad and more in touch with John the person. Double Fantasy is a brilliant record. All what he went through and what he was going through in his life at the time is written in that record. He was clean, fresh and ready to Rock again. Every time I hear Imagine ....you can't help but feel the impact of those lyrics. If you can't feel them then something is dead inside. Everything he stood for is in those lyrics. John had the world in his hands. The saddest of all....He died in such a violent way and that is so much against what he stood for. God rest his soul.

Scary.... You can sense from the discription in Chatman's own words how lost and lonely and phychotic he was. Not to mention he was coward who shot Lennon in the back. John didn't even see it coming.

Suzo..... Thank you so much. But I can only take credit for the music on the site. Well...it's the band playing cover songs but you no what I mean. Sean did my site and the mural all on his own. I can't take credit for that. Did you see the mural?

Hi

have you seen Paul Gilbert's DVD Space Ship Live?

How about doing your own version of a live in the studio song presentation? It's a brilliant way of showcasing songs in an intimate setting and would sure please guitarists with lots of close ups of the flying fingers.

Beno

Dolphin pie

Just had a look at your prom pix through the linky.

Couldn't help but notice that there were a couple of pix of a rather fine looking scantily clad hottie but most were of young men with their arms round each other. I guess you had a gay old time. LOL I bet Gaylord Moon wishes he had been there! LMAO

Just kidding!

Rock on.