Zenfish....here's a little of my Heaven & Hell

Butterscotch Blonde Blues in B flat minor a new tune written with me Fender Telecaster...

Master Yoda...you've got my spiritual vote....good luck!

marimariSRV...don't play that DVD in your new computer...

Purple Sky Green Dawn another Chromeboy JS2 PRM Creation...hope you like it!

sorry for the DP, but it's been a while since my last post, and i didn't want to do the late Mr Morita a disservice, but anyway....

ScalesMaster Google is your friend. Good luck.

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Love the G3 in Tokyo....Petrucci really is the perfect compliment for the group!! Take it easy!

Stevee T: Don't worry, only play CD's & DVD's on my Sony Dream system.....only way to go since I've never been able to listen to it on Dialup. I'm looking forward to seeing you and Ronnie on Thursday @ BB Kings......OH Yeah! "Let the Shredding begin"......... I just Love Great Music! So Stevee, what color are your leather pants? ;-)

Satriella, no problem, you're welcome. Also, that's great to hear you're going to get Venus Isle! hehe, my work here is done!

Zen: Is it Billy the kid or rebel without a pause, i have trouble enjoying this form of guitar playing, no sense of restraint with common modal concepts=boring

Satriella - There's around forty bands that have entered, I think. The only other band in there that I've actually heard of is called Pennyblack, and they suck big time. Everyone I've spoken to that's seen all the videos has said we own them all, which is nice!!!!!

Hi all,

Zenfish - I'm so pleased you are speaking to a mere mortal!! lol - but just so you know, Floyd, Hendrix, The Who, Whitesnake, Deep Purple, AC/DC, Zappa, Vai, Rush, Yes, Lynyard Skynard, Queen, Genesis, Carter, The Doors & Velvet Underground, Led Zep, Lou Reed, Bauhaus, Black Sabbath etc etc are all in my music collection, I've been around the rock scene a fair old while & I'm ever expanding I just haven't got the money now to expand quickly :)) I'm not sure how Dream Theater slipped through the net but there we go?!

962 - the question was how to slim down my favourites before it takes over the whole screen on my computer?

js1200js1000 - SNAP mine sucked too! But eh today is another day and I know tomorrow will be great cos I'm off to London. Thanks for the offa, I think the postage would be a bit much too, Oh well my little scrapheap gets me from A to B that's all I ask anyway. CONTENTMENT EH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Master Yoda - Bit Steep 40 is!!! Support here there is!!

marimariSRV...black...of course...

Hi all,

Its been ages since I last logged in but I had 10mins or so to say hi to everyone.

I have finally settled into my new place and am loving finally living on my own.

I am currently helping out a local band as a kind of musical director and I can recommend it to to everyone!!! Its great to turn up and not have to set any gear up and worry about carrying equipment around - finally my knees and back are getting a rest!!!

Anyway best go.

Take care all, Aarren

Satriella, "Thirties are a great age to be, not in the least bit old" . HA! Yeah, the thirties WERE great. lol! Forties aren't bad either :) I'm 41. I don't exactly know when your old? When you start acting it I guess? lol! That's not going to happen for a while, so I'm good. lol!

Mari, Thanksgiving with just the parents. No sisters/drama. It was actually pretty cool. A nice relaxing dinner. My parents really enjoyed it too. There's usually about 25 of us in my family, so having only 8 was a treat. My in-laws had a nice time too. Where are your parents in FL again?

I'm listening to Silent Night/Holy Night jam. Good stuff!!

Davey, nice Rush tune on the bass. I sent the link to my son. He plays bass.

Former Canadian Minister Of Defence Asks Canadian Parliament To Hold Hearings On Relations With Alien "Et" Civilizations

Part One of Two

(PRWEB) - OTTAWA, CANADA -- A former Canadian Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister under Pierre Trudeau has joined forces with three Non-governmental organizations to ask the Parliament of Canada to hold public hearings on Exopolitics -- relations with “ETs.”

By “ETs,” Mr. Hellyer and these organizations mean ethical, advanced extraterrestrial civilizations that may now be visiting Earth.

On September 25, 2005, in a startling speech at the University of Toronto that caught the attention of mainstream newspapers and magazines, Paul Hellyer, Canada’s Defence Minister from 1963-67 under Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Prime Minister Lester Pearson, publicly stated: "UFOs, are as real as the airplanes that fly over your head."

Mr. Hellyer went on to say, "I'm so concerned about what the consequences might be of starting an intergalactic war, that I just think I had to say something."

Hellyer revealed, "The secrecy involved in all matters pertaining to the Roswell incident was unparalled. The classification was, from the outset, above top secret, so the vast majority of U.S. officials and politicians, let alone a mere allied minister of defence, were never in-the-loop."

Hellyer warned, "The United States military are preparing weapons which could be used against the aliens, and they could get us into an intergalactic war without us ever having any warning. He stated, "The Bush administration has finally agreed to let the military build a forward base on the moon, which will put them in a better position to keep track of the goings and comings of the visitors from space, and to shoot at them, if they so decide."

Hellyer’s speech ended with a standing ovation. He said, "The time has come to lift the veil of secrecy, and let the truth emerge, so there can be a real and informed debate, about one of the most important problems facing our planet today."

Three Non-governmental organizations took Hellyer’s words to heart, and approached Canada’s Parliament in Ottawa, Canada’s capital, to hold public hearings on a possible ET presence, and what Canada should do. The Canadian Senate, which is an appointed body, has held objective, well-regarded hearings and issued reports on controversial issues such as same-sex marriage and medical marijuana,

On October 20, 2005, the Institute for Cooperation in Space requested Canadian Senator Colin Kenny, Senator, Chair of The Senate Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence, “schedule public hearings on the Canadian Exopolitics Initiative, so that witnesses such as the Hon. Paul Hellyer, and Canadian-connected high level military-intelligence, NORAD-connected, scientific, and governmental witnesses facilitated by the Disclosure Project and by the Toronto Exopolitics Symposium can present compelling evidence, testimony, and Public Policy recommendations.”

The Non-governmental organizations seeking Parliament hearings include Canada-based Toronto Exopolitics Symposium, which organized the University of Toronto Symposium at which Mr. Hellyer spoke.

The Disclosure Project, a U.S.– based organization that has assembled high level military-intelligence witnesses of a possible ET presence, is also one of the organizations seeking Canadian Parliament hearings.

Former Canadian Minister Of Defence Asks Canadian Parliament To Hold Hearings On Relations With Alien "Et" Civilizations

Part Two

The Canadian Exopolitics Initiative, presented by the organizations to a Senate Committee panel hearing in Winnipeg, Canada, on March 10, 2005, proposes that the Government of Canada undertake a Decade of Contact.

The proposed Decade of Contact is “a 10-year process of formal, funded public education, scientific research, educational curricula development and implementation, strategic planning, community activity, and public outreach concerning our terrestrial society’s full cultural, political, social, legal, and governmental communication and public interest diplomacy with advanced, ethical Off-Planet cultures now visiting Earth.”

Canada has a long history of opposing the basing of weapons in Outer Space. On September 22, 2004 Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin declared to the U.N. General Assembly,” "Space is our final frontier. It has always captured our imagination. What a tragedy it would be if space became one big weapons arsenal and the scene of a new arms race.

Martin stated, "In 1967, the United Nations agreed that weapons of mass destruction must not be based in space. The time has come to extend this ban to all weapons..."

In May, 2003, speaking before the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada Lloyd Axworthy, stated “Washington's offer to Canada is not an invitation to join America under a protective shield, but it presents a global security doctrine that violates Canadian values on many levels."

Axworthy concluded, “There should be an uncompromising commitment to preventing the placement of weapons in space.”

On February 24, 2005, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin made official Canada's decision not to take part in the U.S government’s Ballistic Missile Defence program.

Paul Hellyer, who now seeks Canadian Parliament hearings on relations with ETs, on May 15, 2003, stated in Toronto’s Globe & Mail newspaper, “Canada should accept the long-standing invitation of U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio to launch a conference to seek approval of an international treaty to ban weapons in space. That would be a positive Canadian contribution toward a more peaceful world.”

In early November 2005, the Canadian Senate wrote ICIS, indicating the Senate Committee could not hold hearings on ETs in 2005, because of their already crowded schedule.

“That does not deter us,” one spokesperson for the Non-governmental organizations said, “We are going ahead with our request to Prime Minister Paul Martin and the official opposition leaders in the House of Commons now, and we will re-apply with the Senate of Canada in early 2006.

Just found out Velvet Revolver is playing at a place by me December 31...They are playing most of the night and having a New Years party, how awesome would that be to go to!?! Tickets are only...cough$100cough... Still, I'm thinking about going to that, how crazy would that be! I was going to see them last year at the same place, but the tickets sold out in under 20 minutes.

BIue Moon I've been wanting to change the pickups in my RG. I'm still not sure if I want to keep it as a H/S/H config., or maybe I'd turn it into just Humbuckers... maybe put a fake single coil in the middle position if I didn't feel like changing the pickguard. But, I do have a Boss AC-2 and the AC-2 only sounds good with the middle single coil pickup, doesn't sound that great with humbuckers. The RG I have is the Ibanez RG350DX (all white, looks like a Jem, and has the newer upgrades, but still want to change the pups.) I would have gotten a more expensive RG, but I did buy another guitar a few months before that, planning on getting another amp very soon, and there's always pedals!

AN ABSOLUTELY TRUE CHRISTMAS STORY...

Scrooge was sitting in his office the week before Christmas. He was counting his money, making sure he had made enough profit for the year.

Suddenly, he became aware of an irritating noise. He could not concentrate on anything else. He realized the sound was coming from under his desk.

Looking under the desk, he was surprised to see Jiminy Cricket, playing a tune. He crouched down, and said "Jiminy, What are you doing?"

"I'm singing you a Christmas carol," Jiminy replied, "but I've forgotten the words, so I'm just humming it instead."

"That's not all," said Scrooge. "You're only playing the first bar, over and over again."