lucysorets,,hi,,,thanks for the mail...enjoy the warmth of the blankets..guess its very chilly that side of the world...have a nice day...peace...

randell...thank yu for the info on steven...yu have mail....

austin...lucky yu bro.......

suzie2000,,,,thank yu for the mail and the info...i will definitely go thru the site later today.....cant wait to hear yu sing...lol.....cheers...

zenny...hi bro..whats up????

tracie...hi ........

962...you got mail :) Hope u enjoy !! MT

MUZIC4ME5150....thanx Dean i'll check it and let u know what i think ! MT

Keniko... if i didnt already say it ... HAPPY B-DAY!!!!!!! MT

Well...here it is folks....13, COUNT EM, 13 songs on the new album....

Joe's new album here

Hi girls, this one is for you!

The diet and the hair cut are definately workin! This totally hot and I mean Reeeeeeed hot guy was checking me out at the swimmin pool this morning...phew...don't it make you feel good when that happens

Can I get an Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaamen!!

Keniko

This is what I get:

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Thanks to Tyler de Witt for providing this temporary chat while the final one is worked on.

What does it all mean????????????? I don't know any of that stuff...Oh wait a minute I am on Windows XP if that's any help?

Thanks your a star for helping!

Suzie - It wouldn't load properly last night but I was checking out his website instead. I saw the bit about the eyes amazing...I know of another chap with pretty much the same kinda story...but he uses his cheeks in some way with the computer...it's so great that it can be done...imagine i dunno 30-50 years ago they would have just been stuck in a chair with nothing, so it is fantastic that people with ALs at least have this lifeline!

njbeast - OK now your just playin...so I'm not actually gonna hear the exact details of the night, but the set list sounds great, lots of my favourites on there...can you really play For the Love of God?....really

Gotta go to work

NEW JOE CD RELEASE

Check out Joe's new CD At "www.satchrome.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

Joe Can't wait to hear it.

ANY MAC USERS OUT THERE please help! Which program/s do you use for printing onto stickers for CD shapes, also CD covers / inlay etc? We have one called DiscLabel 3 Neato Edition" which is pretty good but I have a problem that I would appreciate some advice about.

I know it's a long shot but I thought I'd ask!

Guitarmiester - Hi. The DT gig went on sale right after I moved into my new apartment, and I didn't yet have internet access. I didn't get tickets right away, so I'm up in the third balcony. I'm in the third row up there, though, and I'm dead center...so it'll be good. And it'll be on CD and DVD anyway, so I can get all up close and personal then. ;-)

There's no need to apologize...I completely agree with you. I know I haven't told you everything (for the sake of everyone here) and you haven't heard her side of things, but you seem to have a basic understanding of it all already.

I'd like to be friends with her again (there were so many awesome things that we had, just as friends), but I'm done trying. If she changes her mind some day and wants that too, great...but I'm not going to wait around. Each day that passes just means she'd have to work harder for my friendship, but I'm not expecting her to ever do anything. Oh well.

And, since it's good to look at things like this with a sense of humor every now and then...

She doesn't like Rush. Not at all. I've exposed her to all eras of the band...Moving Pictures...Grace Under Pressure...Counterparts. And? Nothing. So there's obviously no way this could have worked in the long run. ;-)

I'm pretty critical of the way Joe goes about touring, but at the same time I know I'm lucky for having so many chances to see him.

For example... I'm a huge Aerosmith fan, and I'm seeing them in Anaheim next month. This will be my first time seeing them in 3 1/2 years (to be fair, I missed a tour they did in 2003...but they completely skipped California in 2004). In the time that has passed since my last Aerosmith show, I've seen Satch seven times.

I can't complain... ;-)

They have SO much energy. Their music is straight-ahead rock 'n' roll. There's nothing too fancy about them...they're simply very good. :-) I'd start with their second album, Us and Them. The sound clips there aren't really representative of the band as a whole, as they tend to focus on the melodic choruses and not the riffs/solos...but give them a listen (try Save Me, Yer Majesty, and Fake) and let me know what you think.

Slansh - yo bro.. how's things...

are you currently writting a new album yet?

as much as I love hanging out in here.... it's one of the first pleasures to to get the boot when life gets tough...

how far behind was I?.. I think I last posted in very early Jan...
my ears were burning actually... and when I decoded it, it said somethnig like " blah blah.. yeah that Clarky... blah blah... yeah.. and he's smelly and his mum sends him to work in silly clothes.."

sound proofing - right now I don't know what I'll use.. it'll obviously be the best trade-off between effectiveness, cost and space... my studio is not that big.. so fitting a kit in there will be tight at best.. if I were to sound-proof properly and float a room inside a room, then the studio would be way too small.. and it'd cost a small fortune.. I'm thinking of either some sound absorbant tiles or making a plasterboard inner wall 2" from the outer one [and the same for the ceiling] with some sound absorbant crap filling the gap...
really though, I'll need to read up on it first..

hmm Suffolk... so.. I'm gigging with David Cross in late March in the UK.. Camden, London and Milton Keynes would be the one's closest to where you live....

coming?? I'll even buy you a beer... lol..

then I'll finally be able to meet you guys....

News from Vinnie Paul ~

Hey everybody,we moved the release date for 'REBEL MEETS REBEL' and 'DIMEVISION' to 5/2 ...We are a new company and had to iron some kinks out .Please spread the NEW word of 5/2 !!!!! We greatly appreciate your patience. ..It's worth the wait!!! THANX VP

Rebel Meets Rebel, the new CD featuring David Allan Coe and the Cowboys from Hell. David Allan Coe - vocals Dimebag Darrell - guitars Vinnie Paul - drums Rex Brown - bass

Listen to the music at http://www.rebelmeetsrebel.com

Dimevision Vol. 1, That's the Fun I Have - the new DVD which celebrates and remembers the life of DIMEBAG!

Edit - and from MTV.com...

"DimeVision - Volume 1: That's the Fun I Have," a DVD tribute to slain Pantera/ Damageplan guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, will hit stores on April 4 (but as stated above - moved back to May 2) through Big Vin Records, the label owned by Dime's brother, Vinnie Paul. The DVD will feature live footage as well as material exhibiting the guitarist's unique brand of humor. ...

Ethn Hayabusa

cheese101

Thanks for the link for the new album.

OCPS470...I'm not unhappy with my Tascam 2488, but the ability to manipulate the signal is not as flexible, just looking to the future...thanks for the input...8)

Clarky...you've been very busy...a good thing to be...if your doing what you like....sounds like you are!

RIP

Coretta Scott King Dies at 78

The Cult energized for 2006 tour

NEW YORK (Billboard) - After a three-and-a-half year break, veteran rock act the Cult will return to the road this spring.

The group, which features core members Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy, is in the midst of auditions and rehearsals ahead of the March 1 North American tour kick-off in San Francisco. Additional international shows are also being considered for later in the year.

The Cult was last active in 2002, when it toured in support of the previous year's Atlantic album "Beyond Good and Evil." But Astbury told Billboard.com the experience was "soul destroying. After going through that whole major-label experience when the industry was in its death knell, it left a horrible taste in my mouth. I really didn't want to be a part of it any more."

He spent the next few years performing with the Doors Of The 21st Century and enjoying extensive travel around the world. "Having done it for nearly three years, the Cult started to come back to me. I was missing it and missing the music. I missed performing with Billy," Astbury said.

Astbury and Duffy are already conceptualizing the set list for the tour, which will blend favorites like "She Sells Sanctuary," "Fire Woman," "Wild Flower" and "Love Removal Machine" with more obscure items such as "American Gothic," "Gone" and "Witch." Said Astbury, "We might reaching further into (1994's 'The Cult'), which we skimmed over in a lot of ways. I'd really like to perform some more songs from that."

Astbury hopes new Cult music could be a byproduct of the reunion, noting that he's been "writing songs that are appropriate for the Cult. There's got to be some sort of creative aspect to this."

Nine Inch Nails Frontman Appears In Graphic PETA Ad

LAUNCH Radio Networks - A graphic two-minute commercial from People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA), featuring Nine Inch Nails frontman

Trent Reznor, has been posted online by TMZ.com. Reznor appears at the beginning of the ad and narrates it. The spot shows graphic footage of dogs and cats being tortured, killed and skinned in China for the fur trade industry.

Reznor notes that some of the animals are wearing collars, which he calls "proof that they were someone's beloved companion." The musician adds that the Chinese industry is not regulated and asks viewers to boycott fur products.

Peeps, check THIS out.... Scroll down the page for a cool Jeff Beck interpretation playing the Adagietto from Mahlers 5th Symphony arranged and produced by Andy Hill.

Girl group Lez Zeppelin rocks, with a twist

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four women rockers who took on the music of Led Zeppelin are driving club audiences to a frenzy and, offstage, whipping up speculation over their sexual tastes with the name of the band: Lez Zeppelin.

"We have sort of a 'don't ask, don't tell' policy," says Steph Paynes, lead guitar player and the " Jimmy Page" of the group. "It's better to keep it all a mystery, and in the end it really doesn't matter. What matters is the music."

The New York-based quartet came together almost three years ago with the express purpose of covering songs by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members Led Zeppelin.

They're among a small but growing number of all-female tribute bands Spin Magazine recently referred to as "Chicks with Picks," and include the playfully dubbed AC/DShe, Cheap Chick and The Ramonas.

"It wasn't like we decided just to do an all-girl cover band for the sake of it," Paynes said in an interview. "It was strictly me lounging on the couch, listening to a Led Zep album and being in absolute ecstasy over the music. I can't think of anything I'd rather be playing than this."

Zeppelin's brash amalgam of hard-driving rock, traditional blues and guitar-tinged ballads propelled the sale of millions of albums and made them one of the top bands of the 1970s. It disbanded in 1980 after the death of drummer John Bonham.

Paynes said the tribute group had been mulling a name for a week or two and when Lez Zeppelin was suggested, there was no question of them not using it.

ARE THEY OR AREN'T THEY?

With veteran New York-area musicians Helen Destroy on drums, Lisa Brigantino on bass, mandolin and keyboards and Sarah McLellan on vocals, the group is electrifying. But the question that consistently follows the band around is whether any or all of its members are, in fact, lesbians.

"Oh, definitely maybe," Payne said. "There's no question about maybes."

"I was aware of what the name might suggest, but that to me was not a problem at all," she added.

Paynes said despite the nudge and wink the band's name conveys, their audience is not dominated by lesbians.

"There is some gay and lesbian following, but it's mostly just a Led Zeppelin following. Male, female, in every age group," she said before getting ready for a sold-out gig that night at New York's Bowery Ballroom.

Her take on the group's demographic was borne out at the show that night. As the band opened with a thundering version of "The Immigrant Song," vocalist McLellan delivered the number's trademark opening wail faithfully and sent the predominantly male crowd into a frenzy.

The audience, including a few amorous Sapphic couples near the front of the stage, did not differ noticeably from that in any other East Village club on a Friday night.

Paynes said she thinks many come to see if a group of women can recreate music with such a testosterone-driven sound.

"It was pretty daunting to perform this stuff live, even for Led Zeppelin," she said. "Even they didn't keep it going once John Bonham died."

njbeast: Thats the spirit bro we are supporting you, and know that Jon has got to reply soon!!.... I smell a webmaster around these parts, lol, and he usually answers tons of questions at once when he does chime in....

Do The Stu: Thanks for the link to Shinedown, they remind me a lot of Default from those samples, but maybe more straight forward rock!.... They sound great, I like the vox, and will add them to my list....

While we are at it, let me introduce you to Forty Deuce.... A group I think you'll like in that veign.... Richie Kotzen vox/git (of course).... Their site is still under construction, thus the cheesy myspace link, lol, but there are four samples there you can listen to.... Enjoy.... (btw, you've got to stop one of the guest blog players in the comments section as it sounds off at the same time)....

Clarky: Thanks for the heads up on the David Cross Band itinerary.... The fall is better weather around here, not so sticky, and the beer is on me :-)