Chris, Congratulations man! And yer mom is wonderful! May i just say....that guitar....is HOT....i need to roll my toung back in my mouth now. AHAHAH. Very Nice present Chris! could you give yer mom a BIG hug for me.....for such a wonderful gift?!?!?!

Capt Steve: I was at that venue for VAi.........was my last show then I flew to Holland to visit my dear friend Maria Noelle. I hope you, the wife & kids have a great time at the show. I find just using some tissue or napkins is enough, earplugs block too much of the Music. Just my advice.......... ;-)) Say hi to JOe for me!!

Slanshroom: Never fear, this girlie ain't going soft....... ;- Did you get hurt??!! I read something, tell me what happened?!.....

Waterproof soap: I'd like a perfect world too......... I hope alls well my friend. Peace.

Ovation: Thanks so much !! I'm feeling better now. I'll post more tomorrow........I'm trying to catch up..........160 emails. mostly bullshit stuff, I'm catching up from being away. I get about 30 a day...geez! I need to get AT's new CD!!

SteveeT: Thanks Stevee........ Here's looking at you kid!....lol EJ is going to be at BBKings on Fri August 18 @ 8pm. I will probably go, hope you & Ronnie and Mikesb decide to mkae it too!!! Hope to see you soon my friend...........

Guitarmiester: Congrats on your Graduation my friend!! All the best to you & your future!!

No time to catch up for the last week or so tonight........I'll be back baby!

Peace,

I have just gotten some amazing Joe bootlegs from my friend in Pittsburg..........1988 shows in Canada & Joe with Mick Jagger.......4 CD's total, I've not even listened to them all yet. Great stuff!! I feel a lil better about haveing missed 20 years of JOe's music.......

JOe: I'm really depressed cause I missed SO much of your Music/Career.......I musta been in a damn cave. Totally Sucks! I just reget that, I can't change the past..........but I can't believe what was happening when I turned my back..........kick me please Joe!!

Wow I can't believe all that is happening at the moment....

My daughter just got selected to go see a premier screening of the Lost series 2 DVD extras in London...on July 1st..coz she posts soooooooooooo much on the Lost sites..

how fantastic is that!

Guitarmeister2005 - Congratulation to you too! Nice pics and guitars.....you will have to post some of your work on here so we can here you!

njbeast - wassuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup?

Ibanez JS100

Dear Joe

Can you please sign my Ibanez JS100 at Huttwil, Switzerland ?

Looking forward to see you!

Joe, love ya man!! Please come to.... my house!!

this could be my trans am from next week, hopefully if the loan goes thru..

Guitarmeister2005 - You don't know me but well done! You have a fine mom. Look after her now she's getting old and cronky!

Zenpoisson - Ah, now I understand. The D is silent like in Django and Die is pronounced D, so really one just says ' '.

Rock on

Simon Phillips.

Great drummer Joe, but, mind you, like in Toto and on the tracks 6,7,8 and 9 on Super Colossal, most of the time he is not on the background. Will he be playing more for you or does he stay with Toto?

Thanks for the concert in Amsterdam,

John.

Hello

OCPS - I can't see keys doing any damage at all...

they'll simply sound like crap because keys require something more like a PA or hi-fi.. something with a wider freq response..

guitar amps / cabs are "tuned" to bring out guitar characteristic freqs...

with respect to the bass breaking stuff... you can screw guitar speakers even with a guitar.... throw the guitar thru a parametric.. boost the lo freqs and crank the amp.... so it's not just basses and keys that can damage cabs and speakers... stupidity with guitars can too...

I guess the output of a keyboard with the volume set flat out may also be somewhat hotter than even a hot guitar... because keys have their own pre-amp... so you may find things a little better sticking the keys through the FX return and controlling things from the keyboard... it should still sound a bit crap though..

you're better off slinging the keys into the mixing desk and playing them back through the monitors / PA..

lol... top tip.. lol...
for best results with a guitar amp...
erm...
use guitars..

lmao...

Spiderman outs himself to the press

NEW YORK (AFP) - For a comic book hero, it's the ultimate taboo.

In the latest edition of the Marvel comic "Civil War" on sale, Spiderman does the unthinkable and removes his Spidey mask to publicly reveal his hidden identity.

"I'm proud of who I am, and I'm here right now to prove it," the legendary webslinger tells a press conference called in New York's Times Square, before pulling off his mask and standing before the massed ranks of reporters as newspaper photographer Peter Parker.

"Any questions?" Parker asks in the final panel of the issue, amid a barrage of camera flashes.

In a statement, Marvel trumpeted the revelation as "arguably the most shocking event in comic book history."

The seven-issue "Civil War" series, launched in May, sees Marvel's writers taking on the topical issue of civil liberties.

Following a showdown between a group of superheroes and supervillains in which hundreds of innocent civilians are killed, the government passes the Super-Hero Registration Act, requiring all superheroes to reveal their identities and register as "living weapons of mass destruction."

Marvel's roster of invincible crime fighters is split into two bitterly opposed factions, with one camp -- championed by the likes of Spiderman -- in favour of the new law and the other, including Captain America and his ilk, refusing to relinquish anonymity.

....You know, I did have this huge post (over 1,000 characters!) written to slanshroom about the Orion Beer Factory tour (lol, check out the promo vids), a note to 962 about how I've always liked DLR and think he is the greatest rock frontman to ever jump the stage, with a post to Satriella about how I hope her new job is going well, and to cheese101 about being a great parent to her son for the great graduation gift, lol, and a post to Suzo that it was kuul to see her, Zenman and the gang hook-up, with a post to illuminata that I was so stoked to see she made the Mike Keneally show (and that his Guitar Therapy & Dog cd/dvd editions are JUST INCREDIBLE!!!! Mike RULEZ!), then to TomSr about kudos to his son, while hoping mthead101 feels better and to bahduh telling him I will get an email back to him soon, and that Brazil may not win the World Cup, lol, and to PhryDom for a toast to his Dad, then to castle49 for the loss of her cat, then to mick87 for a big YO man, long time no see, and to Suzo (again) and mikesb for some really kuul Tele abuse, lol...., but then, by accident, I deleted it all, so this is the short of the long of it, haha!! ;-)

cuthbert1776

I can't wait to see and hear Joe's next live CD/DVD set from the Super Colossal tour.