Holmes - I am genuinely pleased for you and all the others who have found Joe to be on fire. The first I heard of Joe was the ITLIS album and I was blown away and everything I have seen since on here, in chat, e-mails and on messenger is that he is awesome live. Maybe I expected too much, but don't get me wrong, I was not disappointed with the show, just not blown away as I expected.

Keep rocking

mikesb: thats a great comp man, cheers, enjoyin right now

Thanks for a great night in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Sunday 18th June. We had a fantastic time and were in the second row. Unfortunately we never managed to catch one of the plectrums you threw into the audience. Maybe next time. We really enjoyed your special guest Johnny A and your set was fantastic, loved your guitar with your face on it.

You made a 44 & 45 year old very happy.

Look forward to seeing you next time. Thanks for a great evening.

Angela

CAPTAIN STEVE- you grumpy ol' sod... lol.... Holmes. Maybe catch you in the chat one of these days! - I gave the model of Picard to Joe by the way:)

MARI- sorry to read you're down about it all still :( You saw Joe seven times? I can only dream of that, look on the bright side of that at least... I'm sure your time will come, you are a very talented photographer:) Hope you are ok.

ZENFISH- I know you're not a big fan of Petrucci... but his style does appeal to me, each to their own I suppose. Am still on a high after the Joe gig! Hope you are well.

DELFINO- lol, very entertaining pics/ blog... sounds like you had a great time:) Great pics btw.

PAULEMOZ- Not sure if I missed a post of yours- so how was the gig? (Like I need to ask!)

MTHEAD- Thanks- it was a great time meeting up with Zenfish andf Joelle. Super-cool people!

BAHDUH- Thanks for the posts- seeing Joe was unbelievable. I still cannot believe how blown away I was by the concert and meeting Joe. The whole evening was perfect:) Yep by the sounds of it England were lucky in the end... not sure if it's looking too good for winning the finals, what do you think? lol :)

CLARKY- that's the 4th time we've ALMOST met you- lol, do you really exist I wonder...? Glad you had a good time yesterday:)

FLOSS- I agree, Joe does seem to look younger and younger! Maybe there is something to be said for playing gigs almost every night for months on end! lol :)

HRHFISH/ SATRIELLA/ 962 - sorry to miss out on meeting you... another time...

That show at HAmmersmith last night Joe ...was simply amazing....Joe was rocking all over the place, and it was sooooooo good to get up and rock with you Joe.

The 'new' sound of Cool#9 was absolutely fantastic...Summer Song, Super Colossal, Redshift Riders.

Hey Joe! I finally got to see you play after 16 years of listening to your music... I made the 'Apollo' London last night, truly an inspirational experience! I been playin' for over 30 years... I too was inspired by Jimi (in fact he was pronounced DOA at Mary Abbotts Kensington, where I was born).

I love what you do and how you do it. There will always be those 'bright young things' that can do technically amazing stuff on the guitar... and many who say that they are better. But to my mind, it's the notes that you don't play that are as equally important... as the ones that you do.

Florida restaurant sells $100 hamburger

BOCA RATON, Fla. - A hundred bucks might buy you more than six dozen burgers from McDonald's, but the swanky Old Homestead Steakhouse will sell you one brawny beef sandwich for the same price.

Boca Raton Mayor Steven Abrams could barely speak between bites as he devoured the 20-ounce, $100 hamburger billed as the "beluga caviar of sandwiches."

"Heaven on a bun," restaurant owner Marc Sherry said.

The burger debuted Tuesday at the restaurant in the Boca Raton Resort and Club, where a membership costs $40,000 and an additional $3,600 a year.

"We've never had a hamburger on our menu here so we really wanted to go to the extreme," Sherry said, calling it "the most decadent burger in the world."

At about 5 1/2 inches across and 2 1/2 inches thick, the mound of meat is comprised of beef from three continents — American prime beef, Japanese Kobe and Argentine cattle.

Prince Fishy and Clarkus maximus

Suzzie2000............Cool Cheers.

Addam Fox: Thanks.

Yes, I have thought a few hundred times that my work MAY NOT be good enough.

I have moved on.......to be the BEST that I CAN be regardless of any setback that I encounter.

mari

That's better...stop the self pity trip and try harder...

I've known about Joe since 1992 and recently came across most of his material after losing touch with it for a while. I can hardly believe how good the Joe Satriani album is!