the tour de france is drawing to a close and the yank(my favourite to win) Flyod Landis has cracked yesterday....from the yellow jersey o 11th place....now he is 8.08 minutes behind Oscar Perreiro with a day in the Alps, a flat stage and an ITT to go before the march to Paris on sunday......i think Landis has blown it yesterday...no coming back as 8 minutes is difficult to retrieve ina day on the alps....the only thing left is for him to do a Time Trial in the Alps today to gain back the lost time or get in a breakaway with about 3/4 Phonak team mates.......i am so disappointed with Landis as probably this is his last tour as he will be having a hip surgery after the tour and so this might be his last tour de france.....he never looked in trouble yesterday and was riding with the Pelaton with about 18 kms to go...then Carlos Sastre of CSC fired and exploded from the Pelaton...the others followed and Lnadis cracked ...he lost 10 minutes in the last 18 kms.....poor guy...if only he had continued to ride for team Discovery he could have had team mates rallying behind him and he could have easily won the Tour this year .....he could have become the leader of team discovery with armstrong gone.....anyway it is his wish and sadly he could not ride alone a la Armstrong.....who will win the Tour??????? the most open Tour ever and with three stages to go there is still no clear favourite...today is the last day of the alsp and sure the winner will be determined by the end of todays' stage...just watch out !!!!!!!!!!!!! enjoy the tour....VIVE LE TOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

alexandre.....bro i think yu must have seen the post in blue meant for you by Joe himself personally thanking you for yur gift to him.....hurrah!!!!!!!,,,,,,,yu deserve it....i hope yu had a great time at the show and will be sharing the pics with us soon......have a nice day...btw did yu meet lucysorets?

lucysorets....hi...how was the show....no mail..i guess yu must have stayed up late and thus could not mail any more,,,,,looking forward to reading yur review on the show.....and how did yu face up to Joe?????.....waiting anxiuosly for yur mail.cheers...

marimari....please dont give up...i am sure coz of the tough period he is going thru he would prefer to be left alone....anyway keep trying,,i am sure yu will get thru someday and the preserverance will pay.

austin(dothestu).....bro i am really glad to see yu posting again at t2j....frankly i think this is yur second home and so do not leave us again.....we need yur vast knowledge and intellectual mind.....

ATN(Randell) i knew i could count on yu bro....so sad that yu have to skip guitar for a month...anyway hope yur finger heals soon and get well soon.....cheers and god bless....

Growler........america seems to be hellbent on helping Israel destroy LEbanon....the hizbollahs will not go down with a fight....yesterday i watched Nic Robertson of CNN interviewing a hizbollah guy...the guy was showing Nic around town and fact is about 90% of the areas bombed are civilian areas...so what has USA got to say about that......Bush said that Israel have the right to defend itself.....at what cost.....civilians are dying.......honestly the main person or devil behind spreading terrorism in the world is George Bush...he will encourage people to take up arms to meet his personal gains......he is the most dangerous terrorist in the world.....ala osama bin laden.........i think usa should stop supporting bush before the whole world rises up in arms against america coz of the antics of bush.........i know the hizbollahs are militants but the israelis have a major hand in encouraging the lebanese and syrians to take up arms......Israel better watch out as even the bible has said that a war starting from Israel could trigger the 3rd World War. and bro i hope yu agree as the Us of A are too intrusive and wants to interfere everywhere.bush thinks he is GOD!!!!!!!!!!,,,better watch out as pride comes before destruction and no one is more powerful than god,,not even a million Bush.

ovation....whats up bro....i just hope yur ok and doing well by the grace of god...no mail since last thursday.......i just hope yu are not ill or something....cheers.

suzie2000.......hi.....have a nice day.......

zenfish...yu are french bro and so i would like to know if yu are following the Tour De France??????? i am a huge fan and folowing it up daily via live television..................hope yu are a fan as being french it would be a shame if yu are not following one of the most important event of the French yearly calendar...lol....lol......sadly no french seems to be in a position to win this year too and we will have to wait years before we see another bernart hinault( the last french winner of the tour) ....cheers and have a nice day bro....

haleys comet(artanis).........hi mate...whats up??? where are yu playing today?

cheers and god bless.....

ALOHA EVERYBODY!

MR. JOE SATRIANI It looks like you have been reading the posts lately sir. So you might read this. I know I'm the "bad guy" on this site, but I would really like to complement you on an OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE on the Steve Miller "Fly Like An Eagle" dvd. I'm sure you dont remember much of that night, but you ripped a solo on one of Freddie King's cuts that was nuts! I think you extended beyond the fretboard man! I have never seen anybody, including Clapton on "Five Long Years", unleash an assault attack like that. How is Steve Miller. It seems that hes had his neck fused. Joe, I think you should do a blues cd sometime as I have not seen you rip like that ever. Billy Peterson, GREAT bassist. By the way, where did you get that Psychotic Pineapple shirt. Coooool! I think the message on the shirt fits me more than it does you. Ha!

DO THE STU I knew somebody out there was in southern california. Sorry man. We had a cabin up in Lake Arrowhead in the 80s and took the Waterman Canyon Rd thru San Berdu in the summer. Guys would be practicing football in the smog and 100 deg heat! Tuff dudes. Hey man I be playing bass as well. Good to see another bassman on site!

SUZIE Hi girl.

WATERPROOF SOAP How you doing buddy? I know you are doing the right thing with the band. Remember, as Gene Simmons says, play that thing like a weapon! Stay Cool bruddah, but stand your ground.

BAHDUH Last but not least. I am finished giving MY opinion on the war. So lets skip that because thats not going to get us anywhere. Its good to vent our frustrations, but lets face it buddy can we really do anything in our positions? I feel bad about the whole situation. The only shoes I can walk in are my own.

If you are familiar with Bible prophecy you know that wars and rumors of wars are prophecy. We will have starvation, sickness, nuclear war, plagues of the oceans and of the seas, meteors, tsunamis, etc. etc. that will far outweigh anything happening in the world now. This future is not ours to control. Yes, we have free will. But look what that has got us into.

If you dont already know. I will tell you what the Book of Revelation says about the last battle. ALL, and I do mean ALL nations of the mideast and Russia (Gog and Magog) will rise up against Israel and it will seem as though Israel will be finished. This is not the case. Israel survives and the other nations are finished. Now, know this my friend. This is not MY end of the story. If you are familiar with Bible prophesy you will know it to be true. I cannot explain it any further. Further information must be researched on your part. The prophesy is clear, but not detailed.

Do you guys all have Myspace sites?

Hello my great friends :-)) !!!

JOE - I`m so happy to know that you got it and you liked it :-))) !!!!!!!!!!!!! Great concert last night :-)) !!! Thank you so much !!!! Many thanks to Mr. Dave La Rue, he gave my gift to Joe, he is a very cool guy and a marvelous musician, thanks a lot Mr. Dave :-)).

I meet too Joe`s manager, i gave to him a big hug, he is a wonderful person too :-)) !!!

LUCYSORETS - Thanks a lot for everything, you are very kind Lucy :-)). Thanks a lot for the aftershow pass ;-)). All the best for you and see you later :-) !!!

JUJU808 - Thanks a lot for the message :-)). You are great :-) !! Talk to you soon, kisses for you my great friend :-)) !!!

MARI - Me and Lucy we have something for you :-)) !!!

To all Satch friends, have a good day, i leave madrid tonight by train, tomorrow morning i`m in Lisbon.

That`s right Joe, thank you Madrid, what a great audience :-) !

See you later my friends, love

growler,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,i am very familiar with the bible...afterall i am a christian and so i guess in a way it would sound very un christain like to not read and know what the bible says......anyway i think yur right about everything....no debate bro.....peace and hope this world learns how to maintain peace and spread it too....kapish....have a nice day.

Who else here has a MySpace page? I have a few of you T2Jers already on my friends list there...who am I missing? Come on, even Joe has a page now. ;-)

bahduh - Life really gets busy sometimes, and I just don't find much time to post here. It's hard to explain. Believe me, though, I miss this place probably more than all you guys miss me. ;-)

Los Angeles smog is horrible too. But every once in a while I'll be driving into the city on a windy day...downtown looks so beautiful when the wind blows all of that smog out of the way.

I like the Hagar version of the band more than the Roth version, but I listened to II and Women And Children First the other day for the first time in a long while...I forgot how good some of that stuff is.

Van Halen has been around for 30 years or so...I wish they had more music to show for it. Rush has been around for roughly the same amount of time, and it seems like they've put out twice as much music...

Hi Everybody!

Joe, I just got back from Harvard University....Had an amazing opportunity to be part of a summer institute....the focus was understanding understanding....Educators from 41 countries..just exquisite!!!!!!...During one of the discussions I mentioned you....we were talking about competition....and assessment...I mentioned your name to the group and something you had said about enjoying playing with other brilliant guitarists..that you looked forward to the experience... it was positive and enjoyable...of course I am paraphrasing....And I posed the question...Wouldn't it be wonderful if in our schools competition could be edifying, thus contributing to positive growth and human connections more often? They all liked the example and agreed.. I think they will go home and "chew on that idea"....oh and happy belated birthday....wishing you a year in which more of your dreams come true....as you know with fulfulling dreams comes responsibilities...thanks for living in such a "bright" way...your example gives others the courage to live up to their potentials as well.....

HI GUYS

Just time for a quick post to give you the latest on The History of Guitar. Having a real hard time selling cos we are dealing with conservative buisness types who would rather show repeats than make new programmes but we may have made progress.

We are talking to Paul Jackson at Granada America. He discovered the Young Ones and Red Dwarf. He's a very astute guy who know's a good thing when he see's it and he's also been known to take risks. Hopefully he's our guy.

Everything is more or less ready to roll. I've got loads of research done like the first electric instrument was a hawaiian guitar made in 1933. The earliest mass produced was the Gibson ES150 in 1935 as used by Charlie Christian. Rickenbacker had their frying pan around that time but the Gibson was the first true mass produced instrument.

At the moment I'm researching Guitar strings. Before they made em from steel they were made out of cat gut! I can just see this Del boy/ Huggy Bear charecter with a cat farm !! Now I know why my cat dissapears when I start playing !! Hence the expression sounds like a wailing cat.

Again it's hard slog getting this project off the ground but I've gotta make this happen. I'll keep you all posted on future developements.

TAKE CARE

Hrh Fish...

PS. IF ANY ONE HAS RELEVANT INFO PLEASE EMAIL ME. DOUBLE CLICK ON THE NAME FOR MY EMAIL ADDRESS.

DO THE STU

Hi ya bro. Glad your back on line, Satriella told me you had made a post. Wondered what happened to ya. I'm snowed under at the mo and haven't got a lot of spare time to catch up with posts but send me an email let me know how you are bud.

HIYA CLARKY

Glad you like the CD.

WOTCHA CAPTAIN STEVE, DEATH K, SATRIELLA, SUZO, ZINC, CIVGEEK, YODA, SYLVY, SLANSHROOM,CUTHBERT AND THE REST OF THE CREW....... :-)..

962 - lol... Thanks man!!!

slanshroom: Amen bro, and hope you had a great time at the show.... Seeing the amazing Adrian Legg to boot, lol, awesome!!.... Stay kuul bro, dont work too hard, and how bout that kuul chick you posted.... Our kind of lady, and yup.... Dave Martone is da man!!!! :-)

Master Yoda: Kuul pics bro, congrats again, and I took the quiz and ended up John Petrucci also, lol!!!!....

/\//\T'/: lol girl, great choice in shirts for Joe, and I couldnt have thought of a better place for the man to celebrate his birthday!! :-)

Do The Stu in the houuuusseeee!!....

alexandrecaetano: Thanks for the correction on the git, lol, I couldnt make out the headstock, jeje, and enjoy a wonderful summer my friend!! :-) Best to you on your site, and how bout that!!!!.... Mr. Satriani posted to you!!!! :-) :-) :-) :-) You ROCK Alex!!....

Stevee T: Another great tune bro, and what a great honor for Joe.... Its laid back and chillin' making me want to go the the beach, lol!.... I've got a lead for ya that I'm singing out for High Wire, lol, and Jimi's Among Us has your JS all over it, lol, great stuff man!....

Zenman & cuth: ....One of the best things to come from Eddie and Swinghard.... Vito....

marimariSRV: Thanks for sending the Gilberto photo's, I havent been able to check mail in over a week as I'm the lone guy at work while my boss is on vac.... He'll be back this weekend, and I'll get some time to check them out then.... Have a great tour mar, and ROCK!! :-)

bahduh: Thanks for your mail bro, I will try to get back to you this weekend, I've no time for mail as I'm the sole guy at work for another week, lol.... Btw, from what I've seen so far on the Tour has been amazing!!.... The Alps were beaconing and how bout Floyd, what a sad ending, geez, the drama!!.... Also, please give Steven my regards bro, and take care....

Do the Stu - Austin, did a search for you on myspace but didn't find you.

Here is my page www.myspace/civgeek

MariSRV - If you don't mind could you send the Gilberto pics my way also? or post them somewhere? That would be very cool!! BTW: How's life with electricity again?

I saw your show in Rome on the 15th of July. Just wanted to wish you a happy 50th birthday with all the best. I know you probably won't be able to get back to me, but I just wanted you to know that your music is great. It was what made me start playting the guitar, and it's also what's keeping me at it. I caught one of your picks at your concert, that was great. But im working hard on improving. Even if I never make it to be as great as you at the guitar, at least I'll be able to tell myself that I tried.