Hey Joe!!!!!!!

Er... how many pages.....?

Joe/Stu/Mick/Galen/Jeff - evenin' all! : )

Anibur - darn, that's another T2J fan missed. I was on the "aisle" end of E or D. There's a pic of me a few pages back - pretending to be tall : )

Blue Moon - row B... nice! No wonder them Bristol photos are so good! Amazed you got that many with the Photo Cops on hand. Actually, did you get a shot of the pedal board?

Do The Stu - that's a neat idea (ref the "one floating song"). I doubt many people would feel any of the songs were under rehearsed, not from these guys ; ) Why not make it interactive choice too... endless possibilities. Anyway, if the set list stays as is currently for the rest of the tour I'd say it's pretty darn good.

Cheese - nice photos & vids yer postin there. I forgot to say don't worry about gettin to any emails - yer sik, they'll keep. Hope you're takin some medicine an getting rest a plenty. It is weird when that surreal feeling hits. Had the same feeling for G3 Perth. Am I really here... was I really there.... but it's a good feeling!

JS12001000 - but it's a V6, can it be that good on gas?You got some pics now the windows are tinted?

Maxi - it was cool to hang out with you for a little while. It's obvious you have a passion for all music! If you get chance watch Stu Hamms youtube vid called "Hammersmith Apollo" and you'll hear Joe telling Stu the same story ... yep, it was cool. Have to catch up again next tour : )

Michelle - Aw, don't be mean to Ally about his photos. It's a disease I think, bad or weird photo-itis. I suffer from it (apart from the recent Joe photos) and looks like it's spread to Al. Poor guy... I suppose it does look a little, well "post sesh" lol I was going to post Joe's version of May this be Love. Who's the presenter who's joined in/singing? As for DLR, I was lucky enough to catch him and the band once, and he flew over our heads on a surfboard or maybe a giant banana, danced around a boxing ring.... twas a show LOL

Revan2008 and Loll - don't forget "Waiting for the Punchline", their final album... I think that was their best. Saw them a couple of times - anyway, new album called 'Saudades de Rock' and a US tour, hopefully hitting Europe this year, if you're interested.

Wooleyman - PG is so fast I'm "scarified"..... ahem ; b

but really phil-id forgotten about that album, never heard it either, i might have hit my indy phase then, as rock just sort of vanished in the uk, around 95, copared to how big it was late 80's early 90's. ill check it out come payday cheers.

one indy album which is more rock, is the much slated 'second coming ' from the stone roses. driving south and good times sound like they have come straight from the 70s, and tightrope is a fantastic accoustic number,musically and lyric wise. john squire's guitar work is here is solo laden, but his playing is real loose, in a good way. i prefer it by far to there 1st album, worth checking out folks as you might be pleasently surprised.it aint indy which is why it got blasted by indy press maybe.

Do the Stu (hi,) .....The Dream Theatre album I've ordered is Octavarium....I'm new to these guys having got Systematic Chaos when it came out and I was really impressed.

Funny thing is I didn't buy Syst. Chaos for myself but as a gift for a friend, but then I heard it and the recipient of the gift (a real Dream Theatre fan) was told 'tough, you're not getting it!' - in a nice way of course.

I've the G3 featuring John Petrucci on DVD, and on my MP3, keep going back to 'Glasgow Kiss' time and time again, great tune.

Do the Stu - I missed DMB last time they were here. Unfortunately I had a lot going on at work and completely lost the month. I was bummed. That would be a show I'd like to see. I've been remiss on concerts last few years. I think the last one I saw was John Mellencamp or the Eagles a few years back. I used to go catch a lot of concerts. Of course these days there are really only 2 on the MUST SEE list for me. Satch and Zeppelin if they decide to take it out for a world tour. I saw Plant and Page twice when they were out tourning the No Quarter Unplugged. GREAT SHOW!!!

Hello, i'm just been wondering, what wah wah pedal does Joe use in Summer Song???? Is it the dunlop cry baby?

For hybes, and anyone else who hasn't heard it:

Planet Us - Vertigo

This is live on Rockline, March 12, 2003.

Let me know what you think after you give it a few listens. Systematic Chaos is on the heavier side for the band...Octavarium has heavy moments too, but there's a lot of lighter stuff as well. So let me know which side of the band you like better and I can recommend other albums for you.

Or, actually, they just released a 2-CD greatest hit (no, that's not a typo) album...the first disc is heavy and the second disc is lighter stuff. There are many sides to Dream Theater, but this set may help you decide what things you best like about them.

And since you mentioned Glasgow Kiss...if you like the "Satch"y side of Dream Theater, check out Liquid Tension Experiment. That band is John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy and Jordan Rudess from Dream Theater, along with Tony Levin. They have two albums (LTE and LTE II)...both were recorded shortly before Jordan joined DT.

How old are you, if I can ask? You've mentioned your wife...do you have any kids? And you've been a Satch fan since the early days, right?

I'm 25, and I've been a Satch fan since shortly after the first G3 album came out. I didn't see my first concert until the opening night of the Engines Of Creation tour, though.

Do the Stu

I just had one of those Doh moments this morning when I found Octavarium on DVD, so there you go I already had it (although hadn't played it yet) and I've ordered it again on CD. So one for the TV...now one for the car...

Oh well I don't know about folks here but rather than download things onto MP3 I like to have a shiny new CD cover to stroke.

My music collection must be cooler than I thought!! Syst. Chaos has disappeared (I think) into my 10 year olds room, couldn't find it for my big commute this morning. Listened to Joe instead.

I think I like the lighter side (or the twiddly guitar side of things) at the moment but I do go through phases of liking much heavier stuff. Listening to 12stones at the moment too.

MikeD....I loved the concert I saw last week (was it only 8 days ago!!) when Galen kept catching someones eye, then popping this quick grin like he was all embarrassed. Then a moment later it was like he was sneaking a look back at the person to see was he still looking....so cute!

Maybe he was looking at...cheeeeese!

We have bats in our bellfree. We went out in the yard at 9:00 last night to look up at the house and see if there was any bat action. After about 10 minutes, we see a bat, thee bat, fly out from the side of the roof. Me thinks that lil' fecker has made a home under one of the eves of the roof. So now we're stuck with it untill the fall. There's no way to get up there easily to plug the holes, and you can't do it in the dark when the bat is out and about. You can't do it during the day, cause then the bat can't get out, and will either make it's way back into the house, or die in the nook it's stuck in. My husband read that if you make a lot of noise during the day, the bat won't want to stay. He read that heavy metal works well ;-) We just might try that. lol!

ugh! Bats! *shivers*

nickguitarmeistro: have you looked into getting your tracks up on iTunes? It's quite straightforward to do although it'll take a wee while before your tracks show up. TuneCore are the guys to use. Go to their site, set up an account and away you go. Annual fee for each album is cheap and the return is as good as you will get from selling on internet stores. I have done this for a good friend of mine. It took a while to get everything up and running but his music is now available all over the world (and not only through iTunes either; the choice is up to you). It's then up to the artist to get marketing.

Do The Stu: Octavarium is my favourite DT album. It's the only one I can really listen to from start to finish; even then, James Labrie's vocals sometimes grate a little. For me it was the album that marked DT's coming of age. It has a real maturity about it; Octavariium, the title track, is a masterpiece.

He so was.

Chelle, heavy metal? Awww, I'm so sorry, I know you haven't got a drop of that anywhere in yer house, so now what?

I KNOW!!! BARRY MANILOW!!! Best damn bat repellant there is!

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Rest in peace, Bo Diddley...

Rock pioneer Bo Diddley dies at age 79

I think this is the first musician to die who I've seen in concert (EDIT - OK, he's the second...Jonny Lang's bass player who died a few years ago was the first). Bo Diddley played a "Blues Unplugged" show at CSULB back in 2002 with guitarist Jody Williams, pianist Johnnie Johnson, and guitarist Jimmie Vaughan.

Music aside, he seemed like such a cool guy. At my show he was joking with different people in the audience and telling stories between songs. He ended up writing this improv blues song about this one woman in the crowd at the show.

But we shouldn't put his music aside, of course. Man, how many guitarists did he influence? There must be thousands...

Does anyone else have any Bo Diddley stories?