So it has begun....I told my wife i wanted to buy the JS 1000 and Guitar Center here has 1 in stock. (funny how they always say they only have 1 in stock). Anyway, she said fine. She wanted to see it so I showed her on the website....then she saw the price! Thought she was about to pop a vessell. So that didn't go over so well. We didn't make the trip to guitar center. Now comes the long patient journey of working on her for months. =) I will agree it's a lot of money to drop on a guitar. Certainly can't argue that point. Wish me luck!

Igneousiceman - It is odd for a Satch fan to be listening to Frank, but in my opinion, frank belongs in every catalog!

I like this idea....

Live CD/DVD To Chronicle Police Reunion Tour

As expected, the Police plan to release a live CD and DVD from its reunion tour later this year. Drummer Stewart Copeland tells Billboard.com the group filmed and recorded two shows, Dec. 1-2 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for the projects, which are due out later this year.

"Those rockin' Argentines -- man, are they noisy," Copeland recalls. "It was a pretty exciting show." The DVD will also include a documentary about the tour, titled "Better Than Therapy" and directed by Copeland's son, Jordan, who the drummer calls "a much better filmmaker than me.

"He totally gets right under our skins, the little bastard, and his analysis of the group is better than any I've seen," says Copeland, who turned his home movies into his own film called "Everyone Stares: the Police Inside Out."

He adds that in the documentary, "it's unbelievable to see the early rehearsals compared to where we're at now. Some of them were so raw we had to take them out, some of the scenes. But he's still got the nitty gritty there, with us each grappling with the reality of life in the band again."

Copeland reiterates that there will be no life for the Police after the tour ends on Aug. 7 at a benefit for New York public TV stations at Madison Square Garden. "It was always planned as a very finite thing," Copeland says. "In the back of our minds there was the possible 'Who knows? Maybe if some new material comes up or something like that, you never know...' But the mission has always been finite."

But it's not like the Police didn't roll any tape during their time together. Copeland confirms that he, singer-bassist Sting and guitarist Andy Summers made an unsuccessful attempt at recording a new version of "Truth Hits Everybody" from the trio's 1979 debut album, "Outlandos d'Amour." The song was played at a much slower tempo live during the reunion tour.

"We went into the studio, laid down a backing track and immediately disagreed about where to go with it," Copeland recalls. "And since there wasn't an audience cheering at us ... it just kind of withered on the vine."

Copeland has done some solo projects during the tour, including a five-note melody for Blackberry's new Bold model and a violin piece. He's currently finalizing a commission "with a major orchestra to write a major concerto" after the tour ends. "It's sort of like Sting's lute thing -- so gay, but OK," Copeland says. "Real uncommercial, career suicide moves is probably what you'll be seeing from the three of us over the next year or two before we get back into the business of earning a living from our music."

I have AVG on my puter here at home, and still can't use the chat.

I have something else on my puter at work and can't use the chat.

I dunno what's on the puter at the hotel but that won't do the chat either.

just a quick drop by T2J

Happy birthday Joe

Cheese Michelle>thx for passin on my regards me dahlins

Al:lmfao excellent vid, dont y just love when vanity gets a diggity

Zen:new track very fred...very cool

alexandre:yo bro, keep up the chin, that was a tough ol smack t the heart, sun up tom!

back t the slog laters peeps, take care of yis

Joe - on Podcast 8, from 0 - 1.23, and 1.24 - 2.22, are those little snippets of music from you? If so, are they something you're writing or just some incidentals or?

Alexandre - definitely a cool photo, nice one!

Dream 3 - I'm always ducking for stuff, and I'm only 6ft. So far I haven't seen any nasties in the wild that I can think of, but I did get jelly fished last time I was down. I love Aus, gonna have to come back real soon.... and OH NO, Ibanez have produced another LTD edition JS that has problems!?

Anibur - ah, ok, possibly not as exciting as I was expecting but interesting all the same. I thought maybe you'd drawn it. I'd love a copy if you wouldn't mind. It has a very reconisable guitar on it.... thanks

Revan2008 - I am a big fan of GOOMY, but SFBADR is equally brilliant. I think what swings it for me is the opening of GOOMY. But it's a close call

Do The Stu - thanks for the welcome back. I don't dare take a holiday this year LOL. I think I'm roughly caught up.I should be able to search out your SC post, and then run the CD, but if you want to post the link cool. See if I can see what you see if you see?

Is Balance the last good album, or is it just the live stuff that's gone to pot?

Igneousiceman - thanks for the tip on different AV etc. The reason for breaking out the test PC was in order to be able to disable all firewalls, AV etc and then if something came through (which surprisingly it hasn't) it didn't matter if the PC got trashed. Disabling everything didn't help one bit hence my assumption it's something different.

Cheese - as someone else has suggested, maybe certain members are banned from chat LOL

GALEN ! ! ! ! GALEN ! ! ! ! GALEN ! ! ! ! GALEN ! ! ! ! GALEN ! ! ! ! ! GALEN ! ! ! ! GALEN ! ! ! ! GALEN ! ! ! ! GALEN ! ! ! ! GALEN ! ! ! ! !

Galen . . . . . . . You are THE MAN ! ! ! !

Just wanted to thank you again!

I got to see Joe play for FREE ! ! ! and meet him too thanks to you ! ! ! !

I cannot even try to fully explain my gratitude to you for doing that for me!

Joe means the WORLD to me . . .He is my world . . . but to have that kind of dream like greatness all over me is just . . .

????????? Incomprehensible!!!!???

I feel sooooooooooo incredibly lucky that it happened to me (-:

Ps . . Joe . . Sorry if i hugged you too tight !!! Thanks for letting me touch your hand!!!

JOESTRUCK!!!!!

I JUST LOVE YOU AND YOUR PLAYING SO MUCH JOE ! ! ! ! !

I couldn't help give you a 'lil squeeze!!!

Many many many thanks Galen (-:

Love you Joe (-:

Anyone else had this kinda joy?

hi Joe this is the second message I wrote but I don't know if you saw my message

so, I'm just righting to say hello and for you to know that for me there are no guitarist better than you! I work every day for someday become an half of you! :P

Slansh : thx.

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& i would say : Happy birday

MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT in our house. I purchased tickets on a radio station pre-sale for Joe's October 8th show in Edmonton. I was going to take my 11 year old son to his very first concert. When I purchased the tickets I looked to see if there was an age restriction of which none was listed. Now that the pre-sale is over and the regular sales have started they have changed it on Ticketmaster to a 18 and older only event. My son is was very upset when I broke the news to him that he could not attend. This venue runs a lot of all age events including a heavy metal event the week before but this is one of the few events that the have desinated as a adult only event. He had asked for and received a guitar for Christmas and is really into Joe and his style of music we are just very sorry that he won't be attending :(

Jack Actually - Hi...welcome to the site. Tell us a bit about yourself...

My SC comments were in two posts. Click here and here.

As far as Van Halen goes, I'd say it's only the recent live stuff that sucks. Balance is a great album. A few years later they did III with Gary Cherone on vocals. A lot of people don't like that one, but I'd say it ranks in the top half of Van Halen's albums for me. It's different, but good. The tour for that album was a pretty good one too, so I've heard. Gary sang some older DLR-era stuff that Sammy never did.

Listening to: Joe Satriani - The Extremist (current song: Summer Song)

I like the Jimmy Page aspect of the evh riff onto VHIII.

But i have to say that i'm a first era's fan in front of the eternal.

Now, i just get nostalgia.

Listening to FOOLS a condensed of blues, metal swing & rock prog & all that in only 6 minutes. What i call genius.

sorry.. nostalgia.

so.. think about it before Taking Your Whiskey Home

EDIT

& this one for Mark London : Romeo Delight

& this one for me : it's just about a stuff i've tried to defend during some times.. but now, i don't really care anymore: swinghard

Phil - i mentioned you to Joe...i said 'Phil in the UK wanted to know if you his stuff' i said this whilst going through the messages to picis of my painting before it was finished. i'm pretty sure Joe said 'oh yeah' I can't quite remember what he said but it was in the afrimative(sp?) >=:) I told him you'd given him a message for me earlier on in the year with a pici. of the painting unfinished (i said that as i was showing Joe the painting) I really like country guy, he's growing on me...even though he looks a bit miffed/tired. but that's how Joe was feeling, mustn't of had much sleep cause he travelled a long way.

roo thanx man >=:) don't worry if you don't remember, I thimpk too much :P did you catch the pick? I was at the FREO gig by myself man...there's nothing too it, you're there to see Joe not to talky talky ;P

Iggy I hope you don't mind me calling you that, saves me remembering a whole bunch of letters. I didn't see Evans crash...we only get ~2hrs live coverage a night here. if we are lucky 4. the mountains are the best to watch O_o the crowds pi$$ me off though, the way they get right in the riders face :/ i'm all for cheering and that but some spectators are a hazard. why arn't they marking out the raised islands better? there's been some crashes because of those...a bit of neon orange on them would help.

jamie Ok i just remebered because of the link being posted for the new Js 20th and the 20s Satch wont be playing the 20th onstage :( :( he just uses it in the dressing room for warming up the silver surfer is mucking with the sound of the guitar and also the chrome is coming of bit of info from my buddy Mike Manning ..  
Bigbunny - See if u didnt mention that Joe didnt play the guitar in freo i wouldn't have asked. THANKS. :)

I have a verra bad feeling that the Pacific NW is going to be skipped, again, on this tour

:((((((( Hope that's not the case.

It's strange how my favorite guitarists are all the same age. 52(or around that) Joe Satriani Michael Angelo Batio Randy Rhoads (would be) Eric Johnson (is a few years older) all the same age as my dad! O.o

NickBowley-GREAT SONGS they sound so professional. How long have you been recording songs? and what kind of equipment do you use? YOUR MUSIC ROCKS!!!

Big Bunny: The pick landed on the ground in front of me and I got it.

And I'm not scared to go solo, did that at Adelaide. I have an alterior motive.