wolfie....I had....coffee for dinner. Oh, and some grapes.

So last night we took my folks out for dinner for their 64th anniversary. Had a nice meal together, them, myself and my one brother (we won't talk about the other brother :(

After we got done eating, my folks reminisced about how they met, and what their life has been like. My dad says he met my mom by saving her in a swimming pool...he was in Australia during WWII in the army...and he saw his best friend trying to dunk this cute lil Aussie girl. So he went to her defense and dunked his friend instead.

He says she was the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen, and was the curviest, cutest thing in her modest lil one-piece bathing suit...said she filled it out "nicely" LOL.....and that bikini's these days got nuthin on what she was wearing ;) He only had eyes for her from that point on....

...and of course at this point in the conversation my mum pipes up and says...."yes and he had the nicest TEETH you ever did see :) LOL!!! Well, that and she said he had fetching legs in his bathing suit, lol....

They dated for about 5 or 6 months before he proposed. And on his wedding day, his sargeant was so jealous that my dad was getting married and his bride was there, when the sargeant's wife was back in the states....that he made my dad scrub all the toilets before he could leave for his wedding :| But he did it, because as he says...."what could you do, you did whatever you were told without complaint".

They had two weeks together after the wedding before my dad shipped out again, and my mom stayed in Oz...they were apart for two years until he finally shipped back home to the states, and sent for her. She arrived here in Klamath Falls and made the papers....the headline said "LOCAL BOY WEDS AUSSIE GIRL" and had their pictures with the article. What can I say, guess it was big news back then in a small town, LOL!!! We still have the newspaper clippings.

My mom had no idea how to cook, and when she got here she and my dad moved in with his parents for a time until they could get their own place. My gramma and my mom, and my great-gramma loved each other on sight, hit it right off, and my gramma taught my mom how to cook everything from scratch. She still cooks that way today.

My dad says now, that he's been a very lucky man for 64 good years, and he figgers my mom has had to put up with a lot more than he had to put up with, lmao!

Then they started telling stories about us kids, how he would stick my brother Jay up on top of the refrigerator and tell him to "JUMP"....which he did, into our dad's arms, no fears.

OH, AND....I found out when I was a baby, my brother stuck me on the top bunk bed, then fergot me and I fell off onto the hardwood floor....proof positive that's what's wrong with me today FFS!!!!!

It was a lovely evening, and my dad cried a bit, and my mom smiled and contradicted his stories now and then....ya can't beat a love story that's 64 years old and still going strong.....

Drake the Snake: As long as they are Ibanez guitars, Joe should be happy to sign them.

Hey, I am having enormous fun with the site, I've put in google maps mashups for the satch venues now! Here's one to look at: http://roo.emu.id.au/newsatch/?q=node/965.

I'm working on a "tour map" as a mashup, so you'll see a line all over the globe where you can follow tours. And other cool stuff.

What would be awesome would be if Joe would make a set of his sketches for each song he's ever recorded, then I could use each one as a picture for that track. How 'bout it Joe? That's a unique idea. You could be the only musician in history that pairs every song with a logo. It could be a cool way to project more of your feeling into the titles.

I volunteer to manage the database, you need only forward the jpegs to me... :)

I tell you what though, it's a LOT of work entering all the old information like venues, dates, locations, performances, songs, tracks, CDs, media, blah, blah... Hope it's of use to someone.

And to think, I still have to attach mp3 samples to it all.

BTW: the duration fields are populated, the web server code just has an issue displaying them, I'm working on it.

I've also found it's a cool resource to track down particular performances of a favourite song, If you like listening to "super colossol" for instance, you can go to the "tracks" page (http://roo.emu.id.au/newsatch/?q=alltracks) and look it up, then see all the different recorded versions to get the one you want to hear!

I also need help though, if you are ever browsing it and see something wrong or missing, please leave a not or email me and I'll research it to get it added or get it accurate.

Oh, and I'm very excited!

Ibanez emailed me last night and said the case and certificate for my Black Dog are in the post today! Cannot wait to get the whole kit re-united!

(commence chewing nails....)

Hey Joe,

I thought about this some more, I really think the idea of the sketch for each song is a great idea. How cool to have a little sketch that represents something about the song, like a scribbled Joe flying in a Blue Dream, a train with angels around it, or with wings, a bunch of fast moving clouds, a cool time machine contraption, a view looking up at a super colossal Joe...

A cool motorcycle driver, a cryin' face, a belly dancer.. LOL

I can almost picture them in my head already!

Please start the collection with a couple. It wouldn't take long and would be very cool.

Anyone else think so?

Tuesdayschild - Sorry to hear that things didn't work out, but if what you've said recently is true I think it'll work out for the better this way.

As far as break-up songs go, well, Satch doesn't have any good ones. Trust me, I've figured that out...haha. I'd say the obvious choice is the J. Geils Band's Love Stinks. ;-)

I don't know if you're much of a Dave Matthews Band fan, but their music is good for that kind of thing. It's not depressing/mopey, but it has more of a "live for the moment" and "make the best of what you've got" feeling.

Are there any Jeff Buckley fans here? There's an awesome cover of Led Zeppelin's Night Flight on this live album I'm listening to.

Joe, have you thought about releasing a Naked Tracks series of CD's similar to what Steve Vai did recently? I'm a guitarist of course and loving the naked tracks Vai released which have all the music but leave out the lead guitar track, allowing guitarists to jam with the song! It's great and seeing that you're my favorite guitarist and even more prolific with more great melodic tunes, I'm hoping and praying you may do something similar with some of your most popular tunes.

I think a Satriani Naked Tracks series of CD's and tracks on iTunes would sell like hot cakes!

Dave Mathews Band are massive stateside, but barely known over here.....and believe it or not I've never heard a single tune of theirs!

I listened to some Stone Sour (the slow ones) yesterday in the car accidentally (I'd forgotten it was in the CD player) and it was too much to bear. I'd much hope, he was a besotted man, I thought this time it wasn't bull....

I ended it but I can't believe how upset I am....

Hi Joe . . . I have a question . . Is there gonna be a dvd from the Paris show with live material from PSATMOR???

I'd REALLY like to know!

I'm Still buzzing from your amazing perfomances earlier this year!

I finally have seen you play . . Three foot away from me ! ! !

That was AWESOME ! ! ! ! !

Thanks Joe for all you've ever done . . you have made some of the most memorable melodies and tunes i've ever had the fortune to hear (-:

Wolf2, I'm not having anything for supper...I'm off food at the minute...

Joe Satrini, I think blooey too young for me anyway, aren't you al!!

Haven't checked my email yet but thanks in advance for photo's....

I'm just entering "Two Sides Of..." on my site and it's got very extended jams for a few songs:

Midnight - 8:48

Echo - 12:50

Lords of Karma - 11:49

ahhhhh, those were the days....

Credit crunch

anyone know how t cook earth soup? i got the fresh water bit sorted for free & free heating, just not got the maggot infested dead thing together :o

Hey Roo, this link keeps looping into itself:

http://roo.emu.id.au/newsatch/?q=CommercialCDs

Are you putting songs up on your website? Or you are just acknowledging that you have a certain album in your collection? 'Cause I thought it was the latter, but your post from earlier today implied to me that the songs were available for a listen.

Very cool site by the way!!

Tuesdayschild - Do you know anything about DMB? I can send you a few songs so you get a taste of their sound, if you'd like. It's obviously very different from the instrumental guitar and classic rock stuff most people talk about around here, but the musicianship is on the same level.

I like Through Glass by Stone Sour (I heard that through a friend), but I saw them in concert twice last year (they headlined a show with Lacuna Coil, who I'm a big fan of, and Shadows Fall, who were pretty good too) and I didn't like it. Corey Taylor came across as having a huge ego...or maybe it was just the crowd who were so fanatical, but either way there was an attitude I didn't like.