Hey Cappy I have a soft spot for Leeds too, ever since my beloved Harry Kewell and Mark Viduka were playing for them.

I can't remember if I asked this here the other day or not, but does anyone have any good ideas for cheap/easy/last-minute Halloween costumes? I had an idea that won't end up working out. I have a Plan B, but I'm not too thrilled about so I thought I'd check with people here...

Thanks for asking about the wildfires...they're all contained, and the last of them (for the time being) may be completely out already. The air where I live (Long Beach, on the coast) has been clear for quite a while now, so I'm good...

i don't know if these are reposts or not.... so sorry if they are and not sorry if they aren't. joe on pedals

Connor22 Thanks for the encouragement and your kind human touch on the page. For now Joe's CDs give me the sustenance I need. Your kind thoughts mean a lot now.

CappySteve I'm glad we share the same planet!

marksaurs AND rockr WELCOME TO THE VERY HUMAN PAGE!!!

ZincMaster------Keep sending out that VITAMIN Z (the smile vitamin!!!)

OutOfTheSetList ---I know what it was like enduring So Cal wildfires. I grew up in San Fernando Valley until Fifth grade and moved with family to Orange County. I remember seeing flames on ridge of Santa Suzanna Mountains--I remember being scared and in awe at the same time!! Good to hear the fires are all contained.

MattS---Whoa! Man!! What mischief will you cause next?

I'm soooo glad we are all on this planet together and can post to this awesome PAAAAAGGGGGGEEEE!

As a famous Canadian once said, "We are all in this together!" RED GREEEEEN (I love him--wish he was my uncle!)

GoldenGirl (AND VERY HUMAN!)

Orrrrr Austin, since u need choices and a black plastic trash bag just MIGHT not do.......

How about get a clear trash bag, cut out arm and leg holes, tie it at yer neck, and fill it with different color balloons....yer a bag of jelly beans :)

WHAT!!! It's a valid Halloween costume!!

Okay, fine....paint yer face up like John 5 (like Joe did), spike yer hair up or put on a beanie, wear a buncha black and yer all set!!

Anyway, I'm sure we can come up with more ideas if you'd like...I love making lists of stoopid things.....

A direct quote from the Joe Satriani "Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock" tab book, talking about one of the songs....

"Take "Out of the Sunrise," for example, with its complex guitar lines that are as bewitching as they are anodynic. "It's about somebody; let's say it's me, but it could just as easily be you; says Satriani. "He's been up all night and he's looking out at the dawn. And suddenly everything that he's done wrong in his life becomes clear. But he realizes that it's a new day, a new start, that he still has a chance. Ultimately, it's a song of hope."

Maybe that's why I'm drawn to this song so much...because I have no other hope in my life. It's a great song Joe, and just beautiful to listen to live. At least I got the chance in Ireland to hear it twice :) Thanks Joe.

Hey, Joe. I just wanted to ask you if you know a guy named Will. (Sorry forgot his last name I know it's a common first name). He used to have jam sessions with Dave la rue and he said he has gone to your concerts and met you at least 25 times.

So to continue with a couple other quotes from the book.....

"It's funny," says Satriani. "There's part of me that still gets off on playing wild, out-of-control guitar. I think I'll always stay in that state of arrested development. But another part of me tried to do more with less on this album. There are fewer songs, for one. But there are also fewer notes on some of those songs. Still, I tried to make sure that every second was filled with something--a new sound, a new riff, a new emotion. Every time I found myself doing what I'd done on earlier albums, I stopped myself and said, 'What else do I have inside of me?'

And I especially like this lil part....

Distinguished, hypnotic, brilliantly conceived and executed, and positively electrifying, Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock, despite its lighthearted title, is filled with the kind of arty vigor and bratty fever that has made Joe Satriani one of the greatest guitarists of his day. But if the measure of a musician is the human spirit he can coax out of a note, then Satch is doing something quite worthwhile with his extraordinary gifts--he's letting you in on a feeling.

Or as he might say, It's a mystery.

Cheese101---Thanks for the notes from Satch. He really has an awesome cosmic view of things!

Such sustenance keeps oxygen in our lungs, our feet on the ground and joy in our hearts!!

Chad...I'm sure Logan's bids would go much higher if u dress him in some Satch shirts for the photos to post on ebay....so use yer gift coupons fer him and bring in the cash!! :)

Then I'll buy him cuz he's damn cute!!

Mckenna...don't ferget you're within smacking distance at the Reno and San Fran shows....you hafta be SHHHHHHHHHHH to Chrispie ya FECK! Don't make me hurt you!!

Sigh...a person always can hardly wait fer their Joe-shows to get here...then when they do yer like.....when's the next one!!!

skippygirl....I managed to iron out the shipping issues without pulling my hair out..lol. I can ship worldwide now. Thanks.

GlitzMan....yes I have it listed on E Bay here....

I still feel guilty for putting it out there but we're in a really bad way for money at the moment.

ZupaDave - gorgeous pic of you and your bubs! You're a pretty cute carpenter :0) and bubs is divine.

Fer u chelle...

Blues at the Keswick :)

My gawd, Joe just looks like he's LOVIN IT!!

Oh, here's another from the Keswick...Goin Down...isn't that one shot pretty close to where u were standing chelle?

Oh and Overdriver too, fetching hat!!

Oooooooo, well this isn't related to the Keswick, but is a cool blast from the past.... Crushing Day....but when and where??? Check out Galen's hair....this was a few years ago, eh? And Joe plays it STANDING UP!!

oooo, and here's Flyin from the same show...

So where were ya for this show Joe...it sounds like it coulda been South America somewhere....or something.... :)

holy cow i can't wait... thanks for the links cheese101. i remember being in high school when mountain had their 1st hit with "mississppi queen". they have already pulled overdriver and the blues link.

Roy Buchanan, genius of Blues (1939/1988).

It's the 20th anniversary of his death.

Cheese - O no!! Joe double-denimed!!!!!!!!!!!.