Awwwwww maaaaan!!

Good and bad news...

It's my birthday on the 27th (yes its Jimi Hendrix's, AND Bruce Lee's birthday :P) and my girlfriend just busted out with tickets to the WARFIELD show!! Hotel reservation AND a trip to the planetarium!

Wooo, we have a mayor up in here!

GGirl, a fevah...the only prescription is...MORE COWBELL! (somebody put up the SNL vid clip plz, kthanx)

RENO is gonna be smokin' tonight with all the T2J peeps there. Same thing with SF tomorrow. Safe travels to everyone!

UematsuMaster>congrats little dragon

Tikimon San:being into M Arts you,ll understand the striking similaritys between the arts n music, same place different form, wish I had 8 lifes t absorb the knowledge of it all n boil it all down to a potent simple directness

Mama M:Hes a whole lot better today thx Shel, back t kiddy school, maybe later I,ll get some decent photos taken, have the inlaws chompin at the boot for more pics man he just gets cuter n yup that quote from The Fat Slags is one of many class one liners Viz mag characters rock!

Golden Girl 2:The lifestyle of pro musicians vary from one to another, it’s a bit like putting 10 people in a room & expect them all to eat curry, some music fits for some while others not, each style has its own stereotypical lunchbox for the good or bad depending how or who is looking at it eg a session musician has t fit into just about any environment, incredibly difficult t switch mindset from say a sweaty Rock band rehearsal during the day 2 playing Jazz standards at Tiffanys “Wine n cheesy nibbles anyone” at night you also at times have t hire the gear for the job if you don’t have it yourself, sometimes a tux as wellso wave goodbye t quarter of yer wages or more especially if the gear ends up damaged, but at least you get t go home at night n sleep in your own bed.Touring is different, you need t have your shit together in so many other areas, playing the music perfect, reliable gear, good management etc are the obvious.Having your personal life together, I,m talking trust & you need a LOT of it if your 1-6 or more months on the road is another thing entirely, no man wants t be on tour n come back home t find his bedspace taken any more than a woman wants their man sleepin around n bringing back all kinds of lovely virus for her t culture or worse! Its hard on the heart if you’re in a relationship, more so if you have family, there is little choice but to think positive & act responsibly, many a talented musician met a lonely fate from self-indulgence, more so the young, pity you cant put an old head on young shoulders

Good morning Satchland...

Why is it that my 2 and 4 year old feel the need to be up at the butt-crack of dawn, but my 12 and 14 year old need to have dynamite lit off at their feet to get them going? lol.. Oh well..if I did'nt have kids to keep me out of trouble...I'd be in trouble.

And here is yet another one of my worldly posessions to get the axe.. Fulltone Ultimate Octave

Have fun in Reno & SF all you lucky beeyaastaads ! !

michelle LMAO ..if austin is picking up al he should do it in latex and ball gag..

Hey, 'tis a sad day for rock. "Mitch Mitchell passed away 13th November 2008 aged 61". I heard you did a special one off gig with Mitch and Billy as a tribute to Jimi, how cool would it be to release it as a tribute to the Experience?

Just a thought as i never got to attend the one off gig.

All the best Croujdane.

This post was meant for tuesday but I spaced it out.

It is dedicated to my heroes...my three grandfathers.....James McCarthy WWI ....Charlie Anthony WWII ....Charlie Coates WWII (killed in France - D Day 1944). No one...and I mean no one had more guts than those three guys and anyone else who fights for our freedom. God bless 'em.

Ok...we can go back to talking about music 'n stuff ;)

Hey Joe.

I saw you on Oct 16th at Massey Hall, what a great show. You played such a great set list, first time i heard time machine. Was such an inspiring night of music. I enjoyed your jam with leslie as well, you guys are both awesome guitar players. Hope to see you again sometime soon in G3 or something awesome like that.

Today confirms that I am NOT a morning person! Holy Canoli! My supervisor at work wants me to attend a "party" (Library Page Meeting for us shelvers in children's dept.) and I am swamped with paperwork, bills, a dirty house, a car in need of service and a billizion other things! OMG!!!!!!

Michelle--My fevah isn't fatal. It's just a desire to meet Joe's fans face-to-face, especially Al! ;) I will live and get over it unless my demonic selfish side wins!

SuperDave--My heart still goes out to you, Man!! What a sacrifice to have to sell such a valuable box! Also, your kids seem like normal young ones to me. The youngest are so excited about life they want to be awake as soon as possible to enjoy it. The teens are going through that point in life where raging hormones are taking over their bodies and it can be shocking and rather exhausting to them, so they need at least 9 or 10 hours sleep a night. The fact that you mentioned them on this posts shows that you are a caring father. What more could they ask for?

Campbell--I live in the San Francisco Bay area (Central California) which is nearly 400 miles away from Cerritos and Downey, which are in Southern California. I grew up in the L.A. area, Orange County and Imperial County. I moved up north to go to San Jose State University. Your Scottish--Florida wedding must have been a heavenly experience for you and your bride. Congratulations! Hope ya have many happy years together.

Slans--You are so right about Pro Musicians on tour having their lives together. AND the missess at home needs to have her life together as well. She needs to have a beautifully framed picture of her husband/boyfriend at her bedside. This is so important for staying bonded and in touch with the love of her life. Telephones are sooo important--mobiles especially. I wonder if land lines are going the way of the dinosaurs. Mr. Bell invented a great telecommunications device, but I'm not sure what he would think of the latest technology.

Castle 49---"Fire on the hill all night"? What are you talking about?

All the best to everyone at the next 2 Satch Shows! Have fun and safe travels.

Gotta get back to my other obligations. ;-D Thoroughly Golden Milli

Hi everyone...I picked up Al this morning and we made it to my parents' house in one piece. We're leaving for Reno with my dad and brother in about 20 minutes...should be awesome (again).

Austin, but did ya kiss him smack on the lips and tell him it was from London? lmao!!

Austin<Al has his latex sleepin bag at the ready, room for 2 i believe!

Golden Girl 2:Its a whole lot easier in that line of work being single!

Tikimon San: First off, great t see another Martial Artist on the forum, from the sounds of it you have been a VERY active man n if I may say so from how you come across a positive minded one at that even if yer getting on like me...39yrs huff puff wheres my Iron Lung lol.So I leave you t read again which you probably have many times? Bruce Lees ideas on Martial Art Styles, its totally applicable t music in every way

Wisdom beyond the grave..Bruce Lee on Style

To reach the masses, some sort of big organization (whether) domestic and foreign branch affiliation, is not necessary. To reach the growing number of students, some sort of pre-conformed set must be established as standards for the branch to follow. As a result all members will be conditioned according to the prescribed system. Many will probably end up as a prisoner of a systematized drill.

Styles tend to not only separate men - because they have their own doctrines and then the doctrine became the gospel truth that you cannot change. But if you do not have a style, if you just say: Well, here I am as a human being, how can I express myself totally and completely? Now, that way you won't create a style, because style is a crystallization. That way, it's a process of continuing growth.

To me totality is very important in sparring. Many styles claim this totality. They say that they can cope with all types of attacks; that their structures cover all the possible lines and angles, and are capable of retaliation from all angles and lines. If this is true, then how did all the different styles come about? If they are in totality, why do some use only the straight lines, others the round lines, some only kicks, and why do still others who want to be different just flap and flick their hands? To me a system that clings to one small aspect of combat is actually in bondage.

This statement expresses my feelings perfectly: 'In memory of a once fluid man, crammed and distorted by the classical mess.'

On creating your own personal way of fighting....again its the same for music

Learn the principle, abide by the principle, and dissolve the principle. In short, enter a mold without being caged in it. Obey the principle without being bound by it. LEARN, MASTER AND ACHIEVE!!!