Hey Joe,

Where are you goin with that axe in your hand?

I would say you are out to conquer the world if not the galaxy!!!!

Thanks for the parts in your interview about your relationship with your sisters. You landed in the middle of doting sisters and a brother---what more could a kid want while growing up?

My older sister thought our parents had me just for HER!!! That's the way my sister was at 4-years-old when I landed in the family! Eleven years later my younger sister was born and I was in a sammish of girls!! I had to go out and unofficially adopt brothers. And that's another story!

Oh don't go to bed you lot! Just finished work so a bit of play time.

Hey Joe - I notice you've added the Jagger clip I posted about to your Favourites - you sure looked like you enjoyed that tour and the gig at the Corner Hotel looked like it rocked - great vest!.

Really enjoyed the Youtube live event too - had no idea why the Funtwo kid was with you but it made sense after I looked him up (someone here posted the wiki link).

Happy early Thanksgiving, everyone... Tune into 95.5 KLOS at noon Pacific time (the same time zone as the T2J clock...about 12 hours and 10 minutes from now) to hear Alice's Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie. Here's a link:

http://www.955klos.com/

There's a link to listen live at the top right of that page. It's a Thanksgiving tradition, so...listen!

I feel the same way about most "police brutality" cases, or the incidents you hear about every now and then where people get shocked repeatedly by tasers. Don't talk back to cops, period. Even if you're confident you aren't breaking the law...it's not smart, and, to be honest, it isn't polite.

I still haven't see an obituary on him move on the AP wire...argh.

Two other recent releases:
- Rush - Snakes & Arrows DVD (this just came out yesterday)
- U2 - Under A Blood Red Sky CD/DVD

Doo the Stoo - Well actually my comment was a little tongue in cheek as I don't know the details of the incident but I am really fed up with all the killing going on in the world. You are of course entitled to your views about talking back to cops being rude but I would say it depends upon the situation. Cops are not divine beings, they are not above the law themselves and the average cop is not particularly intelligent (and i'm not saying they're stupid either). Respect them and the job they do, absolutely, but they are still only human and make mistakes. I'd better stop now, this is turning into a rant and that was not my intention.

YAY my new Pul Gilbert CD has been shipped...

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh cant wait.....its called "United States" and its with Freddie Nelson....anyone got it already?

Freddie Nelson is very ROCK....oooooooo

I am soooooo excited! This should be good!

Come on Joe...your turn...cant wait to hear what you have to play on the next album!

A very early good morning Satchland...and happy turkey day !

Growing up with police in the family, my dad back in the mid to late 60's, my uncle who retired as a detective after 40 years, and my brother in law who is still a cop, I know one thing is very certain. Every one of them, whether they are smart or not so, expect to be respected. That's the bottom line. And I know all too well from personal experience that "lipping off" to any of them is futile. Whether they are on a power trip or not, it is best to be humble.

And I agree with you Cappy. Quite a few of them should NOT be in uniform. They lack the patience and abuse their power. When I first moved to Minnesota I had a sheriff's deputy that used to harass me at least once a week. He would pull me over all the time for no apparent reason looking for any little thing to write me up for. After he retired I had a little chat with him and basically told him off. There was nothing he could do about it, it was great. Enough about cops...

(Skippygirl)

(roo)

Speaking of robots, as we were walking around the wharf in San Fran....a guy had painted himself metallic silver and all his clothes, top to bottom were also silver. He stood on a bucket or pedestal of some sort and moved as though he was a robot. Spoke in this crazy high, electronic-sounding voice, dunno how he did that, but you had to do at least a double-take to make sure he was human and NOT a robot. It was the funniest and freakiest thing...interesting way to make a living, lol.....

Happy Thanksgiving everyone, hope you are all blessed in some way.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Lots to be thankful for this year, that's the one thing I know for sure. My family, friends, music, and very important at this time - my home and my job. Can't take anything for granted these days.

Anyways, if yer celebrating or not - have a beautiful day!

Ssssssssssuper Colossal

What do all of you pedal demons think about the issue of "true bypass" ? HERE is a point of view that appears contrary to current thinking. What say you'all????

Austin, I thougt Alice's Restaurant was only a tradition on WMMR in Philly! Very cool! I just got curious and went to WMMR.com and clicked "listen live" and I actually caught the last few minutes of it! LOL! They're playing it at 10:00, 12:00, and 2:00 est. Thanks for reminding me :-) As for Rush & U2, I dig the old stuff. Haven't really gotten into any of their newer stuff, at least not enough to buy it.

Joe im a big fan of you, i got all your cd's.

Hi Joe,

I just wanted to ask you to come tour Europe again. Well, I'm lying I really want you to do a gig in Croatia. Paul Gilbert was here twice, Mr. Vai once and now I think you should do a concert here so we(Croatian people starving for rock) can continue collecting G3 members!! I'm just joking, we'd need Malmsteen for that. Please think about coming here, it would be a great time for you and an even better time for me and my friends(and if you do want to come here, please come to Zagreb! Iron Maiden and Deep Purple came to Split so the capital, Zagreb, needs some more rock'n'roll!!)

thanks for all the input on the compressor thing. i guess i am going to look into them. another prolly "doh" question is, do you run it b4 or after the other pedal except in the slansh's case where he runs mulitple? i might even try that too. i love fiddling with my sound and nothing is sacred to me so i might try just about anything. the true by pass thing was an interesting read BUT, most of us don.t use 2' cables between our pedals. i have 6" little patch cables and keep everything nice and neat.

happy thanksgiving to all who do this. i have a bird and some fresh veggies going on and the house smells fabulous. already into the tiki drinkies too. salud to you all!!! todays drinks are the tropical itch(no rash cream needed) 1oz of vodka, 1oz of rum, 1/2oz of triple sec and 4oz of passion fruit nectar. mmmmmmmmm. next is the ever popular banana daquiri. 1oz of rum, 3oz of cream of coconut, 1oz cream de cacao, 1 whole banana, 4oz of pineapple juice. put it all in a blender and viola. all you need is a little paper umbrella. mix these with a guitar and you have some BIG fun.

Hello everybody! Happy Thanksgiving Joe and to everyone!

I did a four-mile race this morning. I placed in the top 50 out of 800+.

Does anybody watch "Deal or No Deal"? I like that show a lot. I saw it last night and a lady from Minnesota took a deal of $260,000. Pretty good don't you think? When they opened her case to reveal what she could of won, she had 2 Million. I was dumbfounded and fell to the floor. I felt so bad for her. Anyway, watch the show when you get a chance.

Do the Stu: That is awesome to see the Black Crowes. That makes two of us because I have to work Thanksgiving as well. Christmas is in question.

SuperDaveMcCarthy: Hang in there man. Hope you have a great Thanksgiving with your family. Prayers to you and your family.

Skippygirl, roo, and to all the Aussies: Good day mates and Happy Thanksgiving. What's the weather like down there? I would like to visit Australia sometime, as well as Canada, and Europe.

Well, gotta go. I have to take care of a couple of things and then get ready for work.