holy crap is it cold out today...

oh yah, RoBoT RoCk ~ RoBoT RoCk

ginger and lime with a side order of smooth and other trace gases/elements.

christmas is almost here already...along with 2009...what the hell happened to the last damn near 10 years?

What's up everyone? I hope everyone is doing well. I am enjoying my day off today, but I am battling a bit of a cold. I am doing better.

Work is going well. We had two Christmas parties last Saturday, which went really well. One of the businesses came to our new Holiday Inn Hotel instead of the Hilton's, my old full-time job. After the parties were over, I jammed with of my friends at his place and played Rockband 2. AWESOME!!! After that, went to bed at 3 A.M., got up at 4 A.M., and was at work by around 5 to 5:30 A.M. to serve in the restaurant.

All right, time to check on you Satchfolks.

Do The Stu: Glad to hear you are all caught up. Now it is my turn. How are things going with you? I know you have been pretty busy. I have been busy non-stop myself.

JS_JS: I started listening to Joe back a year ago, so I don't know which of Joe's songs should have won a Grammy. I will just say that all of them should have had a grammy because they are all excellent. What's new with you?

SuperDaveMcCarthy: Yeah, I believe you have beaten me. I am getting over a dry mouth, cough, and sore throat. I have had it for about three days now, but I should be over it soon. How is everything going for you? Hope the trip to the doctor went well. How is your family doing?

js1200js1000 & death cube k: What's up my Canadians? Is it getting cold up there?

Cheese 101: Thank you for the information regarding this whole Joe & Coldplay case. No matter what the outcome is, I am behind Joe 1,000,000%. How are things going with you and the family? Any sammishes?

michelle: I can't wait for Chickenfoot!!! I heard that there should be an album out in the next year. I know how it feels to be sick and I don't like it at all. At least you are getting other things done, like the Christmas wrapping. I have about a couple more things to get for the Holidays and I am totally done with everyone on my list. Dang, I have a long list of people.

GoldenGirl2: How are things going and is your car fixed? Did you get any other Joe CD's? How is the weather in California?

Castle49: Sorry I haven't communicated with you. How are things going?

Igenousiceman, JoeSatrini, & Satriella: Good day to you all and what is new over in the UK? I want to visit there someday.

fatape: What's new with you down under (in Australia)? I am behind Joe 1,000,000%. I agree with you and Blue_Moon, hands down. I just wish this whole issue with Coldplay comes to an end.

roo: How is the list/petition of Chickenfoot coming along? I know I signed it. What's new down under?

Skippygirl: Hey there and what is new down under? I have not been running because of non-stop work and I am trying to get over this cough, dry mouth, and sore throat. I am still thinking about doing a 5K Race this upcoming Saturday. If I do it, I'll let you know how it went down.

tikimon: Do you know any drinks that can help me get over a cough, dry mouth, and sore throat (all at the same time)? By the way, GO FLORIDA GATORS!!! I hope they beat Oklahoma in the title BCS Game. I also hope that QB Tim Tebow gets the Heisman. What do you think? As a runner, do you know any good wines or drinks that would be great for me?

Blue_Moon: Al, you are right!!! I am behind Joe 1,000,000% (along with fatape). This issue with Coldplay needs to come to an end. How are things over in Ireland? I want to visit there someday (want to see those castles). Enya, huh? Her music is good.

Guitarman77897: How is everything going for you man? You are probably jammin as usual, huh?

slashroom: My Scottish friend, how are things going for you over there in Spain?

alexandre-caetano: How are you things going for you over there in Portugal, since the death of your dog?

Well, I think I am now all caught up now. If I forget anybody, please forgive me. Keep in touch guys.

Eeeeeeh long time no post, I see stuff has changed. Too bad about this current situation. I was expressing my emotion on the piano earlier this morning.

Joe, good luck to you, we're with ya.

Check out this article I found, looks like a good interview.

Go get'em, but go easy on'em their only a young insolent pop group from England, what can you say eh?

any of you seen this excerpt from the guardian newspage?

On the one hand, you have Satriani's six-and-a-half-minute instrumental from 2004, with cheese-ball guitar wailing, moments of shredding, and long bouts of soloing. On the other hand, you have Viva La Vida: Eno-produced, Grammy-nominated, full of strings, church bells, drum rolls, chorales. And a sort of harpsichord solo. Certainly Viva La Vida is cheese-ball as well - but it feels more cheddar than Dairylea.

i haven't read the paper but it sounds basically like comparing apples to oranges?

Chickenfoot petition has died. Not enough interest. Joe, you guys are getting no argument from us, call the band whatever, we will love it anyway.

Also, given that so much emotion and brilliance is released in each of Joe's songs, then I guess the next album will feature a song with a title like "Ripped Off" or "Stinky Lousy Cheats" or something. It would have a sort of mellow start to show the creative process, build up to a complex and beautiful tune, then break tempo or something into a sinister dark tune, with heavy overtones to show disappointment. Then I guess there could be a growing mellow sound that starts small and then works up to consume the dark sound to show the overall good becoming triumphant and finishing with a light-hearted playout.

Alan, you've left empty hearts all over America. Haven't you done enough damage without taunting!

;-)

The Chickenfoot petition may have died here, but Joe is aware that we like the name, and they may consider keeping it after all :) At least it's being considered....hafta wait and see what the end decision is on this as well :) I don't think any of them thought we'd get attached to Chickenfoot, LOL!!

BUT WE SO HAVE! Especially ChickenPA!! Woo woo!!

aww, u shudn't talk about our lovely friend Michelle like dat mc, that' snot nice!

Wondering what you guys in satchland think about a cover I did of Made Of Tears. Its just the solo section for now, was testing out guitar rig seeing what kinda tone I could get from it.... Thanks

JOE WE LOVE YOU HANG IN THERE. I JUST HEARD ABOUT THE CRAP YOU ARE GOING THROUGH. (SORRY MAN, I LIVE IN A CAVE I DON'T HEAR WHAT'S HAPPENING TILL WAY AFTER THE FACT...)

WHAT ASSHOLES I HOPE THEY DIE, AND THAT YOU GET CREDITED BIG TIME FOR YOUR ART. WHAT DICKS, SORRY JOE. US FANS ARE VERY HURT TOO. AND WE'RE BESIDE YA 110%

TAKE IT EASY MAN

COLIN

AND FINALLY SURFING WITH THE ALIEN LIVE IN CHICAGO! absolutely FANTASTIC!!!!! ^_^ ^_^

Those are all the vids I could find, If anyone finds other videos of the Chicago show please tell me, I would really love to see the opening with I just wanna rock, Crowd Chant and Summer song again. ^_^

-My dad loves Enya, she sang in Lord of the Rings, so thats where he started liking her.

Al- I gave you a thumbs up on the embarassing moments video ^_^

Ah, Amsterdam... I went there for a week and a half with maybe a dozen other school kids back when I was in eighth grade (1997). We had pen pals over there...we stayed with them that spring and then they came and stayed with us that fall. It was pretty cool.

Trip highlights for me include seeing the Anne Frank house, our group "accidentally" walking through the Red Light District to get to a Hard Rock Cafe, and going to some amusement park somewhere. I also recall the mini-town that mikesb mentioned.

A bunch of us went and saw the movie Jerry Maguire over there...it was neat to see the movie in English with Dutch subtitles, and learning swear words in another language as a result.

To answer your iPod question... Not counting live stuff, Joe has recorded more than 150 songs...about 12 hours of music.

Anyway, what do you think of Rush's newest album? Did you see them on the Snakes & Arrows tour at all?

Work is going OK. I've been looking around for a new job, actually, but that's not going as well as I'd like. We'll see...I don't want to say too much about it now, out of fear of maybe jinxing myself. ;-)

How's it feel to be home? It sounds like you're still traveling a bit here and there.