McKenna,

Maybe you're right. But would you, Tracie and Chelle really want to meet me at a gig?

I gotta get a pict on here for you guys.

OOOOPS! I meant picture not a wild Pict!!! God help me!!

People in those countries need PEACE, FOOD, SHELTER, and SAFTEY. People around the world need Joe's essence and his light as a human being - then maybe this world would be a better place. Whatever music soothes you, so be it. It's Joe's amazing personality and kindness that needs to be carbon copied.

I'm pissed - sooo pissed. American people are soooo fucking greedy! Our country is in billions of dollars in debt (greed), CEO's are making millions a year while the companies they work for are going under (greed), people are losing homes because they live way beyond their means (greed), and today a 34 year old man was crushed to death when a stampede of greedy motherfuckers trampled him trying to get into a Wal-Mart - A WAL-MART for fux sake!!! Well happy holidays to that mans family! Just wipe the blood off yer shoes before you walk back into your own home!

I just makes me sick.

C'mon people!!! Are we so gad damn blinded my materialistic bullshit that we have to carry on this way??

Mckenna....don't think yer all safe and sound now that yer back at home in Ireland....just remember, I know where u live and I've been there before and CAN DO IT AGAIN!!!

GoldenGirl2: Hey there! I have all of Joe's CDs and they are all really great. I would recommend to get his CDs while you can. All of his albums are excellent, so I can't choose a favorite song or album because they are all awesome. I hope this helps you out. By the way, how are you doing?

michelle: I am with you! I heard about that Wal-Mart incident in New York. I feel bad for that associate's family. Did you also hear that there was a shooting at a Toys-R-Us store? Two people died there. People should know better. That is why I do my Christmas shopping during the summer and before the Holidays. It would also be a lot easier and quicker to do the shopping online, which I have been doing. Just about finished with everybody on my list.

Satriella and Skippygirl: Thank you for supporting me on my running. I greatly appreciate it. I'm taking a rest from running because I think I pulled a muscle in my right back leg. Not to worry, no pulled muscles or sideaches is going to stop me. Besides, I'm young!!!

Namastae Sir,

Your way of playing music attracted me & was Great, repect you frommy Heart.Personally music is Life & which can inspire to do creative or crazy things.Nothing more thats it.

@ Do The Stu,

Looking forward to your thoughts on the new Rush DVD as and when you manage to get the time to sit through it all. (It was a long show! :o) )

I'm thinking of getting it in time for my annual 21/12 Rush night - only a couple of weeks away now. Ow-right.

Interesting listening to the Michael Anthony interview. Thanks for posting the links.

(Skippygirl)

oh yeah lol i was bit by the satch bug a while ago ...and thank god there is no cure but to only listen to his muzak! lol

but yeah i am definatly going to go to the next one and after that and so on lol i will save my money's up i can tell you it will be the best experience in my life i eman meeting your idol...not anything better than that :D cheers

(roo)

Do the Stu - No, I missed that post. Sorry. I have been on and off quickly lately and must have just breezed right over it.

I agree completely. the guy was a great drummer. Too bad he was very unknown. The article I read did not say how he died. Do you know what happened? He was sooooo young. Shame.

Three unrelated things:

I don't think this has been brought up here, but does anyone know if any T2Jers have been affected by what's been going on in Mumbai? I know a few people from India post here.

I saw Jonny Lang in concert tonight...a make-up show for a gig he postponed a few months ago because he was sick. He was very awesome, as you'd expect. He's definitely worth going to see if he plays in your area...

It looks like Surfing With The Alien will be re-released on vinyl in a few weeks:

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7754919

Not Of This Earth is also one of my favorite Satch albums (in my top five, maybe). The recording sounds a bit dated, but the music is still top notch. Sound clips from that album seem to be missing in the music section of the site here, but you can hear a few seconds from each track over at Amazon. If you like Musterion from PSATMOR, you'll love the NOTE's title track.

And yeah, that Michael Anthony interview is a good one. He sounds like such a cool guy. It's nice to hear him be so honest about everything, but it's sad at the same time because after listening to him talk about EVH I don't think there's any doubt that he's way into drugs and alcohol. Mikey talks about everything with so much detail but then he says "I'm not going to talk about that" when the substance abuse questions come up. If Eddie didn't have problems Mikey would've started those statements with "It's not drugs, but...".

I wonder if maybe Joe was unhappy with the way it was edited? Revelation was posted here a while ago and most people on T2J were didn't like the style. I thought it looked OK as a teaser, but I don't want the whole DVD to look like that. I guess we have to wait and see...

hybes - OK...

Click here for my post on Michael Lee. I have a link there to a blog post on Michael, and I also included a link to an MP3 of a cool live performance he did with Jimmy Page a few years ago.

I'm on a Led Zeppelin e-mail discussion list, and there are some people there with pretty good connections to the band. That's how I heard about his death so early...if I get any more details, I'll pass them along.

It really bugs me that his death hasn't gotten any mainstream coverage. I guess you could be pessimistic and look at him as just some drummer who played with Page and Plant and was in one of a dozen or so different Thin Lizzy touring lineups. But he played on Page and Plant's Walking Into Clarksdale, and Most High from that album won a Grammy. I work at a newspaper and I've seen some very lengthy obituaries written on people who have accomplished much less in life.

Music Radar did a short thing on Michael. It doesn't really say anything new, but I thought I'd post it here to give the site a plug because a lot of Chickenfoot info has come from there.

Click here and scroll down to the bottom for the Candlebox stuff.

When you say you like their new stuff do you mean their newest album? I haven't really paid too much attention to that one, but I heard a few clips of some random songs and they sounded like cheap rip-offs of their hits off their first album (similar rhythm to an opening guitar riff and similar effects, for example). But I should be fair and say I didn't listen to more than maybe 30 seconds of two or three songs. If you really like their newest album I'll probably give it a shot...let me know.

Conch - The 5K run was a reference to how long has it taken you to make 5000 posts.

Thoroughly golden Milli - ITLIS is my favourite Joe CD. Some amazing stuff on there. Oh yes, we already have a wild pict here, none other than Slan the man shroomboy. LOL. The last I heard his CD Widowmaker's Highway was on sale at a reduced price, even more reason to buy it.

Michellica - In our consumer driven society people seem to be losing respect for others and their needs. It seems to be what can I have next,how little do I have to do/pay, how much can I have, can I have more? If I can't have it right now then some mofo's gonna die! In fact somebody's gonna die anyway coz I want I want some attention! The big Boss Man in the sky must be looking down and thinking WTF is going on here?

Dunno why but recently I've been getting REALLY pissed off with all the killing going on in this world.

Golden Girl 2:Mail me slanshroom@roymarchbank.com with yer add n i,ll sort ya out if the internet hastle with paypal give ya the creeps i,m not mad on it myself. i,ll post ya on some stuff free, it is nearin christmas after all

for anyone alse interested, i,ve put up on myspace the end section of a 10 minute lesson on DADGAD abuse its part 1 of a 6 part escape into the realm of the unknown

Mama M:Y sent me this a while ago Dont let it bring ya down remember?¿

Cappy:N Young track above always gets me through similar emotions

Cappy, I agree 100%

Slan, thanks hon!

Now...off to watch the rat race act like rats.

Riviera_Grande - he played the Forum in Melbourne which is a great venue for live acts, so lets hope you can be there next time too.

Glitzy - I am in a world of pain today - went out at 7 am with a group of gals and we rode 30kms down our local bike path - felt great to finish it (2 hrs) but OMG we went to a party tonight and I couldn't even stand up!!! Had to sit down (well the heels didn't help) - I am anticipating much stiffness tomorrow.

Luckily Melbourne has a fantastic network of bike paths criss-crossing the urban area so you ride through bush and along rivers etc it is really nice early in the morning but the hills, aaarrgghhh the hills!

it's early and I've been up a half hour.

Just spent 2.5 hours playing my JS2K Crystal Planet. Love that guitar, the sustain is incredible and it's such a full warm sound. played heaps of stuff from every album, sorta was in a ballad mood and musthav played Ten Words about 10 times... So easy to get lost in time picking up the guitar.

Guess what was on last night? REVENGE OF THE NERDS! I was ROTFLMAO! Hair Pie, Hair Pie! - what a classic. Whoever had said 80's Joe was Booger is mean bastard, I couldn't get the image out of my head when Booger was dancing with the Moo girls with a crazy face and says "Damn, you moos sure can party!"... LMAO! I also thought Ogre reminded me of Stu! So I started looking for Jeff and Galen too!

Joe, for the record, I don't think you look like Booger. :)

Roo