Al--Yeah, that's the tea place I was talkin' about. Come on, man, I mean ya no harm. History has it that FDR said, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself." I guess it was easy enough for him to say. I'm sure he had his own fears to overcome. The UK PM just talked with the entire US Congress today about our shared friendship--I hope that means something hopeful to you. He even gave an honorary knighthood to Senator Edward Kennedy--an Irish American! I try to keep lookin' up like Joe S said in his song, "Just Look Up"!

Michelle--You have an open invitation to Cali and SF Bay Area anytime. Jus lemme know when.

Tracie--This summer is soonest time I can get over your way. I'm lookin forward to crossing the border into the northern part of this big country of ours. The Mr. and I will need our passports to cross into Canada or we won't be allowed back into the states as crazy as that sounds. Silly sods of 9-11 that created stupid "shoot ourselves in the foot attitude" rules. How did stupidity and nonsense become the master of ceremonies after 9-11?

LOVE RULES--Hugs to all me friends!

slan, but pencils are made outta....LEAD!!!

aaaahhhhhh!!!

Maybe we should revert back to quills, but then they'll hafta make sure the ink is safe...

It wouldn't have anything to do with buying everything overseas where they don't have the same or any restrictions on wtf they put in their products. Wonder if Einstein ever chewed on his little toy train painted in China? When ya buy shit from a place that makes baby formula that kills babies, and animal food that kills dogs and cats, yer just tryin to thin out the herd ffs.

Yknow, it's absolutely no wonder Joe cannot respond as much as he used to here.

If I forget to look at the site every day, then I have to wade through several pages of idle chat about other artists, heaps of jokes, peoples problems, updates on disasters around the world and the occassional question to Joe.

So if Joe only gets a chance to drop by once a month or so, then he's faced with a bazzillion new posts that don't actually have much to do with him. I think after the first page or 2 he gets the impression noone wants to talk to him, skips to the last page and writes a one-liner to say he dropped by or an update on tours/albums/events.

I'm not complaining about the discussions we have, this is what the general population want to do here. But we cannot complain if we've turned this into something that makes it harder for Joe to interact with us.

Strictly speaking, we'd get a lot more interaction with Joe if we split questions and interaction with Joe into this forum (what it was built for) and moved all non direct Joe discussion to another forum.

Again, not complaining, and if it stays this way, we just have to realise it's unlikely Joe will respond to anyone here because he'd have to have the patience of a saint and a lot of time to filter out all the noise and find a question or thread to get engaged with.

Led Zeppelin Lemon Song Live at Filmore

M Anthony says.....

"Chickenfoot is phenomenal," the bassist enthuses. "I can't believe the music we're making. And wait till you hear the blazing lead guitar Joe Satriani is playing. The guy's a monster."

mama M:Or y could do what the first civilisation on the planet did & inscribe what y want t say in clay hmmmm ok maybe not...but hey...

Someone thought tens of thousands of the sumerian tablets describing the first ever civilisation on earth just like it were a GEM

Just to clarify, I agree completely.

I didn't say I wasn't getting sucked into the same behaviour and I certainly was not throwing stones.

I was just pointing out we cannot complain that Joe barely says hi if we make it hard for him to want to be involved in his own forum.

Maybe a solution for the webmaster is, leave this forum as it has become, it's obviously what people want to talk about here, all as part of Joe's worldwide fan club and friends.

But how about making things easier for Joe? Let's create a SECOND forum that is moderated for conversation with Joe. Pick a few moderators from the group here, there are plenty of people who would give their left leg to have the honor.

Then, Joe can check through a filtered set of things worth responding to and be more involved without the overhead, and can still poke his head in here if he feels inclined.

I just get the impression it may be bugging him that it's too hard to get enough time to respond to anyone here due to the noise, and if I know him, it's probably something that disappoints him.

Just a thought. Like I said, I'm certainly not trying to say this forum use is wrong, it's what the forum IS, so let's go with it. I certainly have been, which was pointed out to me a few posts ago. But let's consider helping Joe out with an easier option that enables us to stay in contact with him more easily as well.

Yes but no but yes but no but....

I agree Al, but moderators could do the same thing. Leaving quality conversation in a forum for Joe to peruse at his convenience.

And we redirect all the douches and dumn questions to this forum! :)

balls

it is what it is - warts and all. when joe has time he pops in the chat or answers a few peeps. he's SUPER busy now, so he's not worried about keeping up here. he prolly scans posts looking for his name, or guitar/gear q's. i think he digs everyone talking about whatever. i think joe would get very bored on an ALL JOE website. he's just a guy that plays guitar, not a walking instruction booklet. if he would have wanted an ALL JOE site, he'd chop it up into tiny pieces like all the rest of the sites. there's a lot of good stuff here, and a lot of good peeps. chopping up the site would be a big mistake imo. getting moderators on here would suck hard. who's to say what's "out of bounds" to talk about?

no disrespect to you for yer idea roo, it's been said a time or two before.

by now most peeps know who talks guitar tech stuff, who talks gear stuff, and those who talk about music and shite in general. skip the posts you don't like, and read what ya want.

just my 2 cents

and now...for one of those utterly disturbing personal posts....

Don't know if anyone has posted this yet. I can't ever seem to get the link correct, so you'll just have to copy and paste the link. Can't wait!!!

http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/exclusive-chickenfoot-interview/

Hey peeps, my sis is going in for her surgery tomorrow (Thurs) at 10:30a.m. est. She's going to have a Meningoma (tumor) the size of a lemon removed from the surface of her brain. If you would be so kind to say a prayer and/or send her some good vibes, my family and I would greatly appreciate it. Her name is Brenda. She's had bits of her head shaved tonight and has electrode looking things glued to her head...at least I think they're glued? :-/ My other sis who's with her sent me a pic of her. They're staying overnight at a hotel close to the hospital, which is over 2 hours away. I'll be a nervous wreck tomorrow, so bear with me if I get stupid.

I told her I'd ask my "Joe friends" to pray for her, and that made her feel good.

Thanks to everyone who's already said a prayer, sent good vibes, or even just thought about my family.

Cube, thanks hon. Best wishes to yer sis for a healthy life. That's a hard battle to beat. It's great to know it's a battle that can be won. Hopefully my sister's tumors aren't cancerous. They say 99% of them aren't, so we all have our fingers crossed.

Jayzus, I haven't seen 1 a.m. for a while...