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My son's band has a gig at a local club tonight at 9:00. About ten kids already showed up here. Feckin crowd control and they haven't even left the house yet! lol! Plenty of roadies for this gig. Two of the girls just bought band t-shirts so they can represent at the show. lol! Another girl dropped by to buy a cd because she can't go tonight. This is their first gig since the cd's were finished, and they've already sold almost 20. Hopefully they'll sell a bunch tonight.

As for me, I've been up since 5 a.m. and had to work a full day, so it's time for a quick face dive into my pillow for a nap before the show.

Joe I bought a JS1200 last year during the CD/DVD 20th Anniversary Promotion of the Surfing With The Alien give away. I have yet to receive this autographed copy.

What shall I DO?

Cappy, you funnah! Since we paid for all 100 cd's, we get our copies for free :-) Sorry bout the crap going on with yer peeps. That sucks hard. It's all about early detection. Any testing that can be done - DO IT! These people with the "I'd rather not know" attitude are so wrong. Of course you don't wanna know, but the sooner you do, the sooner measures can be taken to fix the problem. My pop waited and waited. Instead of having a cancerous polyp removed in the early stages when he saw signs, he waited till it was stage 4 colon/rectal cancer. He's very lucky to be alive, but he'll never be the man he was.

Geez - that was a downer...

So, I'm off to see the boys kick ass :-)

Skippygirl - Santa Cruz is much more than just a theme park on the beach, but yes...that's one of the main attractions there. :-) It's also one of the oldest theme parks in the US (100+ years).

Most of the rides there are average, except for a roller coaster or two that are very cool. But it's fun because it's RIGHT THERE and pretty cheap (they don't charge admission, you only pay per ride). It's a definite must-see if/when you visit the US.

Thanks for listening to Metric...I know they're different from what people like here, but there's plenty of interesting stuff in their music still. I love their singer's voice, and the production is top notch...

It's usually internet-based, but it doesn't have to be. The idea is you create a small website or release a video teaser of something, and fans find it interesting or funny enough to forward it to friends (it spreads like a virus). Vox could have spent thousands and thousands of dollars on ads in guitar magazines, but these clips were probably filmed in a matter of minutes and might end up reaching more people...

Ticket fees do suck, all fans hate them, but there unfortunately isn't really a way around them... So we have to put up with it...argh.

But one thing I did this trip that I haven't really done before is drive around the UCSC campus. It's beautiful up in the mountains.

Aww man, I'm so proud of these kids! They really kicked ass! A bunch of their friends showed up and packed the front. They knew a lot of the words too, so they were all singing and rockin' out. I took some vid of the 2nd & 3rd songs they played, but the stage lighting was crap for video, so I stopped. My daughter took an assload of pics. When they get them up on their myspace page I'll throw out the link. My hubs was so proud. He was rockin' out harder at this show than I've ever seen him at ANY show before. lol! G.A.M.

The band after them was the headliner - A Breath Beyond Broken. I think they're from Mass. They're on tour and happened to mention that they didn't have a place to crash for the night. Poor kids. lol! I think some dude walked up to the stage at the end of the set and offered them his place, so that was cool. They had great stage presence, and the girl kicked ass - no mamby-pamby bullshit. lol! She rocked.

It was a great night. Tomorrow, however, is prolly gonna suck beings that it's almost midnight and I have to wake up at 5:00 a.m. for work.

Pip: "flat chat" is the expression.

Working hard on a few new apps. We tied 2-2 in soccer this morning, hard close game. I scored one and got one assist. Shoulda got a penalty. Got axed from behind in the box about to shoot, but the ref waved it off! Damn!

The backlog for the site is building up too fast! I can't put them up fast as I get them.

Roo

Tell us what you really think.....lol

Hey if anybody is going to the Halifax show tonight please post pics and vids if you get them.

Joe - have a great time buddy. Loved the satchmosis gag.

I forgot to mention...

After the band after my son's band played (sorry, I'm tired) some girls at the bar screamed. One of our friends ducked, then looked at me like WTF!! A BAT had flew in the door, flew over the bar area, and then was swooping around in front of the stage area. Good times man, good times.

Well, Henry IS another part of the family u know, so of COURSE he came to cheer the guys on :) Glad it all went so well chelle, can't wait fer the vid and pics! Did they sell more cd's and t-shirts?

Pip....I ferget what u asked me..OHHHHH....the webcast show wasn't done in San Fran, it was always scheduled for Anaheim and so got postponed when Joe got sick. They carried on though and filmed that April 2005 in Anaheim and we were there!! LOL....like I haven't said THAT before!

Cappy Steve, sorry to hear of your family illnesses. I see way too much of that kind of stuff in my job and it's sad...sucks major when it touches you personally.

Mckenna, that was me driving u home last night and that girl was my niece's brother's cousin's aunt's goddaughter's best friend :) I really DO hope u were a gentleman!!

Austin, thanks for the info, that makes sense, but I do kinda like the idea of "Satch-fevah" better :) I do believe I caught that back in Sept 2004 when we first saw Joe and have had a temperature ever since, LOL.... hmmm, that might 'splain a few tings....

TODAY KICKS OFF THE NEXT TOUR!!! Good luck Joe and all the guys, travel safe, brush yer teeth and check in with yer mums and wives and oh heck, us fans too once in a while so we all know yer safe :) HAVE FUN!!

Just back from a 2 day trip to the lake. Read the post about Chad going back to RHCPs. I guess he has commitments but I just wish they could roll on into the Spring with this tour.

I love Joe's music as well, this project is a facet to Joe's career that he can look upon as a success. A new Satch album and a new Chickenfoot album next Summer? great idea. Good thing Joe is not lazy.

I think this link will get you live audio of Chickenfoot in Halifax tonight but not 100% certain as I haven't heard much from the other bands so far

Might be worth checking it out in a few hours time though