Austin - I love you, you are the best, a ledge, a superstar, can't thank you enough, and thanks to roo for bringing it home, I owe you big time!!!! So kind of you it must have been bedlam trying to see Joe and speak to him and get all your own stuff signed etc.

GG2: Get well soon!

Death Cube: Is AXE-FX's sound 5/6 times better than Line 6 POD? With such price, it better be! :p

All: Last Friday I went to see the first night of the "Love" tour by The Cult. Billy Duffy is in great shape! He played the whole album with the exact same tone and brilliantly! He used a beautiful white Gretsch. It sounded awesome! For the encore he brought a Les Paul, but in general the guitars had an amazing sound... Definitely a night to remember! Rock lives!

Boa semana everyone! ;)

Thanks peeps for your good thoughts and prayers...

Hard to know what to say at this point. Meeting with the surgeon this afternoon to go over things. As I understand it, my dad would die without the surgery, but the surgeon is very iffy on even doing it because it's so high-risk. And a long recovery afterwards if he pulls through. So we're going to get all the info today, and then my dad will make the decision what to do............or not do.

My heart is tearing from my chest bit by bit when I think of the possible outcome.....but I can't stand to see him in this kind of pain. I will support whatever he decides and we'll all deal with it as best as we can. I'm praying for the best outcome but only time will tell. My father is so dear to me. As I took my mom away last night to bring her home...she kissed him and said "You can't leave me yet big fella". She needs him as he needs her. I need them both.

Why are you people up at 9 a.m.? That's why your heads hurt.

I didn't get home until LATE (3:30 a.m.?) because there was an accident on the freeway...but I slept in until 11 a.m. or so. My head doesn't hurt too badly.

Man, what a great show!

Other stuff I didn't mention:
- Like in Berkeley, Sammy thanked the crowd for making the Chickenfoot album go gold (500,000 copies shipped to stores)...they were presented with the award in LA, and when Sammy came out at the encore to talk to the crowd Chad and Mikey walked out to show it off. Those two made a big deal out of the fact that Sammy has a gold record with four different bands now (Montrose, solo, Van Halen, and Chickenfoot)...pretty cool!
- At the end of the gig, Sammy said "We'll see you sooner than you think."
- While we were talking to Joe after the show, he said the Paris DVD will be out in the third week of January. That's still a ways away, so I wouldn't be surprised to see the date shift a bit. I asked him if the whole concert will look like the Revelation video we saw a year ago, and he said yes and that the whole show looks pretty cool in that format. I'm more excited to see it that way now than I was in the past...it should be good.

More to come, as I remember it all...

He answered 2 Q's in 3 hours. lol! He might have a tweet blowout later? lol!

Hi Joe! I just want you to know I've been a fan of yours since late 80s. Every new CD you release ends up being a series of guitar lessons for me! Thank you for doing what you do.

If I found myself in the San Francisco area sometime with my JS series guitar in hand, how difficult might it be to get you to sign it? :) :)

Im posting this link of my 12 year old neighbor, He learned this in 2 days, http://www.youtube.com/user/DPRPROJECT

I DM'd him thought that was what the follow was for, I can ask him a question anytime by tweet.

Skippy, he's following all but 5 of us now. lol! He might have a tweetfest whilst I sleep? lol!

I'm so feckin' tired these days. Dunno what's going on? My body is shot 24/7 for the past 2 weeks. I need Michael Jackson's oxygen chamber since he isn't using it anymore. I'm just sayin'...

I'm bummed too. Some heavy stuff going on with a few of my friends parents - one in the hospital & one in hospice, and one of my distant relatives is not doing well. Poor little dude is still in diapers and has had so many serious health probs. He has Von Willebrands disease & was just diagnosed with Meckel's Diverticulum because of a very bad bleed. His surgery is tomorrow to stop the bleeding. I met him and his bigger brother, also in bad health, at our family reunion in July. Two of the most beautiful boys you ever saw, with the most brilliant light blue eyes... I would have never guessed they were so sick. They looked so perfect and healthy. Their mom didn't even know she was a carrier of VW's until she had the boys and they got sick. Now her health is also compromised, but she doesn't worry about herself - which is exactly what I would do too, though not the right thing to do.

Anyways, no need to comment. Just bummed is all. Think I'll go to bed early...

Last I heard, Tracie's family was waiting to talk to the surgeon to see about surgery for her dad. Don't think he ever did show up :-/

Tomorrow will be a better day.

As for Al, he's la-dee-da'ing around Europe again. Says beer is cheap in Budapest. Cheers to the lil' bastid!