Hello all!!
I am looking out our hotel window across Centennial Olympic Park at The Tabernacle. I will post some pics if I can to Facebook.

Dinner this evening @ Hard Rock...Grilled Sirloin...yummy!

Back at the room getting rested for tomorrow night.

If I am near a camera, I will most definately say hello to you guys.

Do The Stu - have fun tonight champ.

Don1963 - thanks for the link to the Chad interview, enjoyed that.

LOL I can imagine the T2Jers tapping their heads with their drumsticks to see how much it hurt, LMAO!!

burly - have fun buddy!!!! Think laterally, you never know what might happen.

Check this out coutresy of aplusk.

Austin, The Dirt was a good book. I might start Slash's book tomorrow, but I take it to work so I can read it on breaks & lunch, so it's gonna take me weeks to finish it. To many distractions at home to read much.

Don, great find with Chad's interview! I love the clip at the bottom! I already have it dl'ed and on my mp3 player. lol! I hope somebody yells when that cd is released! I'ma git it!

Axe, I've heard Joe get angry a few times. Sept. 11 was one time, and when his UNreleased cd was stolen/leaked from Sony (I think it was Sony), and maybe a few other times. Heard him swear before too. He's just a dude. lol! He's one of THEE most optimistic mofo's I've ever had the pleasure to meet, and for that I love him dearly, but he gets pissed just like the rest of us. He's extremely polite and well mannered, and a total sweetheart of a man...but he is Italian :-)

As for Chad's hickory sticks, just weighing it in yer hand you know it has some power behind it. He ain't using no chopsticks up there to throw down those beats. He's a manly man who uses manly sticks! LOL! Poor Joe. That had to throw some colors into his vision for a minute or two getting popped by a funk blaster! lmao!

Weezie, I'm comin' Weezie!

lmao!

Thanks Skippy- I'll be thinkin' that way hopin' for somethin' t ' happen.

Joe- Tell Chad to hurl a couple of those sticks my way.

Anyway... Gonna get some shut eye. Hope the line is not too bad tomorrow.

Burly, even if you get the 2nd, 3rd, ot 4th row, it's gonna be fanfuckingtastic! lol! Chad was whippin' those stick UP to the balcony in AC! Not sure if any of them made it, but even if they didn't, peeps half way back were getting showered with them! He also puts a lil' pepper on that tambourine when he hurls it out there too! Like I said to Joe, I love to watch him play, but yer stupid if you take yer eyes offa Chad for to long. He's feckin looney I tells ya! LOL! I hope yer surrounded by great people at yer show. That makes it so much better! After our show, some dude came up to me and said he saw that I took some pictures. He handed me one of Chad's sticks and said he'd give it to me if I emailed him some of my pics. DEAL bro! Sharing is caring! lol! Being surrounded by people who have a good vibe is so cool. Everybody wants everybody to have a good time.

hello everyone! been busy working and going to school.

still alive though..

Hi...just a quick post from my phone. There was a huge drum solo at the end of Dream Theater's set, with the other drummers on the tour. And then there was a HUGE jam with Dweezil Zappa and...Steve Vai. The crowd went nuts when he was introduced. It was insane. More from me tomorrow...

Michelle- I'll keep my eye on Chadster, My wife has not had good luck in concerts. In 88 Monsters of Rock, she got caught in the eye with a flying belt buckle...Thing was I couldn't kick the guys ass because the whole stadium was in the middle of a paper cup war. It was like a blizzard so I couldn't see where the shoes and belts were coming from.

Scuba- I paid 9.95 / day for this crappy wireless connection. If I can get Mafia Wars to work, the energy packs are on the way.

Hey Scuba This Mafia Wars thing is kinda hard to figure out as far as Mafia members. Out of curiosity, how many members are you able to see? I am showing 19.

Sorry peeps, long post.

burly - what are you doing up at this hour??? Aint you on holiday? The show's tonight, you need your sleep lol.

Any chance you can tweet from the line etc?

Do The Stu - to answer part of your question from the other day, my playlist called "Dinner Music" has the following in it (remember, this is my secret Subtle Satchification tool, not necessarily MY favourites):

Stevie Wonder - Pastime Paradise, Isn't She Lovely
Chickenfoot - LTF
Simon & Garfunkel - America
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
Elton John - Tiny Dancer
Cat Stevens - The Wind
Springsteen - Rosalita, Blinded By The Light
Crowded House - Mean To Me, Don't Dream It's Over
Doors - Light My Fire, LA Woman, Roadhouse Blues (Live)
Jeff Buckley - Grace, Last Goodbye
Joe - Cryin', All Alone, Love Thing, Just Look Up, La Grange, Sleepwalk, A Cool New Way
John Lennon - Instant Karma, Stand By Me
Lynard Skynard - Call Me The Breeze, Sweet Home Alabama
Neil Diamond - Crunch Granola Suite, Cherry Cherry
Pink - Dear Mr President
U2 - City Of Blinding Light, Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own
R.E.M. - Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight, Everybody Hurts, Man On The Moon, Nightswimming
Cold Chisel - Breakfast At Sweethearts, My Baby, Driving Wheels, Too Much Aint Enough Love
Mick Jagger - Harlem Shuffle
Michelle Shocked - Anchorage
Gwen Stefani - Sweet Escape

I used it last night for Dinner Party 1 (of 2) for Mr Skippy's birthday, I put it on shuffle and they never knew they were Satchified at all.......

i'm 10pgs behind... Austin, i haven't played those games but will check em out. once you play ZUMA you can never go back O_o

all T2Jers, i recently joined the John Petrucci board so if you see me on there feel free to say hey! i'm really getting into BC&SL. i know we've got the Foot's album, but i can't wait for a new Satch cd... hearing JPs solos at the end of Wither & The Best of Times made me think of Joe... for me no other guitar player has as much emotion as Joe... but JP comes very close on those tracks >=:)

Steve Vai Dweezil Zappa & Dream Theater Jam

Guitarvibes

f' em, with that kind of attitude they do not deserve you!

Man, that jam was just insane...it's still floating around in my head.

That version of Beyond This Life was at least 30 minutes long...and no, I'm not exaggerating. They broke the song up in the middle (the same place it breaks on Live At Budokan for the jam there). MP did three drum duets, one with the drummer from each opening band. Then they all came out and played the kit together, along with ZPZ's percussionist.

And then Dweezil was introduced, and then MP said "The thing about playing LA is, you never know who is going to show up...I see another guitarist waiting in the wings...". The place just erupted as soon as MP said Steve Vai's name. It was a very, very cool moment.

Also, MP came out earlier in the night to jam on a song each with Bigelf and Zappa Plays Zappa.

I haven't said anything about them yet, but the first opening band was Scale The Summit and they were very cool. They do instrumental music with two guitars (and bass/drums)...I bet a lot of people here would like 'em.

I was a bit farther back at this show...about 5 rows behind the soundboard, dead center. The Greek Theatre in LA is my favorite outdoor venue, though...there's not a bad seat in the place.

You know, now that I think about it, every show I've seen at the Greek Theatre has had some sort special guest/jam element to it.

My shows at this venue:
- Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes (1999) (shameless plug)
- Dio / Deep Purple / The Scorpions (w/ Steve Morse jam) (2002)
- G3 (Satch / Vai / Malmsteen) (2003)
- Thin Lizzy / Satch (w/ John Sykes jam) / Deep Purple (w/ Satch jam) (2004)
- Blues Traveler / Collective Soul (separate jams w/ Hana Pestle and John Popper) / Live (2008)
- Experience Hendrix (tons of jams) (2008)
- Progressive Nation (all of the jams I just mentioned) (2009)

Not a bad list!

Check it!