death cube k--Me? Al's girlfriend? I can't get within 50 miles of him 'cause he'll throw his wrench at me and break my computer or bruise my face! All Alans have their tools to protect them and McKenna is no exception!

Peace Lily--Please send me some peace so I can live with myself in peace and not be at mental war all the time.

skippy & axe thanx for the links!

met Vai once when he played with Whitesnake, seemed like a pretty down to earth guy.

michelle; hope things work out for your mom.

good thought going out to cheese and burly.

elpp; take your time play the field a little bit and have fun!

sorry to hear about your bud cappy.

it does seem like life is pretty hard for everyone lately.

dedicated to all having a tough time. hope it helps.

The Fight

Everyday it seems life tries to knock me down.

Constantly pulling myself up off the ground.

Getting battered, bruised and kicked in the head.

Seemingly never to end until of course I’m dead.

Always hoping to catch the smallest break.

Yet I’m always giving more than I take.

To me there can be no retreat and no surrender.

Have to keep fighting I’m my family’s defender.

So I will take whatever this life dishes out.

More punishment is to come I have no doubt.

There will be times when I feel low and depressed.

Life will do it’s best to keep me stressed.

But I will not falter I will not give in.

I refuse to let the bullshit of life win.

They say what doesn’t kill you makes you strong.

I really don’t know if that’s right or wrong.

If it’s a fight life wants then I will be ready.

I may not be the strongest or fastest but I am steady.

Someday I will best the worst life throws at me.

Axe - thanks that vid is fantastic, great shots of Joe throughout and you can feel that party happening from Australia!

My new plan is to convince Sammy that he should open a Cabo Wabo in Melbourne and that way Chickenfoot will come play the opening!!

Cappy - so sorry to hear about your friend, hope you are OK.

Al - LOL, the trick is to not mix them. It was the Japanese Slipper and Mango Daiquiri combinations that did me in last Saturday nite and got me into the air guitar trouble.....

How's the girlfriend? I know, big boobs right?

Cappy, so sorry about yer friend. That's some harsh shit right there. I'll raise a glass in yer friends honor. I suck at dominoes, so we won't go there. Hugs to ya.

at first take I thought it said throwing wenches...

Did anyone watch Gone To Far - Adam Goldstein's intervention show? Heavy stuff man! Watching how hard he wanted others to find sobriety, and knowing that he lost to the beast in the end. Addiction is so friggin heavy.

Gone To Far

Fix Your Face

chicka chicka bom bom booooooooooooooooooooooooom

This from webby Jon - "satch's Paris DVD is an amazing piece of work by some fine Germans. the cf deluxe cd/DVD is by me & the fab Arthur rosato".

Another update from your overnight news reporter, Skippygirl.

Have to mention how proud I am of all the besties of mine (about 20 men and women) who rode the Round The Bay cycle ride today, 250 km for the men, 100km for the women, I was chief after party organiser and watched them all come in one by one like weary soldiers, 1 fell, 2 punctured, and when everyone was home they made a presentation of the team GUERNSEY (note that Dazza) to one Dad who had a bad accident on his bike a few months ago and is just starting to walk again.

All we needed was to play Just Look Up or something....

Thanks for the nice words friends.

Ole Keith wasn't one of my closest friends but as I was going home late on monday he was on good form, looking well and said 'See you friday'. It was something of a shock to find out he collapsed and died just one and a half days later.

Hey Joe

You and the guy's in Chickenfoot are awesome. Just a cool cd. The Soap On A Rope video is great. Just a little q for you: What Joe Pass book did you read, by the way??? there are quite a few to choose from. The one you talked about in a Interview once. it was about breacking up chords, and stuff...

Best Regards