Hell, with all the pictures I have up in here of Joe, i consider him part of my family too! lol! I joke with my kids that he's "uncle Joe" lol!

Glitz, just pic yer favorite cd's/dvd's and take them. Which ones really mean something to you?

Grant, that's a really tough call for anyone but you to make. It's very personal :) You should look through all yer stuff and see what jumps out at you the most and get that signed. For us, we had Joe sign photographs of himself, or t-shirts, tour laminates....never worried too much about the cd's or dvd's, kinda went for the odd stuff. But like I said, after a few signatures, time spent just talking was golden :) We don't bother getting siggys any more at all now, unless I know of a fan that's desperate for his autograph...if there's a way I can get one for that person, then I ask Joe to sign....or if I have a joke picture or prezzie I'ma send someone (ask Mckenna or chelle, LOL) He's always incredibly gracious about signing anything!

Yep, I keep my" Ho Ho Ho Michelle" cardboard Joe with a Santa hat picture up year round. lmao! Thanks for that one T. lol!

Feckin' priceless!!

He is scheduled to come on March 22nd. It looks like I might be shopping for some sharpies. ;-p.

All his CDs are awesome and every single one is considered one of my favorites.

Hello all;

elpp - I think The Incident is a great album, but it's not one I'd recommend for people new to Porcupine Tree. It's A LOT of music and it takes a while to digest.

I don't recall if you're already familiar with the band. If not, you can stream their albums for free at http://www.porcupinetree.com. I'd recommend listening to Anesthetize from Fear Of A Blank Planet to start.

They're good, but I'm not sure how you'd take them/this album, to be honest...they can get DT-heavy at times, but they're also light and atmospheric. If you don't have any of their music, Deadwing or Fear Of A Blank Planet might be a better place for you to start...those are their heaviest albums.

I do love that band, though...I've been getting into them a lot lately.

Does anyone else have this album? The single Slide is waaay overplayed, but I like the rest of the album a lot...good pop/rock.

Austin, I haven't had a chance to listen to Porcupine Tree, but do you have any advice for me when I see Joe on the 22nd? I'll be seeing & meeting him, plus pics & autograph(s). What should I say to him when I meet him face to face? If you can help me, I do appreciate it. I have been told to go to you, axeshredderjc, and a couple of others. Thanks dude.

TTYL Peeps!

Glitzy - you're gonna be fine, start with a big smile and it will all flow from there.

I cannot wait to see your pics!!!

edit....Railton we're both in the chat room but only 1 of us is talking.......

Glitz, first introduce yerself as yer screen name from T2J. Second, don't faint. Third, snap pictures! That's it. :-)

Pip: got to play it! WOW! I forgot how different a fixed-bridge is!!!!

Initial thoughts: man, what a find! The flight case was almost immaculate, the body only has a couple of imperfections, a few minor scratches on the horn, some impressions on the back, and a minor rub on the front around the jack. Other than that it's awesome, so warm and full, but you switch to bridge and it is quite lively, can definitely be too sharp if you are careless.

Started with brother John (duh), and went through all the logical songs: midnight, day at the beach, baroque, tears in the rain, etc.. Was great for some backing riffs after that made me rock back in the chair and just pluck around for an hour or so after that. Great find.. Very smooth too. It arrived well intonated with a super-low action and straight neck - not sure who set it up...

Frets seemed a little high though, not sure if I'm just playing it too heavily, will play it a bit more over the next few days and get used to it.

Apple picked up my app in only a few hours and it's now in review. Cross your fingers everyone...

Also, the redundancy was not unexpected and quite welcome. A paid 4 month vacation to work on my own things... And play guitar!! :) not really fretting about work right now, might change my tune in a few months.. Lol
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Good article Mark.

Railton, Dream3, & I are chatting right now in the chatroom.

Nice one Railton it came out really well!!

Al baby--There's plenty of Hendrix recordings out there and yer welcome to them. Ya have a whole lifetime ahead of you to listen to them all. BTW, I'll trade ya a baby redwood tree for a baby yew tree. I guess it's the cutest tree in Eire!

Dream Theater AND Iron Maiden? I am SO there! \m/