GLITZ MAN - Nice to see you write to me, thank you :). Hope you are ok. Many projects over here but my daughter is now the main project :). But i`m still playing the guitar, recording sometimes, giving concerts too :). Cheers bro :).

JOE SATRIANI - Very deep poem, thank you so much for sharing that with us.

MIKESB - Hello friend :) !

SLANSHROOM - Hello Roy, how are you? We are pretty good :). Hope you are ok too :).

MICHELLE - Hello dear friend, hope everyone is ok :). Btw i understand your words, sorry about the oil problems in USA, terrible indeed. I love the ocean as you know and BP is in a huge problem but the worst is the ocean, it`s dying that way :-/. Very sorry about that.

TO ALL: the Portuguese Nobel Prize of Literature José Saramago said once this: THE WORLD IS BAD AND THE HUMANITY SUCKS. About this i think that are strong but in many situations wise words. Sad but true :-/.

BEST WISHES TO ALL MY FRIENDS, HAVE A GREAT DAY!

LOVE

Millions of fans in all the world are with you, Joe, independently of your politic ideas and all those things...

You're the best... the very best...

I think everybody must respect the ideas of the rest. It's a mistake to mix your opinion with your music... specially when you're defending human rights... althought someone don't agree with those opinions.

Joe - What a beautiful poem for today and all time. The big question I keep asking is "When will war end because it no longer makes sense to anyone......It doesn't solve any problems.........We are all worse from it..........When will crime no longer pay?

Have a good day everyone.

alexandre, hello sweetheart! We miss you here, but so glad you're enjoying being a daddy. How old is she now? They grow so fast. I'm sure she's absolutely beautiful and amazing in everything she does. Kisses for the baby! As for the ocean, my ocean is your ocean. It's all connected, so it will eventually affect us all, not just the gulf coast. It's just so sad that the extent of this damage is going to be so massive. Not only will it affect the ocean, but the odor from the oil will wreak havoc on humans and possibly cause long term damage physically. Also the economy on the gulf coast is going to take a serious hit...again. All that said, the hurricane season is upon us and that's gonna be really, really bad. It absolutely breaks my heart.

Anyways, I hope you pop in more often. Your positivity and love are missed by those who know you. Muito amor à família Caetano!

Hey Joe In case the link didn't work on Twitter, here it is again -

WATCH THE DRUMMER!

Mike Portnoy says this guy is his new hero. lmao!!

I don't think this has been posted here yet, my apologies if so, but Chris just found this and sent it to me....

Joe demo-ing his pedal board last September for Young Guitar

It's coolies :)

Great vid chelle, love that drummer, LOL!

Joe Satriani Talks Solo Album, New Chickenfoot Songs, Politics

MICHELLE - Thank you so much about your words, lovely words indeed :)). And that means a lot to me :). My Daughter Matilde has now almost 9 months of age, next June 2nd she has the 9 months :). Her face is like mine when i was a baby, she has the beautiful dark green eyes of the mother and she is very pretty and with lots of energy :). The first 3 months there were tough for us, new things to do every days and you must learn very fast :). But now we are ok and Matilde is our sunshine. Next week we have the first holidays in family farway of home but i`m excited about it :). You are right, they growing up very fast, Matilde has 9 kgs, heavy :). Hope your family is ok and the cats too :). Good luck to all stuff about oil and hurricanes, scary things :-/. Happilly for now we don`t have that kind of problems here, but sometimes the weather changes very fast and small hurricanes appear very quickly. About Portugal we are under a deep economic crises and the political guys are lying all the time. Every years the same thing and now i don`t care about political stuff and crises. My concern is work very well day by day to pay the rent of my home and all the things and enjoy the moments in family with Matilde and Sónia :). Sometimes i go a few concerts.Next november 22th i will see the Master Joe in Lisbon ;). My perspective about the World and about the Humankind changed a little bit but my love for the Joe`s music and for this forum is the same. Pure thoughts, happiness and truly friendship are always in my mind when i`m here. I had a sad childhood but when i discovered the Joe`s music i found that you can be what you wanna be if you work and if you are strong on your convictions and goals. The song I Believe was so important about it :). And Joe`s music show me every time if the world is crazy, the music can be comforting in relation about the bad things :).

From the heart, thank you so much, glad that you are my friend and you are here to listening my words ;). That´s very important these days.

Love, happiness and good things to you. Muito amor para a familia da Michelle :)). Btw Very good Portuguese ;).

Nice video, cool drummer lolol :).

Later and be happy :) !!

wvalentine,

For the record, I do not support illegal immigration or illegal immigrants.

President Obama and the US Attorney's office is challenging AZ and S.B.1070 precisely because it infringes on OUR civil rights, the rights of you and me and all citizens of the USA. AZ's own attorney general is against the bill. This boycott is a symbolic gesture to help focus people on the problem when local police are forced to get into the immigration business and how that infringes our basic rights as Americans. We want the Fed to help the border states with this serious problem right now.

Please read this few times so you fully understand my position.

Joe

Atta boy Joe!

alexandre, 9 months already! Time goes so fast. Matilde is a very good weight and the way you describe her, she sounds like a beautiful angel. So happy to hear you are going to see Joe in November! I know you'll have a great time. As for Joe's song I Believe - I have an angel tattoo on my arm, and above it it reads I Believe. It's a song with deep meaning, and the words I Believe stand for so many things. I'm happy to hear you are doing well my friend. Keep in touch!

jblaze, not such a lovely bunch of coconuts, huh? Man, I can count the times I've heard that story on one finger! What are the odds? Sorry it messed up your neck so bad. Nothing hurts worse than a spine injury. Hope it heals up for you and you can get back to normal living.

AGH!!! Feckin' Blackhawks!! I was swearin' like a sailor the last 5 minutes of the game & talkin' smack to Davy Knowles. lmao! I'm gonna wind up in Chicago with a glued on beard watching the parade ferchristsakes!

Night peeps!

All I can say to that is.....

PICTURES!!! VIDEO!!! I DEMAND THEM!!!

LOL!

Skippy-I was waiting for this interview too... kind of funny just got home from camping and got on the computer and there it was....lol. I enjoy his interviews, I follow him on twitter too. Youtube got me hooked on Joe too, when i first "discovered" Joe I spent way too much time on Youtube watching Joe vids...still do ...probably always will....

Joe Satriani - I'm not sure how this law 'forces police to get into the immigration business'. I have read the law as well, particularly the part about police stopping someone for breaking a law and suspect that the person is in the country illegally should (when practicable) obtain proof that the person is in the country legally. Don't quote me word for word on that as I don't have the law pulled up in front of me right now, but you get my point. I did not find anything in the law that authorizes law enforcement to go on a rampage and 'raid' towns and villages asking for proof of citizenship like opponents of it seem to be afraid is going to happen.
If we do not give local and state law enforcement power to confirm citizenship status, then who can we reasonably expect to do it, or how do you propose it be done? Which leads me to my next question: What are the members of the sound strike actually DOING other than plastering your names on a list for the world to see? Have you proposed a solution to the Arizona or Federal Government?

And criticism from the President is just that, and maybe the Attorney General has finally gotten around to actually reading SB 1070.

I, too am afraid that all you are accomplishing here is alienating your fans from Arizona, as has been shown by a couple posts here and comments on stories I have read covering the sound strike; and for me, personally, tainting beloved music with the stench of politics.

Before you say you are standing up for all Americans' civil rights, you may want to consider that a large portion (and growing) are actually in support of what Arizona has done. Granted, I am not in Arizona right now, but I certainly do not feel like my rights are at stake from the passage of this law; even more, I am troubled that those opposing it are comparing Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks to its passage.

Peace - sounds like a fantastic weekend.

Michelle - Davy is really cool the way he tweets back to ppl he's clearly a Twitter addict and it's great that he takes the time to reply.

Speaking of Davy.. how many of you have his DVD? Is it worth the money? I know he's an awesome player, but is it a good DVD- is it put together well (visually), sound good, will it give me a seizure when I watch it, etc.??