Hmmm...I just got the latest newseltter, and it looks like I'll be taking a road trip up to Napa on October 6. Who here will be joining me? Tracie, can you make another trip so soon after Chickenfoot?

And Peace Lily, I think this is the show you need to make your road trip for. :-)

HOOOLLLYY CRRRRAAAPPP!!!

JOE SATRIANI- oh my god man your playing in seattle in january?!?!?... PLLLEEEASSSEEE make it JAN 11th... thats my bday... that would be the GREATEST freakin thing ever... IM SOOOOOOO EXCITED! The new song is soooooooo AWSOME!!!...

I have a new job... I SELL KIRBY VACUUMS!!! It is a VERY tough and challanging job but its soooo great!

I dont look at it as a job... but an oppurtunity. The potential and outcome of it is sooo substatian.l

My manager.. the ownre of my office is only 25 years old and is worth 3 million dollars... in only 7 years... geezas.

Its a creative sales business and one of the hardest... but again... the outcome is amazing. Right now we are in a comptetion... if I get 2 months of 15 sales I GO TO ORLANDO... all expenses paid... EVERYTHING. We get to stay in the presidents suite at the (dont laugh geez) Gaylord palace resort... and a day in disney world.

My typing is hell right now cause i have just pulled 40 days straight without a single day off and 14 hour days EVERY DAY and just got off work and have one day off... TOMORROW!!! and I plan on using it to do NOTHING.

Im sooo tired im like halusinationg but I had to come in and say HOLY SHIT... about everything. haha.....

Just got back from seeing Dave Matthews Band here in town, and MAN, I am HURTING! Alberta Cross opened for them at 7, DMB started at 8:30 and played straight through til 10:30, then came back for a 2 song encore. I don't do well standing for more than about 30 minutes because of my bum leg so this was murder! It's got me a little worried about Chickenhoe.. On top of all that I think I am starting to come down with something, so it was all I could do to focus on the show, but it was really good; Alberta Cross and DMB both.

This was my first time seeing both bands. I will probably track down an Alberta Cross CD tomorrow. Dave played quite a few songs that I didn't recognize; partly because we were about 3 people back from the stage and the sound system kept cutting out at the front, so we had to listen from the side, and partly because there were several songs I had never heard before because I don't listen to DMB all that much.
Here is a copy of the set list from the show tonight. A couple that really stood out to me are: Crush, Gravedigger, Spaceman, an AWESOME rendition of All Along the Watchtower (Tim Reynolds really lit this one on fire), and Dave's solo performance of Some Devil after the encore.

It was a surprise to me that Tim Reynolds was playing with the band, so I perked up quite a bit when I saw them setting up a guitar stand and pedal board. I don't think I would have liked the show as much if he hadn't been there.
I've got about 185 pictures to go through, I'm sure there are some blurry ones to delete, but hopefully I'll upload them in the next couple days and I'll post a link here.
And lastly

Shannon- My email is usaf_eod_03@yahoo.com. I met you guys at the concert last year and would love to see you make it again this year. If there is anything I can do to facilitate that, please don't hesitate to ask me or any of the rest of us that are going.

Sorry for the long post-

Ohhh. Napa. As much as I'd like to see the fan appreciation gig, that's an almost 11 hour drive for me. If it weren't so close to the 9-ish hour drive I'm making to Chickenhoe in a couple weeks I'd seriously consider it.

Looks like I'll have to hold out for Reno and/or hopefully Portland....

At least the bonus tracks off the album aren't gonna be iTunes exclusives like with Ghosts and PSATMOR. Although I'll probably just buy the entire album outright; I remember webby Jon mentioning the non effected LIP tracks Joe selected to be included on the special edition of BSAWW. Hopefully this is what he was talking about...

Hmmmmm Oct 6th in Napa huh?

michelle

Not long after that photo I went for a full body wax coz I felt so upset with myself but then T-Bone mentioned chocolate and now I feel like DANCIN"!!!!

death cube... duh... sorry about that. Yes, I have the pitch factor. I also use the Line 6 Pod X3 Live (that I'm sure of, lol), and so I get my modulation from that unit. Don't use modulation a lot except a bit of chorus. Other toys include Vox Big Bad Wah, Digitech Whammy, Vox Saturator, and Digitech Timebender (echo). Playing an Ibanez JS2400 through a Peavey JSX Mini Colossal. I record my music through a USB interface into my computer (Cakewalk Guitar Tracks Pro 4.0 software... 32 tracks).

Hey! Did I miss some good news?!

Did Joe get the Chromeboy back? Or is that video shoot of Light Years Away a new model? I thought I remembered reading somewhere a long time ago that originally there were 2 or 3 chrome prototypes made.. it sure would be nice if Joe got the original one that was stolen back.

Does anyone know?

smooches,
» Phy³

Yeah Austin, u know if there's a show anywhere this side of the world, we're gonna do our best to be there :) It's such a small venue, 860 SEATS (who the hell wants to sit at a rock show!!!) but pre-tour??? OH YEAH!!! Just gotta figure out the deets and get the tickets.......maybe we can sleep in the car for 2 nights.......oh and with the special TWO bonus tracks on the Best Buy release, guess I'll be driving over to Medford the day before to buy them in-store...that'll make 4 copies.......Joe is my drug of choice, lol!!

Turbo Ian, sure you can cancel with any online reservation, but Hotwire.com makes you pay anyway. Even hotels.com is no guarantee, some hotels charge you a one-nights stay if you cancel after reserving. It sucks monkey balls when it happens. Did you mention CaboWabo FOOD???? :))))) We'll be in Tahoe Friday night and in line Saturday so I'm sure we can all work something out!

Oh and, just so this trip isn't tainted with a ticket....SLOWWWWWW DOWWWWWWWN!

Phydeaux_3, I don't think Joe ever got back the chromie that was stolen from him, but he had more than one. He has one that he keeps in mint condition for photos, videos, etc, and if I'm not mistaken, he has another that he plays on. He can borrow mine anytime he needs a minty though, lol!!

Joe Satriani Thank you for your new album coming up this year, hope you enjoy your tour trip.

Hi Joe, There's mention of a "Deluxe Edition" coming exclusively to Best Buy. I think retailer exclusives hurt people, particularly iTunes because then everyone is stuck with lossy audio.

Have you ever listened to the 5.1 SACD mix of Strange Beautiful Music? I noticed one of your posts said Flying was 48-track. What I wouldn't give for a re-mastered 24-bit/192kHz 5.1 mix of Flying on Blu-ray Audio. Tom Petty's new album "Mojo" was released in high rez stereo and surround on Blu-ray and it is terrific. Neil Young's latest album "Le Noise", produced by Daniel Lanois, will be released on Blu-ray a few weeks after the CD/DD/vinyl release and will contain new video footage of Neil as well as the album in high resolution.

Have you considered releasing the new album on Blu-ray? In addition, it was a bit disappointing to see the "deluxe" edition of Surfing only contain 16-bit CD-DA audio in stereo. Truly these days a "Deluxe" edition should contain a high resoluiton and hopefully multi-channel mix? The reason I ask about Strange on SACD is because the multi-channel mix is simply fantastic. The four guitar lines on You Saved My Life are brought out so much more beautifully on the SACD. It's simply a must own disc in my opinion thanks to the gorgeous surround mix and DSD high resolution audio.

I don't think new SACD titles are a wise decision simply because for pop/rock music the SACD/DVD-A boat has sailed. But with no format war around and all studios part of the Blu-ray Disc Association (for live concert releases) I think you'd be leaping ahead of the competition by looking into a deluxe 5.1 Blu-ray edition of Flying, then Extremist, etc., etc., and of course the new album perhaps first. There is a market for Blu-ray Audio and I believe it's already bigger than the vinyl market, so clearly it's sustainable. A little bit of extra money for the studio time to do the surround mix would definitely be worth it. Pearl Jam's "Backspacer" moved only 11,500 copies on vinyl and DMB's "Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King" moved 11,400. I have no doubt they'd have moved triple that on Blu-ray with surround mixes and video footage, interactive discographies, etc., etc.

Please consider doing deluxe Blu-ray releases of the back catalogue and the new album.

Any chance the digital downloads might be offered in 24-bit?

T-Bone, just keep it ready & steady! lol! There could be a substatian amount of havoc later today. ROF!

Question... is the cd we pre-ordered the deluxe addition, or are those 2 extra songs just sitting on a shelf at Best Buy & in iTunes to be bought after the pre-bought cd?

Fatape, ya know, that full body wax really turns the chick on, but growing it back is a real bitch! lmao! *shivers*

Grampy, put me down for a bit of halusinationg!

Let's bounce!

Has anybody heard of the Key Of Awesome?

I love their videos and I wouldn't surprised if some people have heard of them already. They're pretty big on Youtube.

Cry Baby-This dance isn't for everybody, just the self-absorbed people.