a little rum and cola... who wants to play some GUITAR!!!!!!!!!!!

on ebay - JOE SATRIANI "DREAMING #11" ORIGINAL 1997 RELEASE featuring STUART HAMM on bass Ep CD in NEAR MINT CONDITION THE CRUSH OF LOVE ICE NINE NENORIES HORDERS OF LOCUSTS

hmmmm- Horders of Locusts & nenories 8/ ?????

(Had to post made me LOL)

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Big bunny long box lools cool!! I like the bobble heads are they?? Also what's with the long box's?? Ive seen em on ebay!!!

they are shift knobs js1200, released by the Metclub. there's a NOTE longbox on ebay right now, still sealed but it's about $120. i got the SWTA for free, just the box though. no cd.

longbox's were used in the 80's when cds first came out. they were made so the cd's could fit on the shelf with the LPs >=;)

Hi there im from Portugal i play guitar for 2 years but i can't do a Study Method i have to work and my time to pratictise is about 2 hours, but i don't know how to organize please can you help i want to be a great guitar player.

Check out my new Progressive Rock meets Electric Jazz CD. http://aryuserius.com available at the website or through iTunes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQHZbjsz8TQ

The wind is howlin' outside, and Metallica is howlin' inside!! Finally watching the Metallica part of The Big 4! Effin awwwwwwe-soooome!!

Love it when the crowd goes apeshit! :-)

Bravo Sofia, Bulgaria!

Valentine's Day, which accounts for 40% of fresh flower sales annually, is fast approaching.

If you're planning to order a bouquet from 1-800-Flowers -- the world's largest florist -- you should know where most of those flowers really come from.

At flower farms in Ecuador and Colombia -- the countries that export the most to the U.S. -- two-thirds of the workers are women. These women are routinely subjected to harassment and even rape from their male supervisors. They suffer eye infections and miscarriages from consistent contact with dangerous pesticides.

In the weeks leading up to Valentine's Day and Mother's Day, they're routinely forced to work 80-hour weeks with no overtime pay. Attempts to form a union are met with opposition by police and armed forces.

Many retailers -- such as Whole Foods and Stop & Shop -- have taken the important first step of offering Fair Trade flowers to consumers who want no part of these abuses. Fair Trade certified farms must adhere to strict standards for workers' rights, which prevents the abuses described above.

1-800-Flowers is the largest florist in the world. Yet they offer no Fair Trade flowers at all.

Tell 1-800-Flowers to join other major retailers in offering Fair Trade flowers.

1-800-Flowers uses a certifying agency called Florverde, which ensures that its flower farms measure up to certain environmental standards -- this is a good thing. But Florverde has almost no labor standards: A farm can be certified even if it uses forced labor.Indeed, Florverde is owned by the Association of Colombian Flower Exporters, so it has a financial incentive to keep wages low and suppress workers' rights.

This is the week before Valentine's Day -- more people will purchase flowers during the next seven days than any other week this year. This is our best opportunity to demand a promise from 1-800-Flowers to join its competitors in offering Fair Trade flowers. So after you sign the petition, please share this email widely and post on Facebook -- do everything you can to pressure 1-800-Flowers to show a little respect for the women who toil in unbearable circumstances. The women without whom they'd have no flowers to sell.

Click the link below to tell 1-800-Flowers to make a promise this Valentine's Day to sell Fair Trade flowers:

1-800-flowers

Since this campaign began, the company has emailed to tell us that it will post more information on its website about the farms that supply their flowers. But this is a far cry from selling fair trade products -- and we have much more to do to make sure workers are protected. This is the week to do it.

Thanks for taking action,

Patrick and the Change.org team

Nope, I always ask him not to buy me flowers for V Day. It's a racket! Doubling & tripling the price of flowers for a holiday is bull, so we never buy them for anyone around V. Day or Mother's Day. Throughout the year we do, but not those times. I buy flowers all year long for peeps I love, but I refuse to pay more than what their worth. Since you mentioned it, wouldn't you rather give your wife a piece of jewelery or something nice for the same price or a bit more than what you're going to pay for something that's gonna die in a week?

I LURV getting flowers from Mr Skippy on Valentine's Day. They are locally grown as far as I know, as he gets them at one of the local florists.

Mind you, last year he got me a cyclamen plant (with red flowers) and that sucker is still looking beautiful and healthy one year later - probably better value.

Joe - how's about some blue from the studio?? Looking forward to Jon's pics and vids.

Well the fires in the west are abating thank heavens. Turned it out was an off duty policeman using an angle grinder that sent out showers of sparks that caused the fire. FFS.

How many more people do you think would buy flowers on those holidays if they didn't double/triple the price? I'm just sayin'. Fair trade flowers and other things are something we never think about. We'd probably be appalled by the way we get half our stuff if we knew where it came from.

Anyways, RIP Captain Phil Harris - 1 year ago today.

Song of the day - God Is Crying

Scubadaz- I've learned not to take most of what Sammy says as gospel. End of the year will probably end up being June-August I would imagine. Unless they are gonna hold off on the release so that Joe can tour solo some more in the Spring? Might be a better chance that Chad could join CF for at least some dates if they hold the record off for 10-12 months too. All I know for sure is that when it comes out, I will buy it!