Should they tell these poor souls radiation is good for them??? 125 reported abandoned at hospital in radiation zone

Has anyone aside from Tracie and myself read Red (ha!)?

The US is by no means the only country to donate money to Japan (or Haiti or Chile or wherever), but its total will almost always be the highest because of population/GDP.

While I'm talking about Japan, here are two links that people here might find helpful:

Nuclear Energy Institute

Brave New Climate

Contrary to what you're reading/seeing/hearing in the mainstream press, no, the world isn't ending.

Turbo..my bad, sorry man

Austin:Good post.thx just to reiterate from Sun night

Japan's nuclear safety agency has said there is "no possibility" of a Chernobyl-style disaster at the Fukushima 1 plant, local media quotes national strategy minister Koichiro Genba as saying....

How can I purchase a Joe Grey Hoodie jacket that was on sale during the tour?? None in the store, cant find on Ebay either...

Anyone seen this jacket for sale anywhere??? It's light grey with the red and black design on the back. LOVE IT. NEED ANOTHER ONE!!!!!!

slanshroom - The situation really has changed in the past 24 hours or so. I hope everything is under control soon, but panic (especially from people halfway around the world) doesn't do much to help. And really, someone saying there's "no possibility" of a disaster is just as wrong as someone on CNN/Fox/wherever saying people halfway around the world need to buy iodide tablets. I wouldn't believe either extreme at this point.

The steam that is (very slightly) radioactive that was vented at one of the plants shortly after the earthquake has reached the west coast of the US by now. I've seen some doomsday reports, but I wish people would stop and think. I get more radiation from the smoke alarm in my apartment than I'll get from walking outside today.

Anyway, back to the main point, things need to get better really soon.

I also didn't know that Sammy was such an entrepreneur earlier in his career. We all know about the tequila, but mountain bikes, clothing, fire sprinklers, and a travel agency? Pretty cool.

About Van Halen, it almost seems like Sammy hates DLR more than he does EVH. I don't think the words "David Lee Roth" appear in the book once, do they? Sammy just calls him "Roth" or "the previous singer", or talks about "before I joined the band". I thought that was odd.

I really think the book could have been 50 pages longer. It would have been nice to have more background on Chickenfoot, maybe by going into more detail about Planet Us before the VH reunion. And personally, I would've liked to hear more about how/why Jesse Harms left the Wabos. I liked him a lot.

Did you catch the part about Mick Brigden driving around Sammy and Montrose in France way back when? Or that the Bone in San Francisco was the first to play Sammy's demo tape? I thought those were cool tidbits, for Satch fans.

Tsunami of Tohoku Earthquake Before Wrecking the Coast

slanshroom- no worries... reading over my original post a second time I realize that I didn't make my point very well.

Joe rocks in more ways than one! Thank's for your help and concern!

I hear ya Roy san and Do The Stu, it is really getting hyper in the news, and the contrast between the "I am almighty Anderson Cooper" and the low key, noble Japanese reports are like night and day..just goes to show you the difference in our societies....

It has been a remarkable week of suffering and hope, despair and anxiety for the Japanese people, but they are holding the fort down with their graceful demeanor and wonderful kindness..we can learn a lot from them, and I have. I pray they can get the nuke plant under control, and the heroic actions that are going on to stabilize it are beyond comprehension. Let's all hope and pray this comes to a miracle ending....

Zen san, good on the group, and Godspeed....

michelle, how awesome of Marty..he is one class act, and he was just here in oki earlier this month. And that video was from the Japanese Coast Guard..my God, really gives you a sense of the destruction that was coming!!

Btw, wolf2 is one dedicated mofo..I await the day he finally explains that it was all a long running 10 year joke on T2J, lmao!

Ovation 1:I heard that Mikey san, hope this nightmare comes to a close, we,ve had nuclear scientists truth talk live tv here and while the truth is scary its better the government be forthcoming with information than keep people in the dark.I believe the authoritys are paranoid people will run from their posts and too be honest i dont blame em a mass exodus from Japan would not be in the countrys better interests.Fingers toes crossed Mike they regain control of the situation, thinking of ya all across the pond

Hi all

Have I really not been here since my Birthday? Wow.... thanks for all the wishes folks! Nice of you

Joe - classic! Your stories are always great..... Oakland A's National Anthem .... is this the scene recreated for Moneyball?

Scuba - great link, thanks for posting

Ovation1 - good to hear from you and amazing positive attitude there. Hope everything is as good as it can be for you

Cheese - hey up, dont you owe me an email :-b

Turbo - guitar looks nice... have you secured it? I have a 1000 with Joe's setup on it. It's LOWWWWWWWWW.... and a lot of fun

Slansh - loving the new work and the youtube stuff. When are the next lessons going up? Does the cat mind you standing on it's tail for some of the outro audio???

In other serious news, I have a cold..... : (

Paul Gilbert hair tips - what not to do

pip:couple o weeks time Phil, been a strange fortnight, good for practice but got sod all recorded, busy being housedad, i,ll post when i,ve more uploaded ;)

Arround 10 years without listening anymore to Hendrix.

Yesterday, i gave time to Cry of Love album. Marvelous album.

Freedom

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Just read an excerpt from Sammy's book. I guess it was the first chapter and also Mike's prologue. It's as good a page turner as Decision Points. Definitely think I'll be headed out to buy it today.

BTW, There are a couple of reasons that the US is always out taking the lead for every crisis on the planet. One reason is that we've been doing it for over a half century. It's just become an expectation that something happens and the US is out there to clean it up. There is a HUGE humanitarian reason also. There could be over 10k people die before this is all said and done, and that's if the nuclear reactors don't melt down and leak out of the containment areas. But the biggest reason we're over in Japan ready to do anything and everything is the economic reason. Someone else in the forum already mentioned it. Japan is the 3rd largest economy in the world. The entire global economy is depending on Japan not imploding economically. Hell, we've already shut down GM plants in the US due to the lack of parts coming from Japan. We are extremely dependent on the Japanese. At least no one will use the old water cooler argument on this one...."we're there to take over the oil!!" Bwaaahahahaha. I cringe everytime I hear someone say that. It's astonishing people haven't educated themselves better at this point. But that's another post............

I also think we should stop with all the relief effort to Africa. There are MANY prosperous countries in Africa. We need to stop sending food, water and medicine to Africa. We need to go move all the people out of those regions and into the prosperous countries. There's nothing we can do for the desert villages. EVER. Nothing can grow there and there's no water!! Get those poor people out of there, educate them and that will be the end of the African relief.

I am proud to report that one Transparent Red JS100 has found its proper home and is currently resting peacefully!!

The previous owner was a big fan of Joe, but not a fan-atic, as I had to bring him up to speed about the release of BSAWW and the JS2400. I could have talked for days, but didn't want to overdo it.. As a little "thank you" for throwing in the hardshell case, I left a Bonus Track edition of BSAWW on his front porch on my way out. Nice little surprise for him the next time he leaves!

This guitar is far more beautiful than the pics made it out to be; it honestly looks like it has been in the case since 2001.

hello ... joe I'm participating in a guitar contest in Venezuela I take the dare to do a cover of your song circles. I leave the link so that you take a look, I hope you like it