DJMat14 so sorry to hear about young David, that's just tragic :( Thoughts and prayers with his family and friends. I hope Joe's message brings them a little bit of comfort at this awful time. He's always been so uplifting, caring and encouraging to those who are hurting.

Chelle, and Peace, thanks for the good thoughts for Debbie. We were told on Thursday that if she "continued to improve" they'd move her out of ICU. But....she's still there and considered in serious condition. Absolutely beautiful person, wife, mother, co-worker, and friend to many. Praying she comes out of this okay. Meanwhile, the bus driver claims she was in a "blind spot" so that's why she hit her...and is still employed pending investigation. I'm mad, and sad and scared all at once. Her husband just lost his dad in a car accident a few months ago, he's got to be so scared.

Finally got a chance to watch disk 2 completely from the new Satchurated dvd...love it!! So much fun to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and how goofy everyone can be. It was also a nice surprise to find ourselves on the dvd in a couple different spots, wasn't expecting that at all! Also saw Do The Stu and Peace Lily and her hubby :) For yer first show ever with Joe Deb, you did GOOD! lol!!

Just got started on disk one but didn't get too far into it before we had to leave for a bit. Will catch the rest of it tomorrow :)

Joe Satriani

Since you are going on G3 tour with Steve Vai, Steve Morse? Can you ask a DVD/bluray production team to record at least one of the G3 concert? thank you in advance

nice playing Blue_Moon

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I think out of all 25 songs on Satchurated, IMO Joe couldn't have done Dream Song any better. There's just something special about the way he did it that particular night. I have a lot of boots of the BSAWW tour and have heard all the songs played several different ways, and I thought Premonition would be my favorite, but he didn't play it the way I've come to like. But Dream Song is definitely my favorite off the entire album. Followed very closely by Pyrric Victoria and Andalusia, not necessarily in that order. Ice 9 even sounds like a new song to me coming out of the Marshall Amps. Love the new sound!

Dear, Joe!! We are going to hold a guitar's festival at 26 of May. The performers: man 10 to 65 years who plays diffirent music classic and jazz to rock . We were surprised when most of performers decided to play your compositions (Summer song, Surfing with the alien, Crying etc.) Our city locates in Russian Far East near to China.His name is Khabarovsk We have a lot of guitarists who will show their outstanding skills in our fest. Also our fest will be charity.

Here's some awesomely shitty news...

Fukushima still spewing massive radiation plumes; America in 'huge trouble,' says nuclear expert

Bad bad bad bad bad.

Michellle- I am scared sh*tless now.

"[S]itting at the top of [Reactor 4], in a pool that is cracked, leaking, and precarious even without an earthquake, are 1,565 fuel rods (give or take a few), some of them 'fresh fuel' that was ready to go into the reactor on the morning of March 11 when the earthquake and tsunami hit," writes Consolo. "If they are MOX fuel, containing six percent plutonium, one fuel rod has the potential to kill 2.89 billion people."

What a mess "we" have made of our world...........

Deb, that's the same part that made my jaw drop and literally say out loud "holy f*ck!" That's sooo bad! I can't believe we don't hear more about this world altering event. Instead the press is keeping us updated with Hollywood nonsense and bullshit lying politicians. WHY isn't every scientist in this field in the entire world looking at this and working on a solution - or at least taking some action so it doesn't go batshit bonkers and wipe us all out in the event of another quake or "event". I'm heartbroken for the people of Japan who have had their lives already ruined by it, and for those exposed and not being told the truth by their government. It's just baaaad,

Al, sorry hon. If you and T and JP would move here to Pennsylvania - life would be grand!

Here's some sunshine for ya Al.

Re the Fukushima article, it certainly is a horrible situation and will take a long time to clean up or remediate.

However, I like to see journalists back up their claims with some evidence so that I, as a mere reader and non-expert, can try to establish fact from opinion. The author of this article could well be 100% right, but I won't say they are until I see some data.

Senator Wyden's press release is here Wyden press release

He certainly is alarmed and is urging action, and probably can't phrase his release and letters any more strongly due to diplomatic protocol, but he is not saying that we are on the edge of extinction from Reactor 4. Not exactly.

The person with the worrying quote was a Christine Consolo not Wyden, and I didn't see any evidence for her opinion at her source site here Consolo opinion In fact the raging debate at the bottom of the page clarifies that some of her claims are wrong (radioactive pollen, Mexican seaweed etc).

Again, I'm not saying there is no problem, there could be a bloody huge problem. But I like those with the primary source of data and facts to be directly sourced and confirm or clarify before I believe. Red flags go up for me when I read things like "2.89 billion". It's not 3 billion, or 2.88 billion it's exactly 2.89 billion? That can't possibly be valid, and then I begin to query if it's just an opinion.

Nevertheless, for the sake of the people of Japan, the Pacific, the USA, the world, the environment, the sooner the Japanese authority can get the thing safe the better off we'll all be.

rehearsal hangout video May 2

Hey there all Satch fans! Recently I've recorded my very first Satch cover - A Train of Angels with some extra visuals. Any feedback would be much appreciated!

Here's the link: A Train Of Angels

Skippy, fair enough, but the fact of the matter is - we're in deep shit. We already know that nuclear power plants are one of the most dangerous places on earth, especially one of the biggest nuclear power stations in the world. We've all seen what happened to Chernobyl. The number of people once you get past one billion is pretty much irrelevant. Even if this dude is exaggerating, there is truth in the severity of the article. There are two reactors that are severely damaged. That in itself is the most serious concern. Facts are very important, but anyone can see - we are in deep shit. If a house is engulfed in flames, you don't need a fire chief to tell you it's serious. Knowhatimean?

Hey that sounds great! Work on vibrato and it will be perfect!