hey folks-- thanks to a number of you who alerted me to the excessive posts lucassss was making. i've deleted all but the first one and dropped them a message about appropriate posts to T2J. now let's move on back to a more interesting topic of conversation. :}

howdy folks-- i've deleted the new multiple posts by lucaaaasssss and also instituted some basic limits on posting that i think will help keep things from getting *too* out of order and yet not limit the regular communications folks have here.

the revised rules are simple-- you can only post every 5 minutes and you can only post 50 messages per 24 hour period.

and yes, folks are remembering correctly- i was looking for y'all to help self-select someone who could assist in general moderation-style operations a while ago. that was before chickenfoot started happening and i was planning on spending time moving the site to a new back end system, though so that's a bit out the window for the moment :} but, if these changes don't help enough, i may return to that idea as i don't have enough time in the day to catch things as quickly as you all do!

i'm on my way down south this coming week for some rehearsal and a special little thing i can't really say much about but i'll try to sneak out a photo of the guys at work for y'all. i'm also going to try and get the new video greeting from joe up by tomorrow. :}

hey roo - yeah, it has been a looong while. in fact, i remember joe mentioning you way back at that first webcast/chat we did in 1996!

the more things change, the more they stay the same. today was an amazing day with the guys here at rehearsal. i can tell you unequivocally that it is sounding BIG and it is sounding GOOD. capturing lots of video and lots of photos which i promise will make their way to y'all soon. so far we are laying low and letting folks get their chickenfoot info through the rumor mill but soon it will kick into high gear and come from the source.

howdy folks - i posted the latest video greeting to Joe's youtube channel so you'll be able to also view it there shortly. youtube.com/websatch

dothestu - thanks for the note on the caption misorder, i fixed it :}

Keniko - i wish i could take credit for the chickenfoot logo, but that is the mean mastermind work of a great guy named todd gallopo from meat and potatoes http://www.meatoes.com. wait until you see the amazing stuff he pulled together for the cd cover.

do the stu - thanks for the comments on the photos. that was a particularly curious thing since it was mostly all video and then i realized i just had to grab the still and snap some for the fans. i was very pleased with how a few of 'em turned out as a result!

all - contest winners chosen, announced, and emailed! congrats to all of the winners, you are in for a helluva show!

hey everyone who was confused by the ticket options, i'd be happy to collect feedback and pass it over to the fanfire folks with the goal of improving the future packages for everyone. the bundle that includes the fanclub membership was something brand new that i didn't know about until it all showed up on the ticketing sites so i was as confused as some of y'all.

if anyone ended up purchasing a second fan club membership by accident through this confusion, definitely contact fanfire support at orderhelp@fanfire.com or call 1-800-767-7160 (6am – 9pm Pacific) and make a request for a refund.

just a copy of the latest news post in case you didn't see it :}

we're happy to report that we have resumed the SATRIANI.COM tradition of provided free aftershow passes to one lucky winner for each non-festival chickenfoot date! as usual, you will need to already have your ticket, and winners will pick up their passes at the box office will-call booth. joe is making time out to say hello, but there is no full-band meet & greet happening.

hi all-- finally taking a short break to respond to some messages here. i must say it's been great to read all of the posts with the great excitement about the chickenfoot shows and music. we've all felt this way for a while, but what makes it *real* is when y'all start saying the same thing! :}

Pip satrini - yes, i'm glad to have seen the responses to our little secret messages at the end of the 12 days of the foot episodes. we did include a suggestion from the ones fans had posted over at chickenfoot.us/12days. me and my director-in-crime arthur rosato had a blast working on those podcasts, esp the sequences for each song title. i think my favorite is still learning to fall-- so simple and perfect.

do the stu - yes, you found me in that old 1996 photo. behind me is john faber, the original host of satriani.com back in the day (whose ISP we did that first webcast from). though you can't tell it, my hair was longer than his :}

burly - all of the chickenfoot fan club membership payment and tshirts and such are handled by fanfire so not something i deal with. as long as they don't allow paypal payment, you'll have to use the other payment methods they support.

do the stu - the gibson show is the LA one i was referring to, we got final approval this morning after posting that last night.

scubadaz - chris, my erstwhile videographer you ran into, just got back into town and is shipping the footage off to me. we'll be reviewing and then deciding when and where to lay some highlights from the couple european shows he was at. i also have joe's footage he shot from the Road Test tour and there is some hilarious stuff in there! some might show up online, some might be bonus footage down the line on a release-- too early to say right now!

cheese101 - our plans are to do a chickenfoot VVN show sometime later this year. we are still searching for the right show to base it on, though!

satriella - the santa rosa address is the last one i got so i'd go with that:
Joe Satriani Music
PO Box 2830
Santa Rosa, CA 95405

do the stu - the big bad wah telephone bit was at joe's and the others (time machine, satchurator, big bad garagedoor opener) were all done at the coop (sam's studio) after a day of shooting footage for the next chickenfoot video. :}

thehawkguy - satriani.com work is put a bit on hold while we focus on chickenfoot. i'm sure when we have a break in chickenfoot we'll think about satriani.com redesign again :}

hi all!

We're about to launch a full page for the new release that also includes a stream of a song and a sweepstakes etc , but for right now check this out :}

ha! you all totally bust me on my failed linkage fu. yes it's true, i got used to the chickenfoot site and forgot to add in at first. as joe moves focus to his solo stuff so does the focus on the web site shift-- i suspect that when he next goes into the studio (no, no specific plans yet on that), that's when i'll look to migrating satriani.com to drupal, like the CF site is.