anibur - Rubina has dark features. I think Z.Z. looks more like Rubina than Joe. Then again, I haven't seen many pictures of Joe with hair...so it's hard to make the comparison. ;-)

N is for Nookie, and that's good enough for me.....

*eyes google around and crumbs come out the sides of my mouth*

One of the many reasons I despise Elmo is that he takes valuable screen time away from the Cookie Monster.

Happy Birthday Joe!!!! .....a day late ...ooooooooppsss.... 48...84....who cares....keep on playing ......health, love and happiness for you Joe...

Hi Joe,

Jblaze, complete with hand movements and 'tip' ~ "I'm a little tea pot short and stoudt. Here is my handle, here is my spout. When I get all steamed up I will shout. Just TIP me over and pour me out" ;-)

Yeah, I got it like dat!

Any chance of getting tickets to Joe's show Wed, Aug 18 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center. This site shows that there are no tickets available. Is that true?

Thanks.

Dude, has it crossed your mind to check ticketmaster? I just pulled up 2 seats no problem.

Joe, we'll miss you in the Cincinnati area.

With all the scale patterns out there do you have any recommendations that work best to get that good melodic feel? I seem to be stuck on diatonic blocks and not getting around the neck very well. How did you start out and was your soloing underway before schooling?

Any help from you or your staff would be helpful.

SupaaDave: haha, bug dope & Minnesota's unofficial state bird rotflmao!!.... Where I grew up in MA (like you, lol), the mosquito's were very plentiful, and they had sharp needles, lol!!..F-ing s-o-b's!!!!.... Here they are HUGE but very clumsey, so it's not so bad.... Who invented those bastards, hehe!! ;-)

michelle: Glad you guys made it through the rain!!.... hehehe ;-) btw, you always catch me before the weekend, lol!!....

Jazzy Boy: Thank's for bringing up Buckethead!!.... /\/\/\R|< (dck) always talks highly of him, and now I need to find out more, lol....

jblaze1: You still up?!?! hehe ;-) jblaze1 for Guitar & Camera Guard!!

Clarky: haha, lmao man, or maybe the wooden stake will work too, lol!!.... Let us know when you and Neil hookup!!....

Do The Stu: Apollo 11 was launched 35 years ago today.... hahaha, lol, brings back old memories!! ;-)

962: Kuul man on the JS tryout!!.... I look at the two models the same way you do, JEM for more shred and the JS for Legato.... I look at Strat's much the same way as the JS.... Better for Legato (especially Tele's), and I believe that's what JOE modeled the JS after.... Keep us posted, and dont forget about the Monkey Grip!! haha, oh, and the JS doesnt have a pickguard, right??.... Picking like Dr VAI on a JS would tear up the body, lol!!....

BTW, Tone Zones kick ass for Heavy Metal!! \m/

Lance Armstrong will win again!!.... He is in his part of the race.... The hills, lol, bring on 6!!

Nookie with Nick For G3!! ;-)

The Prez - My point was that if it would help Brother al, you should tell Brother al. You don't really need to tell me (especially without even mentioning his name), because I already know (and I had just mentioned that I already know) how to play the song. I said what I said because you directed your post to me instead of him.

Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony from Van Halen teamed up with Neil Schon and Dean Castronovo from Journey to from a supergroup, Planet Us. They recorded a few songs (1 or 2 or 3, I think), with the intention of some (all?) of them being used in the first Spiderman movie (I think...or maybe it was something else). The movie people didn't like the song(s) because they were too heavy. Nothing else happened with Planet Us at that time.

Last year, Sammy Hagar & The Waboritas did a gig on Rockline. Towards the end of that performance, Planet Us (with the addition of Joe Satriani on guitar) played one song, Vertigo. At the time most of us thought it was going to be a one-off thing. I guess there was a possibility for more (at the time), though. Joe wrote Up In Flames for Sammy and Planet Us, but the group never got together to do anything because Sammy decided to get back with Van Halen.

Vertigo is all we have ever heard from Planet Us.

Mikey: I am sure DCK knows more about buckethead than I do, but definitely check out Electric Tears, Colma and Population Override. So far there are the only albums of his that I own. You will love them.

ZINC MASTER - That story about the judge is horrible!! lmao

N is for Norge. The top part of your ass crack that shows when you bend over.

MICHELLE - I had to go kill another stupid spider in my daughter's bathroom last night. She was freaked out of her mind Screamin that she" had to go potty but the pider was dewr" I get in there and the damn thing was the size a pin head. So then of courseI lost it and started yelling. "What the hell was that little thing going to do?" I don't get it. Not quite as funny as a dryer sheet but humorous in its own way.