trutina i don't believe practically a single word of your post. and i also think it will be very much sooner than "several weeks" before you read this.

i *do* believe that you were/are broke. but i certainly do not accept your "apology" for stealing from what (we thought) were your friends, and consequently stole from a charity.

i have looked at dates and times and decided not to say this here before now, but your "miranda" (if she ever existed) received her "engagement ring" within literally FIVE DAYS of you emptying the Talk2Joe PayPal account... yes, it could be a coincidence, i guess...

you mention nothing of your "life-threatening" illness... are you suddenly cured? or did our money help you? maybe you should be saying thank you and not sorry...?

you mention nothing about the countless voicemails people left for you... which means you DID have phone service.... all you had to do in your -don't-have-a-job state was pick the thing up....

you said "with gas prices what they are I can’t visit near as often as I like" that's a shame if it is true, but surely there's a public library closer? where you can stay in touch with the people you stole from? you have a car? you don't sound too broke to me... my wife and i both work and we can't afford a car, let alone gas prices....

you also looked pretty well and not-exactly-poor in the photo that was posted some time ago, when you were in line to meet Joe to get something signed....

so you wrote your message at home, on a computer which is surely a luxury? and you burned your Word document to a blank CD in order to take to your "brother"'s so you/he could upload it? You have a computer at home. It has a CD burner. And you have blank CDs. I am so sorry, you must really be suffering.

You're a helluva lot better off than some, and you're still crying and pleading poverty?

YES i am very angry and upset, and YES i think OCPS and DCK have a VERY good point.... ban this thief

supaa the entire "show" was a charade... even to the extent that Joe thought T2J was going to be a covers project, that's why he personally approved the publishing rights from Strange Beautiful Music to us... we've not used them (yet), but we will, and we'll do it without a thieving, lying, attention & sympathy-seeking piece of crap like William McKim.....

Wow, I missed that one. Well... I only joined in what, February?

Anyhow, I just spent 4 hours scanning the posts. I need to check back more often. Last time it took 8 whole hours to read.

Would be cool to be able to subscribe to a daily e-mail of the day's post, like some sites. Oh, well. This is more personal.

E-bay is awsome..E-bay sucks too!!! I only lost $15 to some guy in Florida. He was banned by E-bay!!! :<)

Love you all,

trutina, I thought you used to go round to your neighbour's place and use their computer 'cause you never had a net connection anyway?

hi(master) joe ,you are the best i am a big fan morrocan. I have your every albums. i see you in france 7/1/04 in g3 with robert fripp ( set: hands in air-searchig-satch boogie-war-cool#9-flying in a blue dream -is there love in space) my adresse e-mail is guitar-hero@hotmail.com my website photo blog is http://satch07.skyblog.com (97% a tribute to satch)

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Dakook

I apologise if any of my poems have offended you, although I really can't see why they would.

Having said that, can you tell us a little more specifically what you are upset about. I understand the antipathy towards the use of the 'C' word as I also find the use of it in this forum distasteful, but just about everything else (as far as I could see) was a bit of fun. The world could do with a few more smiles!

Peace and best wishes to you.

Keep rocking,

Steve.

T2J CD people

All the to do over the T2J 1 CD has reminded me about the T2J2 CD, Any news?

Captain Seve - I think the "to do" is actually regarding the second installment of the T2J CD...

OCPS/DCK/PhrygDom - Whilst your opinions and grievances may (or indeed may not) be justified regarding this matter, I think it highly insensitive of all of you to post such things in such a public forum as this, especially considering BIl's apparent remorse and the sheer balls it took to come here and very publicly admit and apologise for his actions.

AussieRG - That is of course bad news re. the Bali bombings. But what about all the other people who died that are not from Australia; are their lives worth less? I'm not having a go at all, it just grates on me a little when people talk like that. It happens here in the news, too. For example, in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina I remember one news reader or another saying that there was X amount of people dead, including X amount of Britons. Personally I don't care where they're from - they're people who died. That's what counts in my book. Please understand I'm not having a go - these bombings are terrible - I'm just sharing an opinion really... lol :-)

Master Yoda, no worries mate, just that with the last bali bombins ie 3 years ago, aussies took most of the body count, true it doesnt really mater where ur from were still from the same planet ( exept for joe , Im sure he's an alien) i wish this idiots doing the bombings weather in balli or else where realizes were only here for a short time in the history of the planet, and mother nature is the biggest terrorist of all, we could all get wiped out by an asteroid, and all this fighting over a bitt of land, or religion or whatever? wtf for? doesnt make sense to me half the time u know what i mean...

Hey eveeryone, i been away for a while, PARTYIN!!! so havent had any time to post, just checkin up on ya!

Hi! My name is Benoit Guénette. I'm from Québec, Canada. I just join your fanclub. I knew who was "Joe Satriani" before but I just discover your music. I play guitar for several years now and I finally found my "mentor" ( I'm surely not the first to say that ). I was looking for video lessons on the web but it's hard to find good ones or a full version of one. I think it could be an idea to put some of your lessons on your site for members like me. Please, tell me what you think about it; I'll be glad to recive your answer. Thank you for reading me,

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song of the day: BREAK STUFF by Limp Bizkit

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Master Yoda I somewhat agree and disagree with you.. the deal about this was the first one, bil was in no way shape or form connected to t2jcd's for over atleat a year and ahalf.

Mark...thanks for filling me in. I've always known that trust is a rare thing when you're dealing with internet friendships and buisness deals...etc.

Bil....I feel sorry for you man, but only a little bit. All this time I thought you were on your deathbed. I have developed some good friendships at this site, which might someday benefit me in some way, shape or form. I will never do anything to ruin that. I'd like to believe that you are truly remorseful, but from the sounds of it, you really are'nt.

Supaadave, it was ALL wasted energy.

I cried and prayed so many times for Bil. Was it all lies? Was ANY of it true? WAS HE EVER EVEN SICK? He had us right where he wanted us, and we all believed him. He took money from others who were having hard times. He misused our love and trust. He almost killed the T2J cd project that all these guys worked so hard on. And what did he do? He disappeared till it was convenient for him to come back. Personally, I give DCK, CHRIS, DAVE and the others involved much praise for keeping it OFF the board all this time. They gave Bil the benifit of the doubt all this time, and that means something! Now that he's finally come back to tell his side of the "STORY", it's about time everyone else knows the truth - THE REAL TRUTH - and that is the words of DAVE, CHRIS AND MARK.

As for those of you who think their posts were "harsh" - gimme and effin' break! I think they held back quite nicely!

Cast the first stone - HA!!! I love that story!