Official Off Topic Thread

[Meedleyx10]

Ugh.....So Satch is part of a new supergroup with Chad Smith, Michael Anthony, and Sammy Hagar. Hagar is already saying they will rival Zeppelin

I'll try to withold judgement for the time being and will definitely check it out when something is released, but I can't say I'm excited about the lineup as of now. I've always wanted to hear Satch in more of a band setting doing originals as I think he'd be killer in that setting, but this really isn't what I had in mind. I think Smith is the only one of the group that I could really see being a good match with Joe.

 

[ABQShredHead]

Ho hum.

 

[Iced Dog]

Jesus H! God bless FHM

Zach, I know what you mean about the hermit thing

 

[razoredge]

Screw that Hermit thing, did that nearly my whole life, better to stay socially active. Im going damn near out of my mind now, and I dont really have the funds to go out, been trying to get out every Sat night.... I need .... ah hem .... love

Canto - Thats different, I like it though, looks to have the ovaled soundhole ?

Meedley - Im disappointed in your dissapointment, as I think you may have caught sometime, Sammy is and has been my favorite rockin vocalist since '73 Montrose debut. This news excites me, Joes got that boogie thing going on and Sammy can deliver the good feel, he's always been about livin' life to its fullest. Hes done some really good heart felt stuff over the years too that wasnt lovie dovie stuff, more about life attitude, positive attitude. I really liked my "Not for Sale" CD... thats gone :-( He can write songs too, Anthony can sing, Sammy can riff... I actually dont know of the other name ? Not sure I'd be expecting any Achilles Last Stand or Kashmir from them so I dont know why he said that. But still I'm excited, I cant believe it would suck by any stretch.

 

[CantoX]

I wanted different ! Yeah, the soundhole is ovalish..

Those pics of Rachel Ray are pretty nice..

 

[noble savage]

Screw that Hermit thing, did that nearly my whole life, better to stay socially active. Im going damn near out of my mind now, and I dont really have the funds to go out, been trying to get out every Sat night.... I need .... ah hem .... love

I haven't had any contact with a person my age since August of last year. Not even much contact with anyone at all. I suppose that's the consequence of being introverted and moving cross country. I don't mind it one bit. In fact, I actually enjoy isolation. Is that weird?

 

[razoredge]

yeah Noble I was always that way but believe me its not always for the best. years of it can make for a lonely person one day. I was just never good in a crowd scene, too much jiberish and I could never keep up or really enjoy myself. Non the less the shell gets heavy after awhile.

Canto you can delete them under the edit function. That happens sometimes when the board jams up and you do to much clickin' on the "submit reply"... lol

 

[CantoX]

yeah Noble I was always that way but believe me its not always for the best. years of it can make for a lonely person one day. I was just never good in a crowd scene, too much jiberish and I could never keep up or really enjoy myself. Non the less the shell gets heavy after awhile.

Canto you can delete them under the edit function. That happens sometimes when the board jams up and you do to much clickin' on the "submit reply"... lol

Ah, thanks ! Got rid of them.

 

[noble savage]

yeah Noble I was always that way but believe me its not always for the best. years of it can make for a lonely person one day. I was just never good in a crowd scene, too much jiberish and I could never keep up or really enjoy myself. Non the less the shell gets heavy after awhile.

Canto you can delete them under the edit function. That happens sometimes when the board jams up and you do to much clickin' on the "submit reply"... lol

Well, I'm starting college in a few months so maybe I'll start to grow out of it. Hopefully!

 

[razoredge]

Screw Rachel Ray, I want me a real woman, t'was a pleasure growing up with you around my dear ...

 

[Meedleyx10]

Meedley - Im disappointed in your dissapointment, as I think you may have caught sometime, Sammy is and has been my favorite rockin vocalist since '73 Montrose debut. This news excites me, Joes got that boogie thing going on and Sammy can deliver the good feel, he's always been about livin' life to its fullest. Hes done some really good heart felt stuff over the years too that wasnt lovie dovie stuff, more about life attitude, positive attitude. I really liked my "Not for Sale" CD... thats gone :-( He can write songs too, Anthony can sing, Sammy can riff... I actually dont know of the other name ? Not sure I'd be expecting any Achilles Last Stand or Kashmir from them so I dont know why he said that. But still I'm excited, I cant believe it would suck by any stretch.

Chad Smith is the drummer from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It's not so much that I dislike Sammy and Michael (I like Sammy for the same reasons you do, though probably not as much), I just don't see them as a perfect musical fit for Joe. I'm hoping to be pleasantly surprised.

 

[Meedleyx10]

I haven't had any contact with a person my age since August of last year. Not even much contact with anyone at all. I suppose that's the consequence of being introverted and moving cross country. I don't mind it one bit. In fact, I actually enjoy isolation. Is that weird?

Not weird, but when done to an extreme, being a hermit can suck. I really do feel that most people could stand to be a lot more independent. Growing up as an Air Force brat, I moved enough to learn to be able to entertain myself and not feel too deprived when there weren't other people around. On the other hand, I also learned to meet people easily and feel more comfortable in new social situations. My parents moved after I graduated so when I come "home" for holidays and vacations from college, I'm not exactly coming "home" so it has been some time since I've really interacted with my closer friends and such. Going overboard with the whole hermit thing can suck though. During this past fall semester, I decided to really load myself down and did well over a full course load while maintaining involvement in other non-social, work/school related stuff. My days were about 18 hours long on average, I had zero contact with friends, almost zero contact with family, and to make it worse, when I wasn't at school, I was holed up in my tiny apartment that doesn't get any direct sunlight and has no view of the sky. My mental health probably wasn't the best and I had practically no morale to speak of. I don't mean that whole thing to sound like a "poor me" story, but my point is no matter how good you think you are at it, I don't think it's a good thing to become too detatched for too long. There's no way around the fact that we are social creatures. If I could go back and change anything, I would have have gotten out and lived a lot more in high school rather than working and practicing all the time and I would've started enjoying the college experience a bit sooner.

All that said, I highly reccomend that everyone takes a day or two off from school work, turns off the computer, gets away from the cellphone, and just has some quality personal time every now and then.

 

[razoredge]

I'm kinda thinking Joe and Sammys attitude and musical attitude might mesh well. So long as Joe doesnt write the vocal parts...... lol. Joe and his "singing" and harmonica...... gotta love it, the silly fuck.

Have you seen Joes DVD from like '06 I think ?..... totally smokin, got to see a few sides of Joe I hadnt heard before, not to mention he was IN the slot with TONE to DIE for.

 

[razoredge]

Not weird, but when done to an extreme, being a hermit can suck. I really do feel that most people could stand to be a lot more independent. Growing up as an Air Force brat, I moved enough to learn to be able to entertain myself and not feel too deprived when there weren't other people around. On the other hand, I also learned to meet people easily and feel more comfortable in new social situations. My parents moved after I graduated so when I come "home" for holidays and vacations from college, I'm not exactly coming "home" so it has been some time since I've really interacted with my closer friends and such. Going overboard with the whole hermit thing can suck though. During this past fall semester, I decided to really load myself down and did well over a full course load while maintaining involvement in other non-social, work/school related stuff. My days were about 18 hours long on average, I had zero contact with friends, almost zero contact with family, and to make it worse, when I wasn't at school, I was holed up in my tiny apartment that doesn't get any direct sunlight and has no view of the sky. My mental health probably wasn't the best and I had practically no morale to speak of. I don't mean that whole thing to sound like a "poor me" story, but my point is no matter how good you think you are at it, I don't think it's a good thing to become too detatched for too long. There's no way around the fact that we are social creatures. If I could go back and change anything, I would have have gotten out and lived a lot more in high school rather than working and practicing all the time and I would've started enjoying the college experience a bit sooner.

All that said, I highly reccomend that everyone takes a day or two off from school work, turns off the computer, gets away from the cellphone, and just has some quality personal time every now and then.

Yup, I worked almost entirely alone for 20 years, miles away from anybody. I had some inter action of course, and the bands for a few years, and the family but I was rarely home, all work, work, work, I was antsy (sp) on Thanksgiving and Christmas because I didnt know how to take a day off, relax and get nothing done.... twas BS ! Now Im lazy by comparision and if I had expendable income I'd be a party animal, fuck it... I wanna LIVE

 

[Meedleyx10]

I've only seen a few songs from it at a friends' place. I've been wanting to pick it up but just haven't bothered yet.

 

[razoredge]

Boy, I dont think you will be disappointed. I watched it entirely one night at a friends house. I was in awe, I knew Joe was good, I always liked him, his style, his feel, expression, sense of melody, but I'd never seen him roll like that. I think I counted 5 glitches and they were minor, just like a slight miss pick or weak pick, he had the note but just not strong, but he was flowing notes like mad and I mean flowin, thats Satch, Joe Flow

 

[Iced Dog]

Chad Smith is the drummer from the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Aha, you mean Will Ferrell's doppelganger

Oh, and just how big is this guy's closet??

TOKYO - A homeless woman who sneaked into a man's house and lived undetected in his closet for a year was arrested in Japan after he became suspicious when food mysteriously began disappearing.

Police found the 58-year-old woman Thursday hiding in the top compartment of the man's closet and arrested her for trespassing, police spokesman Hiroki Itakura from southern Kasuya town said Friday.

The resident of the home installed security cameras that transmitted images to his mobile phone after becoming puzzled by food disappearing from his kitchen over the past several months.

One of the cameras captured someone moving inside his home Thursday after he had left, and he called police believing it was a burglar. However, when they arrived they found the door locked and all windows closed.

"We searched the house ... checking everywhere someone could possibly hide," Itakura said. "When we slid open the shelf closet, there she was, nervously curled up on her side."

The woman told police she had no place to live and first sneaked into the man's house about a year ago when he left it unlocked.

She had moved a mattress into the small closet space and even took showers, Itakura said, calling the woman "neat and clean."

 

[OfSinsAndShred]

I've been wondering every time I walk by Guitar Center - "Is that Will Ferrell?"

I was going to be so pissed if that dude had a huge picture on the front of the building. Thanks.

 

[Kenneth R.]

I can't believe people actually find Rachel Ray attractive. If you leave the house and turn off the tv, you'll be astonished to find that Oprah is in fact not the most beautiful woman in the world, etc.

 

[razoredge]

Well she (Rays) not that bad but not a heart stopper.