Joe Satriani Interview

Joe Satriani joined me on the show Tuesday afternoon to talk about his long and incredible career.  From teaching guitar to the likes of Steve Vai and Kirk Hammett... to a string of successful solo albums like Surfing With the Alien, Flying in a Blue Dream, and The Extremist... working with Alice Cooper, Mick Jagger, Blue Oyster Cult, Deep Purple, and Spinal tap along the way... and now as guitarist of Chickenfoot with Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, and Chad Smith.

Check out the interview here.

NEW YEAR ON DEMAND!!

I love the New Year On Demand.

Just a sample of the awesome stuff I got to play today because WAPL listeners wanted to hear it:
- Rush - Anthem
- Soundgarden - Rusty Cage
- Black Sabbath - Heaven & Hell
- Talking Heads - Burning Down the House
- Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
- Yes - Roundabout
- Poison - Look What the Cat Dragged In
- Jethro Tull - Aqualung
- Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks

Thanks for all the requests... keep it up all this week!

Countdown to "Ten"

I'm dying for this Tuesday and the release of Pearl Jam's "Ten" re-issue.

Ten was one of those albums that I listened to over and over and over again, to the point that I was afraid the laser was going to burn right through my CD. That album plus the follow-up, Vs., made me a huge Pearl Jam fan. A band I played drums for in high school even covered "Alive" as part of our set list.

Now, there's the re-issue... something I usually don't get too excited over, especially if I already own the album. But PJ knows how to do it right for the fans: a remastered disc of the original album... plus a remixed version with six tracks that were never released from the original Ten sessions. That's the Legacy Edition that WAPL is giving away this weekend as part of our "Perfect Ten Weekend."

But I'm jonesing for the Deluxe Edition that also includes the DVD of the never-before-released MTV Unplugged episode that I remember watching when it first aired... still one of the best MTV Unplugged performances ever.

And if I somehow come into some extra money, I'll go for the Super Deluxe Edition which has the 2 CDs, the DVD, 4 LPs including a live Seattle performance from 1992, a cassette replica of the original PJ demo, and a replica of Eddie Vedder's old notebook from the era. Of course that one is $125 on Amazon.com right now... so I'll probably just stick with the Deluxe.

Enjoy the Perfect Ten Weekend, and be sure to hit the contest page to enter for your copy of the re-issue.

The Twits on Twitter

I don't get Twitter. (Sorry Ross Maxwell)

If you haven't heard of Twitter.com, it's just another social networking internet tool. If you've ever used FaceBook or MySpace, you're familiar with the concept - it's a one-line status update for yourself. Just a quick sentence or two to let people know what you're doing right now. It's just a tiny part of what Facebook and MySpace have to offer, but on Twitter it's the full package. Nothing but a status update.

"Elwood is on-air on WAPL."
"Elwood is blogging about Twitter."
"Elwood is drinking a Dr. Pepper."

Does anyone care? If they do, I'm worried about what kind of stalker they are and where I can get a restraining order.

And the only times I might actually be doing something interesting enough to Twitter about, I'd be too busy to actually get out my computer or cell phone to post anything.

"Elwood is skydiving."
"Elwood is wrestling a gorilla."
"Elwood is saving the world from the evil forces of the Legion of Doom."

Frankly, if you're doing anything worth telling the world about... the world can wait until you're done with it to find out. Meanwhile, just enjoy whatever you're doing rather than worrying about telling everyone that you're doing it.