Confessions of a Fanboy

I can’t possibly tell you how much fun I’ve had reliving the recorded works of one of my heroes, Joe Satriani, and in particular his most famous and finest album Surfing With the Alien. For starters, I’m thrilled I’ve actually managed to keep this little miniseries updated each day. It’s also been fun [...]

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Picture it: Bettendorf, Iowa, 1988. A scrawny, 14-year old kid is missing baskets in his driveway with an older neighbor. The garage door is open, a cheap Emerson AM/FM/cassette deck sitting on the garage floor.

We were shooting around and I probably started popping off about this guitarist or that band – I [...]

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Once again I have let the 7 Days of Satriani post slip until the very last minute. This time letting it slip until this late at night actually serves as an inspiration for the post.
One of the things I loved about Surfing With the Alien right away was it’s potential as a sleep aid. [...]

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The 7 Days of Satriani rolls along, and I thought today we would combine this special feature with one of the mainstays of Fanboy, Let’s Talk About My iPod.
These 10 songs are the Satriani songs I’ve listened to most often according to my iPod. A couple of notes: these 10 songs are not [...]

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10:57:45 PM… one hour and three minutes to finish today’s 7 Days of Satriani entry and I don’t have the first clue what I want to say. Smaller mouths and lesser minds might find this an insurmountable challenge. For a Fanboy, it’s nothing – nothing, I say!
In college, I learned that 93% of [...]

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The 7 Days of Satriani rolls along, and today we do a quick-hit tour through Joe’s entire solo career. Please note, readers, that I have not attempted to fully review and analyze each of these albums in great detail. Instead, I sat down and looked at the list of albums he has made [...]

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Joe is doing more than participating in the release of a 20th Anniversary Edition of Surfing With the Alien to commemorate the occasion. He’s also setting out on a four-date tour, hitting New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
The plan calls for Joe to perform Surfing from top to bottom – let’s stop [...]

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I have new information to update yesterday’s story about the 20th Anniversary Edition of Surfing With the Alien. Yesterday’s main question centered on the mastering of the record and I think I’ve pieced the story together.
The album was originally released by Relativity Records in 1987. The Relativity CD was mastered by Bernie Grundman. [...]

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Let’s hope I do a more thorough job with the “7 Days of Satriani” than I did with “Garbage Week and a Couple of Days.
Joe Satriani’s landmark Surfing With the Alien is turning 20 this year and to mark the occasion, a 20th Anniversary Edition of the record is being released August 8. I’m [...]

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