Joe feels the (slightly scary & very vocal) love (Moscow Arena) Our second and final show in Russia happens in Moscow, at a large black box called The Moscow Arena.… Read the rest of the article: Rocket to Russia: official hymn of the conquerors

The correct gate (Pulkovo airport – St. Petersburg) (Moscow local time: 7PM.  Weather, colder and rainier) The morning's shuttle through light snow flurries to the Pulkovo airport near St. Petersburg is effortless. At the… Read the rest of the article: Rocket to Russia: 100 rubles per jug

Encore (St. Petersburg – BKZ Oktyaborsky) As bassist for electric guitar icon (and extremely nice person) Joe Satriani on a European tour I thought to regale you, dear Boing Boing… Read the rest of the article: Rocket to Russia: "Feel 10 – Show 1"

(St. Petersburg local time: 7:30pm.  Weather: cloudy, cold and raining) Our shuttle from the hotel in Prague to the airport outside of town is spent in silence, punctuated by the… Read the rest of the article: Rocket to Russia: Russian Airlines lunch!

Seeing one's name in cyrillic script is slightly jarring. Dateline: Prague Local time: 9:11am.  Weather: slightly overcast and cool. As bassist for electric guitar icon (and extremely nice person) Joe… Read the rest of the article: Rocket to Russia: Day 0