MEGADETH mainman DAVE MUSTAINE has issued the following update:

"Droogies!

Yesterday was the first official jam that Shawn and James and I had, and I had a blast! Of course it is still hard to play guitar and run back and forth from the Jam Room to the Drum Room where we all are set up to play with Shawn 'the fastest guitarist in the world' Drover. [See what I have to put up with?] We are working on the four songs that I mentioned and had to come up with a really strong chorus riff yesterday, which I believe I did by moving the bass line under what I was doing. We are still moving some of the sections around and determining if there is a call for another part or connector,' as I like to think of it.

There is also a song that I have been trying to record for several records called 'Hornet F*ck' appropriately titled after a premature ejaculating band mate that we used to make fun of when he would take a 'girl,' by most outward appearances, into his bunk, and no sooner were the curtains drawn, then they were opened back up again. He would come back to where we were, and his 'hostage' would usually walk out embarrassed, but every once in a while they would both sit down, hot, steamy, covered in baby glue, and sweat, and act as if nothing happened. [Well, for one of 'em, I guess] He resented my nickname for him of 'Minuteman,' so I wrote this. Maybe in his (or hers/its) honor, I will dig up the lyrics and call it 'Minuteman' again. I surely am not going to call a song 'Hornet F*ck'.

So, as I mentioned, the folks from Rick Dees Organization are coming down to meet with me, and on Monday we are going to be talking about a project we are doing. I am over-the-moon about this, and I think those of you that read these posts will like it, because in a way, you will be getting an audio description of these posts, and the humor and laughs and snorts and giggles that go along with it. There is always a misconception by someone, somewhere about what I type; hell people misunderstand me when I 'talk,' let alone try to put thoughts into words.

I gotta go now. I just had an song idea, and I am sorry to cut this short, but I have to go pick up a guitar and try something real qwik before I forget.

Have a great day, do something great for yourself and someone else too, and I will tell you more about the song writing process tomorrow. By the time this record is over, you should know how each one of these songs go and what they could possibly sound like (although no one is going to be able to hear any of this until we are ready for you to hear it). Hell, you could probably even learn how to arrange songs after this is done too.

Oh yeah, I got my jury duty assigned for May 12th, because they said it would take me a week, and I could choose to sit there for a week, or come back May 12th. That was an easy choice because Andy is going back to the UK on the 25th or 26th, due to those good ole 'powers that be' still not having completed his Visa, so I could not afford to take that time off. Now you know why the record is going to be pushed back. But them good ole boys sent their best Lee Harvey Oswald impressionist and he has already tried to wave it off, assuring me that heads would roll. I wonder if that is what Jack Ruby was thinking? Ah, the things that inspire us to write our happy songs about corruption, injustice, poverty, hardship, and self-preservation, ultimately resulting in victory . . . but at what cost?

'I ain't done nothing wrong, just having fun.' - Bon Scott R.I.P.

Dave Mustaine"