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2530 NE 82nd Ave
Portland, OR 97220
(503) 256-3399

to see 3 great bands keepin' the dream alive! The Retroactive Gamma Rays return to Portland for the first time in over 2 months. The Splashdowns (sorry about the typo in the flier) one of Portland's newest surf bands and Seattle's Goldie Wilson with members from The Verb! Check it...

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Press Release

From: S3 HQ & Double Crown Records
Re: Declassified release date
For Immediate Release

On May 13th 2008, the long awaited DVD from The Penetrators entitled "Declassified" will be available for purchase on line at www.penetrators.com and www.dblcrown.com. "Declassified" features 15 live performances in addition to the video for "Redlined" shot by Paul Mayne and a new video for "The Southern Surf Syndicate Theme"
and more! The retail price has been set at $14.95 plus shipping.

Bonus features include the animated short, "Stuntmasters: Jawbone Gorge." Created in 2000 by Rip Thrillby (027) (under the pseudo-name "Scott Rogers") along with his business partner @ atomo.com Bill McIntyre. It has remained unreleased until now. An alternate audio track with commentary by Sticks Stechkin (013), Trace Luger (017) and Spanky Twangler (023) is also included in addition to liner notes composed by music journalist Gregory Nicoll.

Received via Reverborama -- BN

Hey Compadres,

After ten years on the Internet, it's time to give it a rest:

IN THIS FINAL ISSUE: Up Close with TLM Editor, Dick Stewart (Lance Monthly’s tenth anniversary; let the hiatus begin); Tenth Anniversary Comments (from TLM’s most ardent fans); Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender (A report by Sonny West – Rockabilly Weekenders growing in worldwide popularity); A Chat with Tinker Carlen (Was he an original Cricket? – interview conducted by Dick Stewart); Paterson’s Jump, Jive, and Harmonize (Reviews of releases by The Liverpool Five; 3 Balls of Fire); MuzikMan’s The Lance Monthly Album Pick of the  Month [“010110001 (Limited Edition)”- Ayreon]

For a final read, go to http://www.lancerecords.com

Adios,

Dick Stewart
Editor - The Lance Monthly

Come see The Aquasonics, The Insinerators, and The Beloved Invaders perform a Dick Dale tribute at The Falcon in Engelwood, Colorado on May 3^rd, 2008.

Read more for the show flyer...

Found this on myspace: --BN

We are happy to announce the upcoming release of our new album "Jungle of Twang". It will be released by Kamikaze Records of Germany. The album is ...GREAT, we recorded it at Circo Perroti Studios, Gijon Spain, last December.

Check out our tour dates, we'll be touring a bit around Germany and Switzerland this Spring and Summer, and are to keep doing so for the next year.

Mucho love, cheers and beers!

Yours,
Alex Anthony
Los Twang Marvels

Read more to see the artwork...

Here we have a brilliant video and stellar surf song from Argentina's The Tormentos. This is Dragstrip Night from their split album "The Phantom Surfers Race Against The Tormentos".

Editors note: received by email from Janne Haavisto:

There sometimes comes a time in a band's career when things are still great, but you can sense that the natural lifespan is nearing the end. It´s nobody's fault, there´s no reason for it, it just happens. That's where we are with Laika & The Cosmonauts now. We love the band & music and are very proud of all the gigs and records we've done. We don't wanna our good career to go where we end up being a bored/boring bar band that plays too few gigs to keep it tight, with the same songs all the time and gradually keeps getting worse and worse and in the process start hating the music and each other. So...

When we release the compilation, it will be , not only to celebrate our 20th anniversary, but also to enhance the enjoyment of our farewell tour and make it an appropriate finale for the 20 year on the road - we intend to have fun and play great gigs! We'll do as many shows as possible in Finland in August-November and then October in the USA.

We'll be playing the East coast, hopefully the West coast too and then play our final gigs at the Continental Club in Austin, our home away from home (Oct 31st and Nov 1st) and...after which we'll have a few beers and relax, you know...

THANKS EVERYBODY! JOIN US FOR THE CELEBRATION!

Here is some tab for Squad Car that I did a looong time ago. Thor from Monsters from Mars provided some help. Enjoy. Comments and corrections welcome.

The Surf Club Live is Alive!! And this is the show that puts the 'Surf' in Surf Club Live 9 - Reverb Galaxy 10 - Flea Bops 11 - Atomic Mosquitos 12 - Beatnik Flies www.surfclublive.com