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Here is a classic video from the stylish, suave, and debonair Penetrators! Here is Redlined from their epic album Locked & Loaded.

Join the 'Verb with the Mercury Four and Lushy for an evening of Christmas celebration on Saturday December 22nd at 9pm. The cost is $5, the show is 21+ and the location is the Nectar in the Fremont Neighborhood of Seattle.

IT'S A NEW YEAR'S EVE SURF 'N' TURF TIKI PARTY!

Start 2008 the correct way: Come see MISTER NEUTRON perform at midnight Dec. 31 at The Iron Monkey, 97 Greene St. (corner of York), Jersey City, (201) 435-5756, with The Plush Interior, a Jersey City band. It's all part of The Iron Monkey's first-ever Surf 'n' Turf Tiki Party!
 
To see the bands, it's FREE!!! If you want to enjoy the special prix-fixe three-course tiki menu, which includes surf 'n' turf, it's $60. There will be a complimentary Champagne toast at midnight, plus tiki drink specials, party favors and giveaways. To make a reservation, call (201) 435-5756.

www.misterneutron.com
www.ironmonkey.com

(From Paul Johnson's email list... - BN)

Friends and guitar music fans ­

Just in time for Christmas, we've gone live with a MAJOR SITE UPGRADE at pjmoto.com. Now you can DOWNLOAD your favorite tunes and albums! It¹s quick, easy, and cheap; and its available on over 200 (!) of my tunes, many of which have been unavailable for purchase until now.

Online purchase of "real" CDs is still available too!...

We have several other new surprises for you here as well, and some great GIFT IDEAS to help you make short work of your holiday shopping. Please come by and see all our new toys!

Listen to Danny Morris on "THE BIG SHOW - DAWN PATROL" each Saturday morning 6-8am on WFIT 89.5 from Melbourne, FL and streaming live at www.wfit.org.

Danny plays tunes new and old inspired by the sun, sand and surf with a bit of surf and rock-n-roll history tid bits thrown in.

Check out Danny's website www.dannymorrisband.com for info on his touring surf-rock and blues band based in Cocoa Beach, FL.

COLORADO'S OWN SONIC EXPLOSION GET THREE COFFINS READY AND LEGENDARY SURF SKATE PUNK TRIO AGENT ORANGE WILL BE DESTROYING THE STAGE OF DENVER'S FAMOUS "BLUEBIRD THEATER" ON DECEMBER 12TH. COME OUT AND SEE BLAZING SURF/SKATE PUNK SHOW. PRESALE TICKETS 14$ AND 16$ AT THE DOOR. CONTACT WWW.BLUEBIRDTHEATER.NET FOR DETAILS. ALSO SEE WWW.MYSPACE.COM/GETTHREECOFFINSREADY FOR THE EXTRA COOL FLYER.

Big Blue Beach Rock Thank You To All

Thank you to all the bands, The Aquatudes, The Clams, The Knuckledusters and Big Fat Combo, for putting on such a great show last night,Nov. 17, at the Zen Bar in Farmington, CT . The turn out was phenomenal and the music was equally spectacular. Many hugs & kisses to Rockabilly Willy, Bobby D, Perilous Cheryl, Joey Zone, Joey the doorman and most of John Carlo, the owner of the Zen Bar for just being such a great guy.

The music started with The Aquatudes rippin' up the reverb playing both originals and classics. Tom, Dick & Fred are so tight you would never have guessed this was their first appearance as a trio. The Knuckledusters brought down the house when they hit the stage. The saxophones and the vocals blended well with an incredibly powerful bass & skins combo. Together, this five member band from Boston, got the fans in the club a hoppin' and a boppin'.

Next up, Big Fat Combo, who opened with Folsom Prison Blues. This set the stage for a full dance floor for the next 45 minutes. Who could sit still when BFC plays? No One! Closing the night, The Clams. They were stripped down trio with a new bass player, Scott to his family, but to me, he's smokin'! The night ended the night much like it began, reverb-erating and wet. I love when the Clams just play it & say it like it is, surf, plain and simple. No vocals needed when you have musicians like Dano, Brain and S'clam (Scott + Clam = ...)

And if the music wasn't enough for you, we also gave away 5 raffle prizes that night, including 4 tickets to the next show which is...

Saturday, Dec. 22 @ 8 pm - Holiday Rock w/ SPF-4, Slick Fitty, 9th Wave & Jason James & Houserockers

check out the poster at www.myspace.com/bluestingraye or go to www.thezenbar.com

Recently a major galactic event has occured in the Pacific Northwest, a gamma ray burst larger than any in the last 50 years. Scientists believe the event occured the moment a NW surf band known as "Retroactive Gamma Rays" released their debut CD. The Retroactive Gamma Rays self-released debut CD, "Activate!" is now available online.

Twelve songs are available on RGR's, "Activate!", along with sound effects and sound clips from cult classic movie favorites like Hot Rods to Hell, Repoman, The Day The Earth Stood Still and more. Clint Beachwood from A Day at the Beach says, "Great CD!!". Speakeasy, the eighth track from the album, was the first song played on Clint Beachwoods November 15th radio show. More songs from the recently released CD are currently playing on Retroactive Gamma Rays myspace page here, www.myspace.com/retroactivegammarays

The CD is now available at a number of online CD purchasing portals, including CDBaby.com, Double Crown Records mail order and Deep Eddy Records mail order. Below are links to the three websites were you can purchase the CD.

www.cdbaby.com/cd/retroactivegr

www.dblcrown.com

www.deepeddy.net

For those of you wondering how this natural occuring event may effect the Great Northwest, and the world, most experts believe,"The only side effects will be increased foot tapping and stereo volume knobs being tweaked to the left slightly more that usual, but everything should pretty much stay the same." These effects, however may ultimately be perminent and spread throughout the world according to speciests in the field. In response to this forever changing release by the Retroactive Gamma Rays Retroactive_Taj responds, "Buy it.". Well put Taj, well put.

Well, we are finally open for business. Please check out the SG101 Store to purchase the t-shirts designed by our very own SurfBeatnik, also known as Duff from The Torquays! I want to thank member mom_surfing, aka Carol, for suggesting the idea, making the order, and doing the shipping from her surf shop in North Carolina! Thank-you Carol! You rule!

We are a bit low on the Oceana shirts already, so place your order fast if you want one of those. Also, I've never tried to sell anything like this before, so go easy on me. If you have any questions about your oder, don't hesitate to email me at store@surfguitar101.com. Thanks and enjoy your shirts!