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From an email from Dave Wood:

I have chosen not to renew web hosting and the domain registration for
Zptduda.Com, which will be effective at the end of January.  This will mean that
the Cowabunga links pages will be going away.  If you have not already, I highly
recommend that you join SurfGuitar101.com and add your site to their links pages.

I will also be closing down the Cowabunga webring.  If your site is currently a
member of the Cowabunga ring, please feel free to remove the banner graphic and
web ring controls from your pages.

Thanks and best regards,

Dave

The Cowabunga Web Ring was an important web ring in the 90's, back when search engines weren't as good as they are now. I fondly remember clicking on the random site link and discovering all kinds of bands and web sites. Thanks go out to Dave for all his hard work on this and his contributions to the surf music community!

After a break of almost one year SurferJoe web site is back online. Surf bands from all over the world join us now on surferjoemusic.com!

(what have I done during all this time??? probably just working too much...) SurferJoe web site is back with some changes. The main domain has gone from SurferJoe.it to SURFERJOEMUSIC.COM and from now on we will list bands from all over the world. As usual, it is possible to leave news, updates, gigs, suggestions, booking requests and so on. No registration required. We are still working on the activation of many sections...

We are working to go back organizing events in Italy for next summer, especially the 3rd edition of the SurferJoe Summer Festival that has seen in the past the participation of many friends: Charades, Slacktone, Bambi Molesters, Surfin' Lungs, Bitch Boys, all italian bands (from Cosmonauti to Pipelines, from Bradipos IV to Wet-Tones...). We will keep you up to date. Thanks also to all the other artists that have been booked with our help or by us directly such as Dick Dale, Surfaris, Beach Boys, 5678...

The online store is also re-opening and you will find a lot of stuff and updates, including the possibility to buy musical instruments (new and used) directly from Japan through us. Cool, cool, cool (trust me...).

Finally a great thank you to surfguitar101.com that is carrying on this brilliant community with so many surf music fans! We look forward to work together!

Merry Christmas from The AquaSonics !

Click here for an AquaSonics Christmas wish.

Check out the new Aquasonics web page at www.aquasonics.net. Please update your bookmarks!

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.