I hope you all take the time to read this story and send your feedback directly to the author at skaos@hotmail.co.uk . (Lords of Pain)
VIII A Trip Down Memory Lane... Hello All It is the final week of 2008 so I have decided to bring you a treat. Some of you will know what this column is; some of you will not have a clue.

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All About Jazz: I'd like to get started with how you got into music, as well as your upbringing. Alfred Harth: It was a long time ago! My family's background is that of a quite well-supported middle class.

Around the Towns (The Scranton Times-Tribune)
Archbald Members of Ambrose Revels American Legion Post 328 presented gifts to veterans of the Gino Merli Veterans’ Center in Scranton, said post member James Murphy.

Carnival of jams (Ventura County Star)
The situation with The Situation is this: The jam band extraordinaire is playing twice this weekend in Ventura, offering two nights of happy daze. For any residual Deadheads and Phish heads left spinning aimlessly because their musical heroes stopped playing, The Situation should more than fill the urge to groove.

Calendar (Deerfield Review)
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Updated 12/31: Calendar (The Doings Western Springs)
"West Side Story" will be shown at 1 p.m. Jan. 9 at La Grange Public Library, 10 W. Cossitt Ave. This film features Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno and George Chakiris.

Baraboo Man Accused Of eBay Scamming (WISC-TV Madison)
BARABOO, Wis. -- A Baraboo man is accused of trying to scam people with a vintage electric guitar offered for sale on the eBay auction site. According to court records, David Waldrop, 28, put a 1961 Gibson ES-355 guitar up for sale in early October.

Guitar Club pickin’ & ‘grinin’ at Cypress Palm (Collier Citizen)
The sounds of Van Morrison’s “Brown Eyed Girl” and John Denver’s “Country Roads” fill the air at Cypress Palm Middle School, every Tuesday, as guitar club members strum their six-strings under the direction of Assistant Principal Jon Bremseth. “I started the guitar club as a whim,” says Bremseth, a guitar hobbyist, who plays at his church.

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"The octet has been my flesh and blood for 12 years now," says Weiss. "It always will be important, as long as the guys keep writing and as long as still do some gigs with Freddie Hubbard. It'll still be there...

Can gaming save the record industry? (Independent)
I've tried to learn the guitar, but it takes a lot of dedication and patience – and besides, I'm tone-deaf," admits die-hard rock fan Martin Parsons, sadly. Until fairly recently, the only way Martin and other wannabe music gods could emulate their favourite bands was to play air guitar when no one was looking. "But then along came Guitar Hero and Rock Band, and everything changed," he says. ...