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Alice Cooper's Theatre Of Death Show Rocked

Its been a little while now, but roughly a month ago I went to the Alice Cooper Theater Of Death show, and I would have written about it then, except that things have been nuts lately. I must say, if you enjoy Alice Cooper's music and you want to go to the best show that you've ever been to in your life - check him out on tour.

I had seen video of him and his famous, eccentric stage shenanigans before, but seeing the master himself live blows everything else out of the water. There was no shock rock vaudeville stone left unturned as he truly commanded the stage like only a mascara running, self resurrecting, bad boy can.

My brother had always described to me the atmosphere of the show so I did have a little bit to go off of, but then when you are actually witnessing the flow of an Alice Cooper concert, you really don't give an F about any other show. Seriously, everything else is just boring to me now, and the man is in his early sixties now, so now is the time to enjoy what he has to offer, because again - his work is made to be spontaneous, or in other words - live!

Don't let the early sixties part fool - Alice is like a fine wine - he gets better with age.




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New Sweep Picking Lesson

I've got a pretty cool (I think) sweep picking lesson that I just added to GSS.com. It is definitely directed towards beginners, but advanced players can get some good out of it too.

It starts off with a more manageable pattern, and then expands into something really hot at the end. I've been jamming with this one a lot late because I think its a lot of fun to play. Its very simple in sound - nothing too fancy, and its not a barre sweep either, so it may be a little easier for some of you to tackle.

Read through the text guide, which explains how to develop and practice it. If you like it, let me know and we'll work on some more sweeps together! I bet we can get pretty crazy with this stuff ;)




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Why is Bottesini’s music written in the “wrong octave?”

Check out the Spanish translation of this article here! We recently added Stephen Street‘s Urtext Edition of Bottesini’s Concerto di Bravura to our Sheet Music Store, prompting a common question: Why is Bottesini’s music written down an octave? The issue at hand is that Bottesini wrote all his solo bass music at sounding pitch rather […]




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What ARE the “rules” of double bass fingering?

For years, I’d heard about “rules” that I was supposed to follow when figuring out bass fingerings. Honestly, it was a bit confusing to me. They all seemed to conflict with each other, and I was never sure where to begin. Over time, I figured out how these rules work, when to follow them, and […]




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Briefing by the Mushroom Producer Organisation and Commercial Mushroom Growers UK

Room 21, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Agriculture
  • Environment and Rural Affairs

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Briefing by the Northern Ireland Mushroom Growers Association

Room 21, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Agriculture
  • Environment and Rural Affairs

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Renewable Energy: ABO Energy; Renewable Energy Systems; RenewableNI

Room 29, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Infrastructure

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Briefing by the Transforming Local Youth Work in NI Collective

Room 29, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Education

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Serious Adverse Incidents Framework: Department of Health

Room 29, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Health

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Bovine Tuberculosis, Lough Neagh and the Farm Sustainability Transition Payment: Mr Andrew Muir MLA, Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

Room 30, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Agriculture
  • Environment and Rural Affairs

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Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 Establishing a Framework for the Setting of Ecodesign Requirements for Sustainable Products

Room 30, Parliament Buildings



  • Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee

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Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024: Department for the Economy

Room 30, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for the Economy

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Ministerial Briefing: Mr John O’Dowd MLA, Minister for Infrastructure

Room 29, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Infrastructure

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Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024: Department for the Economy

Room 30, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for the Economy

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Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024: Renewable Heat Association

Room 30, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for the Economy

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Fiscal Framework Update: Department of Finance

Room 21, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Finance

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Review of Children’s Social Care Services: Reimagine Children's Collective

Room 29, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Health

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COM(2023)769: Proposal for Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

Room 30, Parliament Buildings



  • Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee

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‘Major Capital Projects: Follow-up Report’: Executive Office; Department of Finance; Strategic Investment Board; Northern Ireland Audit Office

Room 30, Parliament Buildings



  • Public Accounts Committee

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Trunk Road T3 [Western Transport Corridor – Sion Mills (North) to Ballygawley (West)] Order (Northern Ireland) 2024: Department for Infrastructure

Room 29, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Infrastructure

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Ports Review Consultation: Department for Infrastructure

Room 29, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Infrastructure

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Inquiry into Relationships and Sexuality Education: HERe NI; Rainbow Project

Room 29, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Education

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Impact of Northern Ireland Water’s Capacity Constraints on the Construction Sector: Construction Employers Federation; Royal Society of Ulster Architects

Room 29, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Infrastructure

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Inquiry into Relationships and Sexuality Education: Children’s Law Centre

Room 30, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Education

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“Being Open” Framework: Department of Health; Health and Social Care Leadership Centre

Room 29, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Health

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All-island Strategic Rail Review: Department for Infrastructure

Room 29, Parliament Buildings



  • Committee for Infrastructure

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AQW 18103/22-27

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the cost to ratepayers of seeking to defend the call-in in Ards and North Down Borough Council in relation to the decision to fly the Union Flag from war memorials in the borough.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 18098/22-27

[Mr Peter Martin]: To ask the Minister of Finance whether she plans to use any of the Barnett consequential of the 40 per cent rate relief scheme in England, announced by the Chancellor in the Autumn Budget 2024, to provide rates relief to independent retailers.



  • Department of Finance

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AQW 18095/22-27

[Mr Peter Martin]: To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the proposed new health and social care centre in Bangor.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 18094/22-27

[Mr Peter Martin]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any action his Department will be taking to encourage footfall and to assist city centre retailers in Bangor whilst the Queen’s Parade development takes place.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 18093/22-27

[Ms Cheryl Brownlee]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether Larne Grammar School will be included in the Safer Routes to School initiative.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 18091/22-27

[Mr Matthew O'Toole]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 17448/22-27, to detail the advice he sought which indicated that permitting Class A and Class C taxis to use bus lanes would reduce congestion.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 18090/22-27

[Mr Matthew O'Toole]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 17385/22-27, for an estimate of the number of applications for egress or entrance onto a protected route have been granted in the last five years.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 18088/22-27

[Mr Matthew O'Toole]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether he intends to take any action in relation to pavement parking.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 18086/22-27

[Miss Michelle McIlveen]: To ask the Assembly Commission to detail the policy under Dignity at Work in relation to the wearing of sports paraphernalia.



  • Northern Ireland Assembly Commission

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AQW 18085/22-27

[Miss Michelle McIlveen]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) any assessment that has been made in relation to the number of blue badges which may still be in use despite the holder having died; and (ii) any steps he is taking to address this issue.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 18084/22-27

[Miss Michelle McIlveen]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the total investment in the Affordable Warmth Scheme to date, broken down by constituency.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 18083/22-27

[Miss Michelle McIlveen]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of people estimated to be living in fuel poverty (i) currently; and (ii) in each of the last five years.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 18082/22-27

[Mr Mark Durkan]: To ask the Minister for Communities when the Independent Review of Rates Support Grant will be published.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 18081/22-27

[Mr Mark Durkan]: To ask the Minister for Communities for his assessment of the National Insurance increases for employers and its impact on the homelessness sector.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 18080/22-27

[Mr Mark Durkan]: To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 16562/22-27, when changes to the Housing Selection Scheme to allow the allocation of intimidation points for victims of domestic and gender-based violence will be implemented.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 18079/22-27

[Mr Mark Durkan]: To ask the Minister for Communities to provide a time frame for the publication of the Housing Supply Strategy.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 18078/22-27

[Mr Mark Durkan]: To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department will introduce a fit and proper persons requirement for providers of standard and non-standard temporary accommodation, similar to the fitness of premises standards applied to temporary accommodation.



  • Department for Communities