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Jack Rabid's Big Takeover

R.I.P. Tommy Tee, New Model Army manager and friend of Big Takeover / Issue 63 on the stands

NEW YORK – Dec 27

Shocking news of the heart attack death on December 23 of longtime New Model Army manager Tommy Tee, who did more for one individual band than anyone I’ve ever seen, and did it for years and years and years. (He ran their business from top to bottom and went on the road with them as a tour manager and overall handler.) / Here’s a reminder that the new Big Takeover issue 63 is out. And here is again the full info, with some spicy sample quotes from its pages:

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The Power of Music Compels You!

by Greg Bartalos
Greg Bartalos

The Damned - So, Who's Paranoid (English Channel)

BROOKLYN – Dec 21

The Damned have released their first album in seven years and thankfully the wait was well worth it.

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Sound Fix

by Steve Holtje
Steve Holtje

Neil Young - Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House 1968 (Reprise)

BROOKLYN – Dec 2

Another year, another fine show from Neil Young’s archives. This one is compiled from two solo acoustic shows on consecutive nights in Ann Arbor, before his solo debut had been released.

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Wax-Covered Earplugs

by Tim Bugbee
Tim Bugbee

Robyn Hitchcock at The Somerville Theater (Somerville, MA) - Friday, November 21, 2008

BOSTON – Nov 30

Robyn Hitchcock turns back the clock and sings about trams, alcoholic suicides, and dying leaves. It’s the feelgood record of the season.

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Downloader Frolics

by Chuck Foster
Chuck Foster

It's a Dream Come True: Killed By Death Is Online!

NEW YORK – Dec 21

The Nuggets of punk rock is better than ever in its expanded online format.

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File Under: Alt. City

by Chris Stroffolino
Chris Stroffolino

The Oakland Lindisfarne "Nicely Out Of Tune," even

OAKLAND – Oct 9
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JapaneseGod JesusRobot

by Matthew Berlyant
Matthew Berlyant

Yo La Tengo with Jennifer O'Connor - Maxwells (Hoboken, NJ) - Wednesday, December 24, 2008

PHILADELPHIA – Jan 3

They played a cover of the SPARKS classic “Angst In My Pants” as a tribute to RUSSELL MAEL, curator of that evening’s mix CD.

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Shadowtime

by Kristen Sollee
Kristen Sollee

New York Dolls - Irving Plaza (New York) - Saturday, December 27, 2008

NEW YORK – Dec 31

This post-Christmas fix of the New York Dolls live at The Fillmore might just be the best show I’ve seen them play since the 2004 reunion.

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Static From My Heart

by Dave Heaton
Dave Heaton

Jason Anderson - Life Sucks Love Sucks Dose Out (States Rights)

PHILADELPHIA – Nov 1

It’s Anderson’s Astral Weeks, not in sound but feeling, in the internal journey of it and the transcendence it reaches for.

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Children Must Have Rock n Roll

by Rachel Pesin
Rachel Pesin

Oasis with Ryan Adams - MSG (New York, NY) - Wednesday, December 17, 2008

NEW YORK – Jan 5

Oasis and Ryan Adams at The Garden—what more could I ask for?

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Pop Overdose

by Suzanne Baran
Suzanne Baran

The Night of the Flesh Eaters - (R)

LOS ANGELES – Oct 30

It’s tough to turn an ultra low budget film which is unpolished by nature, into such an amusing and well-crafted tale.

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