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    1. FRANKIE STUBBS
      20 March 2010

      Leatherface - The Knitting Factory (Brooklyn, NY) - March 5, 2010

      England’s Leatherface blitzes Brooklyn and plots a return in May.

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      29 November 2009

      Devo with JP Inc. - The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza (New York, NY) - November 20, 2009

      Whether you want to call Devo legends or not, their highly influential legacy is finally being given its due.

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      22 September 2009

      Hugh Cornwell – Highline Ballroom (New York, NY) – Saturday, September 12, 2009

      Ex-Stranglers lead singer/guitarist Hugh Cornwell put on one of the most spirited performances I’ve ever seen by him.

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      4 September 2009

      Found Music in Newfoundland

      A trip up north goes far in introducing new music.

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      21 December 2008

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

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

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      27 September 2008

      Rob Dickinson - Fresh Wine for the Horses (Sanctuary)

      Dickinson flirts with melodrama but unlike Wile E. Coyote, who invariably chases the Road Runner only to fall off a cliff, Dickinson is more a like an experienced horse that gallops near the periphery of a jagged cliff yet knows enough to not fall off.

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      8 June 2008

      Love - Forever Changes (Rhino)

      With the recent 2-CD reissue of Forever Changes the album continues to astound four decades on.

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      26 January 2008

      Hard to Spin Dreary News on Compact Disc Sales

      Last year, U.S. compact disc sales plunged by 19%. With the consumer today facing pressure from all sides, chances are that 2008 will be even worse.

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      3 November 2007

      Radiohead and the Rule of Reciprocity

      With its name-your-price approach, Radiohead made people feel that they owed the group something and that indebtedness, however manifested, only led to better buzz and more goodwill.

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    2. Greg Bartalos’s Top 10

      Week of May 16

      10 well covered covers.

      1. “White Rabbit” by The Damned [via Jefferson Airplane]

      2. “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” by Devo [via The Rolling Stones]

      3. “Walk on By” by The Stranglers [via Dionne Warwick]

      4. “Shipbuilding” by Robert Wyatt [via Elvis Costello]

      5. “Johnny Was” by Stiff Little Fingers [via Bob Marley]
      6. “My Little Red Book” by Love [via Burt Bacharach]

      7. “I Can’t Get Next to You” by Thee More Shallows [via Al Green]

      8. “Taxman” by The Music Machine [via The Beatles]/
      9. “The Wind Blows Your Hair” by Naz Nomad & The Nightmares (actually The Damned) [via The Seeds]

      10. “Message in a Bottle” by Leatherface [via The Police]

      About Greg Bartalos

      Greg Bartalos, a New Yorker for virtually his entire life, has been reading The Big Takeover since the early ’90s. He has worked as a financial writer and editor for more than a decade at Barron’s Online and Bloomberg News, among other places. He has also written about radio, politics and current events, and previously hosted a general interest radio talk show on WVOX-AM. For the better part of 20 years, he has also sung and played guitar and keyboards for the Keyboard Kids. His one and only live performance was at CBGB leading the group Allergic Salute.