R.I.P. Kim Biggs-Keil / "Rabid in the Kennel" to spin off as its own separate show on Breakthruradio.com / Leatherface new album and tour! Link to new song!

R.I.P. Kim Biggs-Keil

The Big Takeover/Even Worse family is grieving the sudden loss of Kimberly Biggs-Keil, age 45, wife of Even Worse bassist Eric Keil (the Even Worse lineup that appears on our only album, You’ve Ruined Everything and the New York Thrash compilation), the unfortunate victim of a car crash January 12 that began in the opposite lane from Kim of a highway across a divider. Just really sad. Kim, along with Eric and their two terrific children Louisa and Travis, was our host when the group spent a week in greater Wilkes-Barre, PA, rehearsing for our 2002 CBGB reunion shows for the New York Thrash 20th anniversary, and she couldn’t have been sweeter to me/us and more delighted and supportive of our endeavor. And she was an admirable person, highly active in education (she was a founding member of the Bear Creek Community Charter School) and other issues in her community. There is a fitting eulogy for her here:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timesleader/obituary.aspx?n=kimberly-biggs-keil&pid=138572343

and anyone who would like to contribute to her memorial scholarship fund can at

Kimberly Biggs-Keil Memorial Scholarship Fund, 1900 Bear Creek Boulevard, Bear Creek Township, PA 18702

I would have posted this a few weeks ago, but I’ve been a little bit in shock about it. And my heart goes out to Eric and Louisa and Travis and I wish them the best.
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“Rabid in the Kennel” to spin off as its own separate show on Breakthruradio.com:

A week from tomorrow (Wednesday, February 10), My “Rabid in the Kennel” show is going to debut on breakthruradio.com as its own separate spinoff show. monthly for now, maybe weekly some day in the future.

The first guest is Paul Collins of the Nerves (of “Hanging on the Telephone” fame, that Blondie covered), the band that is featured in the current issue of Big Takeover #65, and of Paul Collins Beat . That’s eight days from now and i will keep you posted! Please listen in!

And if you have missed the first episodes of the show (which until now have been part of the regular “Big Takeover on BreakthruRadio.com” show), you can still hear them all at rabidinthekennel.com. Our previous sessions have been with The Posies , TV Smith of The Adverts , Joe Pernice , Justin Sullivan of New Model Army , Miranda Lee Richards , Lou Barlow , Sloan , and Astrid Williamson . And we have a ton more coming!

And scroll down to the bottom of this, and I will post my recent links and playlists to the regular “Big Takeover” show on the station I have done this year and the special 2009 wrap-up show from late December!

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Leatherface new album and tour! Link to new song!

Holy cow is this good news.

Here’s a great link for the east coast tour news:

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/01/leatherface_-_n.html

(The video for “Springtime” live in Dublin in Aug. 2007 is pretty hot as well, if you want to see what they are like on stage these days!)

And the link for the new song “Never Say Goodbye” is here:

http://www.myspace.com/frankieostubbs

and it’s flat out fantastic! There’s a very cool piano version there of “My Heart is Home,” too. (Newcomers will also find eight other songs from their seven previous albums going back to 1989.)

More news: Leatherface singer Frankie N.W. Stubbs has kindly accepted my offer to do a “Rabid in the Kennel” session while in town in March, so I’m excited about that too!

Of course, I’ve interviewed him twice before for Big Takeover , for issue 45 in 1999 and issue 54 in 2004 (see back issues button to the left to order), so I’m sure we will get along famously!

New LP The Stormy Petrel is out feb. 23.

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Recent radio playlists, as promised:

The Big Takeover
DJ Jack Rabid
February 1, 2010
http://www.breakthruradio.com/index.php?show=9235
00:00 DJ Jack Rabid
00:23 Greyhound in the Slips – Joy Formidable
03:43 Why Do We Care? – Compulsion
06:16 Games – Leatherface
09:42 Chartered Trips (Live) – Bob Mould Band
13:42 DJ Jack Rabid
18:52 She’s Not the Enemy – Jason Falkner
22:31 Gotta Start Somewhere – Jon Brion
26:38 The Sun’s Gonna Shine in the Morning – Dennis Diken with Bell Sound
29:46 It Wasn’t Me – Jeff Litman
32:54 DJ Jack Rabid
37:05 Black – Leaving Trains
39:00 Dalmacia 007 – Lotion
42:30 Sugar and Spice – Madness
45:17 New Cold War – Ludlow Lions
48:43 DJ Jack Rabid
52:22 Lovers – Nick Garrie
57:16 Tell Me When It’s Over – Joe Pernice
60:59 Falling From the Sun – The Album Leaf
65:50 Breathe Into Glass – Asobi Seksu
68:56 DJ Jack Rabid
73:17 Let a Hundred Flowers Blossom – Sore and Steal

The Big Takeover
DJ Jack Rabid
January 25, 2010
http://www.breakthruradio.com/index.php?show=9166
00:00 DJ Jack Rabid
00:25 You Forget So Easily – exlovers
03:18 Austere – Joy Formidable
06:19 100 MPH (in Second Gear) – Gemma Ray
09:23 Carolina Blue – My Dad is Dead
12:43 DJ Jack Rabid
17:14 Electric Church – The Controllers
20:20 The Right – Lou Barlow
23:15 Thunderclap for Bobby Pyn – Sonic Youth
25:49 Rave Down – Swervedriver
30:55 DJ Jack Rabid
35:42 Another Imperial Day (Live Rabid in the Kennel Session) – New Model Army
38:18 Blood on Books – Stephenhero
41:24 Philadelphia and a Moment – The Seldon Plan
44:34 Letting Go of Old Hate – Ideal Soul Mart
49:16 DJ Jack Rabid
54:45 Everybody Loves You Babe – Billy Bragg
57:48 Listen Sister, Don’t Date a Hipster – Ménage á Twang
60:38 What Are All the Punk Bands Gonna Sing About Now? (That there are no Republicans in the White House) – The Skullcranes
63:57 Animal (Mark Ronson remix) – Mike Snow
68:50 DJ Jack Rabid
72:28 Beachcomber – Real Estate

The Big Takeover
DJ Jack Rabid
January 18, 2010
http://www.breakthruradio.com/index.php?show=9099
00:00 DJ Jack Rabid
00:23 Cradle – The Joy Formidable
03:07 We’re So Proud of Doom – Ludlow Lions
06:36 You Belong to the City – Ideal Soul Mart
10:06 The East Place – The Chambermaids
12:42 DJ Jack Rabid
17:14 Coming in From the Cold – Delgados
20:40 Paper and Glue – Emma Pollock
24:14 Shooting Star – Harper Simon
27:10 Oh Dear Diary – Sloan
30:19 DJ Jack Rabid
34:29 Ghosts – Springhouse
38:30 Specificity – For Against
43:03 Half-Life, Remembered – Pale Saints
47:16 Snow in June – Little Black Dress
50:17 DJ Jack Rabid
53:27 Reach (Live Rabid in the Kennel Session) – Astrid Williamson
57:16 Anna – Jeff Litman
60:49 Kensington Avenue – The Parties
63:25 Walls – Shout Out Louds
66:36 DJ Jack Rabid
69:59 Buried Alive2 – John Mancini Band

HERE’S OUR SPECIAL “RABID IN THE KENNEL” SHOW, LIVE IN SESSION AND INTERVIEW WITH ASTRID WILLIAMSON
The Big Takeover
DJ Jack Rabid
January 11, 2010
http://www.breakthruradio.com/index.php?show=9030
00:00 DJ Jack Rabid
00:33 World At Your Feet – Astrid Williamson
04:05 Greetings From the New Brunette – Billy Bragg
07:33 The Rebel In You – Supergrass
12:12 Shut Your Mouth – Astrid Williamson
15:54 DJ Jack Rabid
25:46 I Am the Boy For You (“Rabid in the Kennel” Session) – Astrid Williamson
28:55 Any John – Goya Dress
31:40 Perfect Blue – Wedding Present
37:06 DJ Jack Rabid
47:41 Shhh (“Rabid in the Kennel” Session) – Astrid Williamson
50:59 Exploding Heads and Teapots – Captain Sensible
54:59 Open the Door – British Sea Power
59:50 DJ Jack Rabid
70:10 True Romance  (“Rabid in the Kennel” Session) – Astrid Williamson
74:48 If I Know – Goya Dress
77:36 My Insatiable One – Suede
80:32 DJ Jack Rabid
90:19 If You See the Man (“Rabid in the Kennel” Session) – Astrid Williamson

The Big Takeover
DJ Jack Rabid
January 4, 2010
http://www.breakthruradio.com/index.php?show=8964
00:00 DJ Jack Rabid
00:27 Robin – Little Black Dress
04:28 Whirring – Joy Formidable
07:50 Gravitate – Lou Barlow
10:22 Dream Days – The Lucy Show
15:13 DJ Jack Rabid
18:42 Mary Tyler Moore – The Able Tasmans
23:34 The End of the Golden Weather – Humphreys & Keen
28:11 The Other Man – Sloan
32:11 You Knew – Day Sleeper
36:19 DJ Jack Rabid
40:07 Give Me Time – The Nils
42:02 Give Me Time – Last Burning Embers (Warship Grey)
43:59 Hanging on the Telephone (live!) – The Nerves
46:02 You Make Me Feel Cheap – Channel 3
48:34 DJ Jack Rabid
52:38 Avalanche – Tiny Animals
56:54 Black Dog – The Cassettes
59:13 Backseat – Boca Chica
63:07 Don’t Go Easy – John Mancini Band
66:40 DJ Jack Rabid
70:11 Disappointment at Niagara Falls – Stephenhero

HERE’S OUR SPECIAL “TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 2009” SHOW, COUNTED DOWN IN REVERSE ORDER!
The Big Takeover
DJ Jack Rabid
December 28, 2009
http://www.breakthruradio.com/index.php?show=8896
00:00 DJ Jack Rabid
00:25 Musician, Please Take Heed – 20 God Help the Girl
04:10 Early November – 19 Miranda Lee Richards
08:16 DJ Jack Rabid
10:15 Midnight Mass – (EP of the year) Sloan
12:24 Soul and Fire – 18 Joe Pernice
16:30 Come Saturday – 17 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
19:42 DJ Jack Rabid
21:40 Dreams of Nothing – 16 Idlewild
24:45 Arm Yourself and Run – 15 New Model Army
27:50 The Palace at 4 A.M. – 14 A.C. Newman
31:07 DJ Jack Rabid
32:43 Spring Unseen – 13 Magnetic Morning
34:44 She’s Not Alone Anymore – 12 Pointed Sticks
37:31 Spiraling Down – 11 Bob Mould
40:38 DJ Jack Rabid
42:57 Teardrops Keep Fallin’ Out of My Head – 10 Adam Franklin
46:24 Hand Me Down – 9 Visqueen
49:47 Walden and the Willow Tree – 8 The Dimes
52:32 DJ Jack Rabid
54:14 Bad Blood – 7 Don McGlashan & the Seven Sisters
59:46 Perfect Sunday – 6 The Damned
64:23 Different Departures – 5 For Against
70:09 DJ Jack Rabid
72:20 The Great Escape – 4 The Rifles
75:37 Love That Mess – 3 T.S.O.L.
77:55 The Kids Are Sick Again – 2 Maximo Park
80:48 DJ Jack Rabid
84:07 The Hazards of Love 1 – 1 The Decemberists