Alina Simone live in the studio (and interviewed) now on Rabid In The Kennel! by Jack Rabid

“Rabid In The Kennel” appears for the first time in a month with a very special guest: Aline Simone, singing (in Russian) her terrific songs from her beloved Everyone Is Crying Out to Me, Beware: Alina Simone Covers the Music of Yanka Dyagileva album of Yanka songs! What a beautiful voice she has, and her folkish group is dynamite. (I especially love the trumpet parts!)

Visit BreakThru Radio now to hear my exclusive interview with Alina and two members of her band and their live performance at The Kennel Studio in Brooklyn! And you can click on the link provided and listen to it any day, at any time, at your leisure! (Next up: Leatherface!)

Paul Collins live in the studio (and interviewed) now on Rabid In The Kennel --debut show today!!!! Listen anytime!!! (Alina Simone next) by Jack Rabid

Big news! Rabid In The Kennel debuts as its own show today with a very special guest: Paul Collins of The Nerves and The Beat!

Visit BreakThru Radio now to hear my exclusive interview with Paul and his live performance at The Kennel Studio in Brooklyn! Click on this story and the link is included, and you can listen to it any day, at any time, at your leisure!

Jack Rabid’s Top Ten — February 7 by Jack Rabid

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! by Jack Rabid

Jack Rabid’s Top Ten — January 31 by Jack Rabid

guest interview: TSOL singer Jack Grisham (and His Humanitarian Efforts)! by Jack Rabid

Got this excellent interview with TSOL founder/frontman Jack Grisham from our contributor Jeff Alexander and wanted to share it with you! By now, many of you probably know how I feel about Grisham, the former California gubernatorial candidate (he would have been better than Ah-nald!) who has been leading the group for the most part since it began in 1979. This feature is particularly refreshing, as it focuses on Grisham’s humanitarian and charity efforts, which have been considerable for many years. Enjoy this as much as I do! And since their new album Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Free Downloads made my Top 5 for this past year, needless to say I totally recommend that as well. It was just issued on vinyl, in fact, via the DC Jam label. Cheers! And happy new year everyone!—Jack R

17 Bonus Reviews, Here Only; Don't Forget the New Issue 65; 2009 Wrapup show this Monday on Big Takeover on Breakthruradio.com by Jack Rabid

Now that the X-mas rush is over, I wanted to post 17 bonus reviews that I had intended to include in the current issue 65, but ran out of time running up against that issue’s deadline. / Make sure you tune in this coming Monday, the 28th to the weekly Big Takeover radio show at Breakthruradio.com, as I will be hosting a 2009 wrap-up, a countdown show of my 20 favorite albums of 2009 in reverse order, one song each. / Just a reminder to check out the new issue 65 of Big Takeover with the smokin’ live shot of Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth on the cover!

Reminder: Big Takeover Still Time For X-mas Gifts - The Perfect Holiday Gift! / Issue #65 Out! / Sample quotes! by Jack Rabid

Just a reminder that there’s still time for the perfect X-mas gift: Big Takeover magazine! Our brand new Fall/Winter issue 65 with the Sonic Youth cover is out on the stands (the Thurston Moore live action cover shot is to your left, and a description of its contents is below!), in case you want to treat yourself (you little devil!). Or indeed, if you want a holiday gift subscription for your friends or family whom you think would enjoy our pages (or one of our t-shirts, or any of our back issues, or our CDs), either way you can still order on our secure online store with Visa or Master Card by clicking on “SUBSCRIBE NOW” to your left!!! Just let us know in the “comments” section of the order form that the order is for X-mas (why not write, in all caps, “RUSH! THIS IS FOR X-MAS!”), and we will be glad to send the package by priority mail to ensure it gets there fast and on time. And include in the “gift message” section anything you want to say, and we’ll take it from there.

Jack Rabid’s Top Ten — December 13 by Jack Rabid

That Petrol Emotion this Saturday Dec. 12 in Brooklyn! / Big Takeover #65 (Sonic Youth cover) Shipped; Order - Subscribe - Renew - Great gifts! Subscribers; Update Your Address ASAP (if changed) by Jack Rabid

Hey all, just a reminder than England’s (by way of Ireland and Seattle) That Petrol Emotion is playing their only U.S. show for the foreseeable future this Saturday, December 12 at Bell House in Brooklyn (on 7th St. just off 2nd Ave. in Gowanus, near the 4th Ave stop on the F and V or the 9th St. stop on the R), their first New York show of any kind since the early 1990s. / Once again the big news is that Big Takeover #65 Fall 2009 issue with Sonic Youth on the cover (and concluding part twos of our awesome Decemberists, Swervedriver, and Controllers interviews, and fabulous history interviews with Big Star—and John Fry on Chris Bell—and The Nerves of the original “Hanging on the Telephone” fame!) was completed in San Francisco in October! It began shipping last month! And remember, we only come our twice a year, every Spring and Fall, so you don’t want to miss one of our jam-packed 170-page issues! Below is a quick description of its contents.

Jack Rabid’s Top Ten — November 15 by Jack Rabid

The latest top 10!

Big Takeover New Address!! Update your Rolodex! / Blockbuster HALF OFF Month-Long Moving Sale! / TV Smith Live Studio Session for "Rabid in the Kennel" on Breakthruradio.com by Jack Rabid

NEWS1>> T.V. Smith (Adverts) in session, live in the studio and interviewed on “Rabid in the Kennel,” airs this Monday, hear it now!
NEWS2>> Big Takeover Magazine new address (Update your records!)
NEWS 3>> Big Takeover August-long blowout Moving Sale! Buy one, get one free, half-off sale all month long for back issues and CDs, including our complete sets of issues 1-64! What a sale!

Big Takeover #64, Decemberists cover, out on the stands! / Sample Quotes by Jack Rabid

Once again the big news is that Big Takeover #64 Spring 2009 issue with The Decemberists on the cover (and concluding part twos of our awesome Death Cab for Cutie, Sloan, and Devo interviews) is now on the stands. / “That [‘60s British folk] generation was really into discovering the centuries-old songs that had to deal with really dark and violent themes of romantic and sentimental love. Particularly Anne Briggs, Maddy Pryor, June Tabor—an essay could be written about feminism and the British folk revival, and how a lot of the women artists were arranging songs where rape figured pretty prominently—and I don’t know why that is. I think it was an interesting way of highlighting how different the relations between the sexes were in the 16th century, the 17th century, and how violent the culture that people were living in was.”—COLIN MELOY

Jack Rabid’s Top Ten — May 17 by Jack Rabid

Big Takeover #64 About To Ship: Pre-order/ Subscribe/ Renew/ Subscribers: Update Your Address ASAP (if changed)! / Great Gifts! by Jack Rabid

Once again the big news is that Big Takeover #64 Spring 2009 issue with The Decemberists on the cover (and concluding part twos of our awesome Death Cab for Cutie, Sloan, and Devo interviews) was completed in San Francisco in April! (A full description of its contents is just below!) It will begin shipping this week likely, so you should see it quite soon! And remember, we only come out twice a year, every Spring and Fall, so you don’t want to miss one of our jam-packed 200-page issues! Below is a quick description of its contents.