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Jack Rabid's Big Takeover

Hurrah! Big Takeover Fall Issue #63 About To Ship: Pre-order/ Subscribe/ Renew/ Update

NEW YORK – Nov 17

Just in time for the Holiday Season! Big Takeover #63 with Death Cab For Cutie on the cover, and concluding part two of our awesome Johnny Rotten Sex Pistols interview is about to ship! (A full description of its contents is just below!) Now is an excellent time to pre-order it if you would like to receive it , or subscribe if you’ve been meaning to; or renew your subscription if it has run out. And remember, BIG TAKEOVER ISSUES, BACK ISSUES, TSHIRTS, CDS (including the brand new, limited edition SPRINGHOUSE CD album, From Now to OK), AND SUBSCRIPTIONS ALSO MAKE THE PERFECT HOLIDAY GIFT! Especially in this season when we are all trying to economize. And in general, don’t forget to order the new Springhouse CD!


The Power of Music Compels You!

Greg Bartalos

Rob Dickinson - Fresh Wine for the Horses (Sanctuary)

BROOKLYN – Sep 28

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.

Sound Fix

Steve Holtje

Wilderness - (K)no(w)here (Jagjaguwar)

BROOKLYN – Nov 11

Nobody else has reimagined the basics of rock so drastically or so well in a long time.

Wax-Covered Earplugs

Tim Bugbee

Calexico - Somerville Theatre (Somerville, MA) - Sunday, November 16, 2008

BOSTON – Nov 20

Calexico finally rouse the restful

Downloader Frolics

Chuck Foster

Exploring the Virtual Realms of Shadowrun and Spaceflight

NEW YORK – Nov 16

Shadowrun is a gritty, cyberpunk epic, while Starflight is an otherworldy space opera.

File Under: Alt. City

Chris Stroffolino

The Oakland Lindisfarne "Nicely Out Of Tune," even

OAKLAND – Oct 9

JapaneseGod JesusRobot

Matthew Berlyant

Zack and Miri Make a Porno (R)

PHILADELPHIA – Nov 3

I think the problem is just that KEVIN SMITH is out of ideas.

The Business of Art

John R. Davidson

The Music Industry's Most Amusing Myth: It Can't Compete With Free

ATLANTA – Nov 27

If the industry reduces their failure down to pricing competition, then they will always lose to the lowest price.

Shadowtime

Kristen Sollee

Metronome The City - Electric Elements Exposed (MTC)

NEW YORK – Oct 27

Metronome The City is a rare find: a band able to maintain a unified sound whilst jumping between disparate genres and tempos without missing a beat.

Static From My Heart

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.

Children Must Have Rock n Roll

Rachel Pesin

CMJ 2008: October 21-25, New York, NY

NEW YORK – Nov 5

I was a busy bee at CMJ this year, with at least one gig to attend every night. Here are the highlights.

Pop Overdose

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.