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Love - Forever Changes (Rhino)
8 June 2008With the recent 2-CD reissue of Forever Changes the album continues to astound four decades on.
Christopher Guest - Berklee Performance Center (Boston, MA) - Friday, November 30, 2007
17 January 2008These go to eleven – Nigel Tufnel becomes a doctor
Neil Young with Pegi Young - The Orpheum (Boston) - Monday, December 3, 2007
20 December 2007Neil Young still has something to say
Ike Turner 1931-2007
12 December 2007IKE TURNER died December 12, reportedly in his sleep. He was 76 years old. Was he a good man? Seems unlikely. Was he a good musician? Hell yeah. The man invented rock ‘n’ roll. Really.
The Cribs - Bowery Ballroom (New York)/Union Pool (Brooklyn) - Thursday, August 9 and Sunday, August 12, 2007
15 August 2007These were not only the best CRIBS shows I’ve been to, but also two of the best shows I’ve been to all year.
The Faint - Webster Hall (New York) - Sunday, May 27, 2007
29 May 2007For the seventh anniversary of New York City’s renowned and resplendent roving dance party, Omaha’s own were the perfect addition to an eclectic night of rock ‘n’ roll depravity.
The Stooges with Sistas in the Pit - Electric Factory (Philadelphia, PA) - Wednesday, April 11, 2007
19 April 2007Despite my complaints about the show’s pacing, seeing THE STOOGES live is always a terrific experience.
Pazz and Jop Poll Quotes Jack Rabid / Guest Essay: Tired of Jim Morrison Worship?
10 February 2007I am pleased to note that the Village Voice’s annual Pazz and Jop music critic’s poll has used two quotes from my piece on the Year in Music 2006 in their cover story this week. / “Jim Morrison was supposed to be a great poet, though none of us read poetry and would have hated it if we’d been forced to. Still, his literary reputation had the convenient effect of giving Morrison’s expressions an irrefragable claim to high merit, like the work of a Nobel laureate. The upshot of all of this was that Morrison became the hero of a bunch of small town teenagers who, naturally, got it all ass-backwards. I can’t break the connection in my head between Jim Morrison and the highly ironic movement of teen conformity that his life inspired.”
Shaw ‘Nuff – Magnetic Field (Brooklyn) – Friday, October 6, 2006
31 October 2006Arthur Lee is no longer with us but thanks to bands like Shaw ‘Nuff his music still is.
The Hunt Begins
20 October 2006Done up in glistening war paint, tricked out with teeth and feathers and bone and laced into plenty of black leather and denim, The Hunt not only look the part, but play it all too well.
Jack Rabid’s Top 10
Week of May 4
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For Against – Shade Side, Sunny Side (Words on Music)
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Sloan – _Parallel Play _ (Yep Roc)
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The Replacements – deluxe reissues of their first four LPs (Twin/Tone/Ryko/Rhino)
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Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs (Atlantic)
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Willie Nelson – One Hell of a Ride box set (Legacy/SonyBMG)
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Black Watch – Icing the Snow Queen (Eskimo)
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The Effigies – Reside (Criminal IQ)
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Secret Shine – All of the Stars (Clairecords/Tonevendor)
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The Libertines – Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Libertines Music)
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The Wedding Present – El Rey (Manifesto)