Big Takeover issue #1, 1980
It's almost difficult to type out, but for the last 30(!) years(!), my friend Jack Rabid has been publishing the
Big Takeover magazine twice a year, like clockwork. For a long, long time, the BT has been my number one US source for new records, live shows, and music press in general. I wrote reviews for the mag from the mid 80's into the early 90's, and I'll always be grateful to Jack for his open mindedness, love for the music, and friendship. Long may you roll, Jack...congratulations!
In July, Jack will be hosting a two day festival celebrating the anniversary. There's lots of information to follow, so read carefully. I hope to see you there.
Announcing The Big Takeover 30th Anniversary Festival/Party at The Bell House, Brooklyn, Friday And Saturday July 30-31, 201016 BANDS! ONLY $40 FOR A TWO DAY PASS! ($25 for one night)
Celebrating 30 years of American's oldest indie-produced music magazine.
MC for the weekend: founder/editor/publisher Jack RabidTickets on sale now! (Hurry, this may well sell out! Admission is 18+)
first day pass,
second day pass or
two day passes available.
Come join us to mark the occasion and see:
FRIDAY JULY 30-
The Avengers (Reformed S.F. '70s punk legends, with two original members, singer Penelope Houston and guitarist Greg Ingraham)
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Channel 3 (Early 80s L.A. punks!)
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Visqueen (Female-led Seattle post-punk rockers' first East Coast shows in 5 years)
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Springhouse (First show with original lineup in 8 years, playing a normal set)
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Libertines U.S. (Reformed Cincinnati '80s greats first-ever NY show)
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Flower (New York postpunk band’s reunion gig. first show in 16 years! Later split into two bands, Versus and French!)
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EDP (New York’s hard-hitting, Jam-like, mod revival band)
And more acts to be announced! Buy tickets now
for this show for $25, or buy
a two-day pass for $40
SATURDAY JULY 31-
Mark Burgess (England's Chameleons star. Acoustic and full band!)
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For Against (Lincoln, NE post-punk legends' first East Coast show in 15 years)
- Springhouse (Playing their second LP, Postcards From the Arctic, start to finish for the first time ever; first shows with original lineup in 8 years)
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The Sleepover Disaster (Fresno shoegaze wonders' first-ever East Coast appearance)
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Don McGlashan (ex-leader of New Zealand’s Mutton Birds in his only U.S. appearance)
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Jon Auer (Seattle’s Posies star and 17-year Big Star member)
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Astrid Williamson (English singer-songwriter extraordinaire)
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The Sharp Things (New York's acclaimed orchestral poppers!)
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Paul Collins (Former member of The Nerves, their "Hanging on the Telephone" was famously covered by Blondie, and of Paul Collins’ Beat)
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The Curtain Society (Veteran Boston shoegazers, also backing Burgess for part of his set)
And more acts to be announced! Buy tickets now
for this show for $25, or buy
a two-day pass for $40
Big Takeover issue #65, 2009
NOTES:Festival Food: No exits will be final, and there will be food.
Area Accommodations: The event is in the Park Slope / Gowanus Canal section of Brooklyn, five miles from Manhattan, and only 20 minutes by subway from Manhattan.
Click here for a list of hotels in the area (note - these are
not recommendations).
Help the bands! Since there's no way we can pay each of the 12 non-local bands the entirety of their large travel expenses, in order to help some of them recoup, our friend Wayne Guskind suggested we take donations for them in addition to the ticket price. He even started it off by donating $100. If anyone else wants to do that, can do that via
Paypal to
jrabid[@]bigtakeover.com (
specify "personal payment" if you can, to help avoid the 3% Paypal fee), or send a check made out to The Big Takeover at 356 4th St. Brooklyn, NY 11215. If you'd rather use Visa or MasterCard,
email Jack and he can walk you through it, as that's a little trickier.
We will list the donors at the event (including anyone who wants to be listed as "anonymous" or donate in another person's name), but of course, no one has to donate.
