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15. Jack Rabid: Publisher of "The Big Takeover" Music Magazine, 41 Years Running, with Cool Music Your Friends Probably Don't Know About; Drummer and Vocalist; Music Aficionado; On What Makes Us Tick, and All The Cool Bands.

October 15, 2021
Brenton Hund Podcast
15. Jack Rabid: Publisher of "The Big Takeover" Music Magazine, 41 Years Running, with Cool Music Your Friends Probably Don't Know About; Drummer and Vocalist; Music Aficionado; On What Makes Us Tick, and All The Cool Bands.
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Thank you Jim Dudukovich!

In this episode we talk about cool bands and stories, like how our guest sat in on drums with the Circle Jerks in New York because Chuck Biscuits, the drummer, wasn't able to play and our guest knew all their songs.

Jack Rabid is the publisher and creative genius behind "The Big Takeover," a bi-annual music magazine published out of New York City, going on 42 years now.  It reads like a music encyclopedia or mix tape guidebook, including 60-80 pages of album reviews written by Jack himself.  Jack’s a drummer and vocalist and has played in a number of bands.  And he’s a veteran of the “punk era,” emanating from New York City.  But mostly, he’s a music lover.  

This interview kicks right in, mid conversation, with us talking about Jack’s softball game that he just got home from.  I ended up just hitting record, 86’ing the formalities of a “hello,” and rolling tape.  

No one talks about music like Jack Rabid.  Here we go…

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BAND REFERENCES IN THIS
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Talking Heads, XTC, Ramones, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Tony Bennett, Sinatra, Xavier Cugat, Death Cab for Cutie, Deep Sea Diver, Wire, Springhouse (Jack’s band), Leaving Trains (Jack played with them), Chills, Nirvana, Belly, Velocity Girl, Throwing Muses, REM, Even Worse (Jack’s Band), Last Burning Embers (Jack’s Band), Beatles, Circle Jerks, Legal Weapon, Saccharin Trust, Naked Ray Gun, Big Black, The Effigies, Blood Sport, Fastbacks, Hüsker Dü, The Screamers, The Dells, Engelbert Humperdinck, Glen Campbell, Dionne Warwick, Jimi Hendrix, Blondie, Television, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Velvet Underground, Mothers of Invention, MC5, The Cars, The Police, Bad Brains, Henry Rollins, Ian MacKaye, James Brown, The Who, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Killers, Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, The Undertones, X, The Mutants, The Zeros, DOA, The Subhumans, The Dead Kennedys, The Stimulators, Mad, Iggy Pop, the Cramps, Link Wray, Professor Longhair, The Ruts, Sham 69, The Damned, Dead Boys, Buzzcocks, Justin Sullivan, New Model Army, The Neats, Wipers, Catherine Wheel, Radiohead, Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Rogers, Gene Autry, Max Romeo, Stooges, Heartbreakers, New York Dolls, The Adverts, The Everly Brothers, Love, Carl Perkins, Oscar Peterson, Hank Williams, Stephen Foster, Blasters, The Undertones, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Howlin’ Wolf, Joy Formidable, David Bowie, Brian Eno, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Cheetah Chrome, John Lydon, Captain Beefheart, Ruts DC, The Gas, Joe Pernice, Bevis Frond, The Who, The Byrds, Bo Diddley, Ike and Tina Turner, Lesley Gore, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Billy Bragg, Colin Hay, Connie Smith, and George Jones.

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THE BIG TAKEOVER
- Website:  https://bigtakeover.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigTakeover/
- Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/bigtakeovermag/?hl=en
- Radio Show:  https://bigtakeover.com/radio/

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Theme and Introduction.
Softball.
His First Punk Rock Show; Music Roots.
Jack on Touring, and Playing Live; Circle Jerks Story.
Is Jack a Connector? Punk Rock Party. Bad Brains. High School.
The Big Takeover. Hard Work (Can't Fool People). Bad Records by Good Bands -- How Do You Review That?
Finding New Cool Bands. Forerunners like "L. Williams" and Many Others.
Day In The Life. Being an Entrepreneur. Sharing Great Music.
Defining Stories.
Country Music.
Thank You / Closing Theme.