Big Takeover 30th Anniversary Festival/Party

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I got this exciting news from Jack Rabid:
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ANNOUNCING! THE BIG TAKEOVER 30TH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL/PARTY, AT BELL HOUSE, BROOKLYN, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY JULY 30/31, 2010!

16 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 RABID

tickets on sale now! at:
http://www.thebellhouseny.com/calendar.php
(hurry, this may well sell out! note the event is 18+)

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 guitar Greg Ingraham)

Channel 3 (early 80s L.A. punks!)

Visqueen (female-led Seattle post-punk rockers' first east coast shows in 5 years)

Springhouse (first show with original lineup in 8 years, doing normal set)

Libertines U.S. (reformed Cincinnati's '80s greats first ever ny show)

Flower (New York postpunk band’s reunion gig, first show in 16 years! Later split into two bands, Versus and French!)

EDP (New York’s hard-hitting, Jam-like, mod revival band)

and more acts to be announced!!!

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SATURDAY JULY 31

Mark Burgess (England's Chameleons star) acoustic and full band!

For Against (Lincoln, NE post-punk legends' first east coast show in 15 years)

Springhouse (playing second LP Postcards From the Arctic start to finish for the first time ever; first shows with original lineup in 8 years, )

Sleepover Disaster (Fresno's shoegaze wonders' first ever east coast appearances)

Don McGlashan (New Zealand’s ex-Mutton Birds leader in his only U.S. appearance)

Jon Auer (Seattle’s Posies star and 17-year Big Star member)

Astrid Williamson (England singer-songwriter extraordinarie)

The Sharp Things (New York's orchestral poppers!)

Paul Collins (of The Nerves of ìHanging on the Telephoneî fame pre-Blondie’s cover, and of Paul Collins’ Beat)

The Curtain Society (veteran Boston shoegazers, also backing Burgess for part of his set)

and more acts to be announced!!!

NOTES:

1) No exits will be final, plus they are going to have a little portable food court coming in to keep people in a bit of food, and people will be able to hang out in the cool bar attached to the club or the sidewalk if these are nice nights, and eat the food cart stuff, or there are restaurants within a short walk.

2) 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 at jrabid@bigtakeover.com (specify "personal payment" if you can, to help avoid the 3% tack on fees paypal does), or send a check made out to big takeover at 356 4th st. brooklyn, ny 11215. if you'd rather do visa or mastercard, email me and i can walk you through it, as that's a little trickier.

We will list the doners 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.

3. The event is in the Park Slope / Gowanus Canal section of Brooklyn, five miles from Manhattan, and only 20 minutes by subway from Manhattan. but there are also a few hotels in the area, in addition to the numerous Manhattan ones (note these are not recommendations):

Hotel Le Bleu (.28 mi from venue)
370 4th Avenue 718.625.1500
http://www.hotellebleu.com/

YMCA (.51 mi from venue)
357 9th Street 718.768.7100
http://ymcanyc.org/index.php

Holiday Inn Express (.53 mi from venue)
625 Union Street 718.797.1133
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ex/1/en/hotel/bxyln?&url=true&stopredirect=true&cm_mmc=mdpr-_-aol_mq-_-hi-_-bxyln

N U Hotel (1.07 mi from venue)
85 Smith Street 718.852.8585
http://brooklyn.citysearch.com/profile/46797916/brooklyn_ny/n_u_hotel.html?publisher=mapquest&reference_id=&placement=results_org

Holiday Inn Express (.65 mi from venue)
279 Butler Street 718.855.9600
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ex/1/en/hotel/bxyes?&cm_mmc=mdpr-_-aol_mq-_-hi-_-bxyes

Hotel Princess (1.11 mi from venue)
211 Schermerhorn Street 718.468.3565
-no website info-

Affinia Manhattan (.74 mi from venue)
371 7th Avenue NY 866.246.2203
http://brooklyn.citysearch.com/profile/7080529/new_york_ny/affinia_manhattan.html?publisher=mapquest&reference_id=&placement=results_bub

Marriott - Brooklyn Bridge (1.36 mi from venue)
333 Adams Street 718.246.7000
http://www.marriott.com/default.mi

Ichud Hatalmidim Inc. (2.74 mi from venue)
163 Rodney Street #A 718.486.2473
-no website info-

Bed and Breakfast on the Park (.99 mi from venue)
113 Prospect Park W 718.499.6115
http://brooklyn.citysearch.com/profile/11349769/brooklyn_ny/bed_and_breakfast_on_the_park.html?publisher=mapquest&reference_id=&placement=results_bub

Islandia Marriott Long Island (1.05 mi from venue)
188 Prospect Park W
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/ispis-islandia-marriott-long-island/

St George Hotel (1.68 mi from venue)
51 Clark Street 718.596.4974
-no website info-

Princess Lefferts Hotel (1.81 mi from venue)
127 Lefferts Pl 718.783.2984
http://princehotelgroup.com/homepage.html

Parkway Suites (2.25 mi from venue)
574 Eastern Pkwy 7.18.363.3199
http://theparkwaysuites.com/

177 Herkimer Co (2.36 mi from venue)
177 Herkimer St 718.857.2532
-no website info-

Divinity Inn (2.58 mi from venue)
408 Putnam Avenue 347.627.6515
-no website info-

Royal Inn (2.6 mi from venue)
147 Wallabout St 718.596.6180
-no website info-

Brooklyn Deluxe Suites (2.91 mi from venue)
325 Kosciuszko St 718.676.0206
-no website info-

Best Western Arena (2.28 mi from venue)
1324 Atlantic Avenue
http://arenahotelnyc.com/