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  Jay Reatard Documentary Headed for DVD With Vinyl Soundtrack

  October 12, 2012 – "He was so complex, and people didn't know that about him," said Alexandria Hammond, who directed Jay Reatard documentary Better Than Something with Ian Markiewicz, talking to SPIN earlier his year about their subject. …
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  'Better Than Something' Directors on Working Alongside the Late Jay Reatard

  March 14, 2012 – When filmmakers Alexandria Hammond and Ian Markiewicz, directors of the recent Better Than Something, first met its subject, Memphis punk rock musician Jay Reatard, they weren't sure what to expect, given his name and his notoriety for transgressive, even violent stage antics. …
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  Download Rare Jay Reatard Song!

  June 8, 2011 – Memphis garage-rocker Jay Reatard died last year at the age of 29 -- but thankfully he left loads of demos, LPs, EPs, and rarities behind for fans to discover and revisit. Born James Lee Lindsey, Jr., Reatard recorded some 60 albums in his 11-year career, and the label that gave him his start, Memphis' Goner Records, just dropped a compilation of his early releases that were previously available only on cassette. …
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  Jay Reatard Remembered in Revealing Documentary

  March 8, 2011 – It's been a little over a year since Jay Reatard suddenly passed away at age 29, and the Memphis punk savant is the subject of a revealing documentary that will be screened at various film festivals this year. …
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  Music's Top 5 Twitter Events of 2010

  December 31, 2010 – Twitter took over the world in 2010. Even people who had previously disdained it -- ahem, Kanye -- started tweeting like crazy and referencing "Twitpics" and "hashtags" in everyday conversation. …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week

  February 6, 2010 – This week, Fall Out Boy members discussed the band's uncertain future, Jay Reatard's death was ruled a drug overdose, and Francis Bean Cobain made her musical debut. …
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  10 Best Live Pics of the Week

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  Jay Reatard Killed by Cocaine and Alcohol Overdose

  February 3, 2010 – The autopsy results for Memphis, TN, garage-punk prodigy Jay Reatard have been released, concluding that the 29-year-old rocker was killed by "cocaine toxicity, and that alcohol was a contributing factor," said Shelby County Medical Examiner Karen E. Chancellor. As previously reported, Reatard, born Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr., was discovered dead around 3:30 A.M. Jan. 13 in his bed at home in Memphis. …
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  Jay Reatard Remembered

  January 28, 2010 – [Editor's Note: Memphis writer Andrew Earles considers the rocker, who died Jan. 13 in his sleep at age 29.] Memphis, Tennessee, can be reliably fruitful for those who have chosen particular fields. Lawyers and advertising execs do well here, as do commercial real estate developers and the proprietors of catering businesses, liquor stores, and landscaping companies. …
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  Jay Reatard Dead at 29

  January 13, 2010 – Garage-punk rocker Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr., a.k.a. Jay Reatard, has died at his home in Memphis, TN, according to Memphis newspaper The Commerical Appeal. He was 29 years old. [UPDATE: A memorial will be held for Lindsey on Saturday, January 16, at Memphis, TN's Memorial Park Funeral Home, located at 5668 Poplar Avenue. …
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