Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Part Two of my 2007 interview with Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, in which we discuss his songwriting process(es),Tull compilations, and the toll that “post-Victorian industrialization” continues to take on our world. danepstein.substack.com/p/ian-anders...

Christmas and horror have gone hand in hand for me from a young age. In today’s special Christmas Eve installment of Jagged Time Lapse, I flash back to Xmas ‘77 — and reflect on why “The Monster Mash” will always be a Christmas song for me. danepstein.substack.com/p/the-ghouls...

Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Flashing back on how Rob Reiner and This Is Spinal Tap rekindled my love of heavy metal, brought me closer to my dad, and got me up onstage with a guitar for the very first time. danepstein.substack.com/p/tonight-im...

Call me woke or naive or whatever, but I'm with Kojak on this one.

Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Flashing back on my extensive 2007 interview with the inimitable Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, which has never before been published in its entirety. danepstein.substack.com/p/ian-anders...

This is really solid investigative reporting from the Sun-Times. And a brutal expose of Greg Bovino, the cosplaying tough guy who has terrorized so many immigrants in Chicago. Read it all. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

On the new episode of the CROSSED CHANNELS podcast, Tony Fletcher and I have a blast comparing and contrasting our transatlantic perspectives on the pioneering run of singles by Manchester's mighty Buzzcocks. Check it out! danepstein.substack.com/p/buzzcocks-...

Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Flashing back on the Christmas episode of Cher's 1975 variety show, which features a particularly memorable Christmas wish from Redd Foxx… danepstein.substack.com/p/dreaming-o...

I spent Christmas in NYC in 1979 and 1980, which were two completely different experiences, thanks largely to John Lennon's senseless assassination 45 years ago today. I wrote something about those Christmases a while back... (Rest In Peace, John.) danepstein.substack.com/p/yeah-lifes...

My annual round-up of department store holiday muzak mixes is live at Jagged Time Lapse — nearly 24 hours of dreamy Xmas EZ Listening from the 1950s, 60s and early 70s that'll bliss you out like a peppermint morphine drip. danepstein.substack.com/p/music-to-w...

11/30/68: Godard and the Stones (and some mutilated Maoisms) via Sympathy for the Devil aka One plus One Of historical interest More: @dockfidrych.bsky.social: www.rollingstone.com/feature/symp... Melissa Anderson: 4columns.org/anderson-mel...

Today at Jagged Time Lapse: What do Black Friday, Bing Crosby, an Australian rock legend and a book about the history of archaeology all have in common? Come with me back to Chicago on the day after Thanksgiving 1980 and find out! danepstein.substack.com/p/flashback-...

Since I have dozens of photos of my late cat Oscar grooving along to various records, I'm starting a semi-regular series at Jagged Time Lapse called Oscar's Picks. In the first one, Le Chat Noir et Blanc checks out Mink DeVille's Le Chat Bleu. danepstein.substack.com/p/oscars-pic...

In the new episode of the CROSSED CHANNELS podcast, Tony Fletcher and I heatedly and hilariously discuss power pop legends The Raspberries — I pick 12 of my favorite tracks by the noted American Anglophiles and find out which ones Tony can actually stomach! danepstein.substack.com/p/go-all-the...

Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Flashing back on the rodent-themed miniature LP covers I made for my sister’s dollhouse back in 1979. danepstein.substack.com/p/flashback-...

Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going! Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists. We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.

Today at Jagged Time Lapse: The Move's heaviest hit makes me trace my innate music snobbery back to my early dinosaur snobbery. danepstein.substack.com/p/she-can-re...

Dick Cheney roasting in Hell, Andrew Cuomo humiliated (again!), Zohran Mamdani and Prop 50 victorious, huge Dem wins in NJ, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia and elsewhere… that’s my idea of a “Super Tuesday”! www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5Ns...

The oligarchy came out in full force against Zohran Mamdani's fight for a more affordable NYC. It didn't matter. Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.

Suck it, Cuomo. Again.

If you are a Democratic senator watching these results and the lesson you take is "I should cave and help Republicans reopen the government for nothing more than a promise written on toilet paper" then you shouldn't be in the Senate anymore

And speaking of this year's inductee's to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, I penned a piece for FLOOD Magazine on the recent Nicky Hopkins documentary, and how it helped to finally get one of the greatest session keyboardists of all time into the Hall. floodmagazine.com/210805/nicky...

The late, great Thom Bell will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this weekend, which seems as good an excuse as any to re-run my Jagged Time Lapse appreciation of his soul genius from 2022... danepstein.substack.com/p/a-funky-fa...

no evidence whatsoever that mike johnson knows a single thing youtu.be/YR2WiILR6XE

In a far cooler world, kids everywhere would be dressing up like early-70s Phil Manzanera for Halloween. Things haven't panned out that way, but the Roxy Music guitarist has still done okay, as we discuss in Part Two of of my extensive interview with him. danepstein.substack.com/p/phil-manza...

To recap: Trump is spending money Congress never appropriated to pay federal employees with guns, and cutting programs and grants even when Congress has appropriated funds. They literally have a contingency fund for SNAP that they are refusing to use. No Speaker has done more to weaken Congress.

So not only were the insurrectionists pardoned despite going on a rampage for which they are wholly unapologetic, they now have perpetual immunity as long as the regime stays in power. That's encouraging and not at all scary. bsky.app/profile/kyle...

Happy publication anniversary to Now You’re One of Us: The Incredible Story of Redd Kross, which was released in the US one year ago today! Thanks mucho to everyone who bought a copy — it’s still available via all online book sellers, and can be special ordered from your local mom n’ pop bookshop!

OK folks, here's the deal. Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads and has ignored asks to stop. It's time to tell them we won't stream fascism - by cancelling our subscriptions. Here's how to get started: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify

You think this scoop is big wait until CNN puts out its months-long investigation into the fake stepmom epidemic on Pornhub. bsky.app/profile/cnn....

I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering

Early voting is already happening all around the country for the Nov 4 elections. Our state, county and local government officials (and especially judges) can serve as an effective firewall against the fascist onslaught, so don’t even think of sitting this one out. #voteearly #vote2025 #fuckfascism

We all love a good spooky graveyard tale around Halloween — and this one, which I've taken to pulling out every October, is mine. It's all true! danepstein.substack.com/p/the-egypti...

$170B for ICE and Border Patrol $40B for Argentina $1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet $230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation" $200M for Kristi Noem's jets $98M for Trump's golf outings But no money to lower your healthcare costs.

Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Part One of my extensive recent interview with the great Roxy Music axeman Phil Manzanera — one of my earliest guitar heroes! open.substack.com/pub/danepste...

Awful: Trump's $230 million shakedown from DOJ can be paid to him confidentially at first, without the public ever finding out about it until later, Rep Jamie Raskin tells me. Raskin will formally demand full communications between WH and DOJ on this. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2021...

Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Flashing back on some childhood memories of Ace Frehley and KISS, their infamous/legendary 1979 TV appearance with Tom Snyder, and the 2009 video interview I did with Ace (a clip of which is included here). open.substack.com/pub/danepste...

The ceasefire agreement for which Trump received an avalanche of praise—including a TIME cover—lasted six days. Six days.

So no terrorism then?

George Santos, a man who lied about his mother dying in 9/11... ....was just sprung from jail by Trump, who lied about seeing Muslims cheering 9/11.

Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Spinning one of my all-time favorite Chicago soul 45s while sending love and strength to all my people there amid the current fascist military occupation. danepstein.substack.com/p/chicago-so...

NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.) Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear. But… no “kids”!

Forcing them to watch the boss's speech and telling them they'll get in trouble for making fun of him. That's just a sign of a respected and capable leader, folks.

There is a bunch of unprecedented stuff about this shutdown - turning public resources like airports or govt employees into partisan tools, the blatant lying about what is happening - but the worst is using the shutdown to engage in ideological targeting. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-shutdo...

Time owner Marc Benioff (and Salesforce CEO) just announced a few days ago that he's eager to start sucking Trump's dick full time. He even wants troops deployed to San Francisco. But as we see here, it's never enough. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Back in the spring of 2007, I had the honor of interviewing the great Ian Hunter about his then-new (and excellent) album Shrunken Heads. The Q&A has never run anywhere in its entirety before, but my paid subscribers can now dig it over at Jagged Time Lapse: danepstein.substack.com/p/ian-hunter...

If two parties insist on “dueling versions” of reality, but one party includes journalists, local cops, local residents, and the other includes plagiarists, propagandists, and Orwellian GOP liars, it’s worth saying there is one reality, and one lurid fantasy. newrepublic.com/article/2016...

This MAGA propaganda is deeply sinister. Stephen Miller has been lying about Portland/Chicago relentlessly. It's core to his project: He's trying to establish quasi-absolute power for Trump to simply invent pretexts by fiat to justify whatever abuses he launches. 5/ newrepublic.com/article/2016...

The pushback against fascism will be insufficient if it does not result in Stephen Miller serving a lengthy prison term. bsky.app/profile/empt...