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Dan Epstein

@dockfidrych.bsky.social
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Writer, author, renaissance man, cat dad, citizen of the universe. danepstein.substack.com

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Dan Epstein @dockfidrych.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Today at Jagged Time Lapse: A meditation on writing the last song of my fifties, which I'm dedicating to the lovely memory of Phil Rosenthal, who encouraged me to write songs at a time when I was sure I'd given all that up for good. Rest in peace, my brother. danepstein.substack.com/p/hydrangea
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Hydrangea
The last new song of my fifties
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The 1st Amendment wasn't written so we'd feel free wishing each other a happy birthday. It was written so we'd feel free saying sharp and difficult things, such as stating plainly that the president of the United States is a convicted felon who is trying to destroy American democracy.
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Chris is pissed for 4 more years @aussiechris52.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
If the WH new ball room is critical for future security of POTUS, maybe he should cancel all future rallies, golf games, Mar-a-lardo stays etc and just hunker down in his bunker. I for one would enjoy the break.
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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
If you were horrified watching elected leaders run & scramble because of gun violence, just imagine how my daughter Jaime felt in school running from an active shooter before she was killed. Now, become a part of the solution & only vote for people determined to address gun violence in America.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
He's the worst thing that ever happened to America. I despise him BECAUSE I love my country. 🇺🇸
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
This photo should be on the front page of every single newspaper in America today.
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
It's important to remember that, yes, sometimes good things still happen. www.dailymail.com/news/article...
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Millionaire US big game hunter is trampled to death by elephants
A millionaire US big game hunter was ambushed and killed by FIVE angry elephants whilst hunting a small forest antelope in Central Africa armed with a shotgun.
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Dan Epstein @dockfidrych.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Today at Jagged Time Lapse — digging into Richard Morton Jack's wonderfully immersive book Led Zeppelin: The Only Way to Fly. danepstein.substack.com/p/led-zeppel...
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Led Zeppelin: The Only Way To Fly
Checking out Richard Morton Jack's massive new book on the band
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
“It’s amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” - Harry Truman As Trump proves often, the reverse of this is also true. It’s amazing how much you can fuck things up when the only thing you care about is getting the credit.
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Dan Epstein @dockfidrych.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Part Two of my interview with British guitar legend Hank Marvin — in which we discuss his favorite Shadows tracks, his opinion of The Ventures, and the time he had to learn a bunch of Slash solos. danepstein.substack.com/p/hank-marvi...
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Hank Marvin: Shadows and Strats, Part Two
The British guitar legend talks about his favorite singles, The Ventures, Buddy Holly, and teaching Slash's leads to his son in our 1997 interview
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Dan Epstein @dockfidrych.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Much has already been written about Sharp Pins’ latest album Balloon Balloon Balloon, but I’m pretty sure no one else has referenced the first few weeks of Willie Horton’s 1976 season while reviewing it. danepstein.substack.com/p/fall-in-lo...
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Fall in Love Again
My springtime crush on Sharp Pins' Balloon Balloon Balloon album
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Dan Epstein @dockfidrych.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Flashing back on my 1997 interview with British guitar legend Hank Marvin. danepstein.substack.com/p/hank-marvi...
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Hank Marvin: Shadows and Strats, Part One
Flashing back on my 1997 interview with the British guitar legend
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Attacking the Pope and depicting himself as Jesus. Imagine their reaction if Obama did this.
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joes-spot.bsky.social @joes-spot.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The same geniuses who think Trump, who dodged the draft five times, knows how to win a war also think Trump, who declared bankruptcy six times, knows how to run the economy. That's what Trump Derangement Syndrome actually looks like.
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Dan Epstein @dockfidrych.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Flashing back to my late cat Oscar's epic "handsome-off" with Tom Jones — and a quick dive into the best album side Sir ToJo ever waxed! danepstein.substack.com/p/oscars-pic...
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Oscar's Picks: Tom
The handsomest cat ever faces off against Tom Jones' self-titled 1970 LP
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Kim: Three weeks of the war in Iran could have funded vision, hearing, and dental coverage for every senior in America on Medicare. I mean, it just gives you a sense of the trade-off.
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Dan Epstein @dockfidrych.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Flashing back on my 1999 interview with Juan García Esquivel, the legendary genius of Space Age Bachelor Pad music. danepstein.substack.com/p/conversati...
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Conversations with Esquivel, Part Two
Flashing back on my 1999 interview with the genius of Space Age Bachelor Pad music
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
So inspiring
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Dan Epstein @dockfidrych.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Happy Herb Day to you all! In honor of Mr. Alpert’s 91st birthday, I’m revisiting my favorite of his “deep cuts” over at Jagged Time Lapse… danepstein.substack.com/p/herbal-rem...
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Herbal Remedies
My Ten Favorite Herb Alpert Deep Cuts
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
In fairness it’s not like the consequences of having a mad king unilaterally take the country to war on a whim were so incredibly obvious that you could see it coming from the 18th and 19th centuries www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
“Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object,” a young representative named Abraham Lincoln wrote in 1848. This was “understood to be the most oppressive of all Kingly oppressions and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us.” This quote, incidentally, is immortalized on the House’s website, if any members of Congress are looking for it.
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QueenCityJamz @queencityjamz.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
This is easily one of my fave baseball books ever. Dan's Big Hair and Plastic Grass & this one form the perfect 70's baseball books out there.
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Dan Epstein @dockfidrych.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Flashing back on the musical legacy of The Year of The Fonz. danepstein.substack.com/p/sit-on-it
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Sit On It!
Flashing back on 1976's flood of Fonz-related toonz
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Jimmy Lonetti @djgloverepair.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Great book! D&J Glove Repair recommended.
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Dan Epstein @dockfidrych.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Since today is MLB Opening Day - and this year marks the 50th anniversary of the incredible 1976 season - I figured I oughta remind y’all that Stars & Strikes, my favorite of my three baseball books, is still in print and can be obtained via your favorite online or brick-and-mortar book purveyor!
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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Dan Epstein @dockfidrych.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Part Two of my extensive 2021 interview with Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell, in which he recalls the messiness of Lemmy’s West Hollywood apartment and grooving to ABBA, The Eagles and ELO on the Motörhead tour bus. danepstein.substack.com/p/phil-campb...
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RIP, Phil Campbell, Part Two: "We Didn't Write For No Record Companies!"
Motörhead's last and longest-running guitarist told it like it was in this 2021 interview
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
7 years ago, we learned about Bob Mueller’s conclusions. Today, there are a lot of posts on social media claiming it was a farce, or worse, a fraud. But those posts are disinformation. Here is the actual information, with links for those who want to do a deep dive. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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What Was Actually in the Mueller Report
There is an enormous amount of misinformation circulating about former Special Counsel Bob Mueller’s investigation into Russian attempts to influence the 2016 U.S.
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Dan Epstein @dockfidrych.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
During my junior year of college, I attended a record release party in NYC for Robyn Hitchcock's wonderful Globe of Frogs album, which turned out to be one of the more mortifying evenings of my life. Read all about it at the latest Jagged Time Lapse... danepstein.substack.com/p/leave-the-...
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Leave The Rubber Fish At Home
...and other lessons I learned from Robyn Hitchcock's 1988 record release party
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Dan Epstein @dockfidrych.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Saluting the passing of long-serving Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell with a flashback to an extensive interview I did with him back in 2021. danepstein.substack.com/p/rip-motorh...
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RIP, Motörhead Guitarist Phil Campbell
Part One of my extensive 2021 interview with Lemmy's right-hand man
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Dan Epstein @dockfidrych.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Flashing back on my favorite non-musical Elvis film moment, one which Basil Ermine (or whatever the hell his name is) has apparently not included in EPiC. danepstein.substack.com/p/elvis-and-...
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Elvis and the Infant Baby
My favorite of The King's non-musical onscreen moments gets the EPiC shaft
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Dan Epstein @dockfidrych.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
During my last two years of high school, no school dance was complete without at least one Squeeze song, so my inner 16 year-old pretty much flipped at the chance to speak with Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook last week about Trixies, Squeeze's wonderful new album: floodmagazine.com/218253/squee...
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Squeeze: Welcome to Trixies
Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook discuss their new concept album about a fictional nightclub that was originally recorded as demos way back in 1974 when the duo were teens.
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Dan Epstein @dockfidrych.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Easing into Friday with quite possibly the smoothest album of 1978.
The Salsoul Strings - How Deep Is Your Love (1978)
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Dan Epstein @dockfidrych.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Flashing back to March '78, and Paul McCartney's uncanny ability to inject a bit of sunshine into even the dreariest of late winter/early spring days. danepstein.substack.com/p/we-can-mak...
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We Can Make This Whole Damn Thing Work Out
Wings — "With a Little Luck" (1978
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
The American people have sacrificed enough. Stop the war. Tax the billionaires.
Screenshot of an X post by Really American claiming Republican Congressman Mark Alford said Americans must “sacrifice” by accepting higher gas prices to support Trump’s war with Iran. Below is a split-screen TV news segment with a female anchor on the left, a male reporter in the middle, and Congressman Alford on the right. A banner reads “BREAKING NEWS: CRUDE OIL PRICES HIT NEW HIGHS AMID WAR.”
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Dan Epstein @dockfidrych.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Various thoughts on a handful of recently-watched rock docs, weird dreams and processed meats. danepstein.substack.com/p/we-could-b...
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We Can Be Gyros
Some brief thoughts on a handful of rock docs and processed meats
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
The costs of this Iran war debacle will likely be more than the cost of extending the ACA health insurance subsidies. If you asked Americans, which do you want: another war in the Middle East or lower health care costs at home, is the margin 90 to 10? 95 to 5?
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Appalling: ICE and CBP contracted for $144 million in weaponry and accessories in Trump's first year, per data obtained by Sen Adam Schiff. For ICE it's a fourfold increase, much of it for military-style weapons. A heavily armed secret police force. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2069...
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Trump’s ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponry—and It Should Alarm Us All
In addition to staffing up at a furious rate, ICE and CPB are acquiring a vast cache of weapons from private contractors, new data reveals. This will not end well—or anytime soon.
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Dan Epstein @dockfidrych.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Some thoughts on electric sitars, including the one I bought a couple of weeks ago. danepstein.substack.com/p/sitar-me-up
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Sitar Me Up
Or, Greetings to the New Brunette (Instrument)
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Somehow I missed this jam while writing my tribute to the late Mickey Lolich
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Dan Epstein @dockfidrych.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Flashing back to February 1976 with the help of some Billboard charts and mind-blowing videos from Cat Stevens, Telly Savalas and C.W. McCall! danepstein.substack.com/p/it-was-50-...
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It Was 50 Years Ago This Month
Flashing back on some Billboard issues from February 1976
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Dan Epstein @dockfidrych.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Flashing back on the late, great Mickey Lolich and the 1968 funk jam that bears his name. danepstein.substack.com/p/from-sixty...
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From Sixty Feet Out On That Hill
The Fans — "Roly Poly Mickey Lolich" (1968)
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Abolish ICE. There’s no reforming it. There’s no compromise. There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
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Dan Epstein @dockfidrych.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
I found a beat-up M-Audio Axiom 25 at my local dump this past summer. In today's Jagged Time Lapse, I write about how it has been helping to keep me at least somewhat sane in these dark and trying times. danepstein.substack.com/p/night-errand
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Night Errand
Making music when you can't find the words
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
It's not quite the most pressing issue at the moment, but the American people absolutely have a right to know the names of the federal officials who shot and killed a man peacefully protesting, who was on his knees, prone in the street when they shot him in the back.
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Dan Epstein @dockfidrych.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Part Two of my interview with Zombies lead vocalist Colin Blunstone, in which we go track by track through Odessey and Oracle. In this part, we discuss the middle third of the album, along with the band’s unusual vocal blend… danepstein.substack.com/p/colin-blun...
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Colin Blunstone: "It Was Simple, But Ecstatically Beautiful!"
Part Two of my extensive Odessey and Oracle interview with the Zombies' lead singer
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
One thing that might get a little overlooked here is how important it is that DHS is massively exaggerating arrest totals (10k??). What people on the ground know is that immigration enforcement is barely occurring, and ICE/DHS are really conducting a terror campaign in the guise of enforcement.
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Thomas Leeper @thosjleeper.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation. Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
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Dan Epstein @dockfidrych.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
For those needing a little levity in this dark stretch, the new episode of the CROSSED CHANNELS podcast finds Tony Fletcher and I discussing some of our favorite live recordings while he flips me shit for being increasingly lax in my gig attendance. danepstein.substack.com/p/love-you-l...
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Love You Live
CROSSED CHANNELS podcast Episode 24 delves into some of our favorite concert recordings, official or otherwise.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 15/01/2024
Annual reminder that King didn't say *people* should be judged by their character rather than their skin. He said he dreamed of a future day when *his children* would live in such a state, while observing they did not; that U.S. had never delivered on its founding promises.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day down in Alabama with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, one day right down in Alabama little Black boys and Black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today.
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