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These Are A Few Of My Favorite Kings

1 week ago | danepstein.substack.com | Dan Epstein

Greetings, Jagged Time Lapsers!First off, I just want to say how proud I am of my millions of fellow Americans who took peacefully but vociferously to the streets for the thousands of “No Kings” protests held on Saturday across our fair land.
Different Strokes For Different Folks

2 weeks ago | danepstein.substack.com | Dan Epstein

As most of you surely know by now, Sly Stone passed away this week at the age of 82. While it’s sad to see him move on to a presumably funkier plane, it’s kind of incredible that he made it to that relatively advanced age, especially given his history of (shall we say) misadventure.
How Soon Was Now? The Smiths Take Britain and Break America

2 weeks ago | danepstein.substack.com | Dan Epstein |Tony Fletcher

Welcome to the 17th episode of the CROSSED CHANNELS podcast — a.k.a. the podcast in which music journalists/obsessives Dan Epstein (the Yank) and Tony Fletcher (the Brit) clash and connect over music from either side of the pond. This time out, our subject is The Smiths, the most iconic British indie band of the 1980s.
From the JTL Archive: O Dio Mio

2 weeks ago | danepstein.substack.com | Dan Epstein

Greetings, Jagged Time Lapsers!Well, I’m still trying to reach the top of the mountain on my current book deadline, so today’s Dio-tastic post is a repeat from the early days of JTL in late 2022, which I figure most of you haven’t read.
You're So Fine (And Possibly To Blame)

3 weeks ago | danepstein.substack.com | Dan Epstein

Last weekend, while taking a much-needed lunch break from my impending book deadline, my girlfriend and I decided to check out Everything Nice, a cool little records n’ stuff shop in Ellenville, NY. Along with OG pressings of Queen’s Sheer Heart Attack (my second favorite Queen LP after Queen II) and Wings Greatest, I left with a stack of dusty 45s — some which I knew well but didn’t already own, and some which I’d never heard but looked like they might be worth taking a cheap chance on.
From the JTL Archive: Soul and Inspiration

3 weeks ago | danepstein.substack.com | Dan Epstein

Greetings, Jagged Time Lapsers!I wrote the following piece two years ago this week, shortly after the passing of the brilliant pop songwriter Cynthia Weil. Whether because of its subject matter, my writing, some well-timed shares, a lucky threading of the algorithmic needle, or all of the above, it became far and away the most-read thing I’ve ever published here at JTL.
Life Is A Cock Ring

4 weeks ago | danepstein.substack.com | Dan Epstein

Let me begin this shorter than usual (because I’m still on a book deadline) missive by apologizing in advance to my many Canadian friends and readers, because I’m about to have a chuckle at the expense of one of your favorite musical sons: Mr. Tom Cochrane. It’s nothing personal.
The Power Of Platinum

1 month ago | danepstein.substack.com | Dan Epstein

(This one goes out to my friend Steve Gerlach, who noticed something in my recent Bruce Springsteen piece that demanded to be expanded upon.)In the spring of 1982, a few days before my 16th birthday, my mom alerted me to a sale that was happening at a discount stereo and appliance shop we occasionally patronized on Chicago’s North Side.
There's a Shadow in My Back Yard

1 month ago | danepstein.substack.com | Dan Epstein

My dear old pal Jason came to visit me in the Shawangunks this past weekend, and it was a total blast. I use “old” in the sense that we’ve been close friends for nearly 45 years now, though our conversations still reverberate with the same giddy enthusiasm and absurdist humor we shared in our teens.
From the JTL Archives: Some Guy Named Ernie

1 month ago | danepstein.substack.com | Dan Epstein

(Photo by Don Hunstein, Sony Music Archives)Greetings, Jagged Time Lapsers!As some of you already know, I’m neck-deep in the manuscript deadline of a new book project, this one detailing the strange and wonderful history of the Electro-Harmonix company, the fine folks who brought you the Big Muff guitar pedal.