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Dan Epstein

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Writer, author, renaissance man, cat dad, citizen of the universe. https://danepstein.substack.com

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We Can Be Gyros Some brief thoughts on a handful of rock docs and processed meats

Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Various thoughts on a handful of recently-watched rock docs, weird dreams and processed meats.

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03.03.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Totally. I was bummed that they cut the video before the cumshot.

02.03.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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?

01.03.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 12187 πŸ” 3672 πŸ’¬ 398 πŸ“Œ 110
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Trump’s ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponryβ€”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 wellβ€”or anytime soon.

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/

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Sitar Me Up Or, Greetings to the New Brunette (Instrument)

Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Some thoughts on electric sitars, including the one I bought a couple of weeks ago.

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23.02.2026 13:41 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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

15.02.2026 01:10 πŸ‘ 14006 πŸ” 4655 πŸ’¬ 273 πŸ“Œ 113

Somehow I missed this jam while writing my tribute to the late Mickey Lolich

12.02.2026 13:11 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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It Was 50 Years Ago This Month Flashing back on some Billboard issues from February 1976

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!

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10.02.2026 13:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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From Sixty Feet Out On That Hill The Fans β€” "Roly Poly Mickey Lolich" (1968)

Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Flashing back on the late, great Mickey Lolich and the 1968 funk jam that bears his name.

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05.02.2026 13:28 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

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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Night Errand Making music when you can't find the words

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.

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30.01.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

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.

27.01.2026 13:58 πŸ‘ 34550 πŸ” 8085 πŸ’¬ 1084 πŸ“Œ 374
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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

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…

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26.01.2026 14:39 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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.

24.01.2026 11:48 πŸ‘ 824 πŸ” 220 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 6

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.

22.01.2026 20:25 πŸ‘ 15422 πŸ” 5849 πŸ’¬ 167 πŸ“Œ 239
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Love You Live CROSSED CHANNELS podcast Episode 24 delves into some of our favorite concert recordings, official or otherwise.

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.

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22.01.2026 19:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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.

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.

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.

15.01.2024 11:07 πŸ‘ 630 πŸ” 175 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

i am so sick of the dumbest people alive being in charge of everything and the second dumbest people alive writing opinion columns about how it's good

21.08.2025 16:30 πŸ‘ 14745 πŸ” 3447 πŸ’¬ 134 πŸ“Œ 83
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Colin Blunstone: "Everything Seemed To Happen A Lot Quicker In Those Days!" The Zombies lead vocalist flashes back on his band's landmark Odessey and Oracle album

Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Part One of my extensive interview with Colin Blunstone of The Zombies, in which we (among other things) go track-by-track through Odessey and Oracle!

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19.01.2026 14:35 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Flashback: Hold My Life Or, how The Replacements' Tim reissue had me seeing ghosts

Have we really just passed the anniversary of the greatest Replacements gig I ever saw? The calendar doesn’t lie, so I’m reposting a piece I wrote about the Tim box set, which contains a disc devoted to that incredible 1/11/86 show at Chicago’s Cabaret Metro.

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16.01.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"You Just Want to See a Couple of Fat Guys Wrestle!" Flashing back on the Screaming Trees

Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Reposting an appreciation of the Screaming Trees β€” including recollections of their two absolutely unforgettable Chicago shows that I witnessed in person.

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13.01.2026 16:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Coming this Spring & Summer: MAKE THE SCENE with the Programme 4 Fall Preview Tour, featuring a screening of Programme 4 television now with an exclusive preview of an all-new half hour programme4.tv/makethescene

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Part of β€œWhich Side Are You On?” involves regularly asking myself who’s on that side with me, *enough.* Not, β€œwho who was slow to catch on,” or β€œwho doesn’t fight fascism the way I think we should,” or even β€œwho *used* to be on the wrong side?” Just, who, like me, knows fascism must fall.

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I am at a vigil for Renee Good at St Mark's in the Bowery.

They handed out cards bearing the names of people killed by ICE in this second Trump era.

There are a lot of cards.

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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.

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This slogan adopted by Kristi Noem, "One of Ours, All of Yours," is taken from the Nazis, who retaliated for the killing of an SS officer by murdering all the inhabitants of the Czech village of Lidice, apparently none of whom had anything to do with it, and razing the village to the ground.

11.01.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 1251 πŸ” 684 πŸ’¬ 69 πŸ“Œ 131

Thanks, Jeff!

10.01.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good and timely read from my friend Dan.

"You might think that there’s nothing you can do about our current predicament, but if Curtis were here today, he’d tell you otherwise β€” that there’s strength in our numbers, and that we can all do something, even if none of us can do everything."

10.01.2026 17:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

✊🏼❀️

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Withdraw From The Darkness And Look To The Light Curtis Mayfield β€” "Keep On Keeping On" (1971)

Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Turning (once again) in times of trouble to the inspiring songs of Curtis Mayfield.

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