Weird seeing Lezcano as a Padre, too - he’s always a Brewer to me.

“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.

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

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.

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Fall in Love Again My springtime crush on Sharp Pins' Balloon Balloon Balloon album

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.

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Hank Marvin: Shadows and Strats, Part One Flashing back on my 1997 interview with the British guitar legend

Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Flashing back on my 1997 interview with British guitar legend Hank Marvin.

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Attacking the Pope and depicting himself as Jesus.

Imagine their reaction if Obama did this.

First big-league SB I ever witnessed in person was stolen by Davey. I can still see it in my mind.

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.

Oscar's Picks: Tom The handsomest cat ever faces off against Tom Jones' self-titled 1970 LP

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!

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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.

Conversations with Esquivel, Part Two Flashing back on my 1999 interview with the genius of Space Age Bachelor Pad music

Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Flashing back on my 1999 interview with Juan García Esquivel, the legendary genius of Space Age Bachelor Pad music.

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So inspiring

Such a blast (and such a blast from the past)!

Herbal Remedies My Ten Favorite Herb Alpert Deep Cuts

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…

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“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.

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...

Thanks!

Thank you!

Thank you!

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.

Sit On It! Flashing back on 1976's flood of Fonz-related toonz

Today at Jagged Time Lapse: Flashing back on the musical legacy of The Year of The Fonz.

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Thank you, Jimmy!

Great book! D&J Glove Repair recommended.

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!

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

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.

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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.

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.
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Leave The Rubber Fish At Home ...and other lessons I learned from Robyn Hitchcock's 1988 record release party

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...

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Yes, absolutely! 🎯

RIP, Motörhead Guitarist Phil Campbell Part One of my extensive 2021 interview with Lemmy's right-hand man

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.

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Hahaha! Brilliant!