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Cinematic Addict: A headful of ideas about *A Complete Unknown* that’re driving me insane!

Merry Xmas 2024!

Cinematic Addict: "Personality Crisis: One Night Only" — The Eternal Flame of David Johansen

The Lost Rock ‘n’ Roll Dating Interviews: John Waters, 2014

FROM THE VAULT: Read Tim’s 2015 Austin Chronicle Memorial For Ian McLagan!

Sorry, I’ve Been Busy Finishing My Second Book!

Reading Is Fundamental: Weird Music That Goes On Forever is the jazz book no one realized we needed.

Shel Talmy: The Father of LOUD!

Night of The Unliving Dead Boys: Sorry, but ChatGPT can't ever replace Stiv Bators!

Standing Over By The Record Machine: Boris The Sprinkler drop the Record of The Year (or at least one of them)

The Tim “Napalm” Stegall Substack Interview: James Baker, Part One

Cinematic Addict: *Little Richard: I Am Everything*

Mourning In America

Hoo boy!

If You Haven’t Yet, Please Vote Today.

Reading Is Fundamental: Thurston Moore’s Sonic Life is 470 pages of sonic truth.

Correction for my subscribers

The Tim “Napalm” Stegall Substack Endorses Kamala Harris

The Tao Of “Bless Your Heart”

The Tim “Napalm” Stegall Substack Interview: John Doe, Conclusion

R.I.P., Kris Kristofferson

The Tim “Napalm” Stegall Substack Interview: John Doe, Pt. 2

Why are the New York Dolls still offensive to some?!

Watch R.E.M.’s US television debut on “Late Night with David Letterman,” 10/6/83

Standing Over By The Record Machine: How Dwight Yoakam almost single-handled saved country music

The Tim “Napalm” Stegall Substack Interview: John Doe, Pt. 1

The Tim “Napalm” Stegall Substack Interview: Pearl Harbour, Part Four

FROM THE VAULTS Parade Of Great Guitarists: Johnny Ramone

Watch Sex Pistols + Frank Carter’s debut gig in London on Monday!

FROM THE VAULTS: Revisiting Tim’s 1995 Austin Chronicle FEAR profile!

FROM THE VAULTS The Manifesto: I’m A Contaminant In The Program

Standing Over By The Record Machine: *The 1975 Sire Demos* presents an alternate universe Ramones debut album

Corrections to the Lou Reed bio review

Reading Is Fundamental: Will Hermes’ Lou Reed: The King Of New York is the best book on the subject yet

“Hey baby, it’s the 4th of July….”

In Memoriam: Michael Corcoran (1955-2024)

Anarchy In The Studio: The story of punk, told 12 inches at a time

Standing Over By The Record Machine: Nuggets and the march of the fuzz beasts

In Memoriam: Dennis “Machine Gun” Thompson of MC5 (1949-2024)

The Tim “Napalm” Stegall Substack Interview: Pearl Harbour, Part Three

Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Frank Pistols!...er, the Sex Carters?!

Standing Over By The Record Machine: Don’t believe Bad Nerves’ hype – believe the music!

Broken Gold: “Sometimes, playing in E-standard isn't great….”

Subscriber Update: Remember how I said I was sleep deprived?

The Tim “Napalm” Stegall Substack Interview: Pearl Harbour, Part Two

Watch MC5 destroy Wayne State University for 10 minutes in 1970!

Subscriber Update: Yes, I left a paragraph outta today’s post!

Standing Over By The Record Machine: Cherry Red Records’ Blank Generation and Pushin’ Too Hard compilations are the best kinda archeology

Guest Column: Gary Floyd (1953-2024) by Jeff Smith

Watch the late Gary Floyd perform with The Dicks in Akron, OH, 1982

Parade Of Great Guitarists: Poison Ivy of The Cramps

Standing Over By The Record Machine: Third Man Vault’s Elvis Sun Sessions box set presents rock ‘n’ roll’s sacrificial birth, midwifed by Sam Phillips!

FROM THE VAULTS: Read Tim’s Elvis in Austin 1955-56 feature from 2015!

The Tim “Napalm” Stegall Substack Interview: Pearl Harbour, Part One

Watch a wacky-yet-kinda-great Beatles Sgt. Pepper medley from the late ‘60s!

Standing Over By The Record Machine: Jefferson Trout are a 24-armed-and-legged punk rock machine!

Standing Over By The Record Machine: The Rolling Stones 7” Singles 1966-1971 box set is the state of the 45 RPM art.

The Tim “Napalm” Stegall Substack Interview: Jesse Dayton, The Conclusion

FROM THE VAULTS Read Tim’s Austin Chronicle Ray Price profile from 1996!

Watch Jools Holland rehearse for his future as Britain's favorite late night talk show host by interviewing Jello Biafra in 1980!

The Tim “Napalm” Stegall Substack Interview: Jesse Dayton, Part Four

In Memoriam: Mojo Nixon (1957-2024), Or “The Life And Supremely Weird Times Of Neill Kirby McMillan, Jr.”

In Memoriam: Eric Carmen (1949-2024)

CORRECTIONS DEPT.: Sometimes, I edit with my thumbs….

Watch a Headcoats live blues session from 1997!

Watch Keith Richards recording The Velvet Underground’s “I’m Waiting For The Man!”

The Tim “Napalm” Stegall Substack Interview: Jesse Dayton, Part Three

Standing Over By The Record Machine: Billy Childish gets his Headcoats on again.

The Tim “Napalm” Stegall Substack Interview: Jesse Dayton, Part Two

Parade Of Great Guitarists: Brother Wayne Kramer (1948-2024)

“THE DEVIL WEARS SUNGLASSES WHEN SHE LAYS YOU OFF!”

Listen to a beautiful, full-fidelity version of The Beatles' 1962 Decca audition tape here!

In Memoriam: Mary Weiss of The Shangri-Las (1948-2024)

The Tim “Napalm” Stegall Substack Interview: Glen Matlock

FROM THE VAULTS The Tim “Napalm” Stegall Substack Interview: Galen (Ayers) & Paul (Simonon), Part One

Standing Over By The Record Machine: Red Rockers’ Condition Red reissue returns in better condition

Napalm TeeVee: Cheap Trick on Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert, 1977

FROM THE VAULTS Thoughts On Elvis Presley, On The Occasion Of His 88th Birthday

Every Father Kills His Son, Chapter One

Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot 2023