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My old boyfriend has died, we loved each other, not for very long, but very fiercely. RIP Corky powerfulhttps://open.substack.com/pub/timnapalmstegall/p/in-memoriam-michael-corcoran-1955?utm_campaign=post
In Memoriam: Michael Corcoran (1955-2024)
No one wrote better, more poetically and more hilariously about Austin music – all of it.
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November 26, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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CON'T FROM PREVIOUS Join me as we begin an extended celebration and analysis of punk’s greatest LP, tomorrow at The Tim “Napalm” Stegall Substack.
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May 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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The Tim "Napalm" Stegall Substack: Shel Talmy: The Father of LOUD! by @timnapalm.bsky.social #TimNapalmStegallSubstack #TimNapalmStegall #Memorial #ShelTalmy #MusicProducers #TheKinks #TheWho #TheCreation #BritishInvasion #Protopunk #Loudness #PlaylistIncluded
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Shel Talmy: The Father of LOUD!
From The Kinks to The Damned, Talmy’s groundbreaking production shaped the sound of punk and beyond, leaving a lasting imprint on rock 'n' roll history.
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December 3, 2024 at 7:11 PM
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AT THE TIM "NAPALM" STEGALL SUBSTACK Cinematic Addict: *Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere* is good: Why every review you have read about it is completely wrong. #TheTimNapalmStegallSubstack #TimNapalmStegall #DeliverMeFromNowhere #JeremyWhite #BruceSpringsteen open.substack.com/pub/timnapal...
Cinematic Addict: *Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere* is good
The poor critical response and box office proves there’s a meanness in this world.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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AT THE TIM "NAPALM" STEGALL SUBSTACK In Memoriam: Joe Ely (1947-2025) Elegy for the greatest West Texas honky-tonk punkabilly rocker ever, and one of the most explosive live performers ever! #TheTimNapalmStegallSubstack #TimNapalmStegall #JoeEly #PunkabillyLegend open.substack.com/pub/timnapal...
In Memoriam: Joe Ely (1947-2025)
He was the sound of West Texas rock ‘n’ roll and country refusing to sit still.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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AT THE TIM "NAPALM" STEGALL SUBSTACK Denim and Distortion: How Heavy Metal Accidentally Invented Punk, Part 1. Every early metal band had one protopunk moment. Motörhead was all those moments, as a band. #TheTimNapalmStegallSubstack #TimNapalmStegall #MetalProtopunk open.substack.com/pub/timnapal...
Denim and Distortion: How Heavy Metal Accidentally Invented Punk, Part 1
Punk didn’t just crawl out of Detroit basements and the Mercer Arts Center. It also stole a few riffs from the headbangers next door. And Lemmy.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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FROM THE VAULTS: Read Tim’s 1997 profile of The Byrds! #TimNapalmStegallSubstack #TimNapalmStegall #PunkJournalism #TheByrds #JingleJangle #Rickenbacker37012 #RogerMcGuinn #ChrisHillman #FromTheVaults #PunkAndBeyond #SubscribeNow #ReaderSupportedMedia
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FROM THE VAULTS: Read Tim’s 1997 profile of The Byrds!
A blast from Tim’s back pages, as he finishes his book.
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March 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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AT THE TIME "NAPALM" STEGALL SUBSTACK In Memoriam: Sly Stone (1943-2025) and Brian Wilson (1942-2025) #TimNapalmStegall #TheTimNapalmStegallSubstack #InMemoriam #SlyStone #BrianWilson #BeachBoys #SlyAndTheFamilyStone #PunkJournalism #MusicMatters #SacredNoise
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In Memoriam: Sly Stone (1943-2025) and Brian Wilson (1942-2025)
By Tim, with some help from Deke Dickerson, Jesse Dayton and Bevis M. Griffin.
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June 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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AT THE TIM "NAPALM" STEGALL SUBSTACK The Ties That Bind: Why I love Bruce Springsteen, and why "The Ties That Bind" is my favorite song of his. #TheTimNapalmStegallSubstack #TimNapalmStegall #BruceSpringsteen #UnapologeticFan #PunkMeetsSpringsteen #RocknRollWriting open.substack.com/pub/timnapal...
The Ties That Bind
Like The Clash or the New York Dolls, Bruce Springsteen saved my life. There is no shame in that.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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AT THE TIM "NAPALM" STEGALL SUBSTACK Standing Over By The Record Machine: Boris The Sprinkler drop the Record of The Year (or at least one of them) by @timnapalm.bsky.social #TimNapalmStegall #TimNapalmStegallSubstack #BorisTheSprinkler #PunkRock #PunkJournalism
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Standing Over By The Record Machine: Boris The Sprinkler drop the Record of The Year (or at least one of them)
Only Rev. Norb and his fellow Borises could make a rockin’ EP out of a classic Parker Brothers board game!
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November 25, 2024 at 10:03 PM
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AT THE TIM “NAPALM” STEGALL Tee Vee Casualty: *Goliath*, revisited-- a superior series to *Landman*. Plus: renaming the Gulf Of Mexico. By @timnapalm.bsky.social #TimNapalmStegall #TimNapalmStegallSubstack #TeeVeeCasualty #Goliath #BillyBobThornton #TVReview open.substack.com/pub/timnapal...
Tee Vee Casualty: *Goliath*, revisited
Billy Bob’s One-Gear Legal Western Noir Fever Dream was better than *Landman*.
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February 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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AT THE TIM "NAPALM" STEGALL The Clash In Dub, Part One: How L.A. underground remixer Black Market took The Clash to dub church. #TheTimNapalmStegallSubstack #TimNapalmStegall #TheClash #BlackMarketDub #RebelFrequency #SoundSystemRevolution #WritingWithBlood
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The Clash In Dub, Part One
How underground mixer Black Market Dub has reimagined The Clash’s back catalog, through ghosts and tape delay.
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July 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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AT THE TIM “NAPALM” STEGALL SUBSTACK In Memoriam: Jimmy Cliff (1944-2025) How the Jamaican musical legend "brough reggae music to the world!!" #TheTimNapalmStegallSubstack #TimNapalmStegall #JimmyCliff #Obituary #TheHarderTheyCome #ReggaeHistory #ReggaeMeetsPunk open.substack.com/pub/timnapal...
In Memoriam: Jimmy Cliff (1944-2025)
The 81-year-old was there at reggae’s beginnings, and was one of its best international ambassadors.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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The Only Performance That Makes It: Buzzcocks in Austin, April 30, 2025, featuring way too many Stone Roses jokes, by by @timnapalm.bsky.social #Buzzcocks #LiveReview #TheTimNapalmStegallSubstack #TimNapalmStegall #SteveDiggle #PeteShelley #StoneRosesJokesStillFunny open.substack.com/pub/timnapal...
The Only Performance That Makes It: Buzzcocks in Austin, April 30, 2025
No Pete? No problem. Steve Diggle keeps the Shelley-less Buzzcocks burning—half elegy, half blitzkrieg.
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May 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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AT THE TIM "NAPALM" STEGALL SUBSTACK In Memoriam: David Johansen (1950–2025), Part Seven: This one's all about the New York Dolls and their music. #TheTimNapalmStegallSubstack #TimNapalmStegall #DavidJohansen #NewYorkDolls #PunkBeforePunk #RockNRollHistory open.substack.com/pub/timnapal...
In Memoriam: David Johansen (1950–2025), Part Seven
So, now that we’ve buried the Dolls, what about the music? Strap in – this is a long one!
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December 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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AT THE TIM “NAPALM” STEGALL SUBSTACK Denim & Distortion 5-C: Alice Cooper, All-American Boy! The conclusion, featuring the chicken story (at last!) and more! #TheTimNapalmStegallSubstack #TimNapalmStegall #AliceCooper #ShockRock #DetroitRock #ShepGordon #ProtoPunk open.substack.com/pub/timnapal...
Denim & Distortion 5-C: Alice Cooper, All-American Boy!
Of poultry homicide, beautifully brutal rock ‘n’ roll, and a half-century-delayed resurrection. The Alice Cooper saga concludes.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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AT THE TIM "NAPALM" STEGALL SUBSTACK Standing Over By The Record Machine: The Blasters’ Over There EP becomes an LP! #TheBlasters #TimNapalmStegall #TimNapalmStegallSubstack #OverThereLiveAtTheVenueLondonTheCompleteConcert #RecordReview open.substack.com/pub/timnapal...
Standing Over By The Record Machine: The Blasters’ Over There EP becomes an LP!
Entire 1981 London gig from the Downey, California punkabillies becomes a definitive live rock ‘n’ roll album. Blame it on Dave Alvin.
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June 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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AT THE TIM "NAPALM" STEGALL SUBSTACK *Denim and Distortion, Part 4: A Slight Six-String Detour* The story of the distorted electric guitar. #TheTimNapalmStegallSubstack #TimNapalmStegall #DenimAndDistortion #DistortedGuitarHistory #LesPaul #LeoFender #LinkWray open.substack.com/pub/timnapal...
Denim and Distortion, Part 4: A Slight Six-String Detour
Interrupting our ongoing history of the incestuous punk ‘n’ metal back-and-forth for the story of the distorted electric guitar.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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January 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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**AT THE TIM “NAPALM” STEGALL SUBSTACK** *Denim & Distortion 5-B: Alice Cooper, All-American Boy!* How the original Alice Cooper band took ownership of the ‘70s. #TheTimNapalmStegallSubstack #TimNapalmStegall #AliceCooper #LoveItToDeath #ShockRock #DetroitProtoPunk
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Denim & Distortion 5-B: Alice Cooper, All-American Boy!
Alice and the boys move to Detroit and become a nice, Wheaties-fueled, beer-swilling monster eating America alive.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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AT THE TIM "NAPALM" STEGALL Watch The Texas Tornados at SXSW 1996! #TheTimNapalmStegallSubstack #TimNapalmStegall #TimStegall #TexasTornados #DougSahm #FreddyFender #FlacoJimenez #AugieMeyers #SXSW1996 #HoleInTheWall #TexMexRock #ConjuntoSoul #NoBordersOnMusic open.substack.com/pub/timnapal...
Watch The Texas Tornados at SXSW 1996!
How’d they fit all this talent on the tiny Hole In The Wall stage?!
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August 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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The Tim “Napalm” Stegall Substack Interview: James Baker, Part Four Continuing our serialized conversation with the Australian punk drumming legend, who left us May 5th. #TimNapalmStegallSubstack #TimNapalmStegall #JamesBaker #HoodooGurus #TheScientists open.substack.com/pub/timnapal...
The Tim “Napalm” Stegall Substack Interview: James Baker, Part Four
We’re still serializing the Australian punk legend’s comprehensive 2024 interview past his recent death. Now it’s his final testament.
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July 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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It’s been 2 years. But this Sunday night, I’m back—solo, electric, and raw.
🎸 Punk ’n’ Roll Rent Party (Livestream)
🕣 June 8, 8:30pm CT
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June 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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AT THE TIM "NAPALM" STEGALL SUBSTACK In Memoriam: Clem Burke (1954-2025) by @timnapalm.bsky.social #ClemBurke #Blondie #DrumLegend #PunkJournalismhttps://open.substack.com/pub/timnapalmstegall/p/in-memoriam-clem-burke-1954-2025?r=ltcc6&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
In Memoriam: Clem Burke (1954-2025)
Briefly interrupting editing work on The Book to celebrate the greatest drummer out of all the early CBGB bands.
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April 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM