Marc Fagel
@marcfagel.bsky.social
Obsessive music fan, retired securities lawyer, and author of the love letter to rock & roll 𝙅𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙂𝙪𝙮 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘, available on Amazon (http://bit.ly/Jittery).
Friday morning, a brief reprieve from the rain (back tomorrow!), enjoying coffee with Pugwash (the bastard child of Brian Wilson & XTC).
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Friday morning, a brief reprieve from the rain (back tomorrow!), enjoying coffee with Pugwash (the bastard child of Brian Wilson & XTC).
I don’t watch Jeopardy very often, but my wife had it on last night and I was excited to stumble across a question I could answer even quicker than the contestants.
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I don’t watch Jeopardy very often, but my wife had it on last night and I was excited to stumble across a question I could answer even quicker than the contestants.
Tuesday morning with the Feelies.
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Tuesday morning with the Feelies.
Sunrise hitting the Bay awfully late today; apparently we’re changing our clocks soon? Anyway, hope your day has a Point!
October 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Sunrise hitting the Bay awfully late today; apparently we’re changing our clocks soon? Anyway, hope your day has a Point!
Got this hanging on the wall behind me! I think it benefited from good timing--a little later it would've been just another weird song relegated to college radio; but it arrived just when radio stations were trying to figure out what counted as "new wave" and playing some unusually eclectic music.
October 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Got this hanging on the wall behind me! I think it benefited from good timing--a little later it would've been just another weird song relegated to college radio; but it arrived just when radio stations were trying to figure out what counted as "new wave" and playing some unusually eclectic music.
Seeing some live music this Friday and already starting to wonder when I’ll be able to duck out to the parking lot so I can get home at a reasonable hour. Aging bites.
October 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Seeing some live music this Friday and already starting to wonder when I’ll be able to duck out to the parking lot so I can get home at a reasonable hour. Aging bites.
Starting the week with some live David Gilmour. Tempted to just listen to Fat Old Sun on auto-repeat all day…
October 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Starting the week with some live David Gilmour. Tempted to just listen to Fat Old Sun on auto-repeat all day…
I gave up on vinyl long ago, but I've got a couple of those hanging on my office wall...
October 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I gave up on vinyl long ago, but I've got a couple of those hanging on my office wall...
Today’s Connections gives a wink to Big Star fans!
October 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Today’s Connections gives a wink to Big Star fans!
Sunday-afternoon-home-alone, shake the walls with some MBV
September 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Sunday-afternoon-home-alone, shake the walls with some MBV
When your worlds collide…
August 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
When your worlds collide…
Revisiting last week’s spectacular @mymorningjacket.bsky.social Berkeley show as the sun tries to break through over the Bay.
August 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Revisiting last week’s spectacular @mymorningjacket.bsky.social Berkeley show as the sun tries to break through over the Bay.
Here's the weekly music survey from the local AM station I was listening to back then the week Bohemian Rhapsody hit #1. Gives some context on why this song sounded like nothing else.
August 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Here's the weekly music survey from the local AM station I was listening to back then the week Bohemian Rhapsody hit #1. Gives some context on why this song sounded like nothing else.
@mymorningjacket.bsky.social at Berkeley’s Greek Theater… nothing compares.
August 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
@mymorningjacket.bsky.social at Berkeley’s Greek Theater… nothing compares.
Up early with Winter Hours and the sun over the Bay.
August 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Up early with Winter Hours and the sun over the Bay.
P.S. sounds even better cranked up in a driverless car!
August 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
P.S. sounds even better cranked up in a driverless car!
Scrolling through the Ps over morning coffee.
August 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Scrolling through the Ps over morning coffee.
Continuing to spend some summer downtime organizing and occasionally purging my over-large collection of live music. Re-discovering a lot of great gigs along the way.
August 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Continuing to spend some summer downtime organizing and occasionally purging my over-large collection of live music. Re-discovering a lot of great gigs along the way.
I get it. There are some clunkers, and they never developed a band-associated graphic style like some of the other classic rock greats. But I'm board with a number of them. And I do have Who's Next hanging over my head here in the office...
August 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I get it. There are some clunkers, and they never developed a band-associated graphic style like some of the other classic rock greats. But I'm board with a number of them. And I do have Who's Next hanging over my head here in the office...
The dreaded 4 am jet lag wake-up call. Nothing to do but throw on a pot of coffee and some Nick Drake and watch the sun rise outside my window.
August 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The dreaded 4 am jet lag wake-up call. Nothing to do but throw on a pot of coffee and some Nick Drake and watch the sun rise outside my window.
I remain convinced that one morning I will wake up and my giant 70s ‘fro will have grown back.
July 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I remain convinced that one morning I will wake up and my giant 70s ‘fro will have grown back.
Continuing my romp through old bootlegs and remembering how great a live act the later-period Byrds could be.
July 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Continuing my romp through old bootlegs and remembering how great a live act the later-period Byrds could be.
Nearing completion of my my ongoing "organize/digitize the old live & rare CDs" project. Up to the Ys; finally done with @actualylt.bsky.social, moving on to Neil.
July 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Nearing completion of my my ongoing "organize/digitize the old live & rare CDs" project. Up to the Ys; finally done with @actualylt.bsky.social, moving on to Neil.
Continuing this month's project of getting the live music in my digital library better organized... and reminding myself that the Rolling Stones were just so insanely great throughout the 70s (particularly the Mick Taylor years, but even beyond that).
July 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Continuing this month's project of getting the live music in my digital library better organized... and reminding myself that the Rolling Stones were just so insanely great throughout the 70s (particularly the Mick Taylor years, but even beyond that).
Wow, these are pretty! One more example of why (1) I really miss my old vinyl collection, because it looks so cool to display; but (2) I'm so glad I've completely given up vinyl, in terms of cost & convenience. A few old LPs on the wall are enough for me...
July 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Wow, these are pretty! One more example of why (1) I really miss my old vinyl collection, because it looks so cool to display; but (2) I'm so glad I've completely given up vinyl, in terms of cost & convenience. A few old LPs on the wall are enough for me...