When they kick at your front door, how you gonna come? The Clash - The Guns of Brixton youtu.be/JcW8VNwYvL0?si… via YouTube

1970s pop culture fans, New York City historians, Yankees fans, Kiss fans, and true crime fans...My new book BICENTENNIAL CHIC: Bronx Bombers, Son of Sam, Kissteria & the Birth of Saturday Night Fever will be out on June 2, 2026! #NYC #KISS #SonofSam #1970s

Another consecutive week of below freezing temperatures with no end in sight. Fuck you groundhog!

R.E.M...Murmur in its entirety. There was no internet in 1989, so the news took a while to reach us in NJ. I remember not believing it actually happened. Then Rolling Stone reported on it like a month later. Anyone here attend this show? youtu.be/Sq3zzeA40Q8?si… via YouTube

Ace Frehley and Debbie Harry hanging out at STUDIO 54 on February 13, 1980 #80sKISS

And I was right.

I suppose he's going to want a gold medal now.

The always brilliant Heather Drain... Heather Drain

June 2, 2026... BICENTENNIAL CHIC: Bronx Bombers, Son of Sam, Kissteria & the Birth of Saturday Night Fever... a New York City odyssey straight through the debaucherous heart of the 1970s... #newyorkcity #yankees #1970s #bicentennial #disco #sonofsam #kiss #saturdaynightfever

First excerpt from Bicentennial Chic... open.substack.com/pub/mikederric… #newyorkcity #1970s #bicentennial #disco #lgbtq #kiss #yankees #bronx #brooklyn #queens #saturdaynightfever #sonofsam #newbooks #indiepublishing

Zero Tolerance for Shut Up and Sing: Springsteen on America, IN AMERICA open.substack.com/pub/mikederric… Bruce Springsteen #springsteen #autumnandeverythingafter

Everything Bruce Springsteen's career has led up to, and everything he is to me at this moment in time is completely summed up and encapsulated in these four minutes. youtu.be/EVYl0MBIs8A?si… via YouTube #brucespringsteen #minneapolis

Good Friday always makes me think of my nephew when he was around 4...he was obsessed with the crucifixion and liked to play Jesus. He always made me be Jesus which means I had to lay on the floor and spread my arms out while he nailed me to the cross several times a day.

It's the inaugural episode of Films You Should Know and it is a big one! Whether you know PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE & already love it, have no idea what it is, or even don't care for it, join me anyways as we take a trip to the Paradise. youtu.be/CIdd-I3aFCk?si…

Yes, absolutely...for precisely the reasons given, along with the Moroder soundtrack.

Fitzcarraldo with trucks

Zero Tolerance for Shut Up and Sing: Springsteen on America, IN AMERICA. For the haters... Since "X" doesn't allow me to post the link, I had to sneak in (pic is unclickable, but the link is) open.substack.com/pub/mikederric… #springsteen #minneapolis

My official review of the new Strokes single: What the fuck is this shit?

Dear X... Enough with the 50% off pop-ups. I'm not paying the blue check extortion fee to make my posts visible to more than five people. Fuck off.