Everything is at stake. If you can move, be at the No Kings protest. No excuses.

This isn't just a rally; it’s a fight for our lives.

Derek Trucks practicing with newly acquired Doug Irwin "Tiger" guitar built and made famous by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. Derek debuted playing it on March 13th, 2026 with the Tedeschi Trucks Band

Jerry Garcia playing his "Tiger" guitar with the Grateful Dead

This makes me happy. Derek Trucks, the new keeper of the famous Doug Irwin "Tiger" guitar custom built for Jerry Garcia, practicing backstage before opening the Tedeschi Trucks Band show on March 13th, 2026. First song played Statesboro Blues 🔥♥️

digital ticket stub for Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit March 1, 2026 OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino Niagara Falls, ON Selist: Crimson and Clay 24 Frames It Gets Easier Bury Me Play Video VolunteerPlay Video Dress Blues Play Video Decoration Day DreamsiclePlay Video Children of Children Yvette Alabama Pines Relatively Easy Gravelweed Outfit True Believer Miles If We Were Vampires King of Oklahoma Cover Me Up Encore: Maybe It's Time Danko/Manuel Can't You Hear Me Knocking

Tour poster for Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit 2026

#OTD in 2026 I was seeing Jason Isbell again along with the 400 Unit. Got 3 DBT tunes and a mix right up to new stuff. Never disappoints

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
March 1, 2026
OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino
Niagara Falls, ON

#ticketstubs #concertposters

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

❤️ The Boss
#FuckICE
#FuckTrump

Sad grateful Dead dancing bears

Today looks like rain.
I need a sunshine daydream.
I miss Bob Weir 😢

Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead

Bob Weir 😢

Thank you for all the real good times.

Fare thee well

State sanctioned murder in the USA/Trumpistan
#FuckICE

Good vs. Ice YouTube video by Jesse Welles

Jesse Welles with another poignant ditty 😢
#FuckIce

Ticket stub for the Bourbon Tabernacle Choir December 31, 1990 Lee's Palace Toronto, ON

#OTD in 1990 I was ringing in the New Year with The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir at Lee's with a huge group of friends.

Bourbon Tabernacle Choir
December 31, 1990
Lee's Palace
Toronto, ON

#ticketstubs

Festivus greeting from George Costanza

Air your grievances and show your strength on this special day 😁
#Festivus

ticket stub for The Tragically Hip December 23, 2000 Air Canada Centre Toronto, Ontario Setlist: Poets My Music at Work Chagrin Falls Three Pistols Tiger the Lion At the Hundredth Meridian Putting Down Gift Shop Yawning or Snarling Something On Ahead by a Century The Completists Inevitability of Death New Orleans Is Sinking Scared Wild Mountain Honey Emperor Penguin Little Bones Pigeon Camera Lake Fever Fireworks Looking for a Place to Happen Toronto #4 Courage (for Hugh MacLennan) Freak Turbulence Bobcaygeon Locked in the Trunk of a Car On the Verge Grace, Too Blow at High Dough Fifty-Mission Cap

concert poster for The Tragically Hip's tour dates in Ontario in the month of December 2000

#OTD in 2000 I got to see the Tragically Hip for the second time in just a couple of weeks. They returned to Toronto for a Christmas Eve Eve show.

The Tragically Hip
December 23, 2000
Air Canada Centre
Toronto, Ontario

#ticketstubs #concertposters

🤘

“What I ask people to do is simply this: in your own way, in your life, every day, you are faced with a given. Don’t just ‘consume it’. Just think about it for a minute. You have the right to process your information based on the means by which you were born. It is your right. That is true freedom. You have the right to make a decision. Now, if you choose to numb yourself and be deceived, you have the right to be deceived. But in your state of confusion, you don't have the right to be a burden, because of your self-imposed ignorance, towards other people who might want to do things the right way. If you voluntarily choose to be an idiot, whatever the reason you chose him, that's fine. You have the right to be stupid, but you have no right to harm other people because of your stupidity. And you don’t have the right to impose your stupidity on existence by law, to impose it on other people who have a clearer view of things.” “Most of the evils of society can be cured through information. We have a society that has been misinformed and on the basis of disinformation has made irrational choices. And that’s what I mean by “ignorance.” People, who could normally be smart, are deprived of the data with which to make a rational decision, they don't have the data to do so. No one has more control or access to the media of the White House press office. We saw it. They literally reshaped American history for their own ends. It’s really 1984: “Black is white, white is black, 2 and 2 makes eleven”, whatever they want to tell you. George Bush is a supporter of ecology. Ronald Reagan is a great patriot.” “You must be suspicious of the information. That’s why I say, “Information is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom.” “Bad information, it’s always information. If someone comes to you and says “Two plus two makes eleven” and has the presidential seal on their coat, flags waving in the background and balloons going up, you might think about it for a minute. Information is no

Zappadan 2025 comes to an end today on what would have been Frank Zappa's 85th birthday.

Happy Birthday Frank 🍰

“Information is not knowledge.
Knowledge is not wisdom.
Wisdom is not truth.
Truth is not beauty.
Beauty is not love.
Love is not music.
Music is THE BEST.”
― Frank Zappa
Packard Goose

album cover for The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life is a double-disc live album by American musician Frank Zappa, released in 1991. The album was one of four that were recorded during the 1988 world tour; the other three were Broadway the Hard Way (released in 1988), Make a Jazz Noise Here (released in 1991), and Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show (posthumously released in 2021).

Day 18 Zappadan listen:

1991 - The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life

album cover for Sheik Yerbouti is a double album[1][2][3] by American musician Frank Zappa, released in March 1979 as the first release on Zappa Records; it was distributed by Phonogram Inc. in the United States and Canada. The album was released in other countries by CBS Records. It is mostly made up of live material recorded in 1977 and 1978, with extensive overdubs added in the studio. In an October 1978 interview, Zappa gave the working album title as Martian Love Secrets.[4] It was later released on a single CD

Day 17 Zappadan listen:

1979 - Sheik Yerbouti

photo of Kevin Breit of Sisters Euclid playing guitar

photo fo the exterior of the old Moonshine Cafe in Oakville, Ontario

#OTD in 2018 I saw the Sisters Euclid yet again at the Mooonshine Cafe.

Sisers Euclid
December 20, 2018
Moonshine Cafe
Oakville, Ontario

photo of Dweezil Zappa used for the Father's Day Bundle 2025 release. Dweezil said: Happy Father's Day to everyone out there! I have compiled a wonderful trio of songs for you as a special treat to celebrate the bond between fathers and their children. Over the years I have played all three of my dad's signature guitar songs as a way to keep my relationship alive with my dad. In this Trifecta collection, I have shared with you some of my best renditions both musically and from a sound recreation standpoint. Please enjoy! 1. Zoot Allures - Germany 2017 2. Black Napkins - Chicago 2008 3. Watermelon In Easter Hay - Atlanta 2017

Day 16 Zappadan listen:

2025 - Father's Day Bundle 2025

Day 15 (yesterday) Zappadan listen:

1972 - The Grand Wazoo

photo of Kevin Breit and Sisters Euclid

#OTD in 2014 I saw the great Kevin Breit and Sisters Euclid at the Mooonshine Cafe.

Sisers Euclid
December 19, 2014
Moonshine Cafe
Oakville, Ontario

ticket stub for the Punch Brothers / Madison Cunningham December 18, 2022 Koerner Hall at the Royal Conservatory of Music Toronto, Ontario Setlist: The House Carpenter / Jerusalem Ridge My Oh My Movement and Location Three Dots and a Dash Magnet All Ashore Watch 'At Breakdown The Angel of Doubt Rye Whiskey Church Street Blues Another New World Passepied New York City Julep Jungle Bird Pride of Man The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Cattle in the Cane Familiarity

#OTD in 2022 I saw The Punch Brothers. This show had been rescheduled due to COVID.

Punch Brothers / Madison Cunningham
December 18, 2022
Koerner Hall at the Royal Conservatory of Music
Toronto, Ontario

#ticketstubs

ticket stub for Bourbon Tabernacle Choir / Look People / 13 Engines December 18, 1992 The Concert Hall Toronto, Ontario

b&w photo of the Bourbon Taberncle Choir.

#OTD in 1992 I went to the 3rd Annual Bourbon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Party. Super fun and joined by The Look People and 13 Engines.

Bourbon Tabernacle Choir / Look People / 13 Engines
December 18, 1992
The Concert Hall
Toronto, Ontario

#ticketstubs

album cover for Frank Zappa's "Little Dots" consisting of recordings from the 1972 Petit Wazoo tour. Relesed in 2016.

Day 14 Zappadan listen:

2016 - Little Dots

photo of The New Deal December 17, 2011 The Opera House Toronto, Ontario "Final hometown show" Martina Sorbara of Dragonette joined the band for "Hello" during the second set. Set One Grace Jam, Gracie Jam, Sub Sky, Greta Jam, Octobong Part 1, Gustav Jam, Octobong Part 2, Banter, Nana Jam, Deep Sun, Noel Jam Set Two Pulse Reader, Opal Jam, Hello, Oran Jam, GNome, Ovid Jam, Ozzy Jam, VL Tone, Banter Encore Gone Gone Gone, Back To The Middle Gone Gone Gone Reprise

#OTD in 2011 I was at the "Last Hometown Show" for The New Deal. Four years later I saw them at the same venue 🤣 Cash at the door, no stub 😢

Listen on Nugs
Video

The New Deal
December 17, 2011
The Opera House
Toronto, Ontario

ticket stub for Phish December 17, 1995 Olympic Center Lake Placid, New York SET 1: My Friend, My Friend > Poor Heart > A Day in the Life > Run Like an Antelope, The Mango Song > Tube > Stash, The Lizards, Chalk Dust Torture SET 2: Bouncing Around the Room > Maze, Free > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Harry Hood > Sparkle > Tweezer[1] -> Tweezer Reprise ENCORE: Hello My Baby, Runaway Jim [1] Transition from Tweezer to Tweezer Reprise included a Page solo.

photo of Phish December 17, 1995 Olympic Center Lake Placid, New York Photo: James Potvin

#OTD in 1995 I was back at the Olympic Center for the second night of Phish and the closer of an epic tour. Another day skiing at White face and Phish in the evening 🤘

Phish
December 17, 1995
Olympic Center
Lake Placid, New York

#ticketstubs

album cover for Frank Zappa Record Store Day Release 2023 - Live in New York 1977 Halloween 1977 show

Day 13 Zappadan listen:

2023 - Live In New York 1977

ticket stub for Phish December 16, 1995 Olympic Center Lake Placid, New York Soundcheck: Dog Log > Poor Heart, Funky Bitch SET 1: Buried Alive, AC/DC Bag > Taste That Surrounds, Ya Mar, The Sloth, Divided Sky, Dog Faced Boy, Julius > Suzy Greenberg SET 2: Sample in a Jar, Reba[1], Scent of a Mule, Cavern > Mike's Song > Simple -> Weekapaug Groove[2] > The Squirming Coil ENCORE: Fire [1] No whistling. [2] Unfinished. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Weekapaug was unfinished.

Parking lot scene from Phish December 16, 1995 Olympic Center Lake Placid, New York Photo: ?

photo of the exterior of the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, New York

#OTD in 1995 I went to the first of a two-show Phish run at the famous Olympic Center in Lake Placid ... the Miracle On Ice venue. Ski at White Face during the day then hit the shows at night.

Phish
December 16, 1995
Olympic Center
Lake Placid, New York

#ticketstubs

album cover for Apostrophe (') is the fifth solo album and eighteenth in total by Frank Zappa, released in March 1974[1] in both stereo and quadraphonic formats. An edited version of its lead-off track, "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow", was the first of Zappa's three Billboard Top 100 hits, ultimately peaking at number 86. The album itself became the biggest commercial success of Zappa's career, reaching number 10 on the US Billboard 200.

Day 12 Zappadan listen:

1974 - Apostrophe (')

ticket stub for One December 15, 1994 The Opera House Toronto, Ontario

photo of the entrance to The Opera House venue in Toronto, Ontario

#OTD in 1994 I went to the Chris-ti-MIX Party / MIX99.9 to see the band One perform.

One
December 15, 1994
The Opera House
Toronto, Ontario

#ticketstubs

ticket stub for Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa Accept No Substitues Tour December 15, 2010 Queen Elizabeth Theatre Toronto, Ontario Setilst: The Gumbo Variations Don't Eat the Yellow Snow Nanook Rubs It St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast Father O'Blivion Cosmik Debris Excentrifugal Forz Apostrophe Uncle Remus Stink‐Foot RDNZL Montana Keep It Greasey Inca Roads City of Tiny Lites I Promise Not to Come in Your Mouth Baby Snakes Titties 'n Beer Muffin Man

generic concert poster for Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa Accept No Substitues Tour December 15, 2010 Queen Elizabeth Theatre Toronto, Ontario

#OTD, during the 2010 #Zappadan season, I saw Dweezil Zappa on his Accept No Substitues Tour. Performing Frank Zappa's 1974 release "Apostrophe (')" plus more.

Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa
December 15, 2010
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Toronto, Ontario

#ticketstubs #concertposters

It's still my all-time favourite Zappa studio release. The production on it is superb.