Yet Another New Year, And With More Good News for Neil Young Fans

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Happy New Year everyone!

As we do here at Thrasher's Wheat from time to time, we look back as we look ahead. Because you know how time fades away, right?

And in looking back, we go all the way back to the New Year of 2007, where we published a letter from Caryn which really moved us.  (See  Find The Cost Of Freedom: A New Year). We won't try and summarize here because the entire letter needs to be read in full context, but basically a story of going from war time despair to peaceful hope.

And in these times, we're hearing about folks trying to escape angry despair to a more positive, peaceful state of being in their life.

And as parts of our EARTH teeter along between what some consider a mix of World War 3 and Civil War 2.0, we try and bring a little joy and light.

All of which to say that 2026 has been on our mind for a very, very long time.  

2026 marks the 30th Anniversary of Thrasher’s Wheat. 5 years ago in 2021, Neil Young Archives helped us celebrate by publishing a "HAPPY 25th Anniversary Thrasher’s Wheat!" article on the front top of Times-Contrarian. 

 "HAPPY 25th Anniversary Thrasher’s Wheat!" | Neil Young Archives

Per  "HAPPY 25th Anniversary Thrasher’s Wheat!" | Neil Young Archives:

"Thanks for being there.

We at NYA greatly appreciate your members and their enthusiasm over the years. it will be a great period for us all over the next years as well. Lots more music coming. Our biggest concern is that NYA Volume 3 is so big!

Lots of love and thanks to TW and the people who love it and support it."

To say the thrashers were humbled and honored would be a vast under statement.

Just like Willie Nelson's old guitar Trigger -- while we may be worn and battered -- we will survive and thrive no matter what forces we encounter.

Willie Nelson's  guitar "Trigger"

So what shall we do for our 30th Anniversary here at Thrasher’s Wheat?

We do want to give back to the community and are looking seriously at our options.  We do hope to announce our anniversary plans in the not too distant future.

As a reminder, back in 2016, we celebrated our 20th anniversary with the incredibly popular tie dye shirt.

Thrasher's Wheat 20th Anniversary: 1996 - 2016
Design by Silver Moon Art & Design
(Click photo to enlarge)

 

It has been a long, long road since 1996 and we would like to make 2026 a year of celebration. A celebration maybe not so much of our little blog website or even of Neil Young. No, a celebration of this wonderful little community we joined back in 1993 that eventually became known as "The force of Rust".

Photo by TW Tour & Merch Manager RotM: Hounds That Howell

(folks, let your freak flags fly!) 

The Rust community is -- without a shred of doubt -- the tightest and coolest group of music fans running in history... online or offline. (We'd be happy to have that discussion separately below in comments.)

Rusties @ The Healing Pole & Medicine Teepee
Shoreline: 2015 International Rust Fest Bridge Concerts 

Rust@yahoo 

To say that the power of Rust changed our lives would be a vast over under statement. That said, to some degree, it became our mantra to stay "rustie" at all times. To be the rust is to know the rust. And rusties understand that statement. 

Or as we sometimes say, "It's a rustie thing and you wouldn't understand".

What many may not realize, is that Thrasher's Wheat continues to be the 2nd longest continuously running website in the history of the Internet dedicated to a single topic, operating under the same "original management" and "original mission".

Period. Full stop.

Longer than eBay, Amazon, Google, Facebook, etc. Even before New York Times or Washington Post websites were launched, or about the same time. And we welcome any challenge to the above statement and will gladly correct. :)

Logo design by
Geoff Moore - Silver Moon Graphics

At this point, we could run down an amazing amount of TW post highlights. The concert reviews. The photos. The videos. The ecstasies and agonies. And so on. 

But at the moment, we just want to share the joy of Neil and the Rust community.

Telluride, Colorado, October 1, 2016

Photo by Expecting To Fly

So here's what we're thinking. Back in 2016 -- thanks to our dear friend Geoff, -- we came up with a Thrasher's Wheat 20th Anniversary t-shirt with which to celebrate.

Sandy & Tami
The Arkansas Girls

But now in honor of Thrasher's Wheat Celebrates 30th Anniversary: 1996 - 2026, we will be embarking on a new and exciting adventure.

w/ Geoff in Telluride 2016 

 

Stay tuned in coming weeks for a very major announcement in the next chapter of the evolution of 21st Century Thrasher's Wheat!

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Thanks for readin' & Keep on rockin'!
thrasher & thrashette
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Our little box at the top of the stairs

thrashers @ TW HQ w/ NYA Vol#2

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