THIS NOTE'S FOR YOU: Where Do We Go Now ... or How Did We Go From There to Here?
NEIL YOUNG: Where Do We Go Now ...
December 2012
As you may recall, at the end of 2022, we posted on the subject of Where Do We Go Now?.
Essentially, this humble blog Thrashers Wheat has always been about the live concert experience with real time updates from fans around the world. We've covered so much and it has been such a wonderful trip.
But for us this has always been about the concert experience. The albums, bootlegs, videos, etc are all secondary.
Our September traffic (see above) hit another all-time high of over 2.5 million visits. And this is without any major concert tour news -- which has always been the major driver of TW traffic. (Also, note that the majority of comments come from less than ~0.0003% of visitors.)
Maintaining a robust, healthy, engaged community that allows open, honest and free speech is paramount for us here in Neil / RUST & TW grain communities. There is simply nothing whatsoever which is more important to us and what we do and stand for. Again, thank you so much for reading our articles, sharing them throughout the web, and contributing your own thoughts through comments and messages. Today, more than ever, we need independent thinkers like you folks out there in the rustie-grains village that rely on a solid moral compass – not a pre-determined agenda – to understand this circus, to stand up, to speak up, and to fight for what is right.
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, NY, April 24, 2011
(see The Emotional Resonance That Is
Labels: concerts, neil young
by thrasher@PermaLink: 11/04/2026 10:27:00 AM
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23 Comments:
While it might feel that TW is adrift, please know that thrashers are solid in their course and direction. Maybe more so today than ever.
Please continue to contribute here on thoughts. It is most appreciated. We'll be back soon.
Consider this an Open Thread for thoughts. As usual, please keep it civil, polite, respectful, on point, etc.
As many of you know, we welcome contributions of all sorts. Some work, some don't. If you have something to contribute, please get in touch at thrasher@thrasherswheat.org
As we commented recently on another thread that ventured to negativity, in the immortal words of a great historical figure ...
"Ask not what the rustie grains Neil community can do for YOU,
but what YOU can do for the rustie grains Neil community."
I'm always happy to see you when I see you. Meanwhile, as long as Neil keeps putting out albums, I'll keep reviewing them. Even if nobody agrees with me.
wardo
everybodysdummy.com
Neil won’t retire, but he might re-tread. Said so his ownself.
😎
Hey Thrasher don't think of yourself as a dinosaur - you're more like a tortoise. As old as the dinosaurs but still here and making their way through life at their own pace and on their own terms. Since our family kept tortoises for over 50 years they are special creatures to me.
And TW is a special place - there's space to have protracted discussions rather than the bleep bleep of social media, a multi national outlook connected by our underlying love of the Neil's music.
I want to hear from Richie, Brother Alan , Dionys, herbsworld and all - they are undiluted, unedited voices. I won't agree with them all, but what matters is that we can hear them and have a direct view on their world. In an age of simplistic data driven stereotypes that is so important.
Remember, Archives V4 is coming soon and is, I submit, a tour in itself. Let's be there when it arrives.
Tony "Hambone" in the UK
Although the September number marks an all-time high and might not be repeated that easily: it also says that in some months there are several 10k readers to this website, a very selected and distinguished readership Iwant to believe. And, as you mentioned Thrasher, they have been clicking although there was not that much exciting tour news. The reason for this peak number must be something else then. A lot of Neil Young fans apparently look at their hero for orientation musically, politically, ecologically. And they want a forum where the hero' s positions are debated. Apparently other forums or websites (or their administrators) shy away from the fact, that Neil Young and his (political) world view are interdependent and inextricably linked to each other. As much as I enjoy musical experts tickling every sound nuance out of every song version there is or meticulously re-construct time, place and circumstances of its origin all of Neil Young's songs carry at least an attitude and in many cases a distinct perspective or an opinion. To exclude this from discussion would neither do justice to the songs nor to their creator.
So while your original vision was to provide for an exchange about the live experience this website evolved into something that covers all aspects of song (song being here understood in the widest of meanings: the public / published output of the artist). I think that this is a huge achievement.
Thrasherswheat Appreciation Society
(member # 26114)
Another impressive mention regarding Thrasher’s Wheat to keep in mind:
Our shared hero has his own website/landing/starting page that all the world enjoys.
As the NYA site advances, expands and grows to become the single best artist run site, TW is not viewed as competition or simply “ a fan site”.
Rather it is viewed as a side by side companion site, built & maintained by a dedicated fan.
And, obviously, enjoyed by many a loyal, dedicated fan based community. Held in the same esteem as sugarmnt.org
Imo, there is no higher praise than to be acknowledged by Neil Young on his own site.
Whatever tomorrow brings, TW will remain relevant.
Long may “we” run. All of us.
Thanks, Thrashers.
😎
Particle Kid new release and 2027 West Coast tour dates https://www.jambase.com/article/particle-kid-daniel-lanois-ocean-floor-album-tour-2027
Amen
yrgbais
Thanks for your comment! yrgbais
We all love to hear from all y’all!
Thanks!
yrgbais
I love it, Herb! Good stuff! I enjoy reading your comments!
yrgbais
Dear GDTRFB71: Thanks a lot for the heads up on Particle Kid (Micah Nelson & band) & the west coast tour!
This is an unofficial TW PNW meetup in Seattle for all who will or can make it! Particle Kid is great, not “the usual” at all.
TW alumni Bob, Bruce, Jake, Willie D, & yours truly will make the show with friends.
This will be my 3rd time seeing PK live. Time to catch a ride through the galaxy.
Your brother Alan in Seattle
Thursday March 11 at the Triple Door in Seattle Particle Kid with Daniel Lanois!
Also: West Seattle in-store mini show performance Friday March 12th. Buy new album on presale from Easy Street Records to obtain a wristband the night of the show.
Particle Kid is a show to catch!
New album with Daniel Lanois!
See you there to my local Thrasher’s Wheat buddies!
your rustie grain brother
Alan in Seattle
Celebrating the huge smackdown of the diaper Don, the idiot king.
Hegseth will be impeached or resign within days at the hands of Sen Thomas Massie, a Trump hating Republican who got primaried out but has lived to strike the next blow with the sword of justice that will slice these war criminals & sadistic fascists. Stephen Miller is about to get the knives in the back also, as in Caesar. He is from my own home town of Santa Monica & lived a block away from me, someone told me. His own family of Jewish immigrants has disowned him. He is a brain damaged & evil little twerp, fit to “feed the fish” as they say in the mob, as in Dump’s family.
Santa Monica was once upon a time a Hippie Dream. Long ago, in the late 60’s. It was once a little quiet retired community by the sea. Before that it was bean fields.
And that was where little 10 year old Alan with paper route money bought his first LP… Jerry Lee Lewis : the greatest hits.
It was then I sold my soul for rock & roll. 😹 And I remain a huge fan of Jerry Lee Lewis & a hundred other bands & artists.
Neil is my # 1. But we get to have them all! Johnny Cash, Willie, Dylan, & so many more.
I respect Thrasher’s strong feelings about live music, his passion. Watching bands play, hearing it in person, created in that moment, the musicians feeding off each other, making sonic magic with hand made music, real instruments! Oh, to feel the magic of the moment when they lay it down, to witness the band capture lightning in a bottle. Unique, one off experiences that must be enjoyed in person. This is what I was born to do!
But some people can’t hang in crowds, they feel claustrophobic. Live shows on video is the next best thing. I prefer audio.
But for those of us who can attend live shows, maybe even Neil Young shows in 2027!
The mid term election result must have cheered him up. Diversity beat up the Nazis.
Peace! Love! Human Rights! Protect the immigrants! F the Nazis.
Stop Israel’s genocide on Gaza! Not with our US tax dollars anymore please! We don’t want to kill any more brown people or anyone else!
Love, your rustie grain brother Alan in Seattle
Herbsworld: would you please tell me and everyone specifically what was the mention from Neil about Thrasher’s Wheat? I went looking. Thanks Brother
-Alan in Seattle
See my link to buy a vinyl copy of the new album by Particle Kid & Daniel Lanois (the Ocean Floor): this will get you a wristband & entry to the in store performance. CD not offered at this time, it seems.
https://easystreetonline.com/Artist/14701481
your rustie grain
brothet Alan in Seattle
Alan: I was referring to the 30th Anniversary TW mention over the summer & the nod to the Rusty Grains…
The search function doesn’t seem to be working the way it used to since the last/latest ios update (haven’t tried desktop).
As an example, I used to be able to input my name & my past letters to Neil would show in chronological order?
I assumed you knew of the mention since you began using rustie grain in your handle?
I’ve been wrong before & I’ll be there again…
😎
Alan: Stephen Miller (aka Nosferatu) just got a bump up. Suzy Q. Wiles is out. Also read that lil’ Marco gonna bail to start his prez campaign against JD (who me?) Vance…
FWIW: T Rump says Kegsbreath is safe.
That’s the Kiss of death
for “Fredo Corleone” from the Don.
Alan: June 1 on the Times Contrarian main page. I think Thrasher posted the mention around that date also?
easy street? Holy Walking Dead flashback…
Yikes! I’m still not psychic, it seems. But Stephen Miller will get thrown under the bus at some point. That’s what he does. yrgbais
Hold off on buying the LP for Particle Kid / Daniel Lanois presale to get access to in-store mini set. Easy Street is confused about the jam base announcement; they will be getting back to me. I will report back.
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