Had to scroll a little too far on this thread to find a UMass Amherst building

Happy birthday Bill Kreutzmann

On its third attempt tonight, Marblehead Town Meeting approved an “MBTA Communities–compliant” district largely centered on the 125-year-old Tedesco Country Club, meeting 3A requirements on paper while all but assuring no new housing would be built. This comment says it all.

I’ve never seen this photo before, and I cannot express how stunned I am by the sartorial choices made by the three fashion mavens of the Grateful Dead. Really incredible stuff

@mayor.nyc.gov: “The fashion industry is made possible by the thousands of workers behind the scenes—seamstresses, tailors, retail workers, delivery drivers—whose immense talent and dedication deserves to be celebrated.” ♥️ i-d.co/article/mayo...

#Ootd is this incredible wedding dress from...1916! Yes, the style clearly mimics that of the 1770s. Although it differs from the original in that it is made all in one garment vs the separate robe, petticoats, and stomacher of that time. Likewise, it is made of soft ivory

Underwent a life-changing surgery yesterday, and while I’m in excruciating pain, I remain endlessly grateful for my bedside nurse

I tried my best to stay strong at the vintage fair, but I simply could not resist the beauty of this 1970s angel sleeve dress

Shoutout to Jon Thomas for surprising me with these amazing Deadhead Style Archive stickers!!! Can’t wait to plaster them all over the city

I’m thrilled to share that I've signed my first book deal! My memoir, “We Will Get By,” will be published by Duke University Press (2027) #BookSky It’s my honest, raw account of the invisible sentence served by the families of those incarcerated #CarceralState 1/7

Looking to interview people who made/sold apparel on Dead tour for my research. I'm particularly interested in speaking with folks who used what they learned from that experience to form a business that extended beyond the lot scene. If this sounds like you/someone you know, please DM me!

Roger Vivier for Dior was just too good

Happy Birthday to the sexiest bass player, hell, sexiest musician to ever shake the earth

Bookended my day with interviews w/ women who got their start vending on Dead tour and went on to establish successful careers as designers. Hearing these stories brings me so much joy, and I can’t wait to share them with an audience of non-Deadheads next month

Alabama Senator Tuberville posted today that Muslims are the enemy. Please read this piece about how his state of Alabama is treating Muslim prisoners. boltsmag.org/alabama-exec...

Behold, my first Procreate illustration. An homage to the ultimate clotheshorse of

@sartorialpsychic.bsky.social these were the first shirts I vended on tour - not my design. Two successive years, 1984 and 85. I always liked this rainbow print technique with a single screen and pull. In case you haven't seen these specific ones

sadly bidding adieu to albuquerque & the brilliant freaks of the grateful dead scholars' caucus, a just exactly perfect escape from consensus reality. mind & heart full, brain & body crisped. presentations by @cubsgirl1825.bsky.social, @sartorialpsychic.bsky.social, & others described in alt text!

Happy Nudie-versary to Phil “Phashion Icon” Lesh, who wore his custom Nudie suit on stage in Chicago 53 years ago today. As far as I know, he wasn’t photographed in his suit again until 2007, shortly after it came back into his possession

Surely there’s a descendant of Pigasus the Immortal who could secure the nomination in 2028

Taking a break from writing to remind everyone that my cat is frighteningly cute

ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."

Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.

In preparation for this year’s Dead Scholars Caucus, I’ve catalogued hundreds of vintage Dead t-shirts sold on eBay. This shirt from 1979 (which recently sold for $341.96) is easily one of the coolest I’ve seen

I swear so many brands capitalize on consumers’ lack of material literacy by positioning satin as something luxurious. They know many consumers conflate silk and satin, however, the former is a fiber and the latter is a weave structure

I find it odd and deeply unsettling that I’ve yet to see any obit mention Bob Weir’s prolific career as a fashion model

🧶 of Bob Weir singing cowboy poets. There is a version of this song where he introduces it as from his favorite cowboy poet and you can hear the audience guessing everyone but that cowboy poet Bob Dylan. No one did this song better than Weir. youtu.be/h9MoMDuKUgM?...

Educators, you can bring Bob Weir into the classroom using his profile from NYC’s Hidden Voices: Americans with Disabilities in United States History. You can download it here: www.weteachnyc.org/resources/re...

No

Highly recommend this interview with Andrew Epstein, Zohran’s campaign comms director. I really love the framing of Zohran’s campaign as a love letter to NYC, and felt that was reflected beautifully in his inaugural address yesterday: thedigradio.com/podcast/zohr...

Mamdani arrives to his mayoral inauguration at City Hall in a motorcade of NYC taxi cabs—workers he went on hunger strike with in 2021.

Overheard on the F train: “There’s never been a beautiful, smart, or artistic person who’s addicted to huffing paint”

I got myself the best possible Christmas gift this year (five weeks early). Nothing will ever compare

Just received my copy of Grateful Dead Studies volume 6, in which you’ll find my review of Mordechai Rubinstein’s “Dead Style.” You can check out the review (along with some far more brilliant scholarship) here: gratefuldeadstudies.org/volume-6/

Petit Percy

New Alice + Olivia x Grateful Dead collection at their Georgetown store, featuring some excellent No Kings/Anti Musk protestors outside (there’s a t*sla store next door)

Nearly ten years after their first, Alice + Olivia has released another Grateful Dead collection, which includes mini dresses, a rather conspicuous vegan leather jacket, and another Dancing Bear-adorned ballgown skirt (this one retails for $1,795, the first iteration retailed for $1,298)

Goodnight, friends

Brad Lander is at the victory party and, folks, he has the custom one-of-one “GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE” shirt.

✅✅✅

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani will be the next mayor of New York City after running on a platform centered on making the city affordable for working people.

💔 fare thee well, deej. 💔

I’m not sure of the exact terminology of what we are calling this but I am going with feathery peplum. Some early #1960s Givenchy whose skirt is demure and quiet whose bodice is having a proper party @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

I honestly did not consider that Diane Keaton was capable of dying.

Feeling very seen by this question in @rollingstone.com’s “World’s Hardest Grateful Dead Quiz,” except that it’s inaccurate; neither Ralph Lauren nor Gucci has collaborated with the Dead. The GD x Gucci collab was a made up April Fool’s Day post from Live for Live Music !!

That the contents of my iTunes library look like this could be my reddest flag or my greenest, depending on who you ask

Over the past 16 months, @thenation.com has published regular dispatches from Lujayn, a teenager in the Gaza Strip. Lujayn has endured huge loss and trauma. Now she, along with the rest of Gaza, is starving. But she is still writing. This is her latest. www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Normalize treating Palestinians as the cherished human beings they are (and, heartbreakingly, were). www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...