Jeffrey Tvrdik

Fun hating workaholic.
-Owner/partner Tvrdik Farm Group LLC
-Butcher
-Hudson Township Chairman

Peace, Love, Empathy

[Jeffrey Tvrdik @BearKnasty]

Rain Coat by Ben Schirmers https://t.co/iqSQprsBkH

[Dudes Posting Their W’s @DudespostingWs]

Bro makes bird calls so accurate it barely sounds human. Actually insane

[Batfox Pictures @Batfox_Pictures]

Nirvana were meant to play "Lithium" on The Jonathan Ross Show, but they had other ideas. After being introduced with the wrong song title, the band tore into "Territorial Pissings" instead, one of the most abrasive tracks from 1991's Nevermind. The last-minute switch turned a routine TV slot into a piece of grunge folklore, capturing Nirvana at their most mischievous, chaotic and completely unwilling to play by the rules.

[Mickey Blowtorch @MickeyBlowtorch]

Bring me strong cheese woman

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Massie: "I think it's ironic that we control the House, Senate, Supreme Court, and the White House, and we're yelling 'election fraud'? I mean, we won all the damn elections."

[Brent Beshore @BrentBeshore]

https://t.co/y9vSEqKkBT

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

The math on this collection should mass-humble every streaming service on the planet.

One guy. A Sony cassette recorder. 10,000 concerts over 40 years. 30,000 individual sets from 3,000+ artists. R.E.M., The Cure, Nirvana, Björk, Depeche Mode, Sonic Youth, Phish, Tracy Chapman, Boogie Down Productions.

His first recording of Nirvana was July 8, 1989 at a tiny club called Dreamerz. Kurt Cobain was 20 years old. The band introduced themselves by saying they were from Seattle. This was two full years before Nevermind existed. That tape is now cleaned up and streaming for free.

The digitization operation alone is wild. One volunteer drives to Jacobs' house monthly, picks up 10-20 boxes of 50-100 tapes each, runs them through 10 simultaneous cassette decks he repaired himself. 5,500 tapes digitized since late 2024. Dozens more volunteers across the US and Europe do mastering, metadata, and setlist verification. Sometimes they contact the actual artists to confirm what songs were played.

The collection went from 171 recordings in January 2025 to over 2,300 by April 2026. At this rate it'll take years to upload everything.

Spotify has 100 million tracks. Apple Music has 100 million. Neither has a recording of Nirvana's first Chicago show. A guy with a tape recorder in his pocket does.

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

It’s 1989. You are a drunk teenager putting out a cigarette before going to a music club in Chicago. As you enter you hear a new kind of raw music that instantly blows you away. It’s Nirvana. You never heard of them. They are still two years away from their Nevermind breakthrough. It’s a concert of a lifetime. You still tell your kids about it frequently. Unfortunately it wasn’t recorded. Or so you thought. Unbeknown to you a Chicago live music enthusiast, Aadam Jacobs, took his tape recorder to the show and recorded the whole thing (as he has done 10,000 over a quarter century). The tape has been digitally cleaned up and is yours to enjoy online now for free. Make sure to share this with every single member of Gen X you know: https://t.co/aZDOE18yhX

[The Michael Knowles Show @MKnowlesShow]

"As he's telling you his joy amid the sadness of death...his face is actually becoming like Christ's face."

@michaeljknowles on Ben Sasse's incredible hope and strength as he battles pancreatic cancer:

[Aaron Ring @aaronmring]

Every oncologist and cancer researcher should watch this interview with @BenSasse:

https://t.co/PeTl9Eg1g8

Daraxonrasib, a “super poison for cancer,” shrank his metastatic pancreatic tumors by 76%, even though he says his skin feels and looks “nuclear.” When I learned of his diagnosis, I wanted him to get this drug (oral RAS ON inhibitor), which is poised to become first-line therapy in pancreatic cancer. I hope his experience on a clinical trial encourages more patients to enroll in studies, and pushes clinicians and researchers to keep advancing new therapies.

[German Shepherd Dad 🇺🇸 & 🔥 @FlagAndFire]

You ever stumble onto a clip that reminds you what real American music sounds like?

That’s Doc Watson on guitar and Earl Scruggs on banjo playing Cripple Creek.

Doc Watson was blind.
Let that sink in.

No sight.

Just instinct, memory, and fingers that could outrun most guitar players alive.

Scruggs basically invented modern bluegrass banjo.

Watson’s flatpicking changed acoustic guitar forever.

Two Appalachian guys.
No auto-tune.
No smoke machines.
No backup dancers.

Just hands, strings, and decades of skill.

Different era.
Different standard.

How many musicians today could sit down with nothing but an instrument like that?

[𝙱𝚘𝚋𝚋𝚢’𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚎𝚕 @SalvadorDafti]

Bob Dylan - I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)

A truly electrifying reinvention by a man done with being polite. No longer about a lover’s denial, but a thunderous ‘fuck you’ spat squarely at pearl-clutching purists.

Manchester, 1966.

[friendscallmeJay @Jaypotta]

Oh just Trampled By Turtles rippin’ the best acoustic cover of Pixies “Where Is My Mind” that you’ll ever fucking hear nbd

[The Extreme Music Enthusiast @TheExtremeMusi1]

The Doors - The End

[Melanie Young 🔧 @FreewheelinMY]

Bob Dylan performs Johnny Cash’s “Train of Love” in 1999.

If you’re missing your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day, like I am, this song is for you.

🎶💘🎶

[Still On The Road @StillOnTheRoad_]

16 years ago today, Dylan’s performance at "In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement" was broadcast. Dylan performed “The Times They Are A-Changin’”-him on guitar, backed by bassist Tony Garnier & Patrick Warren on piano.

#bobdylan

[Jeffrey Tvrdik @BearKnasty]

@bloisolson @StarTribune @drscottjensen I'm 44, the star tribune had arrived in my parents mailbox my entire life. They let their subscription lapse January 1. Monday's paper on Wednesday? No thanks.

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday (1967)

Ruby Tuesday was actually about Richards’s one-time girlfriend, Linda Keith, who had left him for another superstar rocker and sent him into an emotional tailspin. In Life, his autobiography, he says, “Basically, Linda is Ruby Tuesday.”

[Mrs. Butters 🥧 @MrsButters]

This was EXACTLY what the Toilet Paper USA halfwit show sounded like 😆
"Say the word 'truck', they jizz in their overalls" 🤣

[Jason Mauck @jasonmauck1]

*unpopular opinion*

If you knew how valuable / important water will be in 20 years you wouldn’t be gung hoe about pattern tiling every farm on 30’ centers but instead designing the way you farm / landscape to capture every drop you get and keep it on the farm.

[Just Rock Content @JustRockContent]

On April 8, 1994 (Cobain’s body was discovered), Blind Melon appeared on Letterman and performed an altered version of “Change” as a tribute to Kurt, with Hoon adding lines reflecting the shock and coldness of the moment.
https://t.co/uEhvIjG1RX