The R&D department of the kinks 🎸

#Thekinks rare ‘Double Life’ tshirt before album and tour in 1980 was changed to ‘ One for the Road “ A few shirts were printed and sold at first few shows of tour before pulled off the market 😱😎

September 2,1964.. The day that the earth stood still or at least my world did and changed forever... “YOU REALLY GOT ME” released in the U.S. #thekinks

Now back to our regular scheduled program As the Epstein Files Turn #EpsteinFiles

BREAKING NEWS! Trump to #pardon shooter after finding out he was maga & wore a trump costume last Halloween 🎃

Released September 15,1975 SOMETHING ELSE BY THE KINKS❤️ What are your favorites songs of this great great great album? Photos by Tommie Freda

September 25, 1981 the Last of the good old fashion steam powered original 4 man Kinks played on stage together ❤️ Mick #RayDavies Dave & Pete 4 man original kinks Toronto Maple Leaf Garden #TheKinks

October 3, 1981--On the second leg of their Give The People What They Want US tour, the Kinks finally accomplish a long-cherished goal: They are the Saturday night headline act at New York City's famed Madison Square Garden, a 15,000-seat venue.

#RayDavies brother in law told me personally the very first song Ray ever wrote after his brother in law who taught him how to play, was Tired of Waiting in 1960 when he was only 16 yearly old, 4 years before #thekinks formed and recorded it. left is the actual guitar from 1959

Happy Birthday Paul Simon Rare unpublished photo of mine of Ray Davies with Paul Simon on Kinks late 69 tour 😎 #thekinks #paulsimon Paul Simon

October 17, 1969 this happened. photo by Frank Lima - Dan The Fan for #thekinks preservation society #raydavies #fillmoreeast

I love when a convicted felon has the power to set free another convicted criminal, what could possibly go wrong? 😵‍💫😡 #georgesantos and #trump both belong in prison

October 22, 1969 kinks secret unannounced rehearsal gig in long beach ny Leoni's on the beach less than 40 people in the small dive bar and they were just the regulars who hung out there, photo by Dan Frank Lima for #thekinks preservation society

Geeze Republicans are so upset you’d think NYC elected a rapist with 34 felonies or something…😎

Jeopardy. November 12, 2025 god save 😎 @jeopardy #jeopardy #thekinks

November 13, 1974 -- The Kinks take over the Royalty Theatre in London for two days of full stage rehearsals for their Preservation show, in preparation for the 14-city US tour to begin on November 24th.

“You've been sleeping in a field but you look real rested You set out to outrage but you can't get arrested You say your image is new, but it looks well tested You're lost without a crowd yet you go your own way”

Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man in #JesseWells

#TheKinks release The Village Green Preservation Society on November 22, 1968 It’s too bad the simple ways came sadly to an end, I guess that’s the difference between now and then

Thanksgiving PYE