New Monkees Boxset? Let's Discuss With Ed Rising And Friends

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbpkco2BTaA

-Daniel

October 25, 2025

RIP Bobby Hart

 RIP Bobby Hart. Thank you for all the music.

-Daniel

September 13, 2025

Back On The Road With Micky Dolenz And The Cyrkle

I'm back from Lima, Ohio, where I did photos with and the Cyrkle. So great to see both bands again. Visuals coming soon. See you on the road.

-Daniel

August 19, 2025

Ed Rising Podcast! Happy Birthday Micky!

 Monday, one video shoot, quietly released three books in one day, and photographed Kraftwerk at Ovens Auditorium.

Happy St. Patrick's Day. More soon. See you on the road.

-Daniel

March 17, 2025

Friday And Saturday, Fabfest, And More

Friday, photographed two events for Freedom School Partners, helped John Tefteller find a 1949 Groucho Marx radio show, and photographed the opening night of Fabfest with the Fab Four, the Cyrkle and more.

Saturday, interviewed the Cyrkle, and Micky Dolenz onstage at Fabfest, hosted two panels, and received possibly the nicest introduction I've ever had from Larry Sprinkle. And took lots of photos of the festival, and the Saturday night concert at Knight Theater. Photos to all of this and more coming soon.

Thank you to everyone that was a part of Fabfest. What a ride. See you there next year, see you soon, and see you on the road.

-Daniel

July 24, 2022

Monkee Mania Radio Interview This Weekend

 I'll be on Charles Rosenay's show on Monkee Mania Radio all this weekend, talking about the Monkees, the Cyrkle and next week's Fabfest. Charles' show is on at 10am and 10pm today and tomorrow. Tune in to http://www.monkeemaniaradio.com/, see you on the internets, and see you on the road.

-Daniel

July 16, 2022

Micky Dolenz Coming To Fabfest 2022! Tickets On Sale Starting Today!

Just announced! The legendary Micky Dolenz will be joining myself, the Cyrkle and many other groovy guests at this year's Fabfest on July 23rd. Come join us at the Parr Center at CPCC for a full day of fun and music. Tickets go on sale today at fabfestcharlotte.org. See you there.

-Daniel

May 17, 2022

Thoughts On The Last Nine Years Photographing The Monkees

 In early 2012, I never thought that I would see the Monkees onstage again. I had given up a photo pass to the band's first show in 2011, due to a work commitment. I'll just see them in the fall, I thought at the time. But time had other ideas. I went so far as to travel four-plus hours to see Micky Dolenz do a half-hour set in Hiawasee, GA, convinced that it was my only chance to hear those songs again.

When the fall tour with Michael Nesmith was announced, that was no question if I was going to see it. The only question was where, and if I could take photos of the show. On November 29th, nearly sixteen years to the day after I saw the Monkees (sans Nesmith) play on my birthday, I photographed the band in Glenside, PA. Those of you that saw that tour know how wondrous it was, witnessing Headquarters, and the whole of the Monkees catalog played live. It was literally a dream come true. Thankfully, there was more to come.

Over the last nine years, through the good graces of Andrew Sandoval, I was enough to photograph the Monkees on several occasions. So many highlights come to mind. Flying to Hollywood to photograph the band's 50th anniversary show in 2016. Dinner with Micky, and Peter Tork in Nashville, discussing music and their plans for their stage show. Witnessing a First National Band show, another impossible mirage come to life. It was not always a perfect ride. Dealing with weekend warrior security in Ohio, and driving ten hours in 2018 to Pennsylvania, only to discover that the show and tour had been cancelled. But if the opportunity came again, I always jumped at the chance to return to that dream.

While I enjoyed photographing the band on this recent final tour, I will always think of photographing the Mike & Micky show in 2019 as my emotional farewell. I was in Ohio to visit my mother-in-law, who had just received a terminal cancer diagnosis. Andrew and the band knew none of this. I just asked if I could photograph their show in Michigan, roughly four hours away. While the band was eager to finish the tour, they gave an emotional show that again that spoke to everything I was feeling in that moment. Some of the best photos of Mike & Micky come from this show. After saying my goodbyes, I made my way back to Ohio through two snowstorms, dodging broken-down cars, and following the ruts on the highway to keep going.

As I approached my mother-in-law's house at 3:30 in the morning, the snow stopped. I had, for just a few minutes, outrun the storm. I pulled into the driveway, and watched as the snowflakes begin to fall on the ground. Time catches up to all of us. But for a moment, we can live and enjoy moments where summers seem endless, and be thankful that while the sun is shining, we surrounded ourselves in the sights and sounds that made our lives better.

I photographed every show as though I may not ever see them again, but in my heart, I always hoped for one more show. As I look back tonight, I am not sad that an era has passed. I am thankful that the dream of the Monkees existed, and for nine years, I was witness to something that, like life, was ever-evolving and ever-changing, but changed my days on this earth for the better. That, and the music, will always be there. Now, and for all of our days to come.

It cannot be part of me, for now it's part of you.

Thank you, Monkees. Thank you Peter, and Mike.

'Til then, goodnight.

-Daniel

December 10, 2021

RIP Michael Nesmith

 Safe travels, Nez. Thank you.

-Daniel

December 10, 2021

My Photos On The Monkees Live Almanac Website

 https://www.monkeeslivealmanac.com/blog/monkees-farewell-tour-passes-through-knoxville-tennessee

-Daniel

October 16, 2021 

Monkees Photos, Knoxville, TN, October 7, 2021

Monkees 

Tennessee Theater

Knoxville, TN

October 7, 2021 

All photos copyright 2021 Daniel Coston

-Daniel

October 11, 2021

White Album 50 Photos, Cincinnati, OH, December 1, 2019

White Album 50
with Micky Dolenz, Todd Rundgren, Joey Molland, Christopher Cross and Jason Scheff
Aronoff Center
Cincinnati, OH
December 1, 2019
All photos copyright 2019 Daniel Coston

-Daniel
December 5, 2019

The Monkees Present Mike & Micky Photos, New Buffalo, MI, March 15, 2019

The Monkees Present Mike & Micky
Four Winds Casino
New Buffalo, MI
March 15, 2019
All photos copyright 2019 Daniel Coston

-Daniel
March 19, 2019

The Last Few Days, And New Photo Adventures

Wednesday and Thursday, drive to Ohio to visit Jan Barley, and to photograph Matt Kizaur and Brad Smith in The Importance Of Being Earnest. Friday, drove to New Buffalo, MI to photograph the Mike & Micky (of the Monkees) Show. Thank you Andrew Sandoval, Rich Dart, John Billings for the warmth on a cold day, and to Probyn Gregory for dinner and lots of music conversation. Photos from this show coming soon. Saturday, food and fun times with the Crane and Barley family. Love you Jan Crane Barley, love you guys. Sunday, back to NC. Monday, one photo shoot, then drove to Saxapahaw, NC to finally see and photograph Teenage Fanclub, along with Eric Bachmann and the Love Language. Congrats to Merge Records for making a beautiful thing last 30 years, and here's to many more.

Lots of photos to catch up on. Time to start again. Love to all, make the most of the time we have together, and see you on the road.

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