Phish Return - March 2009

[Absolutely]

Big news in my world...
You know you're all getting tickets.
http://phish.com/tourdates/

Phish March 2009
3.06.09 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
3.07.09 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
3.08.09 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA

From Phish.com

Phish returns to the stage for three concerts at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia on March 6, 7 and 8, 2009.

A limited number of tickets are available directly through Phish Tickets' online ticketing system at http://phish.portals.musictoday.com. The ticketing request period is currently underway and will end on Wednesday October 8th at 11:59AM EST.

Tickets go on sale to the public on Saturday, October 18th at 10 AM EST and may be purchased online at http://ticketmaster.com or by phone at 757.671.8100, 757.872.8100 or 804.262.8100. Tickets will not be available at the venue box office and there is a two-ticket limit per show.

The band intends to announce additional touring in 2009 early next year.

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[LastDeadMouse]

I may need to buy a pair of tickets and fire up my ebay account for this one.

[Cybouncer]

I like a lot of Phish music and would love to hit up a show but I can't stand their fans.

[LastDeadMouse]

I like a lot of Phish music and would love to hit up a show but I can't stand their fans.

I agree. That King Of The Hill episode "Phish And Wildlife" sums up the ones I can't stand perfectly.

[kloraferm]

No thanks

[lilsurlytrucker]

I just got my confirmation e-mail!!!! Tickets= Hi!

PHISH is back motherfuckers!!!!

[Hudson]

Care?




NOT ONE FUCKING BIT...YAY! 2 Hour Wackadoo instrumentals of chords and shit!
No Fucking Thanks!!!!!

[Nortonsmeatytit]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patchouli

[LAX]

Just saw this news....Fucking AWESOME

[alldayO&A]

I just got my confirmation e-mail!!!!


same here. so pumped.

i've been meaning to introduce myself to you Absolutely.
there couldn't be a better occasion than today.

:action-sm

see you in March!!!

[Sidekick Dave]

Should I relive my college years?


I might go. I know that Trey can be an ass, but I secretly love them. Plus, all of my buddies are so amped. Even if it is for three dates. So, I dunno.

[Layne]

I still have the sour taste of Coventry in my mouth. Good lord that festival was a shit show.

I might take the trek to this one. I have a feeling though, when phish see's how much money this is going to to produce they'll go on tour. This show is going to have people coming from everywhere.

[lilsurlytrucker]

I still have the sour taste of Coventry in my mouth. Good lord that festival was a shit show.

I might take the trek to this one. I have a feeling though, when phish see's how much money this is going to to produce they'll go on tour. This show is going to have people coming from everywhere.

I also have a bit of the sour taste... But Trey is clean now and he's good. I've heard a few shows that he's played lately and he's on FIRE!

Oh, and they already announced that there will be a tour.

[Sidekick Dave]

I also have a bit of the sour taste... But Trey is clean now and he's good. I've heard a few shows that he's played lately and he's on FIRE!

Oh, and they already announced that there will be a tour.
Is he clean? That's not what I heard from some friends in VT who see him walking. They say that he's still hopped up on pills and shit.

[JesusJuice]

Fuck Clapton, Trey is GOD!! At Big Cyprus, he played "After Midnight" and it blew Clapton's guitar out of the water!!

[Absolutely]

Is he clean? That's not what I heard from some friends in VT who see him walking. They say that he's still hopped up on pills and shit.

No offense to your friends, but how would they know if he's "hopped up on pills" seeing him walking around from a distance?
I'm sure he's not walking around by himself running into street signs and spinning around in the streets...

The shows he did in August and the show from July at Rothbury sounded really good. His voice sounds better, he was playing better, and he's seemed pretty together when he's played with Phil Lesh lately as well. I have to assume he's "clean" until proven otherwise.

Seems like he'd have had to be somewhat clean from April 2007-July 2008 due to his random testing Plea anyways.

Fuck Clapton, Trey is GOD!! At Big Cyprus, he played "After Midnight" and it blew Clapton's guitar out of the water!!

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[FellowTraveler]

Fucking Sweet!

[Awful Portions]

They are the best band on the earth. I've seen the Peppers, Rage, Metallica, Pearl Jam and others but when Phish is on they are untouchable.

[JesusJuice]

Absolutely.... thanks you for that! It brought me back to that moment in time... If you have a link to more, I'd love to see it. Thanks!

[Absolutely]

Absolutely.... thanks you for that! It brought me back to that moment in time... If you have a link to more, I'd love to see it. Thanks!

Youtube, search Phish Cypress.
Were you there? I was a little young, 15.

I love the intro, a lot like Larry King's out of touch Motley Crue intro...
"It was jammed today with fans of THE PHISH", Peter Jennings.
Heavy Things
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NYE Countdown > Auld Lang Syne > Down With Disease
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Albuquerque
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Final song from Cypess, Meatstick
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[Steve McQueen]

Phish sucks!!!! Hurhurhurhurhur, plus some other over-sized, immature bullshit that reveals me to be a complete tool.

That's just, like, your opinion man.:action-sm

Love the band, but I have to admit that Trey has the worst guitar face I've ever seen.

[Layne]

I also have a bit of the sour taste... But Trey is clean now and he's good. I've heard a few shows that he's played lately and he's on FIRE!

Oh, and they already announced that there will be a tour.

I wasn't even talking about Trey being out of it on stage, just the production of the event itself was terrible. It was their 'farewell' show, and they didn't account the traffic it would produce in VT?
I remember being in standstill traffic for the first 48 hours we got there i just set up the grill in the middle of the highway and said fuck it.

Still a phish show in the middle of a jam is an experience like no other.. makes me almost want to go to this. Maybe they'll actually play Fluff head live this time.

[Sidekick Dave]

No offense to your friends, but how would they know if he's "hopped up on pills" seeing him walking around from a distance?
I'm sure he's not walking around by himself running into street signs and spinning around in the streets...

The shows he did in August and the show from July at Rothbury sounded really good. His voice sounds better, he was playing better, and he's seemed pretty together when he's played with Phil Lesh lately as well. I have to assume he's "clean" until proven otherwise.

Seems like he'd have had to be somewhat clean from April 2007-July 2008 due to his random testing Plea anyways.

They would see him walking and then he wouldn't respond to him. Maybe that's really more arrogance.



I had a friend who went to UVM and worked at a vegan food shoppe. He said that Trey came in looking all fucked up and he asked for something that the shop couldn't make. And then Trey got really pissy and went "Hey, do you even know who I am?" And then left in anger.

[Zeroman]

I had a friend who went to UVM and worked at a vegan food shoppe. He said that Trey came in looking all fucked up and he asked for something that the shop couldn't make. And then Trey got really pissy and went "Hey, do you even know who I am?" And then left in anger.

that ol' gag.......

[JesusJuice]

Youtube, search Phish Cypress.
Were you there? I was a little young, 15.



Yes, I was there. Still stands as the best concert event I will ever see. I was 24 and on so many different drugs, my memory was a bit foggy, so thanks for posting more of these vids. It really brought me back.

[City View]

So glad it is finally official. Been following the rumors for a while now. Did my daily "lets check Phish.com" the day it was announced and couldn't believe it. Waiting patiently to see which shows I was able to get tickets for...

Thank GOD they're back!

[mr. sin]

i cant stand fish!

trey is cool when he plays with dmb and shit but fuck phish fuck a phish fan! lol damn hippie music

[City View]

trey is cool when he plays with dmb and shit


:icon_eek:

[Sct Ptersns Twn]

I am glad I don't live or work near the Hampton Coliseum anymore. Phish fans are more annoying than all those Dead fans back in the 80's.

[Absolutely]

i cant stand fish!

trey is cool when he plays with dmb and shit but fuck phish fuck a phish fan! lol damn hippie music

:icon_eek:

X2
:icon_eek::icon_eek::icon_eek::icon_eek::icon_eek:

[LastDeadMouse]

I am glad I don't live or work near the Hampton Coliseum anymore. Phish fans are more annoying than all those Dead fans back in the 80's.

They're the rudest, most entitled douche fans I've ever met.

[City View]

All I've been thinking about is what the opener will be on the first night. Going off Trey's comments right around the break up announcement and then again more recently, I'd say YEM.

[LastDeadMouse]

Anyone get tickets through their lottery system?

[Puffy_McScrote]

Anyone get tickets through their lottery system?

Should know about that in the next few days - at least before the 18th.
Fucking prices though... shit ain't cheap. Glad I've got a better job than the last time I did a handful of shows.

Now, if only they Rick Roll the Mothership...

[Puffy_McScrote]

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By the way, this just gave me the old acid's-still-in-your-spine-somewhere shivers... god damn what a set of shows that was... can't wait to get back down to Hampton (even if I am only an hour away).

[lilsurlytrucker]

i cant stand fish!
trey is cool when he plays with dmb and shit

Anyone that plays with DMB is officially not cool. Dave shows are among the most boring anywhere. Dave fans are alot worse than PHISH fans too... They're mostly either Frat Boys, Jocks in brand new Tie Dye, etc...

[Sidekick Dave]

Anyone that plays with DMB is officially not cool. Dave shows are among the most boring anywhere. Dave fans are alot worse than PHISH fans too... They're mostly either Frat Boys, Jocks in brand new Tie Dye, etc...
He Bros, Sorrority Skanks, I remember it in well High School. Seeing them at SPAC in 2001. Nothing has changed. Hard toting jocks/preppies thinking that they know everything about DMB. Dave knows like three chords, while the real band members never got the credit that they deserved. I almost gurrantee that those kids don't even know who LeRoi Moore was or that he had just died.

[alldayO&A]

ready for this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4W_MVL-wqc

[Absolutely]

ready for this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4W_MVL-wqc

Artie's feet line was kind of funny...
I'm not shocked that a 83 year old Jewish woman wearing a wig wasn't aware of Phish retiring.

[lilsurlytrucker]

Did anybody get the ticket e-mail? I did, and unfortunately, i didn't get them.

[hybriddriver]

Did anybody get the ticket e-mail? I did, and unfortunately, i didn't get them.


me neither. saturday is going to be fu-un.

[Puffy_McScrote]

Did anybody get the ticket e-mail? I did, and unfortunately, i didn't get them.

Ditto... me and the entire crew got shut out from the lottery.
BE DIALING, PEOPLE!
Meh...
:(

[LastDeadMouse]

He Bros, Sorrority Skanks, I remember it in well High School. Seeing them at SPAC in 2001. Nothing has changed. Hard toting jocks/preppies thinking that they know everything about DMB. Dave knows like three chords, while the real band members never got the credit that they deserved. I almost gurrantee that those kids don't even know who LeRoi Moore was or that he had just died.

I saw DMB at SPAC 3 times in the late 90's. Each time it got progressively worse to the point where I never even saw the stage the third time. Any show of that size at SPAC is always a nightmare on the lawn. Add in the douche DMB fans and it's Hell on Earth. You couldn't pay me to go see them again.

[hybriddriver]

anybody have any luck?

[lilsurlytrucker]

Man,
FUCK TICKETMASTER

I clicked refresh at 10:00:01 and the fucking CAPTCHA thing never came up...

All those fucking automated programes used by the ebay people and ticket brokers fucked us all over.

[hybriddriver]

All those fucking automated programes used by the ebay people and ticket brokers fucked us all over.

do they exist? how does one acquire one?

[LastDeadMouse]

Man,
FUCK TICKETMASTER

I clicked refresh at 10:00:01 and the fucking CAPTCHA thing never came up...

All those fucking automated programes used by the ebay people and ticket brokers fucked us all over.

I'll be honest, I was gonna try to snag a pair to ebay, but totally forgot until seeing this thread this morning. No big deal.

That being said, I've always defended ticketmaster. I've always said that it's expensive but they supply a service that you really can't beat. Sure, the text that's generated by their CAPTCHA software is barely legible and has screwed me out of getting better seats in the past, but it's necisary to try to weed out the people buying in bulk just to scalp.

However, when checking out the Phish ticket situation a few minutes ago on ticketmaster.com I saw something that really got my blood boiling. They are now FUCKING PARTNERS with a ticket broker, Tickets Now. The show is sold out and they direct you straight to their ticket broker company to charge you 10x what the tickets were meant to be sold at. That is fucking BULLSHIT! It's like the venue having an advertised business with the scalpers on the street. It's fucking insane to me that any venue or artist with any pull would tolerate that.

The largest arena in my area recently switched from ticketmaster to tickets.com as their distributor, though, so there are other options out there.

[lilsurlytrucker]

do they exist? how does one acquire one?

I have no idea... All i know is that all those little fucking Custies over on PT Phish got some of those programs and bought alot of tickets... Seriously... FUCK!!!!

Summer tour here i come.

[lilsurlytrucker]

I guess that program is called Broker 2.0

[Puffy_McScrote]

I must be the exception to the rule... it was just me and a laptop and I got my 3-day pass. Of course EVERY other person I know got the shaft.

[Sct Ptersns Twn]

Go to the parking lot in Hampton and steal the tix from those wannabe hippie fucks. They will all be high and shit. Or there will be golfers and such everywhere around that venue. They used to prey on the drunk white people in the 70's and 80's. Give 'em a five spot and an joint, they will do anything ya want.

[Puffy_McScrote]

Seriously, no other baggers got tickets?

[Stig]

Seriously, no other baggers got tickets?

Dude. It's fucking Phish. Look around. :action-sm

[Puffy_McScrote]

Dude. It's fucking Phish. Look around. :action-sm

Oh, I'm sorry... I'm sure you'd be interested if they broke up the sets with Colonial Penn Life Insurance ads or covered the Matlock theme...
See... another age joke. I never let up.
:action-sm

[Absolutely]

Seriously, no other baggers got tickets?

It's too long of a trip.
If it were somewhere in the "Midwest" I'd have gotten tickets, but I don't have enough cash to fly or drive to VA, get a room for a night(s), buy tickets, etc.

I'll download the show and pretend.

[EvilMonkey71]

Seriously, no other baggers got tickets?

I had no luck in the lottery and then forgot about the tix on Sat. morning until it was too late. Of my six friends that tried to get them both ways, only one scored one pair of tix for the 7th in the lottery.

[Puffy_McScrote]

I had no luck in the lottery and then forgot about the tix on Sat. morning until it was too late. Of my six friends that tried to get them both ways, only one scored one pair of tix for the 7th in the lottery.

Christ, getting to the show is going to be one long slog through pools of miracle-wishing trolls and lizards.

[alldayO&A]

2009 summer dates announcement tomorrow (friday jan 9th)

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/phish-reveals-reunion-tour-details-1003928432.story

see you on tour!!! :action-sm


this could very possibly be what we're looking at:

6.4-5.09 JONES BEACH
6.6.09 MANSFIELD AKA GREAT WOODS
6.7.09 CAMDEN.NJ
6.9.09 ASHEVILLE,NC TM
6.12+14.09 BONNAROO
6.15.09 ST LOUIS.MO
6.18.09 STAR LAKE, PITTS
6.19.09 DEER CREEK NOBLESVILLE
6.20-21.09 ALPINE

[alldayO&A]

it's official ! ! !

http://phish.com/summer2009/

[mikeybot]

kind of a cool video for it.
I'm tempted to go but honestly haven't heard anything new since Billy Breathes.

[Absolutely]

It's kind of odd that they're playing the Fox Theater in St.Louis and not the outdoor amphitheater.
The Fox is great, but it only holds like 4,500.

[alldayO&A]

it is very odd they're playing those tiny venues (clubs practically).
those will be the toughest tickets for sure.

and speaking of tough tix, hampton tix prices have dropped significantly since this announcement.

absolutely, are you gonna try to catch the fox or any others?
you're in st. louis, right?

[EvilMonkey71]

Put my lottery request in for the Camden show this morning.

[alldayO&A]

Put my lottery request in for the Camden show this morning.

nice! i put all mine in yesterday.

[Absolutely]

it is very odd they're playing those tiny venues (clubs practically).
those will be the toughest tickets for sure.

and speaking of tough tix, hampton tix prices have dropped significantly since this announcement.

absolutely, are you gonna try to catch the fox or any others?
you're in st. louis, right?

I put in the request for the St.Louis show, and will try to get tickets. And I'll probably end up going to the Deer Creek show in Indy as well. It's only like a 3 1/2 hour drive there.

[hybriddriver]

got two each for burgettstown and camden

[EvilMonkey71]

I was denied AGAIN. One friend of mine got a pair for Camden.

[alldayO&A]

got two each for burgettstown and camden

nice!
i also got 2 for burgettstown.

but we put in for the first 5 shows (of summer).
if we get shut out this weekend, i'll be looking to trade our 2 burgetts for either Jones Beach or Comcast/Mansfield.

feel free to PM me (or post here) if this trade could work for you.

thanks!

[EvilMonkey71]

Fuck LiveNation & fuck Phish for choosing them to do their ticket sales for this tour! I was in this morning, secured 2 tix , the site timed out, and then crashed before I could finish purchasing them. Couldn't re-connect for over an hour and then they were sold out. Same exact thing happen to a buddy of mine. :mad4:

There's no fucking way I'm paying $100 for a lawn seat!

[Awful Portions]

Been trying since 10am, Live Nation blows donkeys, Asheville sold out in 2 min apparently, I've had 3 oppertunties to have 4 tix under the shell for Pittsburgh. trying to spend 250 bucks has never been so hard. It's not Phish's fault for Live Nation though, they own all of the venues. Ticketmaster only does sports and like broadway now any concert is all through these chumps who have less bandwith than Foundry

[alldayO&A]

ya live nation sucked for sure.

however i did manage to pull off 4 tix in section C to 6/5 (jones beach).

i'm looking to trade 2 of them for comparable seats for 6/4 (the first night of jones)

PM me if you can do this.

[Absolutely]

I was just seeing what tickets were at on Ebay for the St.Louis show.
They're outlandishly expensive.

They aren't any bids, but they're asking prices... I had no thoughts of buying tickets at any price really, but c'mon.

They're in the $600-$1,300 range.

2 Tix - Buy Now - US $1,365.00
2 Tix, ORCH Row A - US $1,099.00
2 Tix, - US $998.88

Who is going to pay that? I'll buy the show 3 hours later for $13.99

[Absolutely]

A heads up for Phish fans, the Hampton Run is this Friday/Saturday/Sunday.
More importantly, they're giving away the Soundboards for all 3 shows for free.

In celebration of Phish's first shows in over four years, we're thrilled to be able to offer fans free, high-quality downloads of the band's sold-out March 6th, 7th and 8th concerts at Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia at LivePhish.com.

Each show will be professionally multitracked and mixed onsite and within 24 hours, 256kbps MP3s will be made available for free for a limited time at LivePhish.com. Fans who wish to download higher quality versions may purchase FLAC downloads. The shows will also be available on CD. Both are available for pre-order now. You can register at LivePhish.com to receive an email when the free MP3s are available for download.

256 kbps is good enough for me, beats spending money...

[Hudson]

Boy, I hope no Bootleggers show up..after all The PHISH guys want that curttailed.

Phish asks judge to reel in bootleggers in Va.*
March 4, 2009 - 11:21am
(AP) By LARRY O'DELL
Associated Press Writer
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The rock band Phish is asking a federal judge to block the sale of bootlegged merchandise at its upcoming concerts in Hampton.

A hearing is scheduled for Thursday in Newport News on the band's request for an injunction that would bar the sale of unauthorized T-shirts, posters and other items bearing the Phish name. The band, which broke up in 2004, is starting a reunion tour Friday with the first of three concerts at Hampton Coliseum.

Phish says in court papers that it's had trouble with bootleggers in the past. The band wants police to seize any unlicensed Phish merchandise being sold near the coliseum. Phish also is seeking unspecified damages against the unidentified defendants.

[hybriddriver]

well, the opener was FLUFFHEAD

[Absolutely]

well, the opener was FLUFFHEAD

Yep yep...

Fluffhead
Divided Sky

[Sct Ptersns Twn]

huh?

[Garyisajoke]

I was born in Hampton, Virginia. My brother still lives outside of it. He says the place is filling up with Phish fans.

I don't get Phish, then again I have little to no respect for the Dead.

[hybriddriver]

maybe this isn't the thread for you

[Garyisajoke]

maybe this isn't the thread for you

Actually, I'm trying to understand why they chose Hampton, Virginia for these gigs - and to be honest, I haven't heard much of them so it's more ignorance than disrespect.

[Absolutely]

Set I

Fluffhead
Divided Sky
Chalk Dust Torture
Sample In A Jar
Stash
I Didn't Know
Oh Kee Pah Ceremony >
Suzy Greenberg
Farmhouse
NICU
Horn
Rift
Train Song
Water In The Sky
Squirming Coil
David Bowie

Set II

Backwards Down The Number LIne
Tweezer
Taste
Possum
Theme From The Bottom
First Tube
Harry Hood
Waste
You Enjoy Myself*

Encore

Grind**
Bouncing Around The Room
Loving Cup


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[Absolutely]

Actually, I'm trying to understand why they chose Hampton, Virginia for these gigs - and to be honest, I haven't heard much of them so it's more ignorance than disrespect.

Hampton has a few things going for it: It's indoors, has general admission, really good acoustics for being indoors, the lot "scene" is pretty cool. They've said that it's pretty much their favorite place to play, especially Trey.
And there have been a lot of "Epic" shows there.

[Absolutely]

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[buttwax]

any glowstick wars?

[EvilMonkey71]

DL'ed the free MP3's of the shows off the Live Phish site and that Divided Sky got pretty rough 2/3 of the way in....Trey is ruuuuuusty.

[Zeroman]

DL'ed the free MP3's of the shows off the Live Phish site and that Divided Sky got pretty rough 2/3 of the way in....Trey is ruuuuuusty.

they started, stopped and started YEM.....oof.....gotta tighten up the ship for summer

[hybriddriver]

they started, stopped and started YEM.....oof.....gotta tighten up the ship for summer

i thought that was intentional, based on what trey said and what happened at coventry.

[Zeroman]

i thought that was intentional, based on what trey said and what happened at coventry.

well....im going off of what i heard on the mp3, it sounded like they missed cues all over in the beginning

[alldayO&A]

i was there all 3 nights and yes, the YEM botch was 100% intentional.
it was funny as hell too, cuz i was 3rd row on the floor directly in front of Fishman and the 2.5 hits of sugarcubes we took kind of skewed our ability to tell that it was a joke right away. we eventually figured it out and got a coupla laughs over it.

but yeah, they're still fuckin with your head.
it's one of their favorite things to do!!

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm247/unclejohn78/DSC04629.jpg
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm247/unclejohn78/7b.jpg
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm247/unclejohn78/famsection.jpg
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm247/unclejohn78/DSC04661.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4cBSNQicc4

i got some more on my page too >

http://www.youtube.com/user/unclejohn78

[Icculus]

Bringing thsi back up. I was at all 3 hampton shows, the 3 Jones Beach shows and have all the soundboards of the whole run. How do you guys feel they've been doing? I've been very happy with the improvements and the focus of all band members. They look like they're having fun again! Glad to have them back.

Nice pics BTW!

[Icculus]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raZjwTEz2lw

This is why I love this band!

[icculus1284]

Deer Creek and Alpine Valley were sick. I've got some videos I'll post up after Vimeo allows me to upload my last vid. For whatever reason, Youtube killed the sound quality when I uploaded there.

First night at Alpine they went straight into NICU from YEM without a vocal jam...it was a really weak YEM. Second night they closed the show with a Frankenstein encore. Trey was on a 6 necked guitar, Page on they keytar, and Mike's bass had a flame cut/paint pattern.

I also brought my dad for a little father/son bonding weekend. He's a fiend for Phish now. It's about all we've talked about since we got back.

[Zeroman]

i thought the Fenway show was extremely tight and sounded very good

[Icculus]

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_2Evs-K1CIaI/Sj_Y0_q_FgI/AAAAAAAACIg/Z4wTDuN5tcc

[Icculus]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3645/3650125418_1d61766c93_b.jpg

[icculus1284]

Oops, guess it was a 5 necked guitar, not 6.

I was a bit sloppy and so far back, counting was difficult.

[Icculus]

no worries icc, Just putting it up here to freak out the squares!

What other band would do somwthing like this AND the way they're announcing the Halloween Festival? How cool is that?

They just keep me SO interested!

[Stig]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3645/3650125418_1d61766c93_b.jpg

What is he doing with Rick Neilson's guitar?

[Absolutely]

What other band would do somwthing like this AND the way they're announcing the Halloween Festival? How cool is that?

They just keep me SO interested!

Sad to see Kansas and Ohio go today.

[Icculus]

Where are you Absolutely? If the fest is anywhere on the east coast, I'll be able to make it. With a wife and two kids, it makes touring alot more difficult...

[icculus1284]

Oooo.

Halloween fest? I'm excited.

Luckily I'm in the mid-south, so anything East of the Mississippi won't be too bad of a haul. Regardless, I'll be jumping in the lottery ASAP.

[Absolutely]

Where are you Absolutely? If the fest is anywhere on the east coast, I'll be able to make it. With a wife and two kids, it makes touring alot more difficult...

Where do I live?
St.Louis

If it's in STL I'll be there, which is a 0% chance, I'm not really a traveler.

[Puffy_McScrote]

What's the latest? I've heard some Georgia rumors and the ever-present Cali rumor (same place they do Coachella, right)?

[icculus1284]

What's the latest? I've heard some Georgia rumors and the ever-present Cali rumor (same place they do Coachella, right)?

They knocked down several more states within the past day or so. Midwest is slowly being eliminated.

All the big states still remain: California, Florida, New York, Texas, Nevada(Vegas would be awesome), and Vermont.

I've heard the Coachella rumor as well. Also Big Cypress. I really hope they bring it to the east coast.

How insane would it be if they went to some place like Arkansas?

[icculus1284]

Alaska got knocked out. Kinda funny animation too.

Sidenote: listening to a 40 minute YEM from one of the Live Phish Volumes. So good.

[Absolutely]

How insane would it be if they went to some place like Arkansas?

It wouldn't be super crazy, considering some of their Festivals have been in pretty remote places that you'd never suspect.
Limestone, Maine - Pop 2,361
Plattsburgh, PA
Volney, NY

Etc.

Forrest City, Arkansas...

[icculus1284]

It wouldn't be super crazy, considering some of their Festivals have been in pretty remote places that you'd never suspect.
Limestone, Maine - Pop 2,361
Plattsburgh, PA
Volney, NY

Etc.

Forrest City, Arkansas...


Fingers crossed. I'd love to see them in a rural town in the middle of Bumfuck, US.

[Absolutely]

Looks like California is off the map, No Indio?

However if you zoom out, California is still flying around with the balloons.

[icculus1284]

Washington got added BACK to the states.

...the plot thickens...

[icculus1284]

Well.

Southern Cali is looking like where it is. Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA. Good call, Absolutely.

Tickets go on sale this upcoming Monday. "$199 + $1 WaterWheel Donation + applicable service fees. Includes entry for all 3 days into the event area. All vehicles entering the Car Camping area must also purchase a $15 Vehicle Pass. Limited Car Camping available."(Expensive as shit).

I think flying AND driving will both be a bitch. ~$400(2 people) for event tix+~400 round trip plane(2 people) tix+rental car. OR face a 25 hour/1700 mile drive...which would be a bit rough to make, even if it were cheaper. That'd be 4 extra days I'd have to ask off work, plus hotel shit.

No way in fuck I'll be able to make that fest. This would be well over a thousand dollars to make it. Guess I better start trying to find another Halloween show elsewhere.

[Absolutely]

I haven't checked Gordon's website in a while.
He's got a new video up, promoting his band's tour this fall. It's pretty funny if you like Mike.
He's a weird guy...
"So, do you just make up all those bass lines?"

http://www.mike-gordon.com/home/

[icculus1284]

Mike's awesome.

Actually going to see him here in Memphis in September.

[Absolutely]

I might go see him in Indianapolis in September as well

[icculus1284]

Is Indy a closer drive than Memphis from St. Louis?

Oh.

And on the Memphis venue's website, it says a "special guest" will be there. Same thing for Indy?

[Absolutely]

I have family in Indy, so I can stay there.

[icculus1284]

You've got WB family in Memphis too :)

[City View]

Anyone going to Merriweather on sat?

[EvilMonkey71]

Anyone going to Merriweather on sat?

Yup...ever been there before? Wondering what the venue is like.

[DeadHeadJosh]

Anyone going to Merriweather on sat?

Hey you look familiar. :icon_lol:

[Absolutely]

Did either of you go to Merriweather?

I listened to the show later that night, it was ok. A lot of songs I wouldn't want to hear if I were going to a show, but that's just me.

[EvilMonkey71]

Did either of you go to Merriweather?

I listened to the show later that night, it was ok. A lot of songs I wouldn't want to hear if I were going to a show, but that's just me.

I went and the set was as bad as it looks....worst Phish show I've ever seen. I've had one of the 2 sets in a night be so-so in the past but never had both of them blow. I looked at the setlists for the night before and the night after and it made me even more pissed. I was mostly going for nostalgia's sake to go to one more show with the same group of people I went to all the Phish shows with pre-hiatus, but I'm done with the band now.

By the way, the cops were INSANE in the lot. A van 2 spots over from us in the lot got swooped down on within an hour of us getting there. At least ten cops were there at one point. Hauled away three people in cuffs and searched the entire van. Both uniform and undercover guys roaming the lot constantly. Here's a tip for the undercover guys....if you get hot, maybe you should consider not taking off your shirt and making it clearly obvious you're sporting a gun on your hip. :action-sm

[icculus1284]

Catapult>Icculus
8/14/09
Hartford, CT

Epic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKBPnCeG0Zo

[Absolutely]

I went and the set was as bad as it looks....worst Phish show I've ever seen. I've had one of the 2 sets in a night be so-so in the past but never had both of them blow.


Yeah, the first set had The Sloth, but that's about it of interest.
I like a lot of the newer songs, but there seemed to be a lot of them.
Crowd Control
Kill Devil Falls
Beauty Of A Broken Heart
Party Time
Stealing Time
Time Turns Elastic
Alaska
Let Me Lie

Then you've got a lot of other clunkers IMO: Taste, Strange Design, Foam,

You probably don't want 2 Page songs in 1 set.

[icculus1284]

When you say clunker, are you intending it as a bad thing?

Taste, Strange Design, and Foam are all favorites of mine.

[Absolutely]

When you say clunker, are you intending it as a bad thing?

Taste, Strange Design, and Foam are all favorites of mine.

Ha ha. Not "bad things", just songs I'd never WANT to hear.
Although I will "Skip/Next" Taste at every opportunity.

Strange Design I like, but not if I've already had to sit through Broken Heart.

[icculus1284]

Gotcha.

I feel that way when it comes to Waste and Farmhouse.

I've left a show early because of a Waste encore.

[Absolutely]

Check out this video of "Catapult > Icculus"

I love he so matter of factly says "I'm so old [How old are you?], there were no cellular telephones when I was growing up"

I see a lot of you out there with your Ipones and your DVDs, listening to your auto-tuned music. It's all machines. But what I wanna ask you is, WHEN IS THE LAST TIME ONE OF YOU PICKED UP A FUCKING BOOK!?

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[icculus1284]

Yep posted a different angle from the front on the previous page.

In case you missed that.

[Absolutely]

So you did...
I missed that.

I love the HD Phish youtube stuff.

[icculus1284]

I do too.

The audio and video of that HD clip is astounding for a Youtube video.

[Absolutely]

I do too.

The audio and video of that HD clip is astounding for a Youtube video.

I think it's just the soundboard synced up with the video.

[DeadHeadJosh]

SPAC was epic from what I'm told.

[icculus1284]

SPAC was epic from what I'm told.

Set I: Llama, The Moma Dance, Guyute, Anything But Me, Cars Trucks Buses, Chalk Dust Torture, Golgi Apparatus, David Bowie, Cavern, Possum, Ocelot, Run Like An Antelope
Set II: Backwards Down the Number Line > Twenty Years Later, Halley’s Comet > Rock and Roll, Harpua > I Kissed a Girl > Hold Your Head Up > Harpua, You Enjoy Myself
Encore: Grind, I Been Around, Highway to Hell

Bought it last night.

It's excellent.

Not a fan of Grind in the encore, but whatever. The rest of the show was great.

That may have been the only Llama of the tour also, but I could be mistaken.

[Zeroman]

Set I: Llama, The Moma Dance, Guyute, Anything But Me, Cars Trucks Buses, Chalk Dust Torture, Golgi Apparatus, David Bowie, Cavern, Possum, Ocelot, Run Like An Antelope
Set II: Backwards Down the Number Line > Twenty Years Later, Halley’s Comet > Rock and Roll, Harpua > I Kissed a Girl > Hold Your Head Up > Harpua, You Enjoy Myself
Encore: Grind, I Been Around, Highway to Hell

Bought it last night.

It's excellent.

Not a fan of Grind in the encore, but whatever. The rest of the show was great.

That may have been the only Llama of the tour also, but I could be mistaken.

theyve played Moma quite a few times on this tour....loving it

[icculus1284]

theyve played Moma quite a few times on this tour....loving it

Yep. I heard it at Deer Creek. Missed the second set because it was delayed and we thought they'd call it. We were wrong and I was upset.

1: Backwards Down the Number Line, AC/DC Bag, Limb By Limb, The Moma Dance, Water In The Sky, Split Open and Melt, Lawn Boy, The Wedge, Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan, The Connection, Ocelot, Fluffhead

2: A Song I Heard The Ocean Sing > Drowned > Twist, Let Me Lie, Tweezer > 2001 > Suzy Greenberg > Possum

E: Sleeping Monkey > Tweezer Reprise

[Zeroman]

Yep. I heard it at Deer Creek. Missed the second set because it was delayed and we thought they'd call it. We were wrong and I was upset.

1: Backwards Down the Number Line, AC/DC Bag, Limb By Limb, The Moma Dance, Water In The Sky, Split Open and Melt, Lawn Boy, The Wedge, Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan, The Connection, Ocelot, Fluffhead

2: A Song I Heard The Ocean Sing > Drowned > Twist, Let Me Lie, Tweezer > 2001 > Suzy Greenberg > Possum

E: Sleeping Monkey > Tweezer Reprise

more often than not, i get The Wedge stuck in my head for the entire day...what a great day!

[icculus1284]

Rift is an awesome album. Ranks up there in my top 4.

Lawn Boy
Rift
Round Room
Billy Breathes

No particular order.

They seemed to play a lot of Down With Disease as well. I used to not be a huge fan(I don't like Hoist much anyhow), but they played a great one at Alpine Valley.

[Zeroman]

Rift is an awesome album. Ranks up there in my top 4.

Lawn Boy
Rift
Round Room
Billy Breathes

No particular order.

They seemed to play a lot of Down With Disease as well. I used to not be a huge fan(I don't like Hoist much anyhow), but they played a great one at Alpine Valley.
out of that list....Rift is probably my favorite....yeah, alot of DWD these days, but no complaints here

[icculus1284]

Listening to the SPAC show now.

This David Bowie intro is great.

I think the boys are back. I'm thinking after Joy is released and on the next tour they'll really go nuts.

They've played tight as hell all tour, let's hope it continues to next year.

[Absolutely]

I think the boys are back. I'm thinking after Joy is released and on the next tour they'll really go nuts.


Speaking of Joy, have you heard the studio version of "Backwards Down The Number Line"?

Decent...
Link
http://www.mediafire.com/?mndmymmmhtj

[BeerBelly]

they need to to have the joy for deoderant

[icculus1284]

they need to to have the joy for deoderant

Booooooo

http://onthepharm.net/media/2007/fail.jpg

:action-sm

[BeerBelly]

Booooooo

http://onthepharm.net/media/2007/fail.jpg

:action-sm

oops,
I misspelled DEODORANT

[Absolutely]

Girl Fight at Phish show
Just give her the ticket...

I Love when the girl pushes her off the cooler.

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[icculus1284]

Love the "have a good show" at the end.

Good find.

[Icculus]

That may have been the only Llama of the tour also, but I could be mistaken.


Only one. The last 4 or 5 shows I was calling Llama opener, then the last show I picked PYITE and BAM! There it was.

[Icculus]

Who's getting their Joy box today? It should be waiting for me when I get home!

[Absolutely]

In case you all missed it, Phish released Fall Dates last week

11.18.09 Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI
11.20.09 U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OH
11.21.09 U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OH
11.22.09 War Memorial at Oncenter , Syracuse, NY
11.24.09 Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA
11.25.09 Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA
11.27.09 Times Union Center, Albany, NY
11.28.09 Times Union Center, Albany, NY
11.29.09 Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME
12.02.09 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
12.03.09 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
12.04.09 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
12.05.09 John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, VA

There's a creepy Tree video as well...
http://www.phish.com/fall2009/

I wish I lived in the East

[Icculus]

Shut out of all 3 MSGs. The only ones I was going for.

DAMNIT!

[icculus1284]

Hm. Well this is enlightening news, however, I had bets placed on MSG NYE.

Bit curious where they may wind up. Miami again?

[Icculus]

i hear Miami for NYE is the rumor...

[icculus1284]

i hear Miami for NYE is the rumor...

That'd be pretty sweet.

I was at the NYE run in Miami last time, had a blast. Best sounding arena I've been in too.

[Absolutely]

Festival 8 is streaming on "Jam On" channel 17 on Sirius

[buttwax]

will tonites show be broadcast?

[Absolutely]

will tonites show be broadcast?

Yeah, all 8 sets will be on.

[icculus1284]

Covered the entire Exile on Main St. by the Stones for Halloween.

Wish I could be listening on Jam On, but for whatever reason my unit in my boombox doesn't pick it up and my Inno sucks ass unless it's docked.

Guess I'll just buy the entire mp3 set when it's released this week.

[Absolutely]

Covered the entire Exile on Main St. by the Stones for Halloween.

Wish I could be listening on Jam On, but for whatever reason my unit in my boombox doesn't pick it up and my Inno sucks ass unless it's docked.

Guess I'll just buy the entire mp3 set when it's released this week.

If you're not against stealing...
They're up in a lot of places.
(http://bangaz5.blogspot.com/)

[EvilMonkey71]

If you're not against stealing...
They're up in a lot of places.
(http://bangaz5.blogspot.com/)

Thank you sir! :action-sm

[Zeroman]

i hear Miami for NYE is the rumor...

this oughta qwell the rumors....

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/Licorice_Echidna/phishnye.jpg

[EvilMonkey71]

How ironic that it's David Bowie! :action-sm

[icculus1284]

Big Cypress location perhaps...?

[hybriddriver]

How ironic that it's David Bowie! :action-sm


and ub40...

[Absolutely]

this oughta qwell the rumors....


http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee228/Rmbxr9/Phishnye.jpg

PHISH RETURNS TO MIAMI FOR 4-NIGHT NEW YEAR'S RUN 11.10.09
PHISH RETURNS TO MIAMI FOR 4-NIGHT NEW YEAR'S RUN

At the end of December, Phish returns to Florida for a four-night run at American Airlines Arena in Miami, including a three-set New Year's Eve show. The shows are the band's first performances in Florida since 2003.

The dates are as follows:

12/28 American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL
12/29 American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL
12/30 American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL
12/31 American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL

[icculus1284]

I believe I shall be going.

That's excellent.

[icculus1284]

Got my ticket requests in. Trying for all four days.

Really hope I don't have to deal with Ticketmaster.

[icculus1284]

And denied on all four nights through the presale. Ugh, now to deal with shitty Ticketmaster.