Look, I’m 47. I go see Phish, I go see jazz, I go see prog. Occasionally I’ll go see a metal show and fool myself into thinking I’m seeing something scary or dangerous. But metal’s faux-scary these days, so wrapped in its comic book trappings that it engenders a feeling of the comfortable no...
The four shows of Fall '10 Tour proper have seen Phish's song/improv balance shift somewhat, relative to the other '3.0' shows: the second sets are still (mostly) given to longer improvisations than the more song-driven first sets, but marquee jams are emerging from unexpected places songs...
Late 1999, I had recently moved to Chicago to finally finish my undergrad degree and begin my professional career. My first job was at a coffee shop right across the street from The Music Box. One night, when closing, the XRT DJ announces that Oysterhead had formed and would be making their debut...
Didn't make the first two shows so I can't really compare, but 3rd night was quality, yeah there were some slow new tunes, but overall that place was gettin down, and all the haters out there that wrote on phish's facebook page should download that show, I listened to it last night, they sounded...
Great venue, great sound and I was in a suite for this night...after the first night my Birthday show(also in the suite) and the second night, raging on the rail Page side...I left this show feeling a little let down...and felt the highlights for me were On Your Way Down(a foretaste of the...
this show was absolutely brilliant. the boys tore it up and opened fall tour with a fucking BANG. there was no meatstick but the show shocked all our brains. phenomenal. My Problem Right There was such a good positive song, so proud of the boys.
Very happy to make the trip out to CO.
Nice crowd, nice venue, everyone very happy.
Sat 20 feet center with my buddy, his first Phish show. Keeps asking me "does this glowstick thing ever end".
Energy was the vibe here - kick ass opener. Moma dance was nuts.
Set 2 fun fun fun reminded me...
Trey changed the lyrics to: "Everyone was screaming when they saw the plague, everyone was screaming when they saw the plague" for one verse. This is in reference to the recent health warning from Broomfield Health and Human Services that Black Plague had been found recently in the fields...
Continuing a 3.0 pattern, the jam starts in typical "Carini" mode before breaking into a distinct, upbeat jam, then becoming spacey with a nice > to "David Bowie."
An amorphous tendril of haphazard dissonance takes root in some electrified chocolate pudding finally allowing it to take a look around at the complexities of its own general lack of structure. [Strong straightforward version with extended "Ghost" jamming and solid play by all four, especially Fish. The jam gradually builds to a glorious peak and a nice fade-out.]