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Sheetz mic in a cup - Phish @ Starlight Theatre 2012

Sheetz mic in a cup, a photo by tbone_sandwich on Flickr.

http://www.sheetz.com

Random Phish IMG_0003 - 2012 Starlight Theatre KC, MO

Random IMG_0003, a photo by tbone_sandwich on Flickr.

Bottled Water on Octagon Thing with B-3 Goff Emblem Ghost

Don't say it...

Don't say it... a video by tbone_sandwich on Flickr.

This says it all, tbh.

FLUFFHEAD SIGN: Oh, Sandy

Awesome, bro.

PHISH: Trey Anastasio's "Scabbard" Hits the Internet

New Material Alert...
TREY ANASTASIO SCABBARD
Scabbard
Trey Anastasio | Format: MP3 Download

* Original Release Date: August 21, 2012
* Format - Music: MP3
* Compatible with MP3 Players (including with iPod®), iTunes, Windows Media Player Product Details

* Label: ATO Records
* Copyright: 2012 Rubber Jungle Records under exclusive license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
* Total Length: 6:00 So... that's what we know.

Phish Halloween 2012: Pink Floyd - Animals @ Allstate Arena, Rosemont IL

PAGE MCCONNELL AND THREE QUARTERS OF THE METERS
TO PLAY BB KING BLUES CLUB IN NYC Zigaboo Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli, and George Porter Jr. have confirmed plans to reunite as The Metermen and join forces with Phish keyboardist Page McConnell for a historic two-night run at B.B. King Blues Club in New York City on October 31-November 1. Tickets went on sale Friday, July 20 at Noon EST. This isn't the first time that Page will be performing with members of the legendary NOLA funk band, having toured with George Porter Jr. for a set of PBS (Porter, Batiste, Stoltz) dates back in 2008. The Original Meters (with founding keyboardist Art Neville) have occasionally reunited for one-off performances, including one in 2005, two in 2011 (at Bonnaroo and Outside Lands), and one in 2012 at the Howlin' Wolf during New Orleans Jazz Festival. [Published on: 7/18/12]

Atlantic City 2012: PROSHOT Birds of a Feather & Light videos up on Vimeo

http://vimeo.com/phish 

There is a link to Phish's vimeo page where they post one pro-shot video from each show. They have posted the Birds->BOTT and Light from AC. There are also vids from DCU.

BONNAROO 2012: Phish and Kenny Rogers! (The Gambler)

Thanks again, internet!

Taco Baby vs. Taco Cat. The Verdict Is In!

Originally Posted by JottaGibboo

Taco Cat backwards is Taco Cat 

Poetry du Jour: A Haiku for Poo

Musings of a Maté Drinking Woman: A Haiku for Poo:

phone in back pocket  

pants down to sit on toilet 

phone now in toilet

via ohbears

Tickets STILL Available for Starlight Theatre in KC, MO!

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Just saying?

RSD 2012: Phish - Junta Pollock Edition LP's for sale on Amazon

Record Store Day 2012 Phish - Junta Pollock Editions for sale on Amazon
Going for $175 and up now. It will go down. Maybe.

hype hype hype 

custy custy custy 

 I did score a Deluxe Edition. I want one of these, still.

Phish - Super Ball IX Soundcheck

Jam, Undermind, Sleep Again, My Soul, Ginseng Sullivan, Jam

RSD Pollock Preview from drygoods

Sneak peek of Jim Pollock's new LE poster in @phish's 2012 @recordstoreday Junta Vinyl release: twitter.com/phishdrygoods/…

— phishdrygoods (@phishdrygoods) April 4, 2012

Buffalo Bill'd: Page at the Old Ball Game

/me waves back

Wookiegate Hotel: Consider It Dan collusion allegations or something

Wookiegate? What's up now?

** This is a continuation/re-post of the thread that 499'd on Sunday. **

A Wookileaks Exclusive: How Trey stayed at a hotel for $84, while VMT/CID scalped $129 rooms to phans for $300+

In 2009, Phish partnered with Valley Music Travel to take care of hotel/shuttle arrangements for Festival 8. Valley Music Travel is a subsidiary of CID Entertainment, or ConsiderItDan, which is also taking care of hotel packages for Phish's 3-day Atlantic City run this summer.

Documents obtained by PT show evidence of extreme hotel price-gouging by VMT/CID, with tacit approval by the band.

1. Among the hotels in the Festival 8 travel package were the Renaissance Esmeralda in Indian Wells, CA and the La Quinta Resort & Club. VMT offered three-night packagesthat included 2 fest tickets, shuttle passes and a room for roughly $1,599 at those two hotels. (I can confirm the price of the LaQ package, and know that the Renaissance price was similar.)

2. Subtracting the price of 2 fest tickets ($199 apiece) and shuttle passes (sold individually for $90, but assuming some built-in discount into the package, we'll call them $80 each), the cost of the hotel was $1,041, or $347 per night.

3. Documents obtained by PT show that Trey stayed in the Renaissance Esmeralda from 10/23-11/2/09 at a rate of $84 per night. View the document here.

4. Another document shows that Valley Music Travel (as well as Goldenvoice) obtained a large block of rooms at a rate of $129 per night. View the document here.

5. Another document shows that the standard price of hotel rooms at the Esmeralda, booked outside of packages, was either $179, $199 or $209. We'll average this, to be generous, to $195 per night. Plus taxes that comes out to around $226 per night. These rates were no longer available once the hotel sold out, with VMT/GV controlling a massive block of rooms in time for the fest's official announcement. View the standard-rate proof here.

Conclusions:

* VMT was allowed to control the best hotels around Fest 8, and sell rooms at a PROFIT of around $200 per night, per room. (Purchased at $129+taxes, sold for $340ish.)

* The VMT purchase of rooms caused them to be re-sold for roughly $120 more, per night, than the rooms cost on the open market. (Were available at $226 including taxes, sold for $340ish.)

* Trey paid $250 less, per night, than the phans who custied up and purchased rooms from Phish partner VMT.

http://www.w00kileaks.org, lol. Just tryin to chill at my hotie, bro.

PHISH 2012 SUMMER TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED

There it is. Wooooo Fish!
http://summer2012.phish.com/

Phish Summer Tour 2012 Announcement Video from Phish on Vimeo.

VIDEO: Page McConnell 20070708 - High Sierra Music Festival

An intimate experience with Page McConnell, solo. Come for the Tiny Dancer, stay for the workshop. Wow.


Page McConnell 2007-07-08 - High Sierra Music Festival
Running time - 49:28

***Under Law of Fair Use. For educational purposes only. No copyrights infringements intended***
Never Buy Or Sell Live Music Recordings/Videos

Wow.

Phish Rumor: No Alpine Valley 2012?

Saw on an internet board the following re: Phish dates at Alpine Valley Music Theater this summer:

Just spoke with the Hampton Inn in Elkhorn, WI near Alpine....
and Jimmy Buffet's production team has booked 40 rooms......
6/30-7/1 is not true, sad rlly

I have my doubts.

As a bonus, here's a fairly sweet audience vid of The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday from Alpine '09



Chanenu v'anenu
Avinu Malkenu
Chanenu v'anenu
Ki ain banu ma'asim
Asseh imanu
Tsadaka v'chesed

Asseh imanu tsadaka vichesed v'hoshi'ainu

Our Father Our King
Be gracious unto us
And answer us

For we are wanting
in good deeds
Deal with us in charity
And save us

FLUFFHEAD SIGN at Arizona GOP Presidential Debate!!!

FLUFFHEAD
at the Republican Presidential Debate
Mesa, AZ - February 22, 2012

Just great. Nice effort, bro!

VIDEO: Phish 1990-02-17 UMass Student Union Ballroom

ph1990-02-17

Just passing this along. Not my recordings/channel. I'm just surprised to see this. I used to collect a lot of VHS back in the 90's and this definitely didn't circulate. Apparently it never has. Until yesterday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2Xgw9nbsDo

On the occasion of it's 22nd Anniversary. Extremely rare, never-before posted footage. Full concert by Phish at the UMass Amherst Student Union Ballroom. Produced by David Caputo of Positronic Design, The SEO Company in association with The Weekly News and UMass Radical Student Union and Social Thought and Political Economy Department (STPEC). Filmed with permission of the band. Amazing AC/DC Bag. Whole show was great. Room was electric. Widespread Panic and Gene Matthews opened up.

Saturday, 02/17/1990
Student Union Ballroom, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

Set 1: Possum, Bathtub Gin, Divided Sky > The Sloth, Bouncing Around the Room, You Enjoy Myself[1], Golgi Apparatus

Set 2: Reba, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > AC/DC Bag, The Squirming Coil, Harry Hood, Carolina, Mike's Song[2] > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove

[1] The Ocean teases in vocal jam.
[2] Started as David Bowie.

Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon

Notes: The opening acts were Widespread Panic and Gene Matthews. The Ocean (Led Zeppelin) was teased in the YEM vocal jam. Mike's Song started as David Bowie.

This show was part of the "1990 Tour.



Holy shit.

VIDEO: Bot Eyed Katy

VIDEO:

video from PhishRobot

Thanks, PhishRobot.

CONFIRMED: Phish Will Play Bonnaroo 2012

SSIA

http://lineup.bonnaroo.com/

No offense, and I'm well aware that somebody will say this every year, and there is some great stuff in there, but this looks like the least interesting Bonnaroo lineup yet. Keep your fingers crossed for more TBA's

Record Store Day Junta Triple LP Drops April 21, 2012

This LE Deluxe 3-LP vinyl set is limited to 5,000 individually numbered copies. Junta was recorded at Euphoria Sound Studios in Revere, Massachusetts in 1987 and 1988 on 16-track 2" tape and was mixed to 1/4" stereo reels. In addition to writing and performing all the music, the band produced the album themselves.



Junta was originally self-released on cassette tape in May 1989 with packaging created by the band (included in the new vinyl package). The album was remastered and rereleased as a double CD (and cassette) in October 1992. Junta was certified Gold but, until now, has never been heard on vinyl. The vinyl release was created from the original stereo master reels with lacquers cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering. Each LP is pressed onto 180g audiophile grade vinyl and includes a free MP3 download of the entire album (transferred from the new vinyl master).

2,500 of the Junta LE Deluxe 3-LP sets will include a brand new Limited Edition hand-carved, hand-printed linolium block poster by Jim Pollock, created exclusively for this release. These editions will be distributed randomly at participating independently owned record stores across the country, but will be clearly marked.

This LE Deluxe 3-LP vinyl set was created exclusively for Record Store Day. Junta will be available in stores only beginning Saturday, April 21st. For a complete list of participating record stores, please click here.

'Junta' Limited Edition Deluxe 3-LP Vinyl Tracklisting

Side A

- Fee

- You Enjoy Myself



Side B

- Esther

- Golgi Apparatus

- Foam



Side C

- Dinner And A Movie

- Divided Sky



Side D

- David Bowie



Side E

- Fluffhead

- Fluff's Travels

- Contact

F yeah. Looks like I'll be getting up early on RSD again this year...

PHiSH: New Album Cover Leaked??

Thanks, internet!



Really, not my photo. Thanks, again, internet.

Bonnaroo Phish Fest Supplies: Poop Tent

Are you ready for the summer...

Cleanwaste GO anywhere Privacy Shelter
Get ready to, well... I dunno. Serious poop tent, though.

2012 Sasquatch Line Up Announced

So, going to be in the pacific northwest while Phish is destroying Bethel? Squatch lineup just dropped.



Music Acts:

Jack White
Beck
Bon Iver
Pretty Lights
The Shins
Tenacious D
Beirut
Girl Talk
The Roots
The Head and the Heart
Portlandia
Feist
Silversun Pickups
Metric
Explosions in the Sky
The Joy Formidable
Mogwai
Nero (DJ)
M. Ward
John Reilly and Friends
Childish Gambino
St. Vincent
The Civil Wars
Jamey Johnson
Little Dragon
Tune-Yards
Wild Flag
Blind Pilot
Wolfgang Gartner
Beats Antique
Apparat
Imelda May
The Sheepdogs
The Walkmen
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Mark Lanegan Band
Spiritualized
Blitzen Trapper
The Cave Singers
Shabazz Palaces
Fun.
Grouplove
Tycho
SBTRKT
STRFKR
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Deer Tick
Alabama Shakes
Imelda May
Dum Dum Girls
The Helio Sequence
Kurt Vile
Cloud Cult
Ben Howard
Here We Go Magic
Zola Jesus
The War on Drugs
Shearwater
Cass McCombs
Active Child
Trampled by Turtles
Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires
Araabmuzik
Starslinger
L.A. Riots
Com Truise
We are Augustines
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
I Break Horses
Walk the Moon
Dry the River
Allen Stone
Pickwick
Hey Marseilles
Gary Clark Jr.
Purity Ring
Yellow Ostrich
Nobody Beats the Drum
Electric Guest
Coeur de Pirate
Lord Huron
Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside
Beat Connection
The Sheepdogs
Hey Rosetta!
Said the Whale
Howlin Rain
Gardens and Villa
Felix Cartal
Awesome Tapes from Africa
Craft Spells
Vintage Trouble
Poor Moon
Black Whales
Gold Leaves
Greylag
THEESatisfaction
Dyme Def
Fresh Espresso
The Physics
Sol
Metal Chocolates
Grynch
Spac3man
Don’t Talk to the Cops
Scribes
Fatal Lucciauno
Fly Moon Royalty
Katie Kate

Comedy Acts:

Nick Kroll
John Mullaney
Todd Barry
Beardyman
Rob Delaney
Pete Holmes
Howard Kremer
and the proverbial more, more, more…

Fest is Memorial Day weekend. Tickets go on sale next Saturday, February 11, at 10 a.m., with a two-day Live Nation pre-sale taking place the previous Wednesday, February 8. Go to sasquatchfestival.com/tickets for more info

Rumor: Van Halen & Phish to headline Bonnaroo 2012

Do the math.

Dude. Also, possible Radiohead set to open for Van Halen.

Phish Books: FALL 98

Fall 98

"Suspend your normal grooming habits and dash on the patrouli, it's time for Phish tour. Hit the road with Julian Jakos, a precarious 23-year-old, as he quits his job at a sock factory and hops in the Isuzu Trooper of Peter Grossinger, a kleptomaniac gas station attendant who also works the night shift. As they travel across America Fall 98 chronicles Julian's arresting adventures with sex, drugs, rock n' roll, rogue cops, raver-hippy hybrids, maniacal twirlers, and mile after mile of interstate. This extraordinary read is a non-stop coming-of-age tale that's as much comical as it is disparaging, a book so saturated with drug logic you'll think you're being dosed. Not just a novel for Phish fans, Fall 98 is a universally identifiable adventure in escapism."

(VIDEO) Japan Phish 1999: Page introduces Chalkdust at Fuji Rock Festival '99

with Trey. In Japan. In 1999.



This one gets good, too.

Rumor: BETHEL MEMORIAL DAY CONFIRMED

BETHEL MEMORIAL DAY CONFIRMED
http://bit.ly/z7VVvA
via PTthreadofday

Town Clerk: Hello, how may I help you? 

Me: Hi, I was told you might be able to help me out. My wife and I live part time residents, and we are planning on having our daughter's wedding here in Bethel over Memorial Day weekend at our home. My wife was told yesterday that the town may be hosting some big "Rock & Roll Festival" over the holiday weekend. Needless to say, we are thinking that this may NOT be the ideal weekend to bring dozens of family and friends into town. 

Town Clerk: No, sir. Theres's no rock festival. It's the band Phish. They are playing at Bethel Woods. They were here last year, and they are coming back again. They have very nice fans, and they are not a rowdy crowd. I wouldn't alter your daughter's wedding plans. 

Me: Are you positive that this is taking place over Memorial Day Weekend? 

Town Clerk: "Yes"

Phish: Trey Clue On Jeopardy (Video)

Hey, I heard Page was on Jeopardy today...

2001: A Page Odyssey - Phish Island Tour Also Sprach Zarathustra Revisited

Phish - 04.04.982001 (Also Sprach Zarathustra)

PART I:


PART II:


Now some might also say this is a perfect example of "less is more" CK5, but I remember when 2001 was just black and white and green and smoke, and that was awesome. Anyway...

Rumor: Phish to Play Bonnaroo 2012. Also, Kanye Still Sucks

PHiSH at Bonnaroo 2012??

That's the rumour. Phish playing at Bonnaroo 2012 this summer.

Kanye Still Sucks, a photo by Rowanpix on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
The fiasco of 2008 is still a sore topic among the Bonnaroo crowd.

Phish - Funky Bitch (Darien Soundcheck) - June 8, 2011

Funky Bitch (Soundcheck) - Phish - June 8, 2011 from Phish Jams on Vimeo.

MOAR SOUNDCHEX!

Doh Doh Otamatone Shock

No, it is not time for... well, maybe it is time for the meatstick, I dunno...

6 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing

By 

Carl Rivers - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

Maywa Denki Otamatone Music Instrument

This device is singlehandedly the most useful tool for composing music I have ever seen. Not only is the tone impeccable and unforgettable, but it also helps you improve your ear. Better snag a couple now before these babies become hard to find!

Product Features

• Three pitch levels and two volume levels.
• 1 octave plus a diminished 5th per pitch level.
• Dimension: 2.75" x 2.75" x 10.75"
• Straight from Japan!

Ok, so in theory, playing the Otamatone Electronic Instrument is unbelievably easy. You place your finger on the stem to select the pitch. To get vibrato (or any sort of wah-wah effects), you just squeeze the note's rubber cheeks repeatedly. This will open and close the little dude's mouth. Now, we did say easy in theory. That's because the strip on the stem has no pitch labels or frets, so you really have to have a good ear. That said, you can easily just slide between notes, both for ease of playing and for even more musical effect. The Otamatone Electronic Instrument is wacky, adorable, distinctive, and can be a great instrument for some unique electronic performances.

Fact: Phish Will Never Play Bonnaroo

The subject says it all.

Page McConnell @ Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Revisited

It happened.  Never forget.

PHiSH NYE Steam Gag Stunt Pro-Shot Video

Happy New Year!

PHiSH: 2011-12-31 MSG IV... NYE!

happy new year!

Phish: Sat, Dec 31, 2011
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
get it at http://livephish.com

Set 1: AC/DC Bag > Wolfman's Brother, Scent of a Mule, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Lawn Boy, Gotta Jibboo, Farmhouse, Pebbles and Marbles, Ocelot > Fluffhead[1]

Set 2: Party Time, Light -> Golden Age > Theme From the Bottom, Heavy Things > Ghost > Sneakin' Sally through the Alley > 46 Days > Suzy Greenberg

Set 3: Cavern, Steam > Auld Lang Syne > Down with Disease[2], The Wedge, Alaska, Wading in the Velvet Sea, First Tube

Encore: Slave to the Traffic Light

[1] Auld Lang Syne tease from Trey.
[2] Unfinished.

Notes: Fluffhead contained an Auld Lang Syne tease from Trey. Prior to Steam, a steam kettle and hot plate went off on stage, with Trey acting like he was attempting to put out the steam. Shortly after the song began, steam also came from the floor near the soundboard area. An amp (with the steam kettle on it), a keytar, a bass, a vacuum, and a few lights were then lifted off the stage. A woman in the front of the stage tossed a “Steam” sign into the front row, then rose with a barricade and security guard before eventually being lifted up over the band. Several other aerialists (clothed in various casual attire, equipped with black backpacks emitting smoke and lights on their backs) subsequently rose up from the crowd and ascended and descended several times. The first aerialist counted down to midnight, at which point balloons were released from the ceiling. The aerialists later returned with lights in their hands for Down with Disease, which also featured Trey and Mike being raised up and back down a few times before finally rising several feet on hydraulic lifts. Disease was unfinished.

Happy new year.