PHISH MSG

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2E3j-33vA78

bathroom tune

Come on, Slack, any tune with a vacuum solo is not to be missed. 

Don't eat the brown donuts.

Lets fly in slack for his bday..ill start

Slacker phishfund....

$20

Vacuum not included....no meals or alcohol provided...round trip ticket to jfk...what could it run us?

Always a fine Phish production for the MSG NYE run.  Not holding any tickets for this week,  but I've got a standing offer to trade Firewood for a 12/29 or 12/30 100's section.

https://twitter.com/phish

posters for this run. I’ll probably skip all of these for another few beers at Pennsy’s 

Slack, keep those khackies packed

For now

If you don't understand Icculus, can you go to the merch table after the bathroom and beer line and buy the helping friendly book? 

I've never seen it for sale, Slack, but i've never looked either.

Read Icculus

Gamecock Colonel will be live on periscope when show starts, for video and audio from show

Also, should be a bunch of audio on mixlr...all the usual suspects...

Play some Billy Idol. 

Glue (we are come to outlive our brains)

Martian Monster

Maxcj on mixlr

Needs some grittier riffs.

Alixxa>

Free

The Wedge

HBD, Slack

That maxcj sounds good.

Too much vocal shtick garbage. Play the fucking guitar, man.

Meat

Ghost 

Meat was gritty, no?

Ghost

Trey needs to jam more chords on the low end. 

Sparkle 

jambone, yes gritty, maybe influenced of Kasvot Växt

If I Could

Heavy influence...two bands  must be friends....;)

Nice "openin of 4 nighter" set

Slack, how come you listen to music you dont like?

Did you have a frightening musical experience as a child?

You can talk about it here. This is your safe place.

Maze

>>>Slack, how come you listen to music you dont like?

I feel like the ratio is 2/5 good/bad.

They should close this set with Cavern.

Maze will close it, i think, ..carini to open 2 would be nice....

Nope....;)

Walls

This walls song sucks. Is the second half different?

It would be cool to hear Petrichor sometime this run. 

You didnt answer question, Slack.

And yes, second half is usually twice as long, as twice as suckier

Set 2

Set Your Soul Free

Swept away

Steep

Fuego

Shade

Last Hurrah

Bathtub Gin

Possum

(Might have missed one early in 2...its a blur after that bathtub possum)

Encore

Bounce Around the Room

Slave to the Traffic Light

Not a bad night one, lil slow in parts, def lil slow to start 2...but a great end to set 2....not bad for friday..night one, ...never miss a sunday show, pholks...;)

>>>>>Did you have a frightening musical experience as a child?

Is EvilivE a frightening musical experience?

We pound these fucking guitars like jackhammers.

Heard Set II,  OK for an opening night.  I'm not really feeling terribly motivated to take the train up to NY and wook around for a spare Ticket.  I certainly enjoyed the couple "Donut Dozen"  shows last Summer and thought the new improved Light rig was just Peachy.

Glad I got to catch a whole mess of Phish shows in the 90's when they were still playing smaller venues.

PHISH, FRIDAY 12/28/2018

MSG

New York, NY

SET 1: We Are Come to Outlive Our Brains, Martian Monster, Axilla > Free, The Wedge, Meat, Ghost > Sparkle, If I Could, Maze, Walls of the Cave

SET 2: Set Your Soul Free > Swept Away > Steep, The Final Hurrah, Fuego > Shade > Bathtub Gin > Possum

ENCORE: Bouncing Around the Room, Slave to the Traffic Light

This show was webcast via Live Phish. Trey teased The Little Drummer Boy in Bathtub Gin

 >Glad I got to catch a whole mess of Phish shows in the 90's when they were still playing smaller venues<

Me too, Stu. I think Slack might have enjoyed early 90's Trey.

^ fo sure...

I hear you guys the small venues were great. Anyone else catch this one? It was my first. My friend who was going to UMASS at the time was big into them and took me. 

PHISH, SATURDAY 02/16/1991

THE MARQUEE

New York, NY

SET 1: The Sloth, My Sweet One > Divided Sky, Cavern, Take the 'A' Train, The Landlady > Bouncing Around the Room, Llama[1], The Mango Song > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove

SET 2: Chalk Dust Torture, Reba, Buried Alive > Runaway Jim, Guelah Papyrus, Fluffhead, Rocky Top, Let's Go[2]> Love You > Let's Go, Golgi Apparatus

ENCORE: Lawn Boy, Fire

ENCORE 2: Possum[3] -> Rocky Mountain Way Jam -> Possum

[1] New York references.
[2] Started as HYHU.
[3] Random Note signal.

There were some fun references to New York, including a line from New York New York, at the start of Llama. The first Let's Go started as HYHU. This Possum had some early Secret Language, including a Random Note signal, as well as Funk #49 teases.

I started listening to early 90s Phish in 2005. I could listen to whole shows on my headphones. There was lots of good music. 

The teases and other gimmicks and choice of covers started bugging me. They were buzzkill. 

The acapella portions sucked. 

Like I said. They can sound really good for twenty minute chunks but they inevitably return to the stupid inside joke bro down with the college bros. It's nostalgia for people who lived in a less expensive, less regulated time. They could sound like dorm room whippets for a second. 

^Big Ball Jam was the worst. 

Slack, it was fun to see the confused look on folks faces when the band, and a good portion of the crowd, would suddenly fall to the ground. 

I liked that they seemed not to take themselves too seriously.

Saw them once before this...but, didnt really "see" the show...(late summer 89)....first real show for me was Woodbury Ski and Racquet Club, outdoors in Woodbury, Ct...sitting on the hill...maybe 500 ppl...700 -800 by end of show at most....

I blv its on you tube....somewhere

My first show was Cow Palace. Frankenstein was a cool opener. 

The unknown songs made the set seem longer. I split not knowing they were coming back out in thirty minutes. 

Anyone else at this show?

If so, do you have a copy of the directions handed out at the door?

Anybody listen to the radio broadcast? Could you hear the crowd's participation?

Not a small room,  but sure was a heck of a lot of fun. 

SET I

Buried Alive >

Poor Heart

Maze

Bouncing Around The Room

Rift

Wilson >

The Divided Sky

Cavern

Foam

I Didn’t Know

Run Like An Antelope

SET II

Runaway Jim

It's Ice >

Sparkle >

Colonel Forbin's Ascent >

Fly Famous Mockingbird

My Sweet One >

Big Ball Jam

Stash

Glide

Good Times Bad Times

SET III

Mike’s Song >

Auld Lang Syne >

Weekapaug Groove

Harpua >

Kung >

Harpua

The Squirming Coil

Diamond Girl

Llama

ENCORE

Carolina

Fire

This was Phish’s 4th annual New Year’s Eve show. Matthews Arena is the oldest surviving indoor ice hockey rink and oldest multi-purpose athletic building still in use in the U.S., having opened in 1910 and housing, at various times, the Boston Celtics and Bruins. With a capacity of about 6,300, this was the band’s largest headline show to-date. This entire show was recorded multi-track in a remote truck and was broadcast live (and rebroadcast the following day) on Boston’s largest rock station, WBCN 104.1 FM. To take advantage of this fact (sort of the band’s own War Of The Worlds experiment), flyers were handed out to everybody on the way into the show explaining eight special signals that Trey would trigger by holding up various signs. The flyers gave audience instructions for the WBCN simulcast and stated in part “we’ve been blessed with the opportunity to play with people’s minds. We’ve come up with a bunch of new `language’ signals designed to confuse and confound the average radio listener. These signals will be written on signs and held up by Trey at various times throughout the night.” The handout explained each signal, including “Mass Hysteria”, “Yay/Boo”, “Whistle” and “Eggplant”. During the pause in Wilson (before the “Blat Boom” lyrics), the band started a jazzy jam with The Simpsons, Random Note, Finger Scrape and other secret language. During I Didn’t Know, Fish played a trombone solo and the audience was signaled “to fuck with the radio audience” by Trey holding up signs per the flyer. Run Like An Antelope contained Random Note secret language. During Fly Famous Mockingbird, Trey’s Gamehdnge narration resolved with Brad Sands (in what looked like a chicken costume) hanging from the rigging throughout the song. Mike’s Song and Weekapaug Groove were played together (but without I Am Hydrogen) for the 1st time at this show. Instead the two sections of “Mike’s Groove” were linked by the countdown to 1993 and Auld Lang Syne as balloons dropped inside the arena. Fish’s ancient ritual chant, Kung, was played for the first time in more than three years (since 11/2/89). This show featured the first public performance of Diamond Girl with The Dude of Life on vocals. Dressed as an old man, The Dude entered and exited the stage pushing a lawn mower. Carolina was performed without microphones. This was the band’s last headline show until February, 1993. In the meantime, they dealt with some album-related photos shoots and interviews, released Fast Enough For You as the 1st single from “Rift” in January and released the album “Rift” on Groundhog Day (2/2/93)

http://phish.com/tours/dates/thu-1992-12-31-matthews-arena-northeastern-...

Early 90’s when they came to small venues in Rochester and played the cafeteria at U of R was great.  Fishman and the band would walk around during set breaks and Mimi was usually hanging out too.  We once played a couple of games of pinball at the Warehouse. Fond memories.

» FluffyNutbag (OP) • Sat Dec 29, 2018 12:03 am

Gin sucked too actually. 

After relisten 

Martian monster, ironically, is actually by far the best thing I’ve heard trey do in a long time.

PDXPhisherman said:

If you were there and thought it sucked then we're in trouble.

Hope they pick it up these next few nights. I've been with em for 20 years, but if they don't do it for me after this run - hey I got other hobbies too.

Phish has meant a lot to me, but at the end of the day they're going dad rock and Trey seems ro have some tension with Mike. And can't lead and make song choices well.

This is how I feel. Like why can’t trey just play a nice chord progression in a jam for once and solo over it!? I don’t think it’s because he doesn’t want to, it’s because he can’t

 

Will tonight's college football games be a factor? 

What college will have the biggest fan base tonight? 

Duke for sure 

At this Time,  Phish are sort of liek,  the Pink Floyd of the 2018 -> 2019 era.  Selling out huge Hockey arenas and lounging there for Four-night runs.

They have worked hard over the years,  and have a Rabid Phan-base.

Best of Luck to 'The Phish'  and all the Phish - enthusiasts.

Is Meat supposed to be a good song or just a point scored for those in attendance? 

Check the scorecard, Slack Its up already.

I believe its a variable.

Play it Leo? 

Page is Leo

Mike is Cactus 

Fishman is...

Nicknames: Primarily Fish, Henrietta, and Tubbs. Also, Jon the Fishman (1984); Moses Brown, Moses Heaps, and Moses Dewitt (5/15/88 and 3/15/91); Moses Yastrzemski (2/7/89); J. Edgar Hoover (12/7/89); Vinnie Barbarino (2/23/90); Phil Collins (2/25/90); Tubbs (Rift liner notes); Zero man (initially 9/13/90); Johnny B. Fishman (10/20/89); Hankrietta, the shortest man in rock and roll (3/19/91); Sultan of Swat (7/21/91); the fourth member of the Giant Country Horns and Phish's multi-instrumentalist (7/21/91); Hankrietta, the shortest man in show business (10/13/91); Showboat Gertrude and Peter Shaw (10/19/91); Hankrietta, the hardest man in show business (11/13/91; the Yo Yo Ma of Vacuum Cleaners (4/17/92); Tommy Dorsey (4/19/92); the Piper (5/1/92); Sans Bag the Piper (5/2/92); Tubbs the Beast Boy (11/19/92); Eye Ball man (after the white dress); Tubbs, the little hairy beast-man (2/20/93, introducing himself); Little Jon and Friar Tubbs (3/5/93); Jon, Friar Tubbs, and Henrietta Fieldberg (3/9/93); Henrietta Tubman (4/5/93); Chuck Norris (8/8/93); Greasy Fizeek (beginning 12/31/93 and in Hoist liner notes); Ron Jaworski (3/18/94), Marco Esquandolas (11/13/94); Luke Skywalker (12/29/94); Sneezeblood Eyeball (6/13/95); Forrest Gump (11/24/95); Morton Charlton Heston (10/25/96 and 11/2/96); Barn Boy (Billy Breathes liner); the orchestral Greasy Troll (7/10/97); the inhuman computer drumbeat (7/21/97); Bob Weaver (throughout the U.S. summer 1998 tour); Sammy Hagar the Horrible Horn Section (11/13/98); Ralph Boringsteen (7/6/00); Russell Crow (7/11/00); and Joe C. (9/29/00). Other nicknames (dates unknown) include Tubman; Missing Link; Central Scrutinizer; Showboat Gertrude (esp. with the trombone); The Man with the High Hat; Second Best Trombone Player in Vermont and parts of New Hampshire; and Captain Caveman. As drummer for the Jazz Mandolin Project, he was the Abominable Shitstutski (1/27/98); Edgar Finnegan from Kinnymanport, Maine (1/29/98); all the way from Bombay Curry, Mr. Stanley Hindustan (2/7/98); Igor Spewshitzki (2/8/98); Aardvark von Doozer (2/13/99)

http://www.phish.net/people/jon-fishman

I heard it in NICU. First time hearing it in another song.

There is a lot going on sometimes.

It's Leo's band. He's like the CBR guy doing more of the heavy lifting groove jamming rather than the guitarist. 

Beer run

Another Leo. I must not have noticed before because it's a bathroom break song. 

>It's Leo's band.<

It's Fishman's band 

Is this Party Time? It sounds better than Wolfman's.

Woo

Hoo!

Two!

Short show

PHISH, SATURDAY 12/29/2018

MSG

New York, NY

SET 1: Buried Alive, Blaze On, Turtle in the Clouds, The Sloth, 46 Days -> Cities, Corinna, Ya Mar, Wolfman's Brother

SET 2: Carini -> Tweezer > Death Don't Hurt Very Long -> Tweezer > No Quarter > Also Sprach Zarathustra > First Tube

ENCORE: Shine a Light > Tweezer Reprise

This show was webcast via Live Phish. Corinna was played for the first time since December 28, 2016 (68 shows). Wolfman's Brother contained Party Time quotes. Tweezer Reprise contained a Death Don't Hurt Very Long quote.

PHISH, SUNDAY 12/30/2018

MSG

New York, NY

SET 1: Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, Mike's Song > Glide II > Weekapaug Groove -> Crosseyed and Painless > Bliss[1] > Billy Breathes, No Men In No Man's Land > Tube -> Weekapaug Groove[2]-> Tube > More

SET 2: Cool Amber and Mercury, Everything's Right > Plasma > Light > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Split Open and Melt

ENCORE: Funky Bitch, Wilson, 

[1] Phish debut.
[2] Unfinished.

This show was webcast via Live Phish. Alumni Blues had changed lyrics referencing National Bacon Day. Glide II was last played on May 16, 1995 (872 shows). This show feautured the Phish debut of Bliss, with Trey on acoustic guitar. Trey teased Crosseyed and Painless in No Men In No Man's Land. Weekapaug Groove was unfinished. Cool Amber and Mercury contained The Final Hurrah quotes.

ENCORE: Funky Bitch, Wilson > Rocky Top > Cavern

Great show, even a better time....never miss a Sunday Show!

Looks like a smoker.   

Always felt like phish played better shoes the night before NYE

NCORE: Funky Bitch, Wilson > Rocky Top > Cavern

The Cavern was punctuated with "face plant into rock" samples throughout.

Lift off was achieved the last two nights. Hopefully they’ve got something left in the tank for tonight. 

https://www.phantasytour.com/bands/phish/threads/4488868/lack-of-glide-i...

 "...Hopefully they’ve got something left in the tank for tonight..." 

they've got some wild & Krazy pranque with Silver Balloons and leftover stuff from KurveBall,  I guess.

>If you don't understand Icculus...<

Slack, are you familiar with this?

Source: 1987, the senior thesis of Trey Anastasio recorded on 4-track at Goddard College, Plainfield, VT, USA

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3_zvgj3c074

From Phish.Net

SETLIST: MONDAY 12/31/2018

SET 1: The Moma Dance, Stray Dog, 555, Sand, Lawn Boy, Steam > Chalk Dust Torture > What's the Use? > Play by Play, Waste, Ass Handed, Run Like an Antelope

SET 2: Down with Disease > Farmhouse > Seven Below > Twist > Harry Hood > Passing Through, Harry Hood

SET 3: Mercury > Auld Lang Syne, Say it to Me S.A.N.T.O.S., Simple, Saw It Again > Limb By Limb > Rock and Roll > Suzy Greenberg

ENCORE: The Lizards, Character Zero

<<<It's Fishman's band

it's really not.

<<<It's Fishman's band

it's really not.

https://www.phantasytour.com/bands/phish/threads/4489417/is-there-a-gif-...

12/29: Tweezer> Death Don't Hurt Very Long> Tweezer

An awesome 30 minute stretch of music. Heavy I Know You Rider themes and teases in the tail end of the first Tweezer. 

Have a balloon!  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hivq5Lik-w

Def heard that rider.....tease

That Tweezer jame ripped!  Not sure it was really a Rider tease but certainly had a Rider-esque sound and vibe to it. We were in a Suite with a few folks and all the older heads felt and and noticed it for sure! Was a hoot with us all hearing it but knowing they wouldn't play it. 

Went to the 28th and 29th. The energy level was much more amped on the 29th and the show smoked start to finish for the most part.