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Comment on We’ll Miss You Levon by Ofeelya

Ofeelya — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:24:43 +0000

This is definitely a sad day. A powerful force in music indeed.

Comment on 3 Years of 3.0 by Danny

Danny — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 08:08:37 +0000

so…I will attend my 100th Phish show sometime in 2012 most certainly… I do not post, I read some posts form time to time and usually skip over the hate blogs. I enjoy a compelling argument about phish and appreciate the passion even when I disagree with the opinion.
I have listened extensively to the Phish catalogue. My first show was Tucson 1992…which would be cool accept I missed so many fantastic shows while I was in college in Boulder that I can hardly brag about accidentally seeing the band for the first time in 1992.
I listen to so much Phish it is embarrassing. My children tease me. It’s sad.

So here is my point, I have listened to every era extensively. Each are remarkable. Even the horrendous demise had its moments in 04. Nothing would have been cooler and more amazing than watching them before I saw them….yes noobs in 92’ I was still late! However. Phish 3.0 is the golden age of Phish . It is by far the most consitent in terms of technical mastery…they seldom botch anything anymore and they can take almost any song in their catalogue on crazy rides
( listen to Roggae 8.5.11 from the Gorge comes to mind as an example)…I would love if the boys only played two 90-minute songs for a first and second set every night with a nice half hour encore. I love it when they go long experiment and blow my mind…they have done that in 3.0….way more than I thought a sober Phish band ever would or could HOWEVER
that isn’t a reality we will have to settle for an unreal band that has NEVER played the same show twice and can still amaze.

Comment on 3 Years of 3.0 by ststeven123

ststeven123 — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 06:03:31 +0000

I think night 1 was carried by the energy and adrenaline of being back, which led to standout jams. I wouldn’t say night 1 was really any more flub-free than other nights, it just had some top notch exploration. That said, I hear what you’re saying and do agree that Trey’s setlist choices and aversion to jamming the other few nights could definitely be partially atribbuted to some changes in his style.

Comment on 3 Years of 3.0 by ststeven123

ststeven123 — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 06:00:20 +0000

Saying someone is demanding something is not the same as saying they have a right to demand it. We all know Phish will do what they want, but that’s not to say we can’t have hopes and expectations for the year. You seem pretty angry about nothing… Thanks for reading.

Comment on 3 Years of 3.0 by fred153

fred153 — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:41:17 +0000

In other words, we DONT need another Mr Miner…

Comment on 3 Years of 3.0 by fred153

fred153 — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:35:09 +0000

“but I think the fanbase is demanding a couple of things: new material, practice, and extended jams.”

This is the problem with the nOOb phish fan of today; The self absorbed product of the Internet era who thinks he — and he alone — is fully within his rights to DEMAND any fucking thing of a band as deep and entrenched as Phish is. Can’t you just let a complex band of middle age men, with priorities and preferences so very different from most of its nOOb fanbase, be what they are going to be in the here and now of their life today? Stop this naive and shortsighted fantasy that what any particular person with a website and an opinion matters one iota to those to whom you simply cannot possibly begin to relate. Enough. Live and let live man. You are not as important as you seem to think you are. Its all those fucking last place ribbons you were given as children. Please go away.

Comment on 3 Years of 3.0 by Matthew (@Frawg_Dawg)

Matthew (@Frawg_Dawg) — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:46:21 +0000

So if The NYE run was affected by ‘lack of practice” and “no warm up shows” then why was the first night easily the consensus pick as the best show of the run? Afraid the rushed quality and lack of jams on NYE was due at least as much to the changed musical sensibility of Trey since the return of 3.0, not simply due to lack of practice.

Comment on Coming Soon: Phish Summer Tour 2012 Dates by Phish Summer Tour 2012 – It’s Alive! « Welcome To Now

Phish Summer Tour 2012 – It’s Alive! « Welcome To Now — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:00:07 +0000

[...] the hacked dates from Tuesday, Phish went live with leg 1 dates for Summer Tour 2012 yesterday. Here’s the announcement [...]

Comment on The Rumor Mill by phish1982

phish1982 — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 04:06:11 +0000

When will we get dates for this years summer tour

Comment on Phish Summer Tour 2012 Rumors by Michael

Michael — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:33:44 +0000

Phish is doing bethel onb Labor day weekend…this is confirmed through source…..grass got to torn up for the rest of the season last year so they asked Phish to close the summer instead of open it