Archive for Phish Friday
Phish Friday: The Telluride Run Spawns a JVS Pandemic
There is a theory on how Telluride got it's name... It's mining history and endless tunnels serve the phrase well, To Hell You Ride. Yet Hell is the farthest thing from it, especially when the town is hosting Phish for 9,000 fans and countless others perched on balconies, roofs and... more
Phish Friday: 35 Must-Hear Jams for Any Phish Novice
Ah, here we are, less than a week from Phish at the Greek. While Justin swears that he’ll listen to all the shows I selected for last week’s Phish Friday before the band takes the stage next Thursday, I thought I’d pile on some more homework for all you intrepid... more
Phish Friday: 15 Must-Hear Shows for Any Phish Novice
So Aaron and I have been friends of Justin's for a while, and while there's no question in our minds that he completely adores the Phish from Vermont, it's become increasingly obvious over the years that he doesn't quite know the whole deal. Now we're not calling him a newb... more
Phish 3D Movie Officially On Its Way
Remember that Phish 3D film we mentioned back in No. '09 (during Festival 8)? Well, it looks like we've got some action in that department with a bunch of Phish 3D properties sprouting up around the Internets today. Check it out: Website | Facebook | Twitter Yes, yes!
Phish Friday Redux: Everybody’s Doing It
Speaking of Phish Friday... For a long time, LMB was the lone wolf pushing Phish Friday out onto the interwebs. Lately, it seems like the term has been catching on throughout the Phish blogger crowd, but we had no idea it had traveled so far and wide: (via sirsticks1 of PT Phish,... more
Phish Friday: Video of Phish Covering TV on the Radio’s “Golden Age”
Phish covers "Golden Age" by TV on the Radio and gives the song a nice, long workout: Phish - Golden Age - 11.27.2009 [YouTube] Happy Phish Friday!
Phish Friday: Links for Your Fall Tour Hangover
Phew. Last week's Fall Tour finale definitely took it out of us here at LMB. Although I've been pretty tight on time this week, I've been gathering a bunch of different Phish-related links. I thought it'd be nice to cap things off with a little link round-up: If you dig the... more
Phish Festival 8 Updates and Details
Happy Phish Friday! We just got an email from the Phish camp with all sorts of fun details about the set-up and festivities for their upcoming Halloween festival, including but not limited to: "The Overlook + The Coil" complete with Bloody Mary Bar, movie area, Internet Cafe, Ferris Wheel, and lots of... more
Phish Friday: More Red Rocks Videos
My man Patrick has been buried at work, but he still has a bunch of videos from Phish at Red Rocks that still haven't seen the light of day. We'll try to get 'em done before Festival 8 but we've got work to do planning our costumes and caravans,... more
Phish Friday: Windy City Videos
I'm halfway through "Darien Center Jam" from last night's Phish show and I'm waiting for the show tonight in Hartford to get started. Make sure you follow our Twitter account for setlist updates, as well as @yemblog as usual. Everyone is pretty much in agreement that Phish is... more
Happy 4th of July: Celebrate Independence…and the 10-Year Anniversary of Phish’s 7-4-99
(photo by WaltherFamily) Happy Independence Day from Live Music Blog! I thought I'd drop a quick post to commemorate the holiday while Justin's off gallivanting at the High Sierra Music Festival. I got a brief text from him saying he's not getting great mobile service and trying to conserve cell juice, so... more
Phish Friday: The Susquehanna Sand
Now that we're finally back up and running on a new host, I can finally blow the collective Phish load that I've been holding back on over the past few weeks. Pretty much every chat conversation I have these days seems to center around the band, and the discussions... more
Phish Friday: Mailorder Art Revealed
We're fast approaching the start of the Phish summer tour explosion that will start at Fenway Park this Sunday, and the anticipation is seriously exploding between me and all my chat buddies. I get random pings now like "JONES BEACH" and I'm seeing many emails traded on securing those... more
Phish Friday | Clifford Ball on Bonnaroo 365
It's a totally nice day here in San Francisco and I'm enjoying my Phish Friday with my windows open, a nice breeze, and Phish's Clifford Ball set that it shared with Bonnaroo as part of their Bonnaroo 365 idea: Bonnaroo's second installment of Bonnaroo 365 will feature streaming footage from Phish's... more
Phish Friday | Party Like It Was 10 Years Ago
Happy Friday, duders. I thought I'd wrap up the week with a nice Phish Friday post full of mp3's to get you grooving while you sit in your chairs at work or do whatever it is you do. Plus I just booked my hotel for Red Rocks, so... more
Phish Friday | My Favorite HD Hampton Videos
I know this is retardedly obvious to say again, but we really are living in some crazy times. I'm sitting down in my living room enjoying some Phish HD videos on my Mac Mini piping through my HD TV, straight-up balling like I always do, and I couldn't help but get... more
Phish Friday | Walnut Creek Giveaway
It's about 10pm on a Friday night and it's not yet too late for me to turn in solid Phish Friday post to help finish off the week. I got a lot of good response to my post that I was a little burnt out from seeing shows, but... more
Phish Friday | Old School August ’87, Part II
Last week, I dug back into the archives to highlight an old-school show from 8/21/1987 that captured the band during a fertile period of their career, both in terms of their songwriting and their live show. My selections gave a nice overall feel for the different types of tunes and... more
Phish Friday | Old School Gems from August ’87
For this week's Phish Friday, I thought I'd drop a quick post with a look back at the old-school, a show the band played back on 8/21/87 at Ian McLean's Farm. This was one of the first truly old-school Phish tapes I got back in the day. I can still envision... more
Phish Friday | R&R on Anniversary Day
Today was a day of anniversary in the Phish world, as Coventry, Lemonwheel, and Clifford Ball all occurred around this weekend in the years past when the band was busy taking over the live music underground (although I wouldn't present the festivals in order of the band's playing prowess). ... more
Phish Friday | 10 Years Ago: 8/7–8/9/98 Weekend Run
This week's Phish Friday is brought to you by our good friend Ryan Bready over at Fresh Bread. This was my bad that the post didn't get up yesterday, so just pretend that it's a Friday even though it's a Saturday. I asked Justin if I could take over Phish... more
Phish Friday | The Evolution of “Taste”
Nate Leskovic is back with his second Phish Friday post... In honor of the lightning-enhanced Walnut Creek “Taste” being released on DVD next week, it’s well-worth noting the glorious polyrhythmic tune’s journey through 1995. Debuted on the opening night of the summer tour—June 7 at the Boise State University Pavilion in... more
Phish Friday | Back on the Train
Hi everyone. Sorry for being few-and-far-between updates on the site lately. I've had some changes occur in real life that have forced me away from the blog, away from live music, away from a lot of what I had going on in my life just a few weeks ago. ... more
Phish Friday | “The Phish, from Vermont”
Stub via superphly.com Today's Phish Friday was an obvious choice for me considering we're publishing this on July 11. Eight years ago today, Phish played the second night of a three-night run at Deer Creek in Noblesville, IN, easily one of the best amphitheaters in the country. Sadly I... more
Phish Friday | The 4th of Jiboo
Happy Independence Day from Live Music Blog! It's hard to believe that 8 years ago today I was seeing Phish at the E Centre in Camden, NJ, celebrating what was probably my favorite 4th of July as an "adult" so far. It was the sixth show in a long East... more
Phish Friday | The Debut of “Spock’s Brain”
This week's Phish Friday post is brought to you by Nate Leskovic, someone that commented on our "Spock's Brain" PF post with his own story of what that song meant to him. He's graciously giving us the background today. While the general nature of Phish’s political views could always be... more
Phish Friday | Alpine Valley ’04 Highlights Round II
Poster via brother monk In another busy week of Phish news and other highlights surrounding the band that we spend so much time fluffing on this blog -- even if we take a week off here and there -- it's time for yet another installment of Phish Friday. After I... more
Phish Friday | Alpine Valley ’04 Highlights
Obviously it's no surprise that we've been posting about Phish and the members' respective side projects over the past couple weeks, and it's really brought me back into an nostalgic mindset. I only got to catch 10 shows in my brief time with the band, but that was clearly... more
Phish Friday | Spock’s Brain!
Phish - "Spock's Brain" (live, 9/29/00) [YouTube] You may have noticed that we missed our regularly scheduled Phish Friday last week thanks to a bit of ill planning on my part. This week we're back with a recently uploaded gem from the man that seems to be pumping Phish onto... more
Phish Friday | ‘Prince Caspian’ Hits the Box Office
For the latest on Phish Friday, I thought we'd do a bit of a logical celebration of today's theatrical release of the The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, the movie based on the second book published in The Chronicles of Narnia series. I really don't have a whole huge... more
Phish Friday | HeadCount Allstars at the Jammys
On Wednesday night, Phish was presented a lifetime achievement award by the Jammys for their contributions to the jamband scene overall. As some might have predicted after such an event, this was a major climax for the the awards show and one that would be hard to live up... more
