This album is relaxed, friendly, and a lot of fun. It is their true statement of purpose, capturing Trey Anastasio's unique visions in their rawest form. "Reba," with its absurd lyrics, intricate design, and renegade momentum is one of their best moments, neatly summarizing the band's philosophy in 12 minutes. Anastasio may have played with greater force and potency later on, but his creative spark was rarely brighter than here, and he proves himself to be not only a student, but a master of many divergent styles.
With every passing week comes a new rumor that jam kings Phish are returning to stage. This August it will mark four years since the band's "final" blowout in Coventry, VT. in the last month I've come across stories about frontman Trey Anastasio working on new tunes with band lyricist Tom Marshall, and today Mogger Soncial wrote about the "whopper of a rumor,":http://mog.com/sonical/blog_post/1...
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I remember the first time I got this show on tape. It was in high school, 1994, and the tapes probably cost 8 or 9 dollars from this mom and pop store in the city. The shop owner, an old deadhead, would get these n-th generation tapes from his buddy, and sell them in his shop. Well, this one actually sounded pretty good compared to most, and since the dude let me listen to whatever I wanted ...
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Improvisational jamband Phish have been making headlines lately. Just yesterday, I posted a story about the band's drummer Jon Fishman "playing a couple of shows with Yonder Mountain String Band.":http://mog.com/Mackenzie_P/blog_post/147810Today news hits that the band, who broke up in 2004, will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2008 Jammy Awards. Don't count on a reunion tho...
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Last Night's Phish show was truly incredible. The setlist is amazing but way they played showed why Phish is still the reigning champion.The whole second set was epic. Will find some clips to post but here's the show.Highlights were:Split Open and MeltBeauty of a Broken Heart is a Page tune but had a rocking Trey solo. (all songs are better with Trey)AntelopeLimb by LimbGhostMike's WOW!!03/07/0...
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DAMN, even though it's 2:17am, I feel hyper as hell right now: somewhat "Bouncing Around the Room", if you will. I'm loving life very much, and my bipolar disorder has definitely swung to the hypomanic side of things. ;-)
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| 1 The Squirming Coil |
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| 2 Reba |
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| 3 My Sweet One |
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| 4 Split Open and Melt |
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| 5 The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony |
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| 6 Bathtub Gin |
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| 7 Run Like an Antelope |
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| 8 Lawn Boy |
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| 9 Bouncing Around the Room |
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