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Phish: 05/12/1991 AUD Burlington, VT

Rumors: Phish Playing MSG on November 21 and 22? [Bumpershine]

Phish: 07/11/1991 SBD Burlington, VT

Phish: 04/03/1993 DAUD Vancouver, BC

Phish: 06/10/2009 Reba [VQ: C, AQ: C+]

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Songs: The History of Tweezer > 2001 [Phish Thoughts]

Phish: 07/09/1999 DAUD Columbia, MD

Phish: 03/14/1993 AUD / SBD Gunnison, CO

Phish: 02/14/2003 Chalk Dust Torture [VQ: A, AQ: A]

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Trey Anastasio: 11/01/2002 FOB Atlanta, GA

Phish: 02/14/2003 My Sweet One, Cover of the Rolling Stone [VQ: A, AQ: A]

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Summer Tour Highlights: Moments In A Box - The South [Phish Thoughts]

Phish: 07/08/1999 DAUD Virginia Beach, VA

Phish: 02/14/2003 Fee [VQ: A, AQ: A]

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Giveaway: Update on SPAC Ticket Giveaway [100 Miles]

Phish: 06/20/2009 Kill Devil Falls [VQ: A, AQ: A-]

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Fall Tour Rumors: The Rumor Mill Keeps Churning [The Examiner]

Phish: 10/31/1986 SBD Burlington, VT

Songs: The Finest In The Nation - Reba [Phish Thoughts]

Phish: 06/20/2009 Ya Mar [VQ: A, AQ: A-]

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Phish: 07/07/1999 DAUD Charlotte, NC

Phish: 03/07/2009 Mexican Cousin [VQ: A-, AQ: A]

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Venues: Promoter Leads Merriweather Back From Dead [Baltimore Sun]

Phish: 11/16/1996 We’re An American Band [VQ: B+, AQ: A-]

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Phish: 07/03/1995 DAUD Fayston, VT

Remembrances: Phish in Atlanta on July 4th [The Examiner]

Remembrances: Moments In A Box - The Northeast [Phish Thoughts]

Phish: 07/12/1999 DAUD Mansfield, MA

Phish: 07/04/1999 DAUD Atlanta, GA

Phish: 12/30/1993 SBD/AUD MATRIX Portland, ME

Phish: 12/31/1993 FM Worcester, MA

Rumors: Hampton and Indio Rumors Make The Paper [Hidden Track]

Halloween: Hotels Filling Up on Phish Rumors [The Desert Sun]

Paul Tollett, the promoter of the Coachella and Stagecoach festivals, was expected to meet with Phish’s production manager on Thursday. He could not be reached to comment on what was discussed.

Phish: 12/28/1993 FOB Washington, DC

Rumors: Will The Band Return to the Hampton Coliseum? [Daily Press]

Whispers circulating locally and nationally suggest that jam band kings Phish may return to Hampton Coliseum before year’s end.

A Hampton city government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Phish is definitely coming back this year — probably sometime in the fall.

LivePhish Issues: Where’s The Bass? [Phish Thoughts]

The main gripe from fans across the country has been the relative absence of bass in the LivePhish mix.  While varying from show to show, Mike has often been so low in the mix that his eclectic- and essential- offerings can barely be heard.  Because Trey and Mike play so closely off each other, enhancing each other’s lines, this causes Trey’s playing to make much less sense in the context of a “three piece band.”  It wasn’t until I listened to various audience tapes, matrix mixes, and “remastered” soundboards, that I realized how much the boards were lacking.  A lot of these jams were much better than reflected by the band’s own releases!

Phish: 07/03/1999 DAUD Atlanta, GA

Venues: And The Bands Played On - Nectar’s on the Vineyard [Vineyard Gazette]

Phish: 03/07/2009 Reba [VQ: A, AQ: A]

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Phish: 08/25/1993 DAUD Seattle, WA

Reviews: Rain @ Jones Beach Night Three [Happy Genius Heroes]

Joy: A Live Preview of the New Album [The Examiner]

Phish: 06/19/2009 Page Announces The Rain Delay

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Songs: The Revitalized Harry Hood [Phish Thoughts]

Phish: 06/12/2009 Neumann u89i Manchester, TN

Documentaries: All My Plastic Melon Dreams Update [Reellife]

Phish: 08/28/1993 SBD Berkeley, CA

Phish: 12/01/1997 National Anthem @ a Flyers Game [VQ: A+, AQ: A+]

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Contest: Win a Free Mike Gordon Bobblehead [Jamtopia]

Of all the lot-merch on Summer Tour, the piece that generated the most buzz had to be the Trey bobblehead, one of which Jamtopia gave away back in April.

Assuming you liked that one, you’ll probably want to add the latest and greatest Phish bobblehead to your collection: it’s bassist extraordinaire Mike Gordon.

Phish: 07/01/1999 DAUD Antioch, TN

Phish: 06/18/2009 Chalk Dust Torture [VQ: A-, AQ: B-]

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Halloween: Suggestions For Phish’s Cover Album [MTV]

Phish are not the sort of band to buck tradition, so it should be assumed that they’ll be playing through a classic this Halloween. But what record should they tackle? Here are a few suggestions.

Led Zeppelin, IV
Phish have dabbled in Zeppelin before (”Moby Dick” cropped up a bunch during the turn of the millennium), but the epic quality of IV suits the band well. After all, doesn’t every Phish fan desire to hear a 25-minute version of “Stairway to Heaven”?

Phish: 08/24/1993 SNDCHK SBD Vancouver, BC

Halloween: Phish Festival Update [Welcome To Now]

Video Games: Phish on Rock Band & Guitar Hero [Phish.com]

A Phish “Live Track Pack” for Guitar Hero World Tour is available for download now and features live recordings of “Sample in a Jar,” (12/1/94 Salem Armory, Salem, OR), “Down with Disease,” (12/1/95 Hershey Park Arena, Hershey, PA), and “Chalk Dust Torture,” (11/16/94 Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI as released on “A Live One”). The pack is compatible with 360, PS3 and Wii .

Phish: 03/07/2009 Gumbo [VQ: A-, AQ: A]

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Phish: 06/30/1999 DAUD Bonner Springs, KS

Fenway: The First Moment of Tour [Phish Thoughts]

Interviews: Billboard Q&A - Page McConnell [Billboard]

Interviews: Billboard Q&A - Trey Anastasio [Billboard]

When you made the decision to reconvene, how long did it take you to recapture that chemistry that’s so productive?

I actually do remember having a dinner at a restaurant, the four of us. We hadn’t all four of us been alone together in a number of years, and sometime during the dinner I went to the bathroom to call my wife and said, “I understand what’s so special about this band just by the way we’re speaking to each other.”  There’s such a level of communication and mutual respect that was evident before we ever even picked up the instruments again.