Comeback

Hampton has the potential to be so many things but the hardest thing is hyping it up too much and placing too many expectations on the band and the scene and my friends.

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March 3, 2009

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Editorial: Phish Returns This Weekend [Ghost of Wayne Fontes]

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Getting Pumped: Why Isn’t It Friday Today? [Phish Thoughts]

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Comeback: Phish Fans Ready For Reunion [WCAX]

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Phish Saves America: Predictions and A Final Plea [Creative Loafing]

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Merch: Baseball Team Taps Into Phish Euphoria [Daily Press]

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March 2, 2009

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Interviews: Mike Gordon Talks Hampton and Paluska [Burlington Free Press]

From a conversation about John Paluska, the former manager of Phish with whom the band had a bit of a falling-out:

“With John, there was some disagreements and maybe stylistic disagreements. From my perspective the band ended and that was that era. We have a lot of respect and admiration for him. I talk with Trey about that, we have John Paluska Appreciation Society meetings on the phone. He was so smart and had so much integrity over the years.”

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March 1, 2009

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Editorial: My Expectations [BeLOW Me My Expectations]

I think in a world gone pretty sour it is time for something really great to happen, and I’m hopeful this band can give us just that. Unfortunately, I won’t be there, but for all of my friends who will be, and for all of the people who started seeing shows in ’99, or later, I’m hopeful they can take everyone back to that higher level.

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Comeback: Phish Reunion To Kick Off [AP]

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Hotels: Booking Errors Mean Phish Fans Up A Creek [Daily Press]

Over at Savannah Suites on Mercury Boulevard, the front-desk clerk didn’t mind talking about the mess that she’s trying to untangle.

“We have 103 reservations with 23 rooms available,” Melinda Davis said. “What we’re having to do is send people over to Norfolk or Newport News. Some of them we have been able to book into other hotels but not all of them.”

How did this happen? Because Savannah Suites is an extended-stay hotel, it signs long-term contracts with some guests. The flood of reservation requests that hit when Phish announced its reunion plans in October caught the hotel by surprise, Davis said. The hotel double-booked many rooms.

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Comeback: Phish Has Returned But The Scene Has Changed [Burlington Free Press]

“I was the one who didn’t want us to break up. I would say it was more Trey that was calling for the breakup and I was the one saying, ‘Let’s not break up,’” Gordon, Phish’s bass player, said prior to his Dec. 30 solo show at Higher Ground in South Burlington. “Soon after that I was so happy about it — ‘Oh, I can do other stuff I don’t have time for.’ Musically I wasn’t doing much because Phish was there filling that void. It was really great having to do it (break up); it was a great kick in the butt.

“That’s the thing about Phish coming back that felt a little funny to me,” Gordon said, “because I got gung-ho on this career path, and here’s fans getting excited about this band I haven’t thought much about in four years, and I’m like, ‘Oh, you want to talk about that?’”

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Countdown to Hampton: Phish @ The Mothership [Row Knows]

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