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May 6, 2010

Phish: 10/31/1996 Seen and Not Seen [VQ: B+, AQ: B]

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March 8, 2010

Phish: 10/31/2009 Complete Exile On Main Street Set Playlist [VQ: A-, AQ: A-]

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=69FB8F9757E87CEC

February 8, 2010

Phish: Halloween Phish in The Desert [Festival 8 Montage]

http://www.vimeo.com/9260620

December 20, 2009

Phish: 10/31/2009 Ventilator Blues [VQ: A+, AQ: A, 4-cam]

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Phish: 10/31/2009 I Just Want to See His Face [VQ: A+, AQ: A, 4-cam]

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December 17, 2009

Phish: 10/31/2009 Torn and Frayed [VQ: A, AQ: A, 4-cam]

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November 30, 2009

Phish: 10/31/2009 Stop Breaking Down [VQ: B-, AQ: A]

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November 10, 2009

Phish: 10/31/2009 YEM Spook [VQ: B+, AQ: B+]

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November 9, 2009

Phish: 10/31/1998 Who Loves The Sun? [VQ: B+, AQ: C]

http://www.vimeo.com/7514339

November 5, 2009

Halloween: Phish Halloween(s) Round-up [Of The Week]

Favorite Halloween Album Set:

1. Remain In Light
2. Exile on Main St.
3. Quadrophenia
4. Loaded
5. The White Album

Phish: Exile on Main Street Playlist [VQ: B, AQ: B]

Phish: 10/31/2009 Torn and Frayed [VQ: A-, AQ: B+]

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November 4, 2009

Phish: 10/31/2009 Torn and Frayed [VQ: B-, AQ: B+]

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November 3, 2009

Phish: 10/31/2009 Sweet Virginia [VQ: A-, AQ: B+]

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Phish: 10/31/2009 Rocks Off, Rip This Joint [VQ: B-, AQ: B+]

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Phish: 10/31/2009 Casino Boogie [VQ: B, AQ: B+]

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Phish: 10/31/2009 Tumbling Dice [VQ: B, AQ: B+]

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Phish: 10/31/2009 Sweet Virginia [VQ: B, AQ: B+]

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Phish: 10/31/2009 Happy [VQ: B, AQ: B+]

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November 2, 2009

Phish: 10/31/2009 Most of the Acoustic Set [VQ: B, AQ: B+]

Phish: 10/31/2009 Shake Your Hips [VQ: B, AQ: B+]

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Phish: 10/31/2009 Loving Cup [VQ: A-, AQ: B+]

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Phish: 10/31/2009 Suzy Greenberg [VQ: B-, AQ: B+]

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Phish: 10/31/2009 Turd On The Run [VQ: B+, AQ: B+]

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Phish: 10/31/2009 Loving Cup [VQ: B-, AQ: B-]

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Phish: 10/31/2009 Shine A Light [VQ: B, AQ: B+]

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Phish: 10/31/2009 Soul Survivor [VQ: B, AQ: B+]

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Phish: 10/31/2009 Loving Cup [VQ: B, AQ: B]

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November 1, 2009

Festival 8: Phish Covers Exile On Main Street [Hidden Track]

Admittedly, I am not the biggest fan of The Rolling Stones. Certainly don’t hate them, but they’re not at the top of any lists for me. None of that matter when it became clear just a few tunes into set two, Phish’s full performance of Exile On Main Street, that this would be the most tightly performed Phish set in recent history.

Festival 8: Night Two Setlist [Hidden Track]

Festival 8: 10/31/2009 Photos [Hidden Track]

Phish: 10/31/2009 Possum [VQ: B, AQ: B+]

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Festival 8: Phans - Anything Goes on Halloween [Desert Sun]

Phish: 10/31/2009 Schoeps CCM4v’s Indio, CA

October 31, 2009

Festival 8: Phish to Cover Exile on Main Street [Jambands]

Phish will cover the Rolling Stones’ famed 1972 release Exile On Main Street this evening as party of its Halloween tradition of covering another artist’s album in its entirety. The band broke the news by handing out a series of “Phishbill” programs to fans as they entered the venue area of the band’s Festival 8 site Saturday afternoon. Sharon Jones, the lead singer of the Dap-Kings, will sing backup with the group. In addition, Dave Guy (trumpet), David Smith (trombone), Tony Jarvis (sax guitar) and Saundra Williams (vocals) will support the group during its set.

October 27, 2009

Audio Post: Halloween Music - Summer ‘95 [Phish Thoughts]

Tweezer 6.8 > Bowie 6.13 > Mike’s 6.20 > Free 6.26 > Runaway Jim 6.16 > Bowie 6.29 > Bowie 7.3 > Tweezer 6.14 > Tweezer 6.28 > Tweezer 6.14 >  Mike’s 6.9 > Bowie 6.24 > Mike’s 6.30

October 23, 2009

Radio Program: Tune in to 100.3 at Midnight (PDT) on Saturday [The Sound]

Tune in at Midnight (PDT) on Saturday night for a Phish Halloween retrospective including an interview with Trey Anastasio

October 22, 2009

Contest: Win Tix to Phish’s Halloween Set [LA MetBlog]

Leave anything you want in the comments: links to pictures or blogs, your own stories (in under 150 words, please), anything–anything that might possibly convince me to relent and give you these tickets.  Because Phish may be groovy and all love-your-neighbor-dude, but today you must beat that neighbor to a pulp in order to secure these golden tickets for yourself…you hippy.

October 20, 2009

Festival 8: Phish Festival Keys Halloween Hype [Festival Crashers]

October 11, 2009

Festival 8: What Album Will Phish Play on Halloween? [MTV News]

Of the remaining albums, it’s probably reasonable to eliminate all of the metal (which means Metallica’s Master of Puppets and Black Sabbath’s Paranoid can take a walk) and hip-hop (say goodbye to the Beastie Boys’ Hello Nasty). Since the newest album the group has ever covered was Talking Heads’ Remain in Light, it seems unlikely they’d roll out anything too new (like Radiohead’s Kid A, Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot or MGMT’s Oracular Spectacular).

Any of the remaining albums could probably get the nod. The Newsroom’s vote? Go ahead and jam on Purple Rain, boys. You’ve earned it.

October 2, 2009

Festival 8: Making a Case for Thriller [Coventry]

October 1, 2009

Remembrances: Halloween ‘96 - Changing The Game [Phish Thoughts]

September 30, 2009

Festival 8: Handicapping What Album Phish Will Play [Pronounced Lock-Lin]

September 18, 2009

Remembrances: Halloween 1994 - The Beginning [Phish Thoughts]

September 2, 2009

Video: 10/31/1996 - The Overload [The Butter Room]

August 28, 2009

Video: 10/31/1996 Crosseyed and Painless / The Great Curve [The Butter Room]

August 26, 2009

Video: 10/31/1996 Star Spangled Banner [The Butter Room]

August 24, 2009

Videos: New 10/31/96 Transfers [The Butter Room]

August 6, 2009

Songs: Save The Date Jam - 10/31/98 Wolfman’s [Dog Gone Blog]

The jam, which is from the Wolfman’s on Halloween ‘98, is the perfect example of the musical depths that Phish can take us to.  Given the right setting, and the proper amount of energy, the band can often reach musical plateaus that seem other-worldly.  This jam is a perfect example.  Coming from the most unlikely of songs, the band slowly delves into pure ambiance.  At 21:20 you will hear the exact clip played on Phish’s website.

July 28, 2009

Lists: RS Readers Pick What Album Phish Should Cover [Rolling Stone]

July 27, 2009

Lists: What Classic Album Should Phish Cover? [Rolling Stone]

Phish: 10/31/1994 While My Guitar Gently Weeps [VQ: A, AQ: A]

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July 24, 2009

Festival 8: Phish Will Haunt the Desert with Halloween Festival [Spinner]

Festival 8: Finally - Phish Announces Festival 8 [Hidden Track]

July 23, 2009

Halloween Festival: And Then There Was One - California [Hidden Track]

July 22, 2009

Halloween Festival: Hotel Accepting Phish Festival Packages [Super Hella Awesome]

Halloween Festival: Save The Date In The First State? [Pulp Culture]

July 20, 2009

Halloween: Let’s Pretend It’s 8PM, What Will Phish Play? [Hidden Track]

The scenario is this: It’s October 31st at 8pm in wherever Phish will play their Save The Date festival. Phish has not announced what musical costume they are performing and they have not handed out playbills this year. Those banks of lights go down and it’s time for THE set. What’s it going to be?

July 3, 2009

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.

July 1, 2009

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”?