February 2010
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“A few months ago I was in New York for a couple of days, visiting with friends...”
– Beau Colburn’s “Selectism” column 2/25/10 at http://tinyurl.com/yclhqs4
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Summer tour: Telluride moves forward
“Telluride has been buzzing since the community got wind last week of the fact that promoters for the rock group Phish were in discussions with the town about bringing the popular jam band here for two nights of back-to-back shows in early August [Aug 9 and 10, see Phish.net blog 2/19]. On Wednesday, the possibility moved one step closer to reality when the town’s Parks and Recreation...
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Trey to induct Genesis into R&R Hall of Fame
Trey Anastasio will induct Genesis into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next month, according to the Associated Press. In addition to the Phish guitarist, the article reports that Wyclef Jean will honor Jimmy Cliff, Barry and Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees will induct Abba, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong will honor The Stooges and Jackson Browne will induct David Geffen. There is a chance all of...
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Happy 13th B-day to you, Phish Food!
On February 20, 1997, Ben and Jerry’s introduced a new ice cream flavor, Phish Food. It contains marshmallows, caramel and fish-shaped fudge.
Mmmmmmm. Phish Food.
Source: http://tinyurl.com/yfensjh
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Happy 45th B-day to you, Jon!
(Didn’t you once say that “Happy Birthday to You” was one of the worst songs ever written, along with “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”? Sorry about that!)
Fish shares his February 19th birthday with such other notables as Smokey Robinson (70), author Amy Tan (58), actor Jeff Daniels (55), singer Seal (47), actress Justine Bateman (44), actor Benicio Del Toro (43) and pop...
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Summer tour rumors start: Telluride, Aug 9 - 10?
According to today’s Denver Post:
“After a memorable four-night stand at Red Rocks Amphitheatre last summer, the reunited jam band may pay a visit to Telluride’s Town Park on Aug. 9-10 — if the interested parties can land on the same page.
“We and AEG would like to invite the band to town, if we can,” said Craig Ferguson, president of Lyons-based Planet Bluegrass...
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WatchPage talks to Keyboard magazine author Robbie Gennet about his rig. This “exclusive video” was posted by the magazine in connection with its upcoming March cover story on Phish. http://tinyurl.com/yjkbcbf (2/8/10)
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“• Jessica Eshleman, executive director of Main Street Concord, and her boyfriend...”
– From “Isn’t it Romantic? Tales of love at first sight, proposal stories and how roast beef, motorcycles and Star Wars bring people together” from HippoPress at http://tinyurl.com/ybhdagl (2/11/10)
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Better Late Than Never Dep't
According to Phish Dry Goods, the 2010 edition of its popular annual color photo wall calendar “is available for pre-order and is expected to ship on or around February 26, 2010.”
The calendar features photographs taken at 2009 shows, is almost 12” x 24” large and costs $15.00 plus shipping.
Available on the Phish Dry Goods site at http://tinyurl.com/yhb2hfa .
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11/19/92. All In The Family.
I *love* this release. Bought it the day it came out. Is an old cassette favorite sitting in my closet no doubt and the cleaning up/mastering is fabulous. Very clean and crisp, Mike sounds great mostly. Of course a good thing to do to help Haiti. It made me think back to this time; this was the first tour of their own with a real tour bus. They got one on the Santana tour and from then on they...
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“Gehr: I caught a [2009 Phish] show at Jones Beach and the Madison Square Garden...”
– Richard Gehr, author of “The Phish Book” (1998), in a conversation with fellow Phish chronicler Parke Puterbaugh of “Phish: The Biography” (2009) on the Headcount blog at http://tinyurl.com/y8katgt . 