September 2010
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AC Phamily Poker Classic tournament sellout...
(UPDATED) The Phamily Poker Classic tournament, a Texas Hold-Em game scheduled for the Tropicana Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City on October 30 and 31 to benefit the Mockingbird Foundation is nearing a sellout, with the first hundred players registered.
According to the organizer’s website:
“Tournament tickets are $120 and are currently available by joining our waiting list...
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New "iTour" app rolls out for Phish fall tour
According to the developers, the new iTour app for the iPhone and other OS4 devices “…provides all you need to know about tour dates, venues and setlists for Fall 2010 Phish Tour” and “is integrated with iPhone’s Maps application to help locate nearby hotels, restaurants, gas stations and more”.
Free download from the iTunes Music Store
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Phish.net Technology Update
It’s been an exciting two weeks here at Phish.net HQ. We brought you the Mike Gordon contest (winners to be announced shortly!), shared 14 Lesser Known Features of Phish.net, and announced the Phamily Poker Classic to be held in Atlantic City at Halloween. Today, I want to share some technical developments going on at Phish.net.
We’re putting the finishing touches on version 2 of...
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Interesting article on camera phones
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704129204575506281834570988.html
After Justin.tv released new apps for iPhones and Androids this month, the number of users broadcasting from their phones (as opposed to desktop webcams) surged to more than 30%. In music, fans of the jam-band Phish were early adopters. Since the group reunited last year, many of its shows have been watchable...
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Mystery Jam Monday Part 17
We’re back with...
“I never expected to get into a band that had — has — three people...”
– Trey to CNN, 9/27/02
Phish mention in Modern Family Premiere
Phish was mentioned as part of mnemonic device on the Fall 2010 premiere of Modern Family last night (see around 5:11 in this Hulu stream): “His name was Karl. Now, normally, I might forget that name, but he was wearing a Grateful Dead shirt. Which band’s like the Grateful Dead? Phish. Where do fish live? In the ocean. What else is in the ocean? Coral… Karl.”
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PHISH-NEWS newsletter moved to new mailserver,...
Since 1996, Phish.net has continuously offered phans an occasional email newsletter, PHISH-NEWS, for providing new setlist information during Phish tour, news about upcoming tours and other information of interest.
Until this summer, the email and webserver services for Phish.net were provided by the fan operated, not-for-profit Netspace Foundation (netspace.org). In June, Phish.net migrated to...
Phish sighting in Aron Ralston movie clip →
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Mystery Jam Monday Part 16
We’re back with...
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Free (for postage) glowstick offer to...
Re: Phish.net forum thread “Charleston Glow Stick War”
http://phish.net/discuss/?thread=1284661493
I’d like to match OcelotGrrl’s generosity to make glowsticks rain at Charleston, and just bought 1,000 more glowsticks (ten tubes of 100 glowsticks) from glowstickwars.com with the special Phish.netters 20% discount http://phish.net/news/1282727738 .
In the spirit of the...
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Phish.net API 2.0 nears rollout
Our webmaster, Adam Scheinberg (sethadam1), is putting the finishing touches on an updated and improved version of the Phish.net API. API is an acronym for “Application Programming Interface”, or in non-computerese, bits of programming code often called “hooks” or “plug ins” that allow for third-party developers’ websites and programs to interact with the...
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Paperless ticket follow up
What’s the net result of the paperless ticket of Broomfield (along with the “fun” that was Tickethorse)? Looks like tons of money for the scalpers. Yes, the western half of the country is still starved and the east coast is over saturated, but the inability for fans to trade amongst themselves helped propel tickets on Stubhub to twice that of any other show.
Right now, the...
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Mystery Jam Monday Part 15
The Blog returns with...
Third Most Frequent Debuts Day (tied)
Phish has of course debuted more songs on Halloween (71) than on any other day of the year, with a “musical costume” (covering another band’s album in its entirety, as the 2nd of 3 sets) in 1994 (The Beatles), 1995 (The Who), 1996 (Talking Heads), 1998 (Velvet Underground), and 2009 (Rolling Stones). Second place is June 6th, with 18 debuts in 1997 alone and others in 2006 and...
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Broomfield is paperless
Along the lines of the Telluride tickets, Broomfield tickets will be non-transferable paperless tickets. Unfortunately, I feel like this backfired in Telluride, making it so people who wanted to go had no recourse other than to get lucky on day of sale.
I understand the desire to stop scalping but the scalpers all just bought disposable credit cards (and mailed those off). Meanwhile if someone...
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Mystery Jam Monday 14
Summer may be drawing to an...
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“There’s a lot of good music out there.
My head was changed in Telluride....”
– Bob Lefsetz, music industry blogger, from his “Lefetz Letter” newsletter post today where he compares mainstream acts like Katy Perry to Phish in his discussion of “Sales - Week ending 8/29/10”. You can subscribe to Lefsetz’ newsletter at his blogsite here.
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Split Open and Melt!?
My wife Jennifer, who, by comparison, is not a very big Phish fan, gave me the green light to go to Atlantic City for Halloween this year. She asked me recently, “What do you want to hear them play?” Now, I’ve been chasing Camel Walk for some time, but before I even could process it, I reflexively responded “I could really go for a nice, meaty Split Open and Melt.” ...
