Phish Saves America: Contest details and booty, newsy tidbits, Twitter feed
February 23rd, 2009 by Leilani Polk in Phish Saves AmericaTo check out “Phish Saves America Vol. I: DVD, Reunion, Summer Tour,” click here; for “Phish Saves America, Vol. II: Bonnaroo, ticket woes, Pollock show and contest,” click here.
For those who’ve cast your votes in the Phish contest I announced in my last posting — Thank You! I have made note of your answers and filed your e-mail addresses away so that I can contact you by that means if you happen to win. If you used a fake email address, please make sure to contact me with a correct email and your submission. My email is leilani@creativeloafing.com. Please Note: You do not need to e-mail me your submissions otherwise; please leave it in the comments below.
Now, onto the fun part: the prize. Since I received such an enthusiastic response to the contest, I contacted the fine folks at Phish Inc./JEMP Records to see if they could provide some actual Phish schwag to go into the prize pack. The folks were eager to oblige and are sending me a fatty package of several LivePhish CDs that were put out over the past few years, among them, one of my faves, the legendary 12-7-97 Dayton, Ohio Nutter Center show, the NYE 12-29-97 and 12-30-07 shows at Madison Square Garden, the UCF Arena 11-14-95 show in Orlando, and the 8-13-93 Indianapolis Murat Theater show. Also in the prize pack is the new Brian Wilson DVD, That Lucky Old Sun, a book, Under Their Thumb (about one man’s adventures with the Rolling Stones), a print of the “Phish Saves America” Mt. Phishmore logo (see below, logo art by Phil Bardi), and a few other yet-to-be-announced goodies.
For those who missed the last post about the contest, the rules are relatively simple. Whoever guesses all (or a combination of the most) of my setlist questions about the Phish Reunion shows right, wins the above aforementioned prize package. Here are the questions:
1. What Phish will open with the first night of Hampton (Friday, March 6).
2. What three songs will definitely be played at some point that first night back (in no particular order).
3. What will Phish encore with the last night of Hampton (Sunday, March 8).
For those who haven’t yet entered, feel free to leave your answers in the comments section of this post. The winner will be revealed post-shows, with the prizes to be sent by mail. (Unless you live in the Tampa Bay area, in which case you can swing by my office and pick them up.)
Other random Phishness:
Trey is scheduled to join the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra May 21 for a performance that includes Time Turns Elastic, a work scored for vocals, electric guitar and orchestra co-wrote by Trey and Don Hart. The program is also set to include Trey works as well as some arrangements of songs from the Phish repertoire.
Keith Forman of Jambands offers a rather well-thought-out projection (with charts!) of all the reasons why Phish will come back guns firing. I agree with him on all counts and have even argued many of the same points to my friends when defending the band.
Here’s another take, also from Jambands, from a fan who got locked out of all the shows.
And finally, yet another Jambands article, this one a guide for pholks heading up to Hampton.
Coventry Phish Blog hipped me to a pretty cool little Hidden Track four-part series that follows the movements of the members of Phish from when they departed Coventry through the present. Pretty cool stuff. (From the series and pictured at right: Mike Gordon in the studio)
On the Hampton note, I’ve managed to secure press tickets for the Sunday night Hampton reunion show, so I will definitely be reporting back here about that. As for tickets for Friday and Saturday night’s shows, I’m still desperately seeking one ticket for each night. If you know someone who’s got an extra and won’t price gouge me too bad, have them shoot me an e-mail here.
If you’d want to join my Twitter feed — which will include live updates from the Phish Hampton shows — my Twitter account name is Leilani79.
Now, some more video, the last big of Clifford Ball DVD Set footage I’ll show before it comes out next week on March 3. I promised this “It’s Ice” video in my first post, and while it’s now heavily circulated, I’m sharing just in case you just so happened to miss it.
February 23rd, 2009 at 4:13 pm
put me in line for a Saturday as well.
i got your heady cash wad, brah
oh, and thanks for the link to what to do in hampton… not that i will have time for any of that until i secure above mentioned saturday night ticket.
February 23rd, 2009 at 4:42 pm
oh, and here is my official entry to the contest… (yeah, they are a bunch of ’safe’ picks – i want to win)
1) curtain (with)
2) chalkdust, yem, free
3) golgi
**** now for my dream picks ****
1) halleys
2) tweezer > meatstick > acdc bag
3) drowned > tweezer rep
February 25th, 2009 at 11:10 am
1.) Wilson
2.) First Tube, Squirming Coil, Weekapaug
3.) Bug
February 25th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
1. Punch You In The EYE
2. YEM, TUBE, BathTub Gin
3. Roses Are Free
February 25th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
1. The Curtan (With)
2. David Bowie, Llama, Runaway Jim
3. Harry Hood
February 25th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
My contest entry is:
1) Sample In A Jar
2) Also Sprach Zarathustra, Wilson, Tweezer
3)Good Times, Bad Times
February 25th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
Opener: Wilson
3 Songs: 2001, Wolfman’s Brother, Sparkle
Closer: AC/DC Bag
February 26th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
opener: Hello My Baby
3 songs: Free, Yamar, Anything But Me
Final encore: golgi
February 26th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
open with – wilson
simple yem good times bad times
close with – tweezer
March 2nd, 2009 at 4:14 pm
1. Pebbles & Marbles
2. P&M, Character 0, Chalkdust
3. Character 0
March 2nd, 2009 at 4:40 pm
1. waste
2. bouncing round the room, weekapaug, wilson
3. tweezer
March 2nd, 2009 at 4:44 pm
1. PYITE
2. YEM, Wilson, Chalkdust
3. Character 0
March 2nd, 2009 at 5:13 pm
1. Runaway Jim
2. The Curtain With, Mike’s Song, Weekapaug Groove
3. Tweezer Reprise
March 2nd, 2009 at 5:53 pm
1)Wilson
2)Chalkdust Torture/Harry Hood/Wolfmans Brother
3)Tweezer Reprise
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:16 pm
1. Tweezer
2. YEM, Hood, Bowie
3. Cavern
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:27 pm
1.PYITE
2. First tube, DWD, Chalkdust
3.Hood
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:38 pm
1. The Wedge
2. Chalkdust Torture,You Enjoy Myself, Mike’s Song.
3. Good Times Bad Times
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:03 pm
1) get back on the train
2) YEM, Wilson, AC/DC Bag
3) Cavern
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:19 pm
1. The curtain with
2. mikes groove (mikes song, hydrogen, weekapaug groove….
3.divided sky
March 3rd, 2009 at 4:04 am
1. Tube
2. Fluffhead, Suzy Greenberg, Alaska
3. YEM
…i like to live dangerously
March 3rd, 2009 at 6:49 am
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends.’ Says it all and Hampton is a cover tune factory. Plus Page can go nuts for a while right off the bat.
March 3rd, 2009 at 8:49 am
1)PYITE (Punch You In The Eye)
2)YEM (You Enjoy Myself)
Sample in a Jar
Chalkdust Torture
3)Tweezer Reprise
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:25 am
1) Old Home Place
2) Mikes, Tweezer, Hood
3) Bowie
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:48 am
1. Undermind
2. Chalkdust Torture, Guyute, I Saw It Again
3. The Curtain (With)
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:31 pm
1. Chalkdust
2. YEM, Free, 1st Tube
3. Curtain With
March 3rd, 2009 at 5:33 pm
First Song: AC/DC Bag
3 Songs: Harry Hood, Wilson, Divided Sky
Last Song: Cavern
March 3rd, 2009 at 8:24 pm
First Song: Rock N Roll
3 Songs: Backwards down the number line, It’s Ice, Harry Hood
Last Song Tweezer Reprise
March 4th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Opener: Wilson
Three songs: YEM, Tweezer, Sparkle
Encore: Harry Hood
March 5th, 2009 at 11:41 am
open: maze
3songs: down w/ disease, foam, axilla 2
final encore: golgi
March 5th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
1.) 46 days
2.) Chalkdust, Stash, Taste
3.) Good Times Bad Times
March 5th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
1) The Curtain With
2) Mike’s song, Weekapaug Groove, YEM
3) Harry Hood
March 5th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
1) Chalkdust
2) Wolfman’s Brother, YEM, Backwards down the number line
3)Wading in the Velvet Sea
March 6th, 2009 at 12:42 am
1. PYITE
2. YEM, Chalkdust, DWD
3. GTBT
March 6th, 2009 at 11:31 am
1.) The Boys Are Back In Town ( thin lizzy cover
2.)Mikes ) H20 ) Weekapaug Groove
3.) Y.E.M
March 9th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
1) Fluffhead
2) Theme from the Bottom, NICU, Waste
3) Tweezer Reprise
March 21st, 2009 at 9:04 am
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