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In right at 10 am. I got Orchestra Row S 12 & 13 for Wolftrap in Vienna, VA. Not great -- not bad either. Wolftrap is such a great venue that anywhere in the Orchestra is a pretty good seat. Thought the system was much more responsive than the old presale system.

Another recommendation for Casa. Athens is a fun town and is beautiful this time of year.

Yeah -- he kicked in the overdrive on that one and ripped it. "Nels is going to get us kicked of the Grand Ole Opry"

You should post a ticket request under the How To Fight Loneliness forum.

The crowd was very mellow--which was a nice change as no one around me was talking at all--which I really appreciated. Not too many obnoxious drunks either. The sound in the balcony was terrific. With everyone sitting down in the balcony it was a little different experience than usual, but I did not mind it so much as it really gave me a chance to focus on watching the band perform. IATTBYH->Spiders was just plain AWESOME. There was a lot of repetition from recent shows I have seen but this made my evening. If the rumor holds true that the next album is going to be a little more experime

Sunken Treasure. Your setlist is also missing(not sure of the order so I will let someone else chime in): You Are My Face Box Full of Letters Just That Simple Shot in the Arm Kingpin Forget the Flowers California Stars Red Eyed and Blue -> I Got You Outtasite(Outtamind) The highlight for me was IATTBYH-> Spiders. Via Chicago was also really, really well played tonight. Also liked hearing Box Full of Letters. I thought some of the more dissonant songs/parts were the musical highlights of the evening.

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Add me to the list of people that got shutout. Was unable to go to the 9:30 shows last winter so I really would like to catch them in Baltimore. Any help would be much, much appreciated.

I got shut out as well...arghh!! I just saw the public onsale is Friday at 10am, which sucks as I am in a meeting all morning. Why have the public onsale on Friday morning?

This is gonna be the last one unfortunately.

Go Mikael!!!

Nice to actually be able to hear John's bass loud and clear. Keyboards are a little high in the mix but not bad for a webcast.

That show was a lot of fun. I also really enjoyed the Tela, PYITE, Reba section of the first set.

Good to see some love for Nashville Skyline. Definitely one of my favoourites up there with Blond on Blonde and Highway 61. This album is just straight up awesome. Duo with Johnny Cash, Charlie Daniels on Bass. Give to me my country pie. I won't throw it up in anybody's face What more do you need?

Yeah -- that sucks. Whenever I have a release I am highly anticipating I run down to an indie store here a few days early and they almost always have it on the shelves before the release date -- in a big city the stores don't have a lot of room to hold records until they are officially released, so they tend to put the stuff out there as soon as they get it.

Just bought the album and just finished listening to it for the first time. It will not disappoint -- just an awesome record. There are a few tunes that are quite different from what they have done prior to this album.

I am also a big fan. She has an amazing voice. I first heard her on XM at the end of last year. That voice just really reached out and grabbed me. It is very unique and powerful. When I looked her up and saw that T-Bone Burnett produced her last album(The Story) it was a must buy(I really admire is production work). Definitely did not dissapoint. A very solid ALBUM with many great songs top to bottom.

6.22.94 is an absolute monster. A must have recording of the band at their peak. Unbelievable energy. You need to hear the second set. The string of madness to start the second set is one of my all time faves: 2001->Mikes->Simple->Catapult->Simple->Icculus->Simple->Hydrogen->Weekapaug .....Nuff said

I saw a good chunk of the 97 summer tour and also caught some shows in the Fall. I think dismissing the funk period overall is a big mistake. I will agree in that summer tour was relatively unexciting as far as the funk jams(a non funk jam that is essential listening from that tour was the Gin from the Great Went -- amazing stuff), but that fall they really got it working. Take a listen to Dayton 12/7/97 -- the jam after Tube is ridiculously good. That show as a whole was easily one of the best shows I ever saw. (Saw around 50 shows from 1994-2000) The night before at the Palace in Auburn hil

There are lot of great posts in this thread. To this day I have yet to see a band that connects with their audience so well. Phish fans are dedicated bunch and the band played into that by weaving in fun little tidbits into their shows. The simpsons licks, the all fall down bit, meatstick dance (LMAO) etc. They came up with a bunch of inside jokes with their fans as a way of bringing the audience in and making them feel like a part of the show. They also fed off the energy of their crowd and seemed to have a knack for pacing the songs in a show really well -- especially given the fact that

Via Chicago Hummingbird Ashes of American Flags Nice way to open a show.

I said it once I will say it again -- this matrix recording sounds great. I am VERY picky about sound quality for live shows and this is top notch. Well done YLTFAN and thanks a bunch for doing this...It is really appreciated. There have been many shows that get removed off of my ipod when they don't meet sound quality standards after a few listens -- this one is there to say. I will take a well mixed matrix any day over a straight SBD recording. Much more full dynamic sound typically.

I think purebugsbeauty is an "American Aquarium Drinker" and had his/her share before posting that response.