Phish Friday | Normal Revisited

by Justin Ward on Feb 29, 08

in Phish Friday,Videos

Phish 1999-10-04 Makisupa Policeman, Normal, IL [YouTube]

Out of nowhere and completely on a whim, I decided to scan through YouTube lately for a chance that someone would have videos up from the first show I caught: October 4, 1999 in , IL. Man was I late to this party.

Sure enough, there are two videos up from the show that made it to the internet. They were both shot from where my point of view was so I got a nice hint of nostalgia today when I checked these out. Plus, I went back to the Phish Friday from a year ago where I featured the second set highlight for me in “Makisupa Policeman,” with a nice little “Stir It Up” tease and a double-time mini-jam at the end. This guy like the show, too…

…NORMAL blew my mind, almost literally. For the first (and only time), I ate mushrooms at a Phish show and evidently consumed way too much…as I could hardly move; I felt as if I were suffocating with all the people bouncing into me and yelling….it was not an enjoyable experience, but once we went back outside into the cool Illinois fall, I mellowed out. Oh, and the Uncle Pen opener was freakin’ awesome, as was the DWD.

We’ll be back next week with another Phish Friday, and in the meantime, feel free to email us if you’d like to submit your own PF in the future. We only saw the band so many times between the lot of us, and we’d love to make this a feature that’s a bit more community-focused.

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  • http://musicandtheenvironment.blogspot.com/ John

    I was at this show, and it totally rocked. I feel like this is one of the hidden gems in Phish collection.

    Keep Rockin!!!

  • http://musicandtheenvironment.blogspot.com/ John

    I was at this show, and it totally rocked. I feel like this is one of the hidden gems in Phish collection.

    Keep Rockin!!!

  • http://www.jambands.com/Columns/JWhitler/ John

    12-6-97 along with the rest of fall tour totally rocked. I reccomend you feature this show at some point in the future.

    We drove 9 hours in a snow storm to get there. My buddy’s Mom drove us for his 16th b-day present and was busting out his stash in the back seat. We had the craziest taxi ride ever after the show, the driver had too much fun during set break, we sat at a flashing red light for 5 minutes and then played chicken with another cab after that, crazy, but we are all alive, despite the after show check in from my buddy’s mom.

  • http://www.jambands.com/Columns/JWhitler/ John

    12-6-97 along with the rest of fall tour totally rocked. I reccomend you feature this show at some point in the future.

    We drove 9 hours in a snow storm to get there. My buddy’s Mom drove us for his 16th b-day present and was busting out his stash in the back seat. We had the craziest taxi ride ever after the show, the driver had too much fun during set break, we sat at a flashing red light for 5 minutes and then played chicken with another cab after that, crazy, but we are all alive, despite the after show check in from my buddy’s mom.

  • http://www.goodmusicinadumbworld.blogspot.com Alan

    Dude, nice find – I was actually at that show in late ’99! What memories.

    Alan
    “Good music in a dumb world.”
    http://www.goodmusicinadumbworld.blogspot.com

  • http://www.goodmusicinadumbworld.blogspot.com Alan

    Dude, nice find – I was actually at that show in late ’99! What memories.

    Alan
    “Good music in a dumb world.”
    http://www.goodmusicinadumbworld.blogspot.com

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