Comments on: Matt from You Ain’t No Picasso on Phish @ Bonnaroo

By: A Call to Arms: Carrie Brownstein Wants to Like Phish — LIVE MUSIC BLOG.com

A Call to Arms: Carrie Brownstein Wants to Like Phish — LIVE MUSIC BLOG.com — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:31:16 +0000

[...] the fans are like and how they couldn’t like the same thing as a bunch of dreaded wookies. Or maybe they just sat through three songs and that may not have been enough. Whatever it is, it’s fine to have personal taste and allow [...]

By: jon

jon — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:39:42 +0000

i handed you that uno card at bonnaroo during/before phish.

By: jon

jon — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:39:00 +0000

i handed you that uno card at bonnaroo during/before phish.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:32:19 +0000

Enjoyed the post! Thanks. Also glad to see you included one of my videos from youtube. I’m working on getting a few more songs posted, but here’s First Tube from the 6/14 show at Bonnaroo.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:32:00 +0000

Enjoyed the post! Thanks. Also glad to see you included one of my videos from youtube. I’m working on getting a few more songs posted, but here’s First Tube from the 6/14 show at Bonnaroo.

By: nelsorp

nelsorp — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:05:54 +0000

having listened to almost all of this leg of summer tour, some of every night, and seeing the knoxville show, here is my two cents. each night things got a little better. the two best shows from this run were camden & knoxville, in my opinion. every night has its highlights, but from front to back these were the best. some nights they messed up parts or flubbed lyrics & transitions. other nights they nailed them dead on. but each night they improved in some way. this is the first tour in 5 years and there is some rust in the gears. the last show i saw prior to knoxville was coventry. i watched them play in the mud & shared in the laughter & tears. it wasn’t the best music, but it was one of the best weekends ive ever had. but i was sad when it all had to end. i agree with lots of what the previous posts have said. phish has been lots of things to me at lots of different times. in the past month i have listened to more phish than i have in the last 5 years since coventry, and i have loved every minute of rediscovering lost gems of shows long gone. the band is definitely not the band of 5, 10, or 15 years ago, but im not the same person i was then either. having phish back playing live even if i can’t be there makes me happy. i can’t wait for red rocks. hearing the first few notes of Punch You In The Eye in knoxville still gave me goose bumps, and that makes me smile. see you out there.

By: nelsorp

nelsorp — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:05:00 +0000

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:41:26 +0000

Justin, you make a great point about being in the photo pit.

I love shooting in the pit and getting such a close perspective. That said, you can’t really enjoy a show from there. You get jostled and shoved and are so focused on getting your shots in the alloted time, that you don’t really have a chance to actually listen to the music.

Plus, the sound can be awful. You generally hear the amp that you’re standing in front of. Shooting The Hold Steady, I was standing in front of Tad Kubler, the guitarist. I could not hear a lick of the keys which were on the other side of the stage.

Three songs from the pit are no way to judge a band. Go back, have a beer and take it in with the fans.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:41:00 +0000

Justin, you make a great point about being in the photo pit.

Three songs from the pit are no way to judge a band. Go back, have a beer and take it in with the fans.

By: heyitsmejenni

heyitsmejenni — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:07:06 +0000

I often find it odd that so many Phish fans are able to bridge the gap and enjoy a variety of musical styles (especially the multi-faceted indie genre), yet music fans who start on the other side of the gap (not Phish fans) take much longer to get it….if they ever do. For one thing, I’ve noticed so many people can’t let go of “I’ve heard they sound just like the Grateful Dead,” “if you listen to them you’ll turn into a hippie,” and “My FM radio conditioned brain will explode if a song last more than 4 minutes.” All of these erroneous beliefs keep many a music lover from ever opening up to the greatest rock n’ roll band of our time. Also really being into Phish requires a lot of work. It’s as much about the culture, the trivia, and the inside jokes as it is about the music. While I think most indie fans appreciate a band with a “back story,” Phish’s is long and involved. You’re not really going to get it one show in. I think the only “best” way to experience a Phish show is to go with a group of people who’ve been in to the band for a long time and will enthusiastically answer your many questions such as, “Who is this Wilson guy I’ve heard so much about?”, “Why did that guy just hand me an Uno card?”, and “What’s with the keytar?” My husband experienced Phish this way over the weekend, and though he’ll probably never be as hardcore as I am about the band, he really had a great time and walked away with a new appreciation for the music and scene.