The final additions and tweaks have been made to the JamCruise schedule, which means we’re getting into the home stretch. Jamuary is right around the corner!
One of the best things about the cruise is the interaction with the musicians on the boat, and getting to chill with them in close quarters. Whether it’s the opportunity to sing your favorite karaoke song with members of Umphrey’s McGee backing you, or playing Bingo with Jon Fishman or Trombone Shorty calling out the numbers, the schedulers always do a great job of coming up with fun activities for the cruisers and getting the musicians involved. READ MORE
Phish has yet to post any highlights on their site from the third night at the Greek, and they’ll likely take any request at this point. I just put in for “Light” although I do think the “Gotta Jibboo” was pretty smoking.
And everyone was raging pretty hard on night three and the alcohol and sun was catching up to a few of us in the crowd, most notably our own fallen soldier of a brother that raged all over his shoes an hour before the set even started. Thank heavens for the medical tent and some wheat thins.
And look at that, they actually had a photo op together.
I’m pretty sure I saw a Banana Man, too but I wasn’t able to snap any photos. Plus our good friend @Phortin rocked his toga…
…which was part of the Rainbow Coalition of Togas…
Toga! Toga!
Don’t forget about the Coventry Music crew with their disco ball helmets, setlist gambling, and Wook Patrol badges that help regulate the scene.
I’m proud to call these people my crew, my family, and my friends. The Phish community is truly a remarkable thing, that’s for sure. It’s one of the concepts that’s actually really hard to articulate to people that haven’t already been to a show or perhaps don’t subscribe to the idea that a band could illicit such a response from so many people. More and more, I realize that these types of shows and the dedication that comes with following this band can really drive a person to heretic proportions in short order. Hell, it can even cause a blog editor to completely ditch the idea of journalistic integrity as he continues to post more and more content each day that turns a once well-rounded music blog into a Phish link farm. (cough *me* cough)
With religious-like fervor surrounding the band’s return to the road stronger than ever, it’s no surprise such a vibrant community continues to spring forth with new creativity, technological innovation, and a willingness to invest in something they believe in. And perhaps more importantly — a willingness to show up to a concert and make a complete fool of themselves.
Man we were light on posting last week. I’ve been totally out of loop since moving into a new apartment, but now that I’m settled in and mostly unpacked I’ll have some more time to devote to this here website. Sorry for the lack of updates from my side. I always apologize, I know — and that really doesn’t do much, I know — but just understand that I have really been trying hard to keep up as the site is still something I very much love to do and I love that people still come hang out with us online.
Here’s a bunch of other stuff that was going on while we weren’t posting too many articles.
Marco Benevento is being joined by Reed Mathis and Jon Fishman (!) for four dates in the Northeast in early November. That, my friends, is insane. Someone remind me to download those shows. [Hidden Track]
Built to Spill covered “Paper Planes” live in Italy and it sounds really amazing. Anyone know where to find a full version? [Stereogum]
LL Cool J just played House of Blues in Chicago and liveDaily was there to take photos. I wonder if it was any good. [liveDaily]
Ticketmaster just bought a talent agency. I thought that was the only thing they did not have power over already, the talent side of the equation. [liveDaily]
More good stuff to come, folks. I missed you guys.
Mike Swanson went to Loki Festival after giving us a nice preview of the event, and he definitely came away psyched with what he saw.
The Halloween spirit was in full effect at the inaugural Loki Festival. This weekend (10/10-10/12) further established Deerfields, NC as one of the most ideal small festival settings. Despite scattered rain Friday and Saturday and a few lengthy set breaks, it was overall an amazing weekend, packed with some seriously funky sets, as promised. READ MORE
Mike Swanson is going to be hitting up the Loki Music Festival this weekend and dropped a nice preview on what he’s going to be checking out…
The inaugural Loki Festival, running from October 10-13 in Deerfields, NC, will be headlined by Cake. The schedule has also been posted for this weekend. Loki is sure to go down in the festi record books. There is major talent all across the board, not to mention the perfect small festival setting, being the same grounds that hosted the Trinumeral Festival, which I attended in August. Judging from the time I had then, I can only imagine how much fun is to be had at Loki. READ MORE
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