Phish Set To Enter Studio

HOLY SHIT!!!!

I CAN"T WAIT!!!!

THIS WEEKEND IS GOING TO BE AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Number Line sucks.

crazy news... hope everyone has fun this weekend who was able to get tickets, take it all in for me its gonna be a wild one

2009 is looking pretty good so far!!!!

wow - this is really the moment where I'm getting really excited. I wish I was going to hampton - to all those going, hope you have an awesome time and remember what the spirit of this band is about, start off v3.0 right and i'll see you in june

damn that's a good article, i truly hope they return to the intricate well versed phish of the early 90s. and i wish i could sneak a peek at that 80 song setlist for the 3 hampton nights. anyway im sure they will be pretty sick by the time they reach bonaroo, and of course deercreek and alpine, cant wait to see phish 5 times in the first 7 months of 09

I will listen for your screams via the free download. Enjoy this weekend. Wish I could be there. See ya in Long Island.

can i live while im young ??

So glad Phish is back! Know if only mimiluv would go away.

Can't wait for summer tour!!!

Now, sorry.

I'm so happy.

Good Article, but the only thing that was annoying about the article was how the writer kept referring to the members by Mr.Gordon or Mr.Page, why can't you just say there full name or first name...

fuck going to the studio

^ I don't see Fishman in the photo!

MOST EXCELLENT!!!

This is quite exciting, because money-wise and logistically it's gonna be tough for me to make any shows that were previously announced, but I think that this is a sign that there is much more to come and that this summer isn't a "final tour". I'm pumped to hear the hampton recodingsand some new studio material!

giggity giggity!

First: we get straight from the boards, next day, downloads of Hampton (which means that I am not going to look at a setlist before listening and will crank my system to replicate Hampton);

But more importantly Phish going on the record with the NYT admitting that '03-'04 was poor musically and that they are looking to return to the years of COW FUNK! The nasty stuff that drew me in...

To all the newbies who have yet to experience Cow Funk in person...oh. dear. god.

Hold on.

Summer tour specifically Great Woods, Asheville, and Knoxville could not get here fast enough for me.

Have a great weekend in Hampton to all who are lucky enough to be there!

i love that trey quote in the article

“We’re trying to create a format to keep playing for a long time,” Mr. Anastasio said backstage.

thats my boy...blue

New York Times articles always refer to the people being spoken about as Mr., Mrs. or Ms. It's just a thing they do... Thank you Mr. Minor.

wow phishmann do you think about me in your sleep too?? thats pretty scary. did gordo touch you in your special place when you were 8? its ok, talk to us

"onstage at the coliseum Phish savored the once familiar sound of the band they had grown up in, echoing off arena walls. Hearing those reverberations again, Mr. Gordon said after rehearsal, “was like a door opening.”

mimiluv....where a shirt with your name on it at all the shows you go to so we can all ganbeat you till a pulp....and if im lucky enough to see alone....I'm gonna slit your throat then shove that knife in your back and and walk away after I piss on your corpse and laugh....HAHAHAHHA

Still mad I didn't get tixs to a single show in Hampton, Asheville, or Camden.

No and no. Just wish you would go away. Thanks.

ATTENTION to all not going to hampton. Mr. miner over at www.phishthoughts.com has graciously sworn to have all three hampton shows available for download about an hour after each show is over, NICE huh. He has constructed the dowloads in a no spoiler setup, meaning no song titles, so we get the shows without knowing the songs, until we listen to them. www.phishthoughts.com the no spoiler link

Enjoy all, oh yeah your welcome

Mimiluv - Folks here make comments about you because you consistently post negative comments about the article and/or the people posting comments on the discussion board. BTW - anything you need to talk to us about?

"resolved to be the version of Phish they prized most: the intently practiced, well-prepared Phish from the mid-90s."-- you mean the only version that doesn't completely SUCK?

finkie, did gordo touch you too? damn so much anger. slit my throat? wow! do you kiss gordo with those lips? and phishmann i wish YOU would go away you little gordo fag, how about this, dont worry about me, hmm? and go get a life and stop thinking about me...its creepy. p.s. i have 2 extras for saturday night, best story about tour pre 97 gets them. game on.

mimi luvs to piss on peoples parades.

im hyped to see trey with his head out his ass and off the dope, phish is where its at for all four of those guys and all of us heads! i hope that this reunion tour with a new album means that the boys are back to stay for a minute! see you on lot brothers and sisters. peace and love.

i dont post negative remarks all the time, its just so funny how little phish kids are so touchie!! geeezz!! and p.s. if someone hadnt started with me, i wouldnt have said anything, k assdrummer420corn?

phuck yes! cant wait for the mansfield show

phishmann loves to hold grudges and hate all twisting in his stomach so the first thing he does is talk about me when he gets here haha LOVE IT, issues issues. you pissed on the parade when you started this not me

Mimiluv - Thanks for the explanation....but you did spell my name wrong.

i still love you mimiluv.

This is good news, Can't wait for Knox, roo, deer creek, and alpine. i actually like "backwards down the number line", i mean its not an epic transmutational face splicer but its gotta a good-feely,"Farmhouse" vibe going on. See you all there.

Fish on the side. :-)

Please!

I'll forever be grateful that I was able to go to 50+ Grateful Dead shows in my 20's. Bit I must admit that I wish I was in my 20's now and could pull off going to these shows. Have fun everyone!

see i got some nice fans im not THAT bad damn! and to top it off i got 2 extras for saturday night, i only received 2 stories. best story 97 tour or earlier gets them. that leaves phishmaan, finkle and sndrummer out.

This is great news. I was skeptical before, but perhaps they're really "back."

I'm crushed.

hell. fucking. yes.

i'm only excited if this studio effort is legitimate. whether they are trying to expand musically boundaries, instead of rehashing styles that have proven to be accepted by their fanbase. I just want them to really try and be a real band again, and not just rehash the past.

uh yeah! uh yeah! uh yeah! uh yeah!

the last two albums were terrible, ghost was good tho. they need to start being creative again, big ball jam, rotation jams, chess w aud., more gamhendge, heres an idea, why not add to the story? i mean the possibilites are endless but they need to be more creative then they have been since 99 and they can make a great album, or another terrible one.

farmhouse was good too, after farmhouse it went all downhill

Spread the word around

Guess who's back in town

You spread the word around

Friday night they'll be dressed to kill

Down at Dino's bar and grill

The drink will flow and blood will spill

And if the boys want to fight, you'd better let them

That jukebox in the corner blasting out my favorite song

The nights are getting warmer, it won't be long

Won't be long till summer comes

Now that the boys are here again!!!!

I'm not your fan mimiluv but i still love you, as i love everyone. But i agree more gamehenge, or at least something else original and creative. I'll take your extras off your hands though.

who the hell is phish?

MIMILUV!!! - virginia beach 97'. took parents. car broke down. hitchhiked (parents in tow). rode in the back of a pickup with parents, brother, girlfriend to the show. dosed. SICK SHOW!!! if thats not a winner, nothing is....

Good news indeed!! gettin' happier as the day goes by!!!

AND it was the first "official" US show that year aside from letterman, a benefit, and BradStock...

Suh-weet, new album means new tour, this is good news, we will wait to jam.

i was hoping for a simulcast of this weekend...mp3's will do, i suppose...i'm looking forward to seeing which direction they go with this new album!?

I sincerely hope/believe that the months of practice since the announcement of Hampton pays big dividends. What I wouldn't give for even one ticket for this weekend. Ah well, looks like the rest of us will have to wait for three more months and the band will get to practice that long before we see them again.

Turns out the God does listen to what I say. No need for a refund for overprayment.

haha wow got some really good ones, so far FATCHANCE is the winner, really funny shit! if he lets me post it i will!

adubvu-- to answer your question: Phish is a group of halfway decent jazz musicians who've been been pretending to play rock & roll for about 20 years

YES yes YES yes YES yes YES yes YES this weekend just keeps getting better and better with all this news of phish and the claypool madness that is this weekend. can;t wait for this to come out.

mimiluv: will you be on the lot sucking dicks and giving handjobs for smack again? or is that limited to your hometown. Let me know. I'll bring the lube and my cockring!

too bad they can't be the 97/98 phish forever but I guess you had to be there :-D

Seems like they are staying the great jazz musicians they are

DAMN i wish i didnt live in the middle of this country, got claypool tearing it up on the west coast and phish on the east. i gotta wait 2 more weeks for claypool, and about 3 more months for phish, hopefully the clifford ball dvds will tide me over until then...

YESSSS!!! this makes me very very happy! i cant wait to hear what they lay down! LONG LIVE PHISH!!!!!

Jazz musicians? how about a lesser Jerry wanna-be in a band that sounds like Frank Zappa without the sense of humor that occasionally covers Talking Heads songs... still, they throw great parties. or is that the LSD talking?

Backwards down the number line was played at Rothbury, very excited to the shows, appreciate the mp3s from Hampton!

bloggersrlosers: you'll never know because you "don't support heroin addicts and child molesters." You said it yourself on the other thread. But your logic is flawed because if you ever saw the grateful dead you most certainly supported heroin addicts and child molesters. You yourself probably bought jerry at least 10 kilos of heroin and gave mickey hart enough cash to pay for that 7 year old asain boy he kept in a cage in the back of their tour bus. hypocrite!

bloggersrlosersISaLoser!

^ You fuckers will do anything to bring up Roth!

they will be nicely warmed up by the time i see them in june. i cant fucking wait!

OH, please include "Jennifer Dances" on this album!!!!

BTW, has there ever been a festival that has sold tickets before the line-up or headliners were even announced? That's what this year's money grab is doing. Meet Rothbury.

ok maybe i do support heroin addicts, but since when is Mickey Hart a child molester?

So nobody took LSD at a Dead show?

ya, jazz musicians, just if you dont know

Trey and Page both majored in jazz/composition, and of course they use improvisation and the use of modes/scales/and other theory that relates only to jazz...making them JAZZ MUSICIANS

This is the best thing that has ever happened.

bloggersrlosers: since when is mike gordon a child molester like you so eagerly imply? Was it proven 100% without a doubt that he "molested" that girl? Since you felt it was to make fictional accusations against mike gordon i decided to play it like you do and just out of the blue accuse of mickey hart of being a chile molester too. It works both ways. You see. You make you false, unproven accusations...and i'll make mine. thats just the way it works. ball is in your court.

hopefully this ablum pays redemption from undermind (yikes)

Am i the only one who got goosebumps? I cannot wait for this phucking summer. This has to be a dream. Punch me in the eye.

BTW, has there ever been a festival that has sold tickets before the line-up or headliners were even announced? That's what this year's money grab is doing. Meet Rothbury.

correct me if i have misunderstood the above statement from mfgoof, but if i do understand it correctly, i think most all festivals (at least in the past few years) sell tickets before any initial or headliners are announced

initial artists*

The only reason Gordon wasnt charged with anything is because he is rich and famous, you know he is a diddler, and so does that girls Hells Angel father that beat his ass. AND i know they are good musicians and a fun concert to see but they certainly aren't rock gods by any means. AND i kno that the whole jamband community is based around the circulation of psychedelics if u dont know that you're a fool. AND i don't hate phish i just hate people like thesource420 who cry when u insult their favorite band. o, but how can I hate someone who is too busy defending poor folks like Mike Gordon, Michael Jackson and their "imaginary" accusations.

^Thanks, blog, for clearing everything up for us. Now we can all know the real truth...thanks to you. I took a look at your profile and have a suggestion. Why don't you just skip the one last show and call it quits now? Please.

About me (BLOGGERSRLOSERS): "I am 1 more Dead show and Phish show away from retiring from the live music scene(with some exceptions) and focusing on more important things. I've realized the only reason we follow bands around is because A. you're rich, or B. you've been brainwashed by heavy psychadelic use. cough MK Ultra cough."

tell you what. live phish is always better!!! my opinion. i would'nt mind hearing this album with some new phish songs!!!

when you say "the only reason WE follow bands around" you mean YOU included. But you changed to adjective to "YOUR" implying that your not included. So that must mean that your not rich and your not brainwashed like everyone else who folows bands around. Whats your secret against MK ultra effecting YOU like it did for everyone else? are you sure your not the brainwashed one? I mean you must not be brainwashed since you "Don't support Heroin addicts and child molesters." Do you work for the CIA? Why am I not rich? Is that part of MK ultra also? To keep me poor? please explain....

Phish is getting back together?

Wow i can't believe it amazing. And for all of you going to hampton have a damn good time. wish i could be there it is going to be unbelievable i am sure

meh

Woo Hoo!!!

6 hours left till we hit the road for hampton....still hasnt fully sunk in yet...holy god its here

You're all just jealous that I can quit my addiction to terrible music and you cant.

^^^^No, were all jealous you are a toolbag.

^I know you are, but what am I?

Hilarious.

just in case anyone is interested here is the setlist from today's (3/4)rehearsal:

SET ONE

46 Days --> Pebbles and Marbles, Down with Disease, Possum --> Carini, Taste, Seven Below --> Fast Enough for You

SET TWO

Mike's Song --> Harry Hood, Waste, Ya Mar, Chalkdust Torture, Stash

oh wow thats a nice setlist there philhitz. Lucy took a walk now Lucy's dead.

I can't believe some of you idiots are still bringing up the Mike Gordon thing... If that acually happened, he would be missing his fingers or taking a dirt nap... STUPID!

Insert random personal opinion that no one cares about here.

MK Ultra is a strain of weed too...

Wow- surprising but AWESOME news. Can't wait to hear what it sounds like.

Glad these guys can keep writing and playing good tunes.

PANIC WHO???? Thats gonna be a very good question after this weekend.

who's calling the opener?

From Phish.com

Putting the OM in Community

As most of you are probably well aware, all three upcoming Hampton Coliseum shows are completely sold-out. If you don't have tickets to a particular show, we ask that you please refrain from going to the venue in hopes of getting one. Even if no ticketless fans show up, sold-out Phish shows in communities like Hampton are high impact events that strain the normal daily flow. Add ticketless fans to the equation and the situation can quickly become overwhelming to the local community. Thanks in advance for respecting the Phish scene.

Opener: Runaway Jim

Today is the day!!!!!! Have fun in Hampton kiddies!

opener-> Destiny Unbound*

*jerry garcia rises from the dead and decides to blow off the grateful dead and join Phish

Chalkdust opener...

I feel the feeling I forgot :)

I'm calling a Fluffhead opener.

Foreplay>Long time

I'm thinking chalkdust.

Its just TOO BAD that im fuckin broke during an opening tour for Phish and a short and brief tour w The Dead.. All my dreams came true, but unfortunately at the wrong time!

If you guys are bored while waiting for the show to start you can play Phatty Burrito here:

http://www.glidemagazine.com/burrito/

The ANTICIPATION of them walking on stage will be priceless. Too bad I will only hear cheers from the parking lot.

"I saw you...with a ticket stub in your hand...."

Under the light...Middle of the night...Couldn't get it wrong!!!

E: Reba>What's the Use>Saw it Again>Sleeping Monkey>Reba...AAAAHHHHHHH

Y.E.M. opener, im callin it.

All this noobness banter will be forgotten tonight when Phish finally gets down to business. Yall have been bitchen at each other since Coventry. As far as studio- they have put some royal crap down in the studio-bag it- they have enough songs.

When they came in 2002 MSG, loudest roar ever. Until tonight I guess.

this is it!!!! i cannot imagine the welcome roar they are gonna get when those lights dim. man! i wish i was gonna be there! have fun be safe look out for each other and most importantly boogie on!!! opener: YEM or curtain

anyone who uses the term noob= douche. Did you know if a person has seen Phish more than you, than you aren't nearly as cool as they are? Sarcasm

no, no, no, it's not how many times, it's when you saw them. duh.

this guy will handle all scalpers no need to worry to folks,

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/for/1062177718.html

Trenchtown Rock for an opener perhaps??

Thanks BRAHnnie. Thats some funny shit.

Can any1 else feel the energy today? I live in Oregon and everyone was all smiles. STS9 here tonight. it will suffice

that BRAHnnie craiglist tab is priceless

Very wxciting, but the three chord country songs are mor elike progressive rock. The suite stuff is straight Grateful dead inspired psychedlic music that many of you critic like to mis label as jamband becaus eyour not talented enough to keep up. Phish rules because teya re tripped out and weird

gah i need some west coast dates badly! Phish 09! w00t w00t

my mouth is watering

hahaha funny NY dude. On HIS terms hahah wonder how that worked out

Backwards Down the Number Line is a tight song. i had heard trey do it before and i like it with the horns but phish nailed it at hampton. especially with page hitting those funky ass effects on the keys.