Huge props to Paul Unger and the seven fans who videotaped and contributed footage to make this historic video possible. What a great collaboration! Paul edited the various clips together & synced it with the soundboard recording. The video captures the experience of sprinting through those doors, up the stairs, around the corner, and FINALLY into the venue to witness an event in music history that will be cherished forever. When those lights finally went down and Phish took the stage it was one of the most thrilling and ecstatic moments in my life. And I know about 13,799 other people who agree!
It's still hard to explain in words, but I think this video does a pretty good job at describing the experience. Watching it 2 weeks from the day just gives me chills:
Fluffhead Multi-Cam 3/6/09:
Phish "Fluffhead" Hampton MultiCam 3-6-09 from Paul Unger on Vimeo.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Lovey Dovey
While reviewing music for Pump Audio this morning, I came across NYC band: Lovey Dovey. Totally fell in love with this track, "The Dangerous Time". Check it:
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Watch This!
So the other day my buddies Paul and Zac (along with the talented help of Chris and Joe) put together a video audition in hopes of winning one of 100 Ford Fiestas (including gas & insurance!) to drive for 6 months wherever they please this summer and beyond. Dead Unicorn is due for a cross-country tour & I honestly can't think of anyone better suited for the mission then they.
This video is so hot that I know they're a shoe-in, but they do need a slew of You Tube views to show Ford how cool they really are, so if you'd be kind enough to take a few minutes of your time and watch it (all the way through now...) it would be great.
It's worth the 5 minutes, I promise. The thing is damn funny. And clever. C'mon, do a good deed for rock and roll and check it out. And share!
Good luck Dead Unicorn. I love you and I really hope you are winners of the 2009 Ford Fiesta Movement. I know you can do it!
This video is so hot that I know they're a shoe-in, but they do need a slew of You Tube views to show Ford how cool they really are, so if you'd be kind enough to take a few minutes of your time and watch it (all the way through now...) it would be great.
It's worth the 5 minutes, I promise. The thing is damn funny. And clever. C'mon, do a good deed for rock and roll and check it out. And share!
Good luck Dead Unicorn. I love you and I really hope you are winners of the 2009 Ford Fiesta Movement. I know you can do it!
Friday, March 13, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Thank You Phish, You Really Did It!
Without a doubt those were the best shows I've seen in years and years and years. I have so much to say, pictures & clips to share, memories to absorb... check back I'll post some in the next few once I'm back to reality.
I just need to say real quick before we make the 12 hour drive home that I have a feeling in my heart again that I have been craving for a very long time. I feel rejuvenated to the very core of my soul.
Thank you Phish, I had high expectations for these concerts and they were sensationally exceeded on every level. I feel blessed to have been these for this truly once in a lifetime experience that I will treasure forever and ever.
So long for now Hampton...you were so beautiful.
Next stop, Jones Beach!
I just need to say real quick before we make the 12 hour drive home that I have a feeling in my heart again that I have been craving for a very long time. I feel rejuvenated to the very core of my soul.
Thank you Phish, I had high expectations for these concerts and they were sensationally exceeded on every level. I feel blessed to have been these for this truly once in a lifetime experience that I will treasure forever and ever.
So long for now Hampton...you were so beautiful.
Next stop, Jones Beach!
Friday, March 6, 2009
Phish Is Here & So Are We! Prepare For Takeoff....
THANK YOU PHISH, THANK YOU LOVED-ONES, THANK YOU UNIVERSE!
Hey, guess what? It's finally 3-6-9. Look at that date, it's today! It feels incredible to be in Hampton. We are hours away from a weekend of delight! Drove by the venue on the way to our hotel and it truly looks like a mothership ready to embrace and carry us to our very favorite stratosphere...
Thanks a million for reading along & following this 28 day countdown. I promise to follow up with setlists, pictures, and details in the exciting days to come.
Mighty Love,
A Very Happy Caitlin
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Countdown to Phish: Day...ONE !!!!!!!!
Kale's packing the car, Guthrie's on his way, we're hitting the road in 20 minutes. This may well be the best day of my life, before tomorrow that is!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Countdown to Phish: Day 2 (!!!)
My dear friend and tour-buddy John Butters is AT Hampton now!! And he took these TODAY! We're leaving in the morning to drive down and join him, I can't believe this is really happening. Tonight I'll be packing for Phish! Game on! PREPARE FOR TAKEOFF!!!!!!!!!
Thank you Butters for your generous and exciting contributions to today's post, these are incredible:
Thank you Butters for your generous and exciting contributions to today's post, these are incredible:
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Countdown to Phish: Day 3 (!!!)
Sing it with me now:
Three Six Nine
The goose drank wine
The monkey did the shimmy on the streetcar line...
THREE MORE DAYS!!!
Three Six Nine
The goose drank wine
The monkey did the shimmy on the streetcar line...
THREE MORE DAYS!!!
Monday, March 2, 2009
Countdown to Phish: Day 4
OK everybody, this is really happening. We are in for the ride of our lives. The word excitement barely begins to describe the way I feel right now. Have I said that before? More than a few times, I know!
So let's discuss the topic of Phish and Excitement for a moment here. I've loved Phish for more than half my life. Looking back, I remember feeling over-the-moon excited for almost every show. Of course a few stick out as major peaks on my excitement-scale, such as Big Cypress and the last time they came back and played after a long hiatus at Madison Square Garden on New Years Eve in 2002. That was a night alright. Take the energy of NYC, factor in the buzz of New Year's Eve, the proximity to Times Square, and especially the fact that Phish hadn't played a show in 2+ years.
Back then there were significantly fewer pacifiers to tide us through the dryspell: no YouTube, fewer shows on DVD, no Live Phish releases. Did we even have iPods? Those were tough times. Kind of like the Great Depression (just kidding!). I remember my brothers and I just plain aching for their return. We'd listen to the archives, reminisce on elated memories, and dream for the day that Phish would play again. We'd get teases here and there from the side projects and have great times at other concerts, but it was never quite the same.
During the first hiatus, and the one that's about to end, I've thirsted and craved for that irreplaceable rush I feel when those lights first go down. At that moment, I know that for the next 4 hours I'm on a ride, a real adventure. There is nothing else to worry about -- the outside world may as well not even exist. From that moment on, all there is to do is focus on the music and let it rock you. Dance and move and jump and soar. Surrender. Explode. Fall in love. Cry. It's OK. You are part of a happening, a time-out-of-time, moving to the music with amazing people who are there for the same reason. Phish shows are journeys. Every single one is different. I love that.
So finally, we were sitting Page-side in 2002, the lights went down, and that was VERY VERY exciting. The cheering in that building could have been measured on the Richter Scale. We're talking SERIOUS EXCITEMENT people. One hell of a night.
So now it's been almost 5 years since Coventry. What are we in store for on Friday in terms of Phish and Excitement? Well, take in a few of the factors from that post-hiatus experience, add about 3 more years of no live Phish, and throw in the loaded question: "will they ever play again?" which was never even a consideration back in the early 00's. Add in the band's new intention of sobriety, some well-loved & re-visited audio components from the old days like Trey's Ross Compressor pedal & cabinets, and all the fresh new hope for Phish 3.0.
It's gigantic. Phish is ready to play again. This is not gonna be a nostalgia act. This is not a hyped-up reunion for the media. This is not about ego. Phish is bringing out their redemption songs. Beginning a new chapter. Reversing regrets, taking risks, paving fresh territory for the future. Each member has grown tremendously on their own and has new chops to bring to the table. The band we see on stage in four days will be a band that we know and love so dearly. But this band will also be different. Their music will sound effortless yet intentional, triumphant yet humble, evolved yet open to fresh starts. Phish 3.0 is so relevant to our time right here, right now on the planet; politically, spiritually, technologically. Hope. Change. New Beginnings. Sound familiar? Coincidence? Absolutely not. Phish, we are ready for you. Let Us Rock.
These pictures were taken this morning by bailedwiththehay. He drove by the Coliseum in time to catch the trucks pulling up for the load-in...nice one!
So let's discuss the topic of Phish and Excitement for a moment here. I've loved Phish for more than half my life. Looking back, I remember feeling over-the-moon excited for almost every show. Of course a few stick out as major peaks on my excitement-scale, such as Big Cypress and the last time they came back and played after a long hiatus at Madison Square Garden on New Years Eve in 2002. That was a night alright. Take the energy of NYC, factor in the buzz of New Year's Eve, the proximity to Times Square, and especially the fact that Phish hadn't played a show in 2+ years.
Back then there were significantly fewer pacifiers to tide us through the dryspell: no YouTube, fewer shows on DVD, no Live Phish releases. Did we even have iPods? Those were tough times. Kind of like the Great Depression (just kidding!). I remember my brothers and I just plain aching for their return. We'd listen to the archives, reminisce on elated memories, and dream for the day that Phish would play again. We'd get teases here and there from the side projects and have great times at other concerts, but it was never quite the same.
During the first hiatus, and the one that's about to end, I've thirsted and craved for that irreplaceable rush I feel when those lights first go down. At that moment, I know that for the next 4 hours I'm on a ride, a real adventure. There is nothing else to worry about -- the outside world may as well not even exist. From that moment on, all there is to do is focus on the music and let it rock you. Dance and move and jump and soar. Surrender. Explode. Fall in love. Cry. It's OK. You are part of a happening, a time-out-of-time, moving to the music with amazing people who are there for the same reason. Phish shows are journeys. Every single one is different. I love that.
So finally, we were sitting Page-side in 2002, the lights went down, and that was VERY VERY exciting. The cheering in that building could have been measured on the Richter Scale. We're talking SERIOUS EXCITEMENT people. One hell of a night.
So now it's been almost 5 years since Coventry. What are we in store for on Friday in terms of Phish and Excitement? Well, take in a few of the factors from that post-hiatus experience, add about 3 more years of no live Phish, and throw in the loaded question: "will they ever play again?" which was never even a consideration back in the early 00's. Add in the band's new intention of sobriety, some well-loved & re-visited audio components from the old days like Trey's Ross Compressor pedal & cabinets, and all the fresh new hope for Phish 3.0.
It's gigantic. Phish is ready to play again. This is not gonna be a nostalgia act. This is not a hyped-up reunion for the media. This is not about ego. Phish is bringing out their redemption songs. Beginning a new chapter. Reversing regrets, taking risks, paving fresh territory for the future. Each member has grown tremendously on their own and has new chops to bring to the table. The band we see on stage in four days will be a band that we know and love so dearly. But this band will also be different. Their music will sound effortless yet intentional, triumphant yet humble, evolved yet open to fresh starts. Phish 3.0 is so relevant to our time right here, right now on the planet; politically, spiritually, technologically. Hope. Change. New Beginnings. Sound familiar? Coincidence? Absolutely not. Phish, we are ready for you. Let Us Rock.
These pictures were taken this morning by bailedwiththehay. He drove by the Coliseum in time to catch the trucks pulling up for the load-in...nice one!
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Countdown to Phish: Day 5
Whew. I was so excited getting ready for the trip that I almost forgot to post today. But I remembered! With an hour and 45 minutes shy of Countdown to Phish Day 4, here goes:
So fishsunderwear posted these great pics on PT from the last Hampton date in '04. It's great to remember what it looks like -- in less than a week now we'll be spending three nights of our lives in this place! I can hardly believe it. Haven't been this excited about anything in a long, long time...
So fishsunderwear posted these great pics on PT from the last Hampton date in '04. It's great to remember what it looks like -- in less than a week now we'll be spending three nights of our lives in this place! I can hardly believe it. Haven't been this excited about anything in a long, long time...
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