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Rob Mitchum@robmitchum.bsky.social |
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Science and music writer.
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25 years ago today, Phish played the jam that I once chose to introduce the uninitiated to the wonders of their improv. And it’s only 14 minutes, it’ll just fly by!
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I just referenced this Jeb line in an upcoming essay, haha
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As a friend just texted me, it should come with a commemorative rolled $100 bill.
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I didn’t think I needed to own every note of the 74 Dylan/Band tour but at $130 maybe it’s stupid not to?
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“Do You Realize?” Is like the Urtext for Trey’s last decade of songwriting.
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Named for a Henley solo track no less!
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Tonight! Come see two cool rockin’ daddies (sorry, ugh, sorry).
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Steve tells me we have about 30 minutes to chat before audience Q&A, so based on 36FTV pacing, that's like, 1.5 questions I have to prepare.
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Reminder that tomorrow I will be onstage at The Hideout "in conversation" with @stevenhyden.bsky.social about his great new Springsteen book. Come out and hang!
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And yesterday I posted about 7/7/99, a show with a second set that pushes the envelope of quiet, instrumental, and textured:
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We learned recently that Trey doesn't like to play Fee, but back in 1999 it provided the first major jam of the tour:
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I looked it up! It stormed and dropped to 70 for show time.
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The Lament Configuration - that is a cool name for a thing.
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I’ll be there.
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It's on Criterion Channel and they just premiered the Sakomoto concert film Opus too.
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For Phish's first-ever 4th of July show (how?!), they brought the actual fireworks but kept the music at a controlled burn:
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For Phish's first-ever 4th of July show (how?!), they brought the actual fireworks but kept the music at a controlled burn:
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Didn’t mean to imply it was new, just more prominent. I’ll try to make that clear.
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Summer 99 has largely been snubbed by official Live Phish releases, leaving us with lower-quality recordings at the worst possible time:
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If the USA can just trick half the Uruguayan team into doing knee-high slide tackles simultaneously, they can run around them and score a goal.
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At least the game itself is awful too.
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Love to watch HD televised soccer.
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Why is the US-Uruguay camera angle apparently from the Goodyear blimp?
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The customary guest-filled stop in Nashville created an impromptu 8-man bluegrass ensemble that catered to Phish instead of the other way around:
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And we're off, with the first Phish show of 1999 (not counting the untaped private party with the cast of Me Myself & Irene):
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Casually mentioned he used to play “Dark Hollow” with Bill Monroe’s band and closed with "1952 Vincent Black Lightning". Sick!
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Saw the bluegrass Arkestra.
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Ooh boy you're not gonna like that post, lol. That was my busiest Phish year too...14 shows! How.
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Just a few days away from leaping into summer tour 1999 on my Phish essay project. It's a weird year, in ways both good and bad! Join us:
phishcrit.substack.com
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Every A Ghost Is Born anniversary retrospective:
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Extra self-pity for missing it by one show…
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Neil Young tickets officially flipped from Postponed to Cancelled. 😞
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It was across the street from Al’s Italian Beef so no cooking necessary.
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Finally lost the avoid the cybertruck challenge. 🙁
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Wrote about how digital humanities researchers at UIC will help bring the historical treasures of the Chicago Hip Hop Heritage Museum to a broader audience:
today.uic.edu/documenting-...
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They say don't meet your heroes, but luckily I didn't listen. I spoke with Trey Anastasio (the guy from Phish!) for nearly two hours about his archive of songs for @vulture's ongoing Superlatives series. This was a dream come true. www.vulture.com/article/trey...
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It's still here, if you want to see how I connected Umphrey's McGee, the Backstreet Boys, and the Condo Fucks:
web.archive.org/web/20150429...
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My review of an Umphrey's McGee show...lost in time like tears in rain. (But seriously, this sucks)
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ME: -might think they were a comedy band. But "What Deener Was Talking About" is a touching exploration of depression. "Spirit of Sev- PINHEAD: actually, your excruciation has ended. i release you. we're leaving. ME: you said the torment was eternal PINHEAD: yeah, well. it felt like it. to me.
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you know what would unironically fix a lot of people here? reading the Malazan Book of the Fallen
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Nate Patrin
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I love Van Halen but this is one of the funniest things I've heard in a while, even more than the isolated DLR vocal tracks
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Think of it as a Power Broker field trip too.
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Hell yeah/oh no (via Jokermen)
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If we’re getting wild-card setlists after the fixed set of the Rough & Rowdy tour, I might have to start seeing how many shows I can get to this summer.
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Not what they signed up for, haha
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Hoffman Forums has an app now?
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Yeah I LOLed
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Ah! What a funny convergence. Hope they encored with Wipe Out.
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Living the dream.
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Tomson reads the newsletter so I'm going to take .05% of the credit.
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