phourth dimension: a phish tour diary

Mapping out leg 1 and 2

Phish Summer 2012

Leg 1

6/7 DCU Center, Worcester, MA
6/8 DCU Center, Worcester, MA
6/10 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Manchester, TN
6/15 Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ*
6/16 Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ*
6/17 Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ
6/19 nTelos Wireless Pavilion, Portsmouth, VA
6/20 nTelos Wireless Pavilion, Portsmouth, VA
6/22 Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH
6/23 First Niagara Pavilion, Burgettstown, PA
6/24 Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
6/28 Klipsch Music Center, Noblesville, IN
6/29 Klipsch Music Center, Noblesville, IN
6/30 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI*
7/1 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI*
7/3 Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY
7/4 Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY
7/6 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
7/7 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
7/8 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY

Leg 2

8/15 Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA*
8/17 Bill Graham Civic, San Francisco, CA*
8/18 Bill Graham Civic, San Francisco, CA*
8/19 Bill Graham Civic, San Francisco, CA*
8/22 Starlight Theatre, Kansas City, MO
8/24 Oak Mountain Amphitheatre, Pelham, AL
8/25 Aaron’s Amphitheatre @ Lakewood, Atlanta, GA
8/26 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Charlotte, NC
8/28 Chaifetz Arena, St. Louis, MO
8/29 Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheatre, Oklahoma City, OK
8/31 Dick’s Sporting Good Park, Commerce City, CO*
9/01 Dick’s Sporting Good Park, Commerce City, CO*
9/02 Dick’s Sporting Good Park, Commerce City, CO*

*My shows

phish new year 2011: my golden tour

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in so many words, here’s a recap of my golden tour with phish at madison square garden on December 28th, 29th, 30th, and 31st, 2011. 

packed my bag and headed for SFO

 stopped in FL to see my family 

 

land of lizards gators 

and flew to JFK on December 27th to stay with my Magoo in the west village 

Madison Square Garden is…

…round.

hang10’d with some phamiliar phaces

and some of (all of?) the phans from amherst college

 …before hiding in the heard and floating with the flock

  it was a rockn’ weekend in the badlands of new york city.

with fluffheads moving in stride

SAND

…and some glitter ran through it. 

there were neon snakes, and silly string 

 but mostly just a beautiful buzz.

…and then Trey played Golden Age!

I read an excerpt from the Helping Friendly Book, and bumped into the Sloth outside before night 2: “how was I to know that day that the winds had swept me Wilson’s way, ‘cause soon towards me from the east came Wilson and his men on multi-beasts.”  #readthebook

 (note: please report all sloth spottings to phourthdimension@gmail.com) 

here’s the cactus on a moist green organic…lawnboy

and a fake over-face ticket some crack tried to sell me. (note: this polish is “Gamehendge Green”. holler at me on lot to get a bottle.)  

happy new year’s eve day from Astoria 

I spent the new year dancing through steam. 

 
all I could ever want is for phish to levitate and jam into the new year. 

and that’s precisely what they did. so, it was an exceptional new year for this gal.

the next morning I levitated to SFO (via JFK)

and decompressed in San Francisco. Goodbye Gamehendge Green. 

/endtour

thank you PHiSH, CK5 and the greater phish phan phamily and phriends. special thanks to @unolker, the @phishtwibe, and a man that i could not forget… Whit Padgett for helping me and my phriends get in each night #savetheface. to Chris Calarco (Phish Yoga), Dharma Mittra, and Danielle Tafeen, thank you for aligning my chakras.

as always, here are some auds for your pleasure. arigato, Padeli San. 

12/28/2011 - Madison Square Garden (http://www.mediafire.com/?r6nn8chhfl1ej) 

Set 1: Free, Glide[1] > Possum, Cities, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Stash, Contact > Sample in a Jar, Kill Devil Falls > Bathtub Gin

Set 2: Birds of a Feather, Carini -> Tweezer > My Friend, My Friend -> Rock and Roll -> NICU, Bouncing Around the Room, Harry Hood > Bug

Encore: Tube > Rocky Top > Tweezer Reprise

[1] = no gliding. 

12/29/2011 - Madison Square Garden (http://www.mediafire.com/?3ja79nggxg7fu)

Set 1: The Sloth, You Enjoy Myself, Back on the Train, The Moma Dance, Funky Bitch, Maze, Roses Are Free, Halley’s Comet[1] > Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Crosseyed and Painless > Simple -> Lifeboy > Guyute, Mike’s Song > Chalk Dust Torture -> I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Show of Life > Character Zero[1]

Encore: Loving Cup

[1] = Rhapsody in Blue teases from Page 

12/30/2011 - Madison Square Garden (http://www.mediafire.com/?715ftdqtqujip)

Set 1: Punch You In the Eye > Prince Caspian > Backwards Down the Number Line, Nellie Kane, Divided Sky, Sand, Vultures [1], Rift, Joy, Quinn the Eskimo

Set 2: Wilson > Axilla > Piper > Twist > Julius > Golgi Apparatus > Also Sprach Zarathustra > The Horse > Silent in the Morning > David Bowie, The Squirming Coil

Encore: Boogie On Reggae Woman, Good Times Bad Times

[1] = my first “Vultures” 

12/31/2011 - Madison Square Garden (http://www.mediafire.com/?r6nn8chhfl1ej) 

Set 1: AC/DC Bag > Wolfman’s Brother, Scent of a Mule, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Lawn Boy, Gotta Jibboo, Farmhouse, Pebbles and Marbles, Ocelot > Fluffhead

Set 2: Party Time, Light -> Golden Age > Theme From the Bottom, Heavy Things > Ghost > Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley > 46 Days > Suzy Greenberg

Set 3: Cavern, Steam [1] > Auld Lang Syne [2] > Down with Disease, The Wedge, Alaska, Wading in the Velvet Sea, First Tube Encore: Slave to the Traffic Light

[1] = cue levitation  

[2] = balloons drop  

see you phreaks in Vegas… 

YEMSG is grand

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Oh, delight… Phish in NEW YORK! Looking forward to spending another New Years at Madison Square Garden, the ultimate round room.

I’ve procured tickets for the first three nights, but am still fishing for a 12/31.If you happen across a spare, I’ll happily buy it for face value and throw in an additional $100 to a charity of your choice. Email me: phourthdimension at gmail dot com. 

Stay tuned for details about Phish Yoga and pre and post show parties. 

::fingers still crossed::

 ::still waiting:: for a new year’s announcement…

am i in bed or in a hearse?

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last night i checked out a phish cover band called Chum in san francisco… two thumbs up! especially enjoyed golden age and sand > 2001…and the mexican half-cousin.

scored a long sleeve SOAM tee. available in a variety of psychedelic splashes @ harryhood247’s store (berkeley, california).

tgiPH

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be glad glad glad that you’re a glide!

happy phryday,

ॐ phourthdimension

vermont webcast in san francisco

regretfully, i wasn’t able to hop a day-glo bus from norcal to vermont and catch phish’s benefit show on wednesday. instead, my adventures brought me to san francisco’s misson district where i couch tour’d proper with other coastally-challenged phans at brick and mortar’s.

 

first set, foggy bright light beamed through the ceiling windows as more and more wooks employed phans arrived. 

second set, things got lumpy. some hippie chads even got on stage and started dancing, without their shirts

the show was pretty “radio phish”, but i still would’ve killed to have been there, especially for a good cause. brick and mortar’s raised over $1,100 for the waterwheel foundation, and the show itself raised $1.2 million for vt flood relief. there’s still time to donate here. as always, enjoy these #2’s.

Soundcheck (download):

Jam, Midnight Confessions, Ginseng Sullivan, Silent Night (on Theremin), Too Much Fried Dough At The Fair, Peaches en Regalia, Cannonball tease, Jam

Vermont Flood Benefit 9/14/2011 Essex, VT (download set 1: http://www.sendspace.com/file/pvrzt4, set 2: http://www.sendspace.com/file/amf10n)

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, The Moma Dance > NICU, Funky Bitch, Sample in a Jar, Cavern, Bathtub Gin, Alaska > Possum, Wolfman’s Brother > Julius 

Set 2: Carini > Down with Disease > Slave to the Traffic Light > Rock and Roll > Twist > Backwards Down the Number Line, Theme From the Bottom > Suzy Greenberg > Character Zero 

Encore: Loving Cup 

….”see you next summer” ???

sloth spotting

the sloth lives, and the rhombus spins on

dehydratebackintominerals asked: omg, the sloth rode with us to colorado, ahahahaha.

is the sloth alive?

is it true the rhombus got destroyed in the pit?

colorado labor day

::scroll down for setlists and aud links from padelimike::

left san francisco thursday afternoon, headed for denver

landed safely and checked into the sheraton downtown.

a few minutes later we rickshawed to quixote’s

where i got uno’d, severus snape uno’d. #omens

this is how i looked felt after quixotes

the next morning i did some work in cabana 1 (pre-wook invasion, #longstory)

#pool #party

rickshawed to the beer store

and headed to the lot

caught a sunset over the turquoise mountains, my first llama (it was ferocious) #taboot

…and a fish i’d been eyeing all summer

passed out some flyers

actually, i exchanged flyers with the sloth before he got kicked out night 2 (rhombus in hand). we got into a discussion about whether or not tela dies. imo tela obviously dies:

“as Rutherford the brave chokes Tela and the unit monster managing to save the spotted striper’s multibeast and thereby cheat his grave…”

dick’s > toyota park #soccerstadiums

saw antelope greg, he had a nice summer tan.

and [almost] landed on the rail.

 there were sparks

the ultimate yoyo… sweet adeline to sabotage encore!

…the tweezer snuck through the back door

whatever you do, don’t forget who the ghost really is…

thank you phish and thank you rocky mountains…see you all at yeMSG

Dick’s Night 1 9/2/11  (set 1:http://www.sendspace.com/file/z96c9f, set 2 http://www.sendspace.com/file/kcb4m3)

Set 1: Sample in a Jar, Sparkle, The Sloth, Sweet Virginia, Suskind Hotel, Strange Design, Stash, Sneakin’ Sally through the Alley > Sparks > Scent of a Mule, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Shine a Light, Split Open and Melt, The Squirming Coil

Set 2: Sand > Simple -> Steam > Soul Shakedown Party -> Seven Below > Suzy Greenberg > Scents and Subtle Sounds > Slave to the Traffic Light > Silent in the Morning > Sanity, Sweet Adeline

Encore: Sabotage

Dick’s Night 2 9/3/11 (set 1: http://www.sendspace.com/file/vj05ut, set 2: http://www.sendspace.com/file/1b6dyd )

Set 1: Possum, The Moma Dance > The Wedge, Ocelot > The Divided Sky, Funky Bitch, Axilla > Llama, Fast Enough for You, Wolfman’s Brother

Set 2: Down with Disease -> Tweezer > Golden Age > Limb By Limb, Kill Devil Falls > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Light > Julius > Cavern > Run Like an Antelope

Encore: Sleeping Monkey > Tweezer Reprise

9/4/11 - Dick’s Night 3: (set 1: http://www.sendspace.com/file/ka795e, set 2: http://www.sendspace.com/file/jty452 )

Set 1: Maze, Back on the Train > Rift > Bathtub Gin The Way It Goes, Halfway to the Moon, Gumbo, Halley’s Comet > Tube > Timber (Jerry) > Roses Are Free > Chalk Dust Torture

Set 2: Rock and Roll -> Come Together -> Twist* -> Piper > Harry Hood > Roggae > Ghost[8] -> Guy Forget -> Ghost, Walls of the Cave

Encore: Backwards Down the Number Line

*Low Rider Jam

some shows slay simply

“spectacular september second soundscapes”

“slave”

“siihb”

off for a jaunt through the rockies and then all-level phish vinyasa flow with chris calarco at root yoga center.

outside lands

made it home to san francisco and crossed the bay bridge. outside lands highlights: steam, tweezer, mound, life on mars, fluffhead, and mike’s groove. 

 

outside lands was a whirlwind

my dear friend alli and i wandered through the festival grounds and stumbled across an enchanted forest…

with eucalpytus trees 

 

it seemed like everyone was in san francisco.

mania proceeded and i have few photos to show for the show 

 

except this sunlight dancing through [my first] steam. see you all in denver.

SETLIST OUTSIDE LANDS 8/12/2011

Set 1: Kill Devil Falls > Wilson, Funky Bitch > The Moma Dance > Peaches en Regalia > Sample in a Jar > Possum, Tweezer > Mound, Suzy Greenberg > Axilla >Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove

Set 2: Rock and Roll > Steam > Piper > Roses Are Free, Julius, Life on Mars?, Birds of a Feather > Fluffhead > Backwards Down the Number Line > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Chalk Dust Torture

Encore: Cavern > Tweezer Reprise

tapers weren’t allowed at OSL, so I don’t have AUDS to post. additionally, SBDs were not included with the OSL tickets. here is why: 

lake tahoe

ahhhh, lake tahoe. this is what early 90s shows are made of. upon entering, i felt like i was transported to a world where i didn’t have to worry about fighting antelope greg for space.  

night 1 highlights: my first meat was as creepy as i’d hoped it would be. light got dark. my friend vinny hates this song (sometimes he will even sit down when it is being played) but we all agree that this version is the eel’s ankle. something happened during rocket man > hood > walls of the cave. fish absolutely crushed walls of the cave. all and all a STELLAR show, perhaps my favorite of leg 2. 

night 2 highlights: bustout! dogs stole things, my first, brought a smooth approach to the evening distinguishing it from the previous night’s festive party time opener. i was excited to get a proper poor heart with barn sounds from fish (they were omitted at gorge), and what a ghost !

we took the scenic route up through the east side of the sierras. 

took some deep breaths 

jadoogan says: That looks like a chocolate Sunday. I approved

fueled up at a coyote-friendly gas station

and checked into the montbleu. the hallways were raging! #partytimeopener

“let it ride” on the bar slot machine. won $12. #tahoemantra

dropped into chris calarco’s ”surrender to the flow“ phish yoga class and had some epiphanies during savasana. i’m looking forward to another phish flow with chris next weekend in denver. 

took a dip in the lake (it was warm warm warm) caught some rays, and built some castles from sand.

we walked over to the venue and caught a nice breeze blowing through shakedown

 

here’s the view from the lot #wookspecial

  

it seemed like troy was having a great time!

and same with that cactus character. in chronological order, here is is my approximate location each set; 2nd row fish side, 10th row page side, 10th row infront of trey, and the dance party @ page side rage of soundboard.  

hood morning. we left the hotel at nine.

and stopped for brunch in the sierra nevadas at a house that was built in 1867. ***note: this tshirt supports mike’s footbell revolution. if you need a refresher please follow this link,  this link, and especially this link. if you want a shirt email me and i’ll put you in touch with mr. rusty. 

a dozen pancakes later, we headed back to san francisco to meet several friends flying in from all over just to see phish play in golden gate park. 

 phish nye at deer creek, kangfirmed ^

NIGHT 1 8.9.11 HARVEY’S AT LAKE TAHOE (set 1: download link set 2: download link…thanks padelimike)

SET 1: Party Time, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > AC/DC Bag > Mellow Mood, Rift, Punch You In the Eye > Meat, David Bowie, Bouncing Around the Room, Horn, Water in the Sky > 46 Days

SET 2: Gotta Jibboo > Light > Chalk Dust Torture > Slave to the Traffic Light > Free, Rocket Man > Harry Hood > Walls of the Cave

Encore: Bug > Squirming Coil

NIGHT 2 8.10.11 HARVEY’S  AT LAKE TAHOE (set 1: download link, set 2: download link…again many thanks to padelimike)

SET 1: Dogs Stole Things, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Poor Heart*, Alaska, Halley’s Comet > It’s Ice > When the Circus Comes, Ya Mar, Stash, Funky Bitch, Instant Karma! > Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Down with Disease > Runaway Jim > Ghost > Golden Age > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley, Guyute, Wading in the Velvet Sea, You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Show of Life > Good Times Bad Times

hollywood bowl

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highlights: flubs aside, i very much enjoyed 50 ways and hope to hear it played in its entirety. page nailed lawnboy. it was kitschy and starry eyed… just like hollyweird. i was fired up to get my first split open and melt and found this version especially gloomy and roomy…just how i like it. many of my friends experienced sweet melts/repeat rage at this show so i will impart some food for thought for the next time they play possum: try to remember what you tell your mother when she asks why you need to see phish so many times. on second though, please email me what you tell your mother and the best answer will get an official PHISH sticker from dry goods.   

here’s the hollywood bowl, in so many photos:

we left san francisco at seven am monday and headed south on the 101.

 

arrived at the comfort inn and suites seven hours later.

found a vegan restaurant, walked to a liquor store.

spent a little time with trey’s friend, herbie. 

raged picnic area 10

and headed in. the hollywood bowl is charming and i was happy to run into amy p and alison m, two groovy chicks from los angeles. 

seeing fish front and center at the base of the bowl was sui generis. as fish hit the chorus of 50 ways the crowd energy underwent a palpable shift to a plane of groove.here’s a telling photo by Dave Vann.

my pick for show MVP is CK5. he manipulated his light gig in a way that added another physical dimension to the bowl’s lights. from the audience, it appeared as though the band was jamming in a sea of their own energy

just beneath a lurking spaceship.

left los angeles at 7AM the next morning and headed for tahoe. stay tuned. 

Hollywood Bowl 8/8/2011 (download compliments of Mr. Charlie Miller)

Set 1: Down with Disease >  Cavern > Possum, Cities, Peaches en Regalia, Kill Devil Falls, Lawn Boy, Tube > Back on the Train, Wilson > Axilla, Split Open and Melt, Backwards Down the Number Line

Set 2:  Carini, Crosseyed and Painless > Twist > Piper > Mike’s Song > Joy > Weekapaug Groove > 50 Ways to Leave your Lover > HYHU > Weekapaug Groove, Character Zero, Quinn the Eskimo

Encore: Stealing Time from the Faulty Plan, Julius