Avesism Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Did you hit any shows on this past summer tour, abcs? I made it to Greatwoods, Alpharetta, Superball, LA, Tahoe, and Denver. Some of the shows from this summer have been the best I've caught since '98. They're kinda firing on all cylinders again....finally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcs Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 detroit, cuyahoga and cinci. All i could get away from work was a weekend. I was supersick i couldnt make superball. I had to tell people to stop sending me picture messages. So long as everything works out like I hope/expect theres to be lots of camping next summer. ahahah yea watch em go on another hiatus on me. & yea. I was real happy with the shows I saw. They showed up. Im trying real hard to not think about NYE because the chances of me being able to pull it off are pretty slim. Not impossible but it would require my not very helpful family to look after my gpa for a few days and nobody seems to think i need breaks from this 24/7 job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avesism Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I hear ya. At this age, there's no way I'd be able to tour beyond New England/NY if I didn't have a job with vacation time. Tough break about new years, man. Best of luck convincing the family to cut you some slack. I'm hoping for my preorder lottery entry to work out. The hotel's already costing me a grand, and I really don't want to pay $250 for a ticket again, like I had to last year. Do you post on the infamous PT board? The plae is a shit show, but that's where I'm getting all these links from, FWIW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcs Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I've yet to enter the lotto. The gigs up in 4 days chances are probably pretty stacked. Im probably about to try and score for the 30th & 31st. If i get tickets and cant pull it off I can live with eating $150. Easy enough to sell em... Anyway. How many many nights days does 1K buy you near NYE in NY? Tell me thats not 250 a night at the motel 6. NYE Phish is one of VERY few things that could get me to NYC on NYE. I mean... i would rather sit home and smoke tree alone than blow whistles in Times Square watching the balls drop in the freezing cold. I dont post on PT. I look on from time to time. I like the show, enjoy getting out of town and camping, going to the biggest party in the country in a different place every other day and getting twisted. 10 years ago the scene meant something else to me. It has a strange personality tho. Not sure how i feel about it so i stay off the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcs Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 that FEFY. I can listen to that 30 times in a row and by the end EVERY time i feel like a kid on Xmas Feeling astonished. Big dumb grin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avesism Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 It's approximately 500 a night for a decent hotel room for the 30th and 31st. I started getting my own rooms after last NYE due to a fiasco with the people I was going to the majority of post-reunion shows with- did this all summer and I don't know why I wasn't getting my own rooms earlier. I'll only be hitting the 30th and 31st because they fall on the weekend and I've already demolished the vast majority of my vacation time. It's a lot of money, but not enough to really put a hurting on my wallet. Peace of mind insurance is well worth it. PT is a strange place. I rarely post myself, but it's good for music links and checking the rumor mill for show dates. I'm with ya on not caring about the scene- be it on the lot or on some forum. I stopped caring about all that after 2000. The music on the other hand, I'm more into than I had been since 2000. *cranking that FEFY via headphones @ work...so damn good. I'll try and pop back in with some links in a few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avesism Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Happy Bday Brent... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcs Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 hotels suck. I had an old S-10 blazer with flold down backseats, a futon mattress, curtains for all windows and a bunch of blankets. Lousy gas mileage ! I need 50K put away by next fall. Grad school is going to cost 16 for the classes alone. Need a car, need to eat, insurance. hahaha buzzed 10 pm abcs is a lot less responsible then 10 am abcs. Its like night and day. I need to forget about NYE. Be happy about Furthur chicago. By next June I should be well set and able to travel a couple few weeks before classes start. Thats like the prize at the end. I almost lost my job going to them 3 shows this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avesism Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Roughin' it. I used to be able to handle camping on Summer tour in the 90's, (and fall tours when I was practically pennyless) but can't hack it like that anymore. I'd do it for festivals, but this year we got an RV for the SBIX and I swear, I'll never go to another festival without one. I've been listening to this relentlessly since the show. It might be my favorite moment from the shows I caught on Summer 11. Denver Tweezer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcs Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Winterland Arena on 1974-10-17 good end of 74. Super chill. Stella like a mug of hot chocolate and a warm blanket. The setlist is wrong. Spanish Jam is actual They Other Ones. Nice version too. Ukno. Just another SBD where every song is solid. Some real highs in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewreynoldsx Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 shai, thanks for posting that acoustic jam from Playboy after Dark..some interesting comments on that page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcs Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 phish terrapin is a thru and thru grin start of jam/ Inspiration then a Terrapin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcs Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 plot day schemes in the nightime abcs just charged almost 500 to his credit card for the NYE lotto 30th/31st hookups. Stay my ass in Jersey City probably. Reasonably nice hookups in right across from chelsea are 325. Better than 600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shai Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 I remember hearing a Phish tape a long time ago where they covered "Scarlet>Fire" AND "Back in Black". Couldn't tell you how they were, since this had to be sometime in the early 90s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcs Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 great live band. Fresh original material, good covers 2 sets like the Dead. Similar if not toned down atmosphere. I heard from older heads that saw lots of shows about the enormity of the GD tour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avesism Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Good luck with the tickets. I'm watching my credit card account for a hold starting tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcs Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 yup. hahaha staying in the cheapest hotel i could find. Queensboro Hotel and not giving a single fuck about it. Reviews said its clean and cheap at 150 a night 3.5 miles from MSG and convenient to the train i would want to take. Probably fly too. Not gonna book that ticket till i get confirmation. Its just from Detroit to NYC is 10 hours by car. Who knows what kind of traffic or weather may be encountered. My friends are less than uh... Reliable. I would probably miss the Friday night show. Figuring out party flavor situation is kinda fucked up too. Good luck to you as well. I dont really much care for the not knowing part. So you draw the worst seats in the house you just kinda fucked then huh.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcs Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 ahahhah yea that Denver Tweezer is the stuff. I needed to not watch a bunch of phish on Vimeo after i decided i shouldnt hit up the MSG shows. UIC YEM = helped turn my resolve to wet tissue paper Sucks. I really wanted to hit these shows up too. They sold out quick Heard tickets were scarce on lot too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avesism Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Yeah man, I heard the UIC shows were killer and the tapes sound awesome. I had to chose between UIC and Denver- went with Denver, which is kind of a bummer for seeing people, because the majority of my good friends from tour that aren't from Mass are from Chicago. Oh well, next time. So far no hold on the credit card, yet... Fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcs Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Me either I've yet to decide what happens if i get 1 night and not the other Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avesism Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Still no hold... If you get one without the other, I see a finger in the air in your future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avesism Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 still no hold. Not even gonna get mad. No complaints about guranteed great seats through mailorder being a thing of the past, but still, fuck a lottery. Welcome to the machine- seems a common way to go.... /drunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avesism Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 http://www.archive.org/details/gd79-01-11.gatto.kempka.308.sbeok.shnf Stella. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shai Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 still no hold. Not even gonna get mad. No complaints about guranteed great seats through mailorder being a thing of the past, but still, fuck a lottery. Welcome to the machine- seems a common way to go.... /drunk That's how the Dead had to do NYE tickets for the last ten years they played NYE. In fact, you couldn't buy any other way than mailorder for that block of shows, which sucked because they always played on my birthday (first night of the run)...fortunately there was no lottery for that date, but it was a pain in the ass if I didn't hook it up ahead of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcs Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Yea I dont kno. Madison Square Garden on 1990-09-18 Know ive linked this one before. foolish heart -> jam = great Heavens Door ... my favorite version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPENDR Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Phish UIC was a fun lot. Didnt get in. Furthur UIC last fall was fuckin incredible. rain on the second day sucked tho. abcs, you in the D? And a writin GDF kid? wutup den! Maybe yr the dude that drove me and my girl back to detroit after chicago phish a few months back. hit me up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPENDR Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 peep "truckin up to buffalo" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPENDR Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 WHOS GOT "THE MAGIC TRIP" ToRRENT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcs Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 wasn't me. I couldn't get the time off for Chicago fun. Don't want to talk about it. I'll be at Furthur Allstate in a couple weeks tho. Stoked on that. Friday shows in Chicago always win. I've got damn near 700 GB so far. The buffalo included therein. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcs Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 looks like rain. CC holds are starting to touch down not for me tho. not yet at least Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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