Phish at Spac
(super quick recap)
Awesome show!!!
PHISH
August 16, 2009
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Saratoga Springs, NY
SET ONE
Llama*, The Moma Dance, Guyute, **Anything But Me, ***Cars Trucks Buses, Chalk Dust Torture, Golgi Apparatus, David Bowie, Cavern, Possum, Ocelot, Run Like An Antelope
SET TWO
Backwards Down the Number Line, Twenty Years Later, ^Halley's Comet -> Rock & Roll -> Jam -> ^^Harpua -> #I Kissed A Girl -> Hold Your Head Up -> Harpua, You Enjoy Myself
ENCORE
Grind, ^^^I Been Around, Highway To Hell
SHOW NOTES
*Last performed 6/23/04, and only the 12th Llama since 5/19/00; **Last Anything But Me 8/14/04, 11th time played since 1/4/03 debut; ***5th Cars Trucks Buses since 7/26/03; ^First ever Halley's Comet -> Rock and Roll or vice-versa; ^^10th Harpua since 6/23/95, last played 7/29/03; #First I Kissed A Girl (of course it is ... The Katy Perry pop song), ^^^First time played.
okay.. so no Mikes (which we were certain to have gotten).. but it was TAD!!!!!! (totally awesome dude)
first off... this weekend was so tad.. it was awesome hanging out with sara bobby jones jem jan jake courtney joespohn julia mr&mrsMet&friends, tommy and josh!!! so rad!! we had an awesome time... we did manage to get some kickball batting practice in... me, jan, and jake all got home runs. i went for another one.. but got out... we had plenty of beers, good foods, tons of chips, the kickball, and a building with an actual bathroom right next to us!!! the BIG RED DOT spot is the best spot... i even read articles this morning from the TU about traffic congestion and how Route 9 from exit 13 N was a traffic jam... haha.. we didn't do ANY of that noise!!.. we left at 345 and were parked and cracking beers and eating subs at 430.. took 14 -> union to circular -> 9... pull in dance hall of fame.. drive left past buildings, and park next to the state park police parked cars..http://twitpic.com/78cmp -- greatest spot ever.. we even had a picnic table..
anyway, the only thing is.. you have to walk about 2 holes worth to the venue.. which is fine on the way in, but definitely tiring on the way out..
anyway, we walked in and got a spot.. i think we were early cause there was no waiting at the spot to get in.. where as at DMB we walked in right as they were
about to go on.. we got in, and grabbed a spot...
about 10 minutes later it absolutely downpoured on us.. which was a great relief from the rain.. and would have been great if it were about 5 minutes.... but it wasn't... shit went about 20 minutes and hard... after standing in it for 5-10 minutes we sought shelter under the phellowship tent (google that one)... finally it let up... and we went back to our spot... soaked. now that i'm not soaked, i can definitely say.. that was awesome!!! it didn't really matter once the music started about 10 minutes after that...
before i talk about the show.. the other things i'll note are..
#1 and most importantly we used the back bathrooms and it was OPEN and the best ever. in and out, and no waiting.
#2 thank you to everyone we hung with at the show... spohn and julia had pavillion seats, so they remained dry and inside the entire night... but the rest of us were together in a billiards formation. Sara was the 8 ball. I played a lot of defense last night... i think if it were a stat, i had at least 50+ redirects of people trying to walk thru us.. only 1 girl snuck thru the middle of our triangle... u can ask jan about that one... but she was like running... a couple people got as far as spilling beer within our triangle... but it was mostly a night of awesome music but having to pay attention to a few people that will just walk thru us.. and yadda yadda.. just was being aware of it.. i had to explain the strategy to bob jones about 5 times.. but you can imagine,.. and..
#3 hmm.. not sure what #3 was... okay lets talk music.. The SHOW WAS FANTASTIC!!!
from my wish list on the IIWII we did get.... Momadance, Backwards Down The Number Line, Rock and Roll, and Llama... llama hadn't been played yet since phish has been back...
The first set was interesting. Awesome Llama opener. Moma Dance was good to get funky. Guyute composed section is always a treat to snack on. Anything But Me was probably the last song I wanted there but it's all good. I'm not hating on it.. but I turned to the random dudes next to us and asked if it was the song they came there to see?.. they smiled, knowing I was joking... and the show went on.. And fast and furious it did with an upbeat jazzy fresh Cars Trucks Buses... maybe a nod to the people who just drove 7+ hours the last 4 nights to catch the last 4 shows in (Darien->Hartford CT->Merriweather MD->Saratoga).. jeeese. Chalk Dust HELL YEA!!! that's a hit right there boys. Golgi, love the OLD super old style songs... speaking of... is it bowie or maze?? BOWIE.. and a pretty sweet one too!! end of set? nope... Cavern!.. that's for sure the end of the set.. typically right?? nope.. Trey's playing Possum... here we go!.. Josh (fluffy) had it locked and loaded that possum was the set closer... tom (elliot) was making space on his notepad to begin documenting set 2.. assuming it's a lock.. nah.. at least 1 more.. and behold!.. Ocelot... come out and play!! the first "new" song of the night, most likely won't close the set.. nah.. and it didn't cause here comes marco esquandoles with his Run Like an Antelope... got any swisssssssss cheese? sweet antelope.. set over! bathroom break...
we thought about getting sara a dry shirt.. phish merch was like 25 dudes ahead of you at the bar, wall to wall.. so i asked waterwheel (google it) people how much for a t-shirt... 35 bucks... but it's a donation to local organizations and i'm sure it would have gone to a good cause.. but a lot too steep for a t-shirt.. so we pushed thru the day as we were... the weather man/report said NO RAIN... it was so HOT all weekend.. neither of us brought a spare shirt with us to the show.. or a raincoat or long sleeve shirt or anything for either of us... so on to set 2!!
backwards down the number line was awesome! it's also a "new" song this year... and it's been jammed out recently. this was no exception. Nice and spacey to start us off for set 2. Sick. For a long long time we were trying to figure out what they would go into after this, or at least i was... jake even thought one thing at one point and i had no idea... for sara, it was an okay lets move on to the next song part.. and for some of you probably as well.. but i dig on it. and was all smiles. Twenty Years Later!!! sweet.. another "new" song.. (which there's about 10 new songs.. and based on the previous couple nights setlists... we kind of new which ones that we would get Ocelot, Backwards, 20yrs but hell yeah!).. awesome.. wait what's this?? HALLEYS COMET?? HAHAH!! Awesome!!! Love this tune!! GORDO AND PAGE were so MONEY all night long!! They bust this into Rock & Roll (velvet underground) and I'm stoked!!!... was hoping to hear it and was looking forward to where it would go.. this was no exception either.. Awesome Jam!! WOAH.. and then... Immediately.. Madness!! The song I've been waiting to hear since FOREVER... and finally on my kobe bryant show (#24) i get it!! the kobe bryant of phish tunes - HARPUA. so awesome!!! (google it).. Super ASS RARE at this point, Super OLD. Super Awesome... and Trey usually tells a story... he's a story teller, ya know. this story was no exception.. I'll write about it later... but Jimmy was confused and depressed and attempted to seek some advice from his spirit god... unfortunately this spirit god was a middle aged over the hill guy who wore a dress (albeit with a tshirt on underneath) and sang songs about kissing a girl... (which he did apologize for later thankfully to us, not to kate perry)... i thought it was funny though... i didnt recognize the song until the chorus part... lots of people around me seemed to know the song immediately.. (WAY WAY MORE than the people who had any idea what the heck was going on when Phish busted out Destiny Unbound at Fenway)... but, poster the cat... died. how about a goldfish? nah... a dog. they took a minute to talk about what to play next after this insanely awesome harpua bustout.. and low and behold.. the michael jordan of phish songs... YEM.. to obviously close this AWESOME set and send us on our way.... Sara and I waited til the vocal jam.. and bee-lined it to the bathroom... we were in and out very quick from the bathroom... and made it back to our spot almost right when the vocal jam ended... YEM is awesome.. but i can take a pee break during the vocal jam. they encored with Grind acapella.. then trey spoke about how special it was to be here tonight and how it was the end of the tour... maybe this was when he mentioned his singer/song writer friend Bruce from NJ (you've heard of him right?) was in the audience tonight... and how he lived in Saratoga for a while and how that was awesome... some of this narration could have been earlier during Harpua.. not exactly sure... but then he's like, oh yeah we didn't play 1 song from the new album yet.. and page sang this new song called I Been Around (we didn't know the name... my guess at one point was Down And Around)... it was a good pagey song.. so we got a couple of those tonight... They busted off Highway To Hell and we were out of there... to walk back to the car...
Awesome Show!!
Kickball Party
Couple shots from last night... Join us every Monday Night at 6:30 pm at Hoffman's Park (bottom of 787) in Albany for an awesome pickup game of Kickball.
Two weeks are in the can, so join us next week for week 3 action. Also, join the Facebook Group - Kickball Party!
Contacting Me Quickly
I consider myself a very live/easy to get a hold of person. However, this has caused some friends to try and reach me the 5 or 6 different ways. Some with varying degrees of success. So I came up with this handy list which should help you contact me with quick results. Jeez, I forgot to mention posting comments to this blog. That's done fallen off.
best/fastest way to get a hold of me from 9-5
1. txt message to phone
2. email to work address
3. pm/post on the iiwii
4. post to my facebook wall/inbox
5. @reply on twitter
6. email to gmail.
best/fastest way to get a hold of me from 5-9
1. knock on my door.
2. if phone isn't silent or not near me, txt of phone call to phone
3. email to my gmail
4. pm/post on the iiwii
5. post to my facebook wall/inbox
6. @reply on twitter
Vas’s B-Day Party
Vas ready to party.
All the peeps in attendy.
Even BJ.
On snap surprise! It's Jeremy!
Uh oh. Clean up on Aisle 1.
Handle it!
Hasta la pasta time to leave!
Wait.. someone has to move a couch at this hour.
Not motion.
Train be slow from Myrtle av that be what it be. Finally. Let's hit it.
jump for joy sofa pop pop pop xo xo xo optimism together sweet Yo hoo ray! Oh boy joy pop
it literally takes almost 2 hours to get from bob's house in clifton to vas's in bedstuy. it's really annoying. great to see everyone when I get down there... but man!
McSteamy
okay, so a month or so ago.... i see patricks (the gooch)'s mug unattended in the breakroom... so i instantly think.. im gonna pull a fast one... i take said mug with this great intention of taking it random places all over the place and taking pictures of it etc etc etc... i take it home and leave it there.. the next day, right in the morning he comes over and is like.. somebody stole my mug!!.. etc etc.. im like who the heck would do that.. no.. i help him look for it all over the breakroom.. i help him search for it everywhere... later that day... we look around on other people's desks.. thinking maybe somebody just took it, nope.. not there... we walk back to our cars together debating who could have possibly taken it.. mind you, it was completely full of water when i found it... who would take the mug full of water?.. i'm like.. man, they probably even drank the water too... haha.. so another couple days of discussing go by... our team gets a mug for the boss (and gift certificate to eat) and we look at each other... mcSteamy... couple days later somebody mentions they got a mug for christmas? mcsteamy... so blah blah blah.. i took a mess of random pics around the apartment with it... i had the intentions of doing so more much... i wanted to take it all over the place... and take all sorts of random pictures... but basically i was lazy.. damn.. i didnt even get a shot of it outside in the snow.. time elapsed... sara's all like.. when are you going to return it... he's gone for a week after today.. so i figured its either now or never.. so yesterday he's ready to leave.. i say i need a minute or two... and i go put it back on his desk... i freakin put crackers in it... and i knew that would be a DEAD giveaway... but oh well its too late... im walking to my car and i think damn, i didnt even wash it when i returned it.. what a jerk i am..
Happy Holidays
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Be Safe Everyone.
Bike Commute!
Test Ride time... I'm leaving now... gonna see how long it takes to circle pearl and broadway around Dec 19th's snowpile... up and down madison via quail i guess... 11:33
11:44 State Street
11:48 Snow Pile
12:05 My Street
and back already... not a bad ride at all... coming back up the hill definitely was worse... i drove right thru my friend ziggy's neighborhood on the way back... and lake to state on the way in...
Returns Day Reverse in Talk
Necessary means however along play should you and day fun a is Talk in Reverse Day. Treatment Thanksgiving get doesn't it and better it remember can I that so 1st October to it switch I'll year next maybe so. Year this play to energy the have don't I, but. Around spin heads make to way great a it's and October of Monday first the is day reverse in talk historically and typically. Year this participate to energy the have don't just I but returns Day Reverse in Talk.
Dr Ziggy vs Eraser Head Tennis Match
Dr. Ziggy vs Eraser Head Tennis Match Challenge (the day I freakin sprained my ankle)
The Score was 4-6, 3-3 when I decided it was a good idea to run down some steps and go retrieve a ball from another court. Upon arriving to the bottom of said steps I promptly rolled my ankle and heard a funny sound. I was done for at that point. I barely hobbled over to the ball. It was so painful. Incredibly yucky moment. I tried to walk it off. I could not run. I tried to walk it off some more. I tried to finish but was unable to do anything at that point. Anytime Ziggy hit it in basically he scored. I could have just thrown in the towel, but I wanted to try so badly. I ended up losing 4-6, 3-6. We'll rematch in a few weeks when it's better. It's now a week later and it still is sore.
Carnation Sensation
I busted it yesterday. Left work a little early around 4pm. Drove like crazy over to crossgates, got three books and then stopped in price chopper to snag some carnations. Since the traditional first year anniversary gift is paper and carnations I accomplished the goal. Amazingly enough I was able to do all that and still get home right around 5pm. It normally takes an hour to get home so how I was able to fit time in still boggles me. But anyway! To top it off she didn't think I'd get her a gift, so my gift is I get to share the books I got with her! haha! After I got back, and with my brain still moving, we went to Milano's in Latham and then played mini-golf at the King's place right near there. I have some video of our unimpressive putt putt abilities. We ended up ordering the same thing at Milano's and it was really tasty, but the rest of the night was filled with absolutely toxic fumes coming out of us. What ya gonna do? The dog didn't die from them, so guess we also survived it. Ha! But anyway, it was good times. Today, we rest.
Happy Earth Day!
Happy Earth Day!
Here are a few things you can do today to celebrate
1. Plant trees - The world can always use some more trees to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
2. Learn about the environment - Educate yourself. It's important.
3. Reduce, resuse, and recycle - and be concious about it
4. Pick up Litter - It's bad enough others toss their litter as if it has no affect on them. But it does. Set a good example and pick some up.
Welcome Spring
Ladies and gentlemen let's put our hands together and welcome another fine addition, SPRING!
Today is the first day of Spring officially, so take down your ghetto wrap, get out your gardening tools, and get ready for good times and good weather!
Burnt Tongue
Ouch. still hurts. Yesterday I drank some hot chai tea, yah well.. it was a little too hot still... so anyway, my tongue still hurts and mostly its affecting the taste and consumption of my coffee today which annoys me... at least the unexciting PBJ for lunch shouldn't be too interrupted.
Project DL
For those checking in on this ordinary Thursday, please note that Project DL is underway and going very successfully I might add.
AND I just got really good news about my impending future!