Blues Traveler – Alive at Five – Albany
HOOK Encore!
Was a pretty decent time. The sound stunk from the side though. I've got a few clips from the side so if/when I thought/toss those up you'll see what I mean. A totally mixed crowd. Lots of young people. A few older people. Everywhere but the crowded spot in front of the stage, where I was, people were sitting in chairs. What's up with that? All that talk about the heightened cop presence and "testing" your drink with an alcohol sniffer amounted to jack nothing from what I could tell. Then again, I wasn't drinking or near any areas where people were getting out of control. It was packed. I'm thinking that the rest of the Alive at Fives won't be nearly as crowded as that one. It was the first one of the summer and probably the biggest name on the list. Who knows, we'll see.
Phish, Fenway.
Awesome show. Nothing Spacey Jammed out or anything.. Mike at the end of YEM great shit. Disease was considerably shorter and tighter. Bathtub Gin and Bowie were the mothers milk as well. good shit there. the new songs were good. TTE is a little long and i heard it off myspace/bso show... so knew what to semi expect there.. iiwii.. anyway, Tweezer into Light was Awesome. 3 song encore was nice, even though im semi-over hearing GTBT, feel like it follows me... My buddy back home plays Curtis Lowe on acoustic so was pumped to hear that, and sent him a txt.. It was all about the Second Set to me.. first set was good.. but the whole thing felt like an afternoon show separate from an evening/night show.. Loved the spot in Sample in the Jar when it was realized completely that the rain/clouds were leaving (it downpour'd right before the Anthem/Play Ball and many people missed it entirely--it was still raining when they sung that actually)... so after that, and during Sample especially.. the sky opened up and it was on from then on out... Our seats were fantastic.. at a baseball game it would have been 7 rows from the bottom, closer to pesky pole than first base.. fishman/mike side.. but basically dead on.. i have a few decent pics that im working on getting up... awesome awesome show..
05/31/09 Fenway Park, Boston, MA
Star-Spangled Banner *
Set I: Sample in a Jar, Moma Dance, Chalkdust Torture, Ocelot ^, Stash, Bouncing Around The Room, Poor Heart, Limb by Limb, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Down with Disease, Destiny Unbound +, Character Zero
Set II: Tweezer > Light ^, Bathtub Gin, David Bowie, Time Turns Elastic ^#, Free @, Ballad of Curtis Lowe $, You Enjoy Myself,
Encore: Cavern, Good Times, Bad Times %, Tweezer Reprise
Before show, code of conduct read as if you were at a ball game
* Acapella from pitcher's mound, followed by "PLAY BALL"
^ First time played
+ First time played since 2/28/03; before that it was last played on 11/15/91!!! This is only the 28th time Destiny Unbound has ever been performed live
# Trey playing green Languedoc G4
@ Before Free Trey jokes that TTE is Phish's new single
$ Lynyrd Skynyrd, Last played 8/2/93 (624 shows) only the 26th time ever played
% Led Zeppelin
Soundcheck: Funky Bitch, Kill Devil Falls, Undermind, Star Spangled Banner
sendspace:
set1 http://www.sendspace.com/file/mcgqrn
set2 http://www.sendspace.com/file/auvcd2
Here's a couple short clips I recorded.
TWOBS, The Halloween Costume
Imitation is the highest form of flattering. See here how JKH from the Midwest was clever to use me as his Internet Costume. I am honored.
Wedding Photos
Oh by the way, I finally uploaded our official photos from the wedding.... At some point, I will get the guest's photos up that we have/like.. but for now.. and for those of you who haven't seen....
http://picasaweb.google.com/bickersmith
Brooks Dinner
Ceremony
Reception
Portraits
from 07/07/2007
Pictures from July
Here are some pictures from JULY.
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Please note that there aren't many wedding pictures because these are the ones that came form my camera and I didn't bother taking too many pictures because that's why we had a photographer.
There are pictures from August in the picasa gallery but I won't post the slideshow as a blog til August is over. Which will be soon, I know.
Snow in October
Here's a few pics from my mom where they got a pretty good lot of snow a few weeks ago. If you scroll down further, I posted a few pics of the flurries we got that day. These pictures are much cooler.
Sage Swimming!
Check out pics of Sage swimming around today. I even randomly ran into someone I knew. Sage had a great time today swimming and running around like a crazy girl. For those pics click here
Pondo Party
I've put some pics up from last nights Pondo-December-Party thing
Check them out here
TWOBS Gallery
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There are new pics of Sage and Nutmeg... and more...
NYC Pics from August
Here are a few pictures from my trip to NYC a few weekends ago.
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Meet Sage
Alright, so we decided to keep her... ha! (SOMETIMES anyway) :)
We are working on rules, commands, walking on the lesh, doing her business, and maintaing a schedule. We got jobs to do and places to be. Plus we have to sleep.
We got a dog!!
She's 9 weeks old. Her birthday is 2/19.
We are looking for some ideas for her name if you have any.
Well, back to breaking her bad habits!
Mount Pleasant
Downtown Mount Pleasant just the other day. 
The Chippewa River is definately full of water. Looks pretty mighty.
November pics
The Image Gallery is back...
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Check out a bunch of pics from November. Here are some samples
Sitting Around
As I sit around waiting for things to happen I'll write to you again. Time goes slower here mostly cause I'm taking a break from twiddling my thumbs. My Tv antenna only picks up one channel (CBS) and we have been without all the others for quite a few days now. I'm so far behind on my PTI and ESPN viewing that I am about to go stir crazy. I've got the Internet and that has helped. But now I am ready to do something, anything. Well almost anything. I could stand to not go for a long drive for a while. I think I'll turn the fan on now. It's getting hot.
This is Team Penske, well except for Sara who is taking the picture. Cell phones and walki talkis made traveling in a four car caravan a lot easier. Without this technology it would have been a true pain in the ass. We took the long way here, by staying in the US and going around Lake Erie. We didn't want to deal with any border anxiety or chance that they would make us unpack the whole truck or have issue with the cat or turtle or plants we were carrying, so we just went around. It made the trip immensely longer but it was okay. We left around 11am Tuesday and with all the stops for gas, food, and restroom we got here around 11pm. It rained as we went through Cleveland, but other than that the weather was really nice. 
Here is the corner of our main room. I haven't setup this Stereo yet. The computer feeds us our music. However, the plants have adjusted nicely and we have plenty of space for them. I'll share more pictures later when we have more things setup. It still seems like we have a lot to do.