clifford ball, 1996. i was 18 years old and all i brought was two changes of clothes and a pillow. slept in the backseat of my car.
had no traffic cause one of the girls i went with grew up in plattsburgh and still lived there so we took the easy entrance in.
i\'ll never forget driving in and seeing some hippies with a sign \'WE NEED NUGS\' i was SHOCKED that anyone would advertise so blatantly about drug purchases (we were always super careful, never discussed over phones, wrote notes, anything that could ever leave a trace)....
my friend fat tony accidentally locked my keys and our ********* in the trunk and had to call AAA to get our trunk opened. it was awesome. first time ever taking ********* at a festival... bird almost flew into us and that\'s when i knew it had hit....
it was also my first phish show, i had 2 of their albums (i know i know) that i had been listening to non-stop for the past 2 years or so, and i thought i\'d hear a lot of stuff i knew, but i knew maybe 3 or 4 songs...
it was awesome. i was in love.
found out later i had slept through the flatbed jam as it drove past my car. woke up when it rained on my face cause i had the windows open.
I LOVE PHISH
oh, another funny story, my friend stepped on a piece of glass and cut open her foot. we had to go to first aid and they gave her a tetanus shot and taped her all up. so my friend \'shot up at the clifford ball\'. good times.
