the NYT article is a very important one...this is the first time ive really heard the band address how bad coventry was...it is also great to hear that they are practicing all their old complex songs rather than relying on playing their newer simpler stuff. this should be a great great reunion.
i just had a
**** heart attack!! went in to double check my bank account and lo and behold, no paycheck had been deposited!!!!! $48.98 for the whole weekend,
****!!!!!
and then i realized that today\'s not friday. and i only get paid on fridays. d\'oh!!!
2nd leg of 2009 Summer Tour:
hartford 7/24
Spac 7/25,26
RedRocks 7/30, 7/31, 8/1
Hollywood 8/3
Shoreline 8/5,6
The Gorge 8/8,9
Expect an announcement Tues/Wed next week
FWIW
London, UK 9/15
London, UK 9/16
London, UK 9/17
Just kidding!!! But a guy\'s gotta hope!
Love the fact that the old complex stuff will be done. The later stuff never really did as much for me.
2nd leg of 2009 Summer Tour:
hartford 7/24
Spac 7/25,26
RedRocks 7/30, 7/31, 8/1
Hollywood 8/3
Shoreline 8/5,6
The Gorge 8/8,9
Expect an announcement Tues/Wed next week
FWIW
If true, I already see my career and life falling apart. I will have to sell n2o just to survive.
have you guys heard about mr. miner\'s "
no spoilers" page? they will have an untracked/unlabeled recording of the show (hopefully within a couple hours of the end) so that you can listen at home without knowing the setlist and being able to be genuinely surprised. i think it\'s a great idea. steering clear of any phishy texts/calls/messages could be tough...even for two hours
yeah zuke i heard about that and Im doing it./..i wont answer my phone or lok at texts until I hear it
I would LOVE to go to 3 nights at red rocks.
p.s. Im going to camden.
have you guys heard about mr. miner\'s "no spoilers" page? they will have an untracked/unlabeled recording of the show (hopefully within a couple hours of the end) so that you can listen at home without knowing the setlist and being able to be genuinely surprised. i think it\'s a great idea. steering clear of any phishy texts/calls/messages could be tough...even for two hours
That is awesome! I don\'t think I will make it further than 8:05 p.m. on Friday before I need to know what went down.
Q: What is the current tour alert status?
We at the Department of Tourland Security continue to monitor incoming information on an ongoing basis. Using a treat matrix rigorously designed to combine information received from both official and unofficial sources, we provide you with the best estimate we can of the chances of impending roof-blowing before it happens.
The current threat status is as indicated in the chart at right, is... Red.
Newswire...3/3/09... With fans in full-on fervor nationwide - excited about the shows, relieved by but panting for the free downloads, crunching the numbers, spying on the local setup, observing legal manuevers, upset about the hotels, bummed about Langerado, and more - the Tourland Security Advisory System has been officially raised to red.
We continue to monitor ongoing intelligence; however, there is credible information that these shows are going to be very very very good. As always, we remind the public to be both thoughtful about their neighbors and vigilant about their shoes.
We\'re coming to your town. We\'ll help you party down. That is all.
Tour Alert Status
Fishman is beginning to look old.
Ser pics.
im not even going to these shows and i am so excited i cant even contain myself....all im thinking about is listening to the shows friday night
Tour-bound Phish asks judge to reel in bootleggers
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Phish is kicking off its reunion tour with a lawsuit against bootleggers in Virginia and across the country.
The Vermont-based rock band, which developed a cult following over two decades before splitting up, will perform for the first time since 2004 on Friday night at the Hampton Coliseum in southeastern Virginia. But first, the foursome will ask a judge to block the sale of bootleg T-shirts, posters and other merchandise at its upcoming concerts.
U.S. District Judge Raymond Jackson will consider the band\'s request for an injunction Thursday afternoon.
Phish says in court papers that it has had trouble with bootleggers in the past. The band wants police to seize any unlicensed Phish merchandise being sold at or near its concerts, beginning with its three performances this weekend in Hampton.
Phish also is seeking unspecified damages against the defendants, identified only as "John Does 1-100 and ABC Corporations 1-5" because the band can\'t determine who might try to peddle unlicensed goods.
"Because they are generally nomadic individuals without a business premises or other connection to the area, Bootleggers often flee the area permanently once they have sold Bootleg Merchandise," the band says in its complaint.
Phish says the company authorized to sell its merchandise first obtained orders authorizing the seizure of bootleg goods sold during a tour in 1994. Thousands of illegal items were seized then and during subsequent tours until Phish broke up in 2004, the band says, but the scofflaws routinely skipped out on court hearings.
The band or its individual members own federal trademarks for the names Phish, Phish Food, Oysterhead, Gamehendge, Waterwheel and Vida Blue, according to the complaint. Ben & Jerry\'s manufactures Phish Food ice cream under license, the band says, and more than 1 million T-shirts bearing Phish trademarks have been sold under other licensing agreements.
Phish has sold about 8 million albums since the 1980s but is more famous for live performances, which feature the band\'s freeform style and attract a Grateful Dead-like following. All the concerts on Phish\'s national reunion tour are sold out.
Judge: Phish can ban, not seize bootleg merchandise
Posted to: News Norfolk
By Tim McGlone
The Virginian-Pilot
? March 5, 2009
NORFOLK
A federal judge today refused to grant an order allowing representatives of the jam band Phish to seize any bootlegged merchandise they find at their shows in Hampton this weekend.
U.S. District Judge Raymond A. Jackson said he would issue an order tomorrow granting an injunction prohibiting the sale of unauthorized Phish items, but the order would be largely unenforceable without a seizure order to go along with it.
?There?s no way the court is going to issue a seizure order,? Jackson told Phish?s lawyers this afternoon.
Jackson told the lawyers that they failed to follow proper legal procedures in seeking the seizure order, including notifying the U.S. Attorney and filing the matter in secret.
Jackson appeared particularly perturbed that the action has already been in the media.
The band, he said, ?was required to file this as a sealed matter. The court cannot file a sealed seizure order if it?s already been in the press,? Jackson said.
Phish?s lawyers declined to comment following the proceeding.
watchin the clifford ball dvd that came in the mail today.... eeeehniiiiiice!!
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