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Rolling Stone?s David Fricke recently spoke with the reunited Phish to get the story behind the Vermont quartet?s comeback album, which RS can exclusively report will be titled Joy.

Three weeks after their triumphant three-night reunion concerts at Virginia?s Hampton Coliseum in March, the band and producer Steve Lillywhite spent three weeks in New York?s Chung King Studios, mapping out the 10-song album and recording all the basic tracks live in the studio. Joy ?feels more like a live record than a lot of our live records,? guitarist Trey Anastasio tells RS.

Many of Joy?s songs have already become live staples on Phish?s reunion trek, and they unleashed new gems during both of their headlining Bonnaroo sets. Fans are already connecting to the Lynyrd Skynyrd-flavored ?Kill Devil Falls,? ?Stealing Time From the Faulty Line? and the epic 13-minute closer ?Time Moves Elastic,? which the band released as a digital download in May. According to Anastasio, ?Time? took 278 takes to get the song right, as Lillywhite forced the band to nail down all 15 sections of Anastasio?s prog-rock closer. ?I wanted every member to play every section perfectly,? Lillywhite said.

Lyrically, much of Joy draws from Anastasio?s struggles with drugs and his return from a 2006 arrest for possession. The album?s title track was written when Anastasio?s sister was fighting cancer earlier this year (she died in April). Still, Trey insists that the title?s message ?is affirming with a dose of reality.? For much more on Joy, which Lillywhite calls ?the best Phish album ever,? be sure to check out Fricke?s full report from the studio in the new issue of Rolling Stone, on stands now.

what the eff rolling stone

If all these new songs that suck are on the album I don\'t see how it\'s going to be the best Phish album ever.

If they do a damn good job producing it there might be a little room above the Round Room placeholder..

i like time moves elastic

my friend found this on craigslist:

TO "PHISH" PEOPLE AT ALPINE VALLEY THIS WEEKENED (EAST TROY)


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Date: 2009-06-22, 1:31AM CDT



I HAVE LIVED OFF OF COUNTY HWY D NEAR ALPINE VALLEY FOR THE PAST 24 YEARS AND OFTEN FEEL THE RESIDUAL NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE CONCERTS. NEVER HAVE I HAD AN INCIDENT SUCH AS THE ONE THAT OCCURRED ON SATURDY NIGHT (JUN. 20) FOLLOWING A "PHISH" MUSICAL. OUR DOG WOKE US AT 1:30 AM MAKING A RUCKUS. WE HAVE A SMALL WARMING HOUSE NEAR THE EDGE OF THE HIGHWAY THAT I BUILT FOR OUR DAUGHTERS (NOW GROWN) TO WAIT FOR THE SCHOOLBUSES IN. THE LIGHT IN IT WAS ON AND SOMEONE WAS INSIDE. I PUT ON CLOTHES AND APPROACHED AND FOUND HIM DEFECATING ON THE FLOOR. HAD HAIR LOOKED LIKE A DOORMAT. EYES WERE BUGGY LIKE I REMEMBER ON MEN IN VIETNAM. I HAD A SHOTGUN AND TOLD HIM HE WAS GOING TO CLEAN UP THE DEFECATE. BUT I AM OLD (71 NOW) AND MADE A MISTAKE, RETURNING TO THE HOUSE TO GET A HOSE AND BUCKET. HE RAN IN THE DIRECTION OF THE INTERSTATE AND I DIDNOT FOLLOW.

MY MESSAGE IS THIS: GET YOUR PEOPLE IN ORDER "PHISH". AND NEVER COME TO ALPINE VALLEY AGAIN. SHAME ON YOU. I AM POSTING ON CRAIGLIST BECAUSE I HAVE USED IT TO SELL TRUCK PARTS AND LAWN FURNTITURE AND DOUBT AN EDITOR\'S LETTER IN THE JOURNAL/SENTINEL WILL REACH "PHISH" PEOPLE, WHO MY NEIGHBOR SAYS ARE MOSTLY FROM ILLINOIS OR EASTCOAST. I AM ALSO LOOKING FOR AN APOLOGY FROM THE MAN WHO COMMITTED THIS ACT. HE LEFT BEHIND A WHITE HAT WITH AN ALIEN ON IT. ALSO A GLASS THING. I AM GOING TO THROW THEM AWAY.

I want a t-shirt with a Phish logo on front that says "Warming House Defecator" on the back.

Ocelot, Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan, and Time Turns Elastic were all damn enjoyable live.

Yes.

prob gonna be out west since its so late

what happened to pepsi arena?

what happened to pepsi arena?

aparently they moved the 2 nights at pepsi to around thanksgiving