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 mushrooms in the trunk and had to call AAA to get our trunk opened. it was awesome. first time ever taking mushrooms 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.