Now that we’ve previewed both audio and video from Phish Walnut Creek, the 2-DVD set recorded on July 22, 1997 that hits stores on August 5, it’s time to share the wealth. We’re giving away five packages which include both the DVDs and the Walnut Creek Mail-Order Ticket magnet. All you have to do is leave a comment below telling us what you miss about seeing Phish play in amphitheaters. To make things a little trickier, your comment must be ten words or less.
Just follow the rules below:
- To enter the contest leave a comment below telling us what you miss about seeing Phish in amphitheaters in ten words or less
- Your comment must be left by 11:59 PM EST on Sunday August 3rd
- Don’t be greedy, only one entry per person
- Five winners will be selected at random from entries that follow the rules
- Winners receive a copy of Phish Walnut Creek and the ticket stub magnet
And just in case you haven’t seen our exclusive video of Vultures from Phish Walnut Creek here’s another look at what you can expect from the release:
612 Responses
What I miss? No Tweezer>Reba.
Hetty groundscores on the lawn, brahsef
Never saw Phish (too young), so my life’s not complete.
The chills that shoots up your spine when the lights go down.
Funky Bitch openers and Squirming Coil encores
Fresh air, smiling faces, stars, light show, friends sharing music.
Kuroda
The glow of CKs lights, bouncing to the divine sound
Sweet, sweet anticipation, followed by glorious release.
grooving to divided sky during the rain
when the lights go down, high fiving strangers, calling the next song in your head (and humbly keeping your psychic ability to yourself)
Three words: rain or shine.
rockin out to the soundcheck outside the venue
seeing Phish.
sun going down to bathtub gin so sweet
Sunsets through which pulsating grooves mix with ethereal colorful tones…
Running like an antelope (o.o.c.) around the lawn. Great Woods!
Anastasio, Gordon, McConnell, Fishman, Lawn seats, and Ten Dollar Beers.
Camping with 150 Phish heads at a random state park.
three words: The Rooster Strut
Tripping your balls off but then realizing it’s bunk molly.
I miss Squirming Coil closers in the glow of sunset 🙂
Shows that begin with sunlight and end in moonlight.
missed this one but hit up 12 shows in the funky fall of 1997. Can’t wait to sit back relax and enjoy this DVD on my 47″
The feeling of Trey pissing in my ears.
Trey, Page, Mike & John making musical magic
A thousand barefoot children outside, dancing on my lawn!
How awesome Phish is.
Getting bag’d
i miss Ghost and glow stick wars.
didn’t read the criteria, so here it goes.
the pre show lot party> lights out excitement> cool breezes to cool my melting face>thick dark ambient jams under the stars. I miss the boys!!!!
The sun parting and hearing opening notes of DIVIDED SKY
When the sun archs behind the earth leaving spectral colors in the void
Great Woods: 6pm meet at the flagpoles…pre-cellphone era phish
All of my phriends together in one place, hellz yeah!
I miss the thick, humid air that would roll in at the end of the first set forshadowing a scary 2nd of intense thunderclaps, electric lightning, and the band commanding and teasing the weather.
Wearing my teeth and freaking people out, and the music
Setbreak in sheds is a blast!
looking around and wondering “Where do these people come from?”
Face melting solos from the red headed fuck face.
Happiness is Phish
Ecstatically Dancing fun
Rocking and Rolling
A lot
Ecstatic anticipation….. house music cuts. Suddenly focused crowd roars. YES!!!
Raw energy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiW45bZBL04
late wooks skipping down the lawn
The band walking on stage in the hot summer sun.
I miss knowing there is nowhere I would rather be!
Leaving the real world behind at the parking lot gate.
The atmoshpere, the energy, the music.
going to “that place” in my soul
Set 2 of the Great Went. Harry Hood. Slave YEM
“We’ll be back in fifteen minutes.”
Snare hits that started 97 funked out Ghosts
We’ll be back in 15 minutes
Dancing with the guys on stage watching, and knowing.
knowing the only difference between lawn and pavillion is jedi.
First set sunshine>dusk>sunset, second set CK5!!!
sweeping light pans across the lawn during set two
First set: enjoying the surroundings. Second set: liftoff!
I miss Harry Hood under the stars
Everyone talks about sun, but I miss the RAIN shows.
Camping, lights going down, YEM.
I miss it all.
oom-pa-pa oom-pa-pa oom-pa-pa oom-pa-pa
everything
I miss the excuse to travel
I miss not seeing the boys rip it up!!!!!
Music for music’s sake.
Absorbing all I can for every moment of the clan!
Those fleeting moments: trey catches a glowstick. jam on.
The breeze that blew over us during second set slaves.
starting on the lawn, ending up just behind the sbd in the sweet spot.
thousands of smiles!!!
::MASTURBATES FURIOUSLY::
A long Simple jam with a nice breeze.
Sunset,lights,lawn,smell of summer/lot,1for3 2for5, content
The end of Squirming Coil under a clear sky with a beer in my hand.
I absolutely miss getting funky in the moat between the lawn and the seats.
The Phishy Community
I miss the anticipation of the opening song.
What I miss:
Sights, sounds & scents of the parking lots at summer shows
I miss the warm fuzzy feeling the music gave me.
Sunseting during Ya Mar opener
Waiting for tour announcement, so I could plan my vacation
feeling their music vibrate the ground beneath my feet.
Don’t know what the weather might do!!
A thousand barefoot children outside dancing on my lawn!
The band mutually setting up expectations and then fulfilling them.
ALL weather encountered outside, stars, sky, lawn, pavilion, and PHISH!
What don’t I miss?
Crowds anticipation of great sounds and sensations to come…
For just a few hours -TY for letting me be myself
Fluff
The flips in my stomach as the lights turn off.
You can feel GOOD, GOOD, GOOD ABOUT HOOD!
Lilacs glisten on the pen..Streams bend eyes cringe then
Start of the Hood jam accompanied by a gusty breeze.
I miss Splitting open and melting my face off!
Feeling Gordo melt my mind during that segue, 2nd row!
trey, mike, page, jon, yem, tube, bowie, & open skies…
Blue lights on stage pre-show. You know it’s on!
I miss pregaming and second sets. I miss my phriends!
Thunderstorms Maze = That Feeling You “Get”
more than anything, I miss the lights going down.
I miss the good times with all my friends.
Watching the sounds create colorful images like things in my mind and getting it.
Every comment made on here!!!! Cause that’s what Phish is.
I miss seeing phans scribbling in little notepads between sets
1st set Split closers, after sunset. See: Gorge ’97
THE GOOOOORGE, in George, Wa. What a venue for Phish!
The smell of patchoulli and funny cigarettes.
I miss the helping, friendly book.
Only one word needed, Happiness
cool night breezes during the post-show-glow
the music that brought together an entire subculture of phriends
crowded in the lowlands (pavillion)
fools stay on hill (lawn)
The intense roar of the audience when they walk onstage.
i miss the deer creek multi-night runs
This thread is making me cry
We’ll be back in fifteen minutes.
chicks in the front row
The raw energy that would nearly blow the roof off
The connection the band has with the crowd.
just waiting for that ONE song…
Helicopters buzzing over the lot tweaking everyone out.
Knowing there’s no place in the world I’d rather be.
Realizing that there’s nowhere else on earth I’d rather be
lot scene, setlist dreams, friends all around and getting down!
dancing to exhaustion on a warm summer night > rest > repeat
Basking in the summer sun
Phishicians play with sound and sight
Dancing under starry skies
Won’t you step into the freezer
Custy bitches
Those first notes making the journey worth it.
anticipation while watching the sun set
We don’t miss Phish at all!
Stinky people touring
Boys are back
Smiles ear to ear
The wall of sound enveloping me in music.
stubbing down friends for one big mother fucking dance party
Trey’s solos bouncing off the shed and into my head.
Grass between my toes and face melting!
every. single. thing. !
Boy, Man, Wood You Flee See Drive Me To Forenze?
Whats not to miss..headydready mammas!!
the feeling when you successfully call the opening song
Dancing with my best friends from college all summer long.
mike gordon’s neon purple rolled up pants. move over weir!
Northeast Amp Runs…PNC>GW>Camden>…etc or some combo there of
House lights off, first notes played, dancing begins.
I miss the constant smiling & the feeling of being part of it all.
The feeling i forgot, mike on the trampoline, Page’s Shirt!!!
The energy, the fun, but most of all: the music!
Pure happiness when the lights go down the music starts
Mikes Song>I am Hydrogen> Weekapaug
hearing lawn boy from the lawn
gordon golf cart.
first set sunshine.
second set CK5.
It’s Night-time and once again I’m bouncing ’round the room.
I miss Mike in the middle.
cym-bop & be-bophone, sky-balls & sax-scraper
Experiencing Musical Magic.
Constantly being lied to….”We’ll be back in 15 minutes”
the silent part of Divided Sky
I miss seeing Scotty B.
I miss the lights going down when they come out.
The smell of the lawn when the lights drop at show time.
Kuroda and the boys blowing minds with instruments and lights.
Looking at Hiddentrack on my crackberry.
the pre-show, getting in, first note, the atmosphere, the next night
I miss being in the moment!
when you’re smack in the middle of a sick sick jam, everyone around’s in their own little galaxy, so focused everything but the music seems eons away. You dig your feet in and grab onto that guitar riff or snare drum beat, and you’re locked in, perfectly locked in. You can feel the notes course through your body, your fingers seem to summon them perfectly, almost as if it was you directing the music: instantenaous recognition, and just as you realize all of this, the music becomes transaprent, crystal clear, and you feel like you know exactly where this jam is going: it’s clear, evident, inevitable, and it’s going to be glorious. The jam keeps building up, thumping bass notes and cascading keyboards punctuating the deep pplunges as well as the vertiginous climbs, lifting you higher and higher as you pilot this jam to it’s peak; from a few feet back – but it really could be from another galaxy altogether – you hear a loud “YEAAAAAH!!” and cant help but smile a shit-eating ear-to-ear grin in agreement. Locked in. Your head bops furiously, your legs have a life of their own, the crowd roar building up feels like sticking your head out of a moving plane, you can phsycially feel the wind blowing in your face as you steer the jam into its last curves, but just before the last stretch, you take a glance around at the moving masses and lock eyes with a complete stranger, just long enough to exchange a confident and trusting nod and smile, only to dig back in for the thundering finale, white blinding light drowning all your surroundings as thousands of people’s universe collide seemlessly into one gigantic ball of raw energy as this great ride reaches its apogy, leaving you sweaty and panting, light-headed and weak-limbed, adrenaline and endorphin coursing through your system, eyes wide open as if to capture every minute little detail that might enhance the feeling or immortalize it into your brain. what a trip.
I miss the sun setting to such a spectacular soundtrack.
The tingle my body feels when the lights go down.
The perma-grin during whatever song they were playing during sunset.
giving the ginz guarantee
The illogical beer garden location and set up in Saratoga.
the moment before it all goes down..the anticipation/excitement!
The feel of Mik’es bass on the lawn at dusk.
I miss the divided sky and the wind blowing high.
Dancing on the lawn without a care in the air.
The muddy feet from dancing in the rain.
Turning around to view the entire lawn getting down.
Walking in to the beginning notes of My Friend My Friend.
My old lot name, “6-Up.”
summer at alpine valley and 40,000 people dancing without abandon
laughing at hippies while still enjoying your favorite band ever
Henrietta in the moonlight, Mike waltzing the lot
Getting hosed in open air.
DSky openers and YEM encores
I miss the lovely DIVIDED SKY!!!!!!
the lawn, the lights, the phish
The pulse of the crowd bathed in CK’s glow
Kuroda’s lights in the balmy, thick summer night air…
when the lights go down for 2nd set
Life is better when Phish is playing live making smiles!
mike gordon
the funk i MISS vajohnna, leo, GAKTOIDLER, and guisseppe
No more mushroom cloud storms at Polaris.
Cheesecake
The colorful velvet sea of people groovin all together
Phatty Veggie Borritos made with Love
when the lights go down and you know it’s on
laying on the grass when the first raindrops start
When the lights go DOWN!
watching the sunset while listening to live Phish
the makisupa keyword… and phish bingo…
I miss seeing Divided Sky at The Gorge.
amPHItHeaterS = PHISH
Sweet summer sweat, beer on my breath, ganja smell in my nose, and of course Da Phish’s music in da air.
Sunsets, Wind in your hair, Transcendental energy and Unbelievable Music.
I miss everything about seeing phish at amphitheaters
Sheds? Well the best part is walking down to your seats and the rows keep pasing you by. DD, huh? PTBM hhoked you up and you’re sitting with the same faces from the previous nights of the tour. You rekindle the the conversations from the the night before. Then the roar erupts and you leap to your feet. Jim opener…. divided sky, reba, camelwalk, h20 in the sky, gumbo, tela, taste, funky bitch, tube, slave.
Pure
Harmony
Improvisation
Soundcheck
Hilarity
Cackling
Reba
Engulfing
Energy
Kuroda
Coming to the realization that life doesn’t get any better.
Trey’s witty banter
Seeing over a thousand barefoot children dancing on the lawn.
Best one day vacation ever!!!!!!
I miss the parking lot with the crew and TRAMPOLINES
The stage, open sky, and magic of phish.
Listening to Lawn Boy on the lawn.
I miss shaking my head after a jaw-dropping jam.
Relaxing on the lawn and enjoying great tunes.
I miss the sun, fun, and music
my annual vacation
Alpine Valley atmosphere, waves of electric phans on THE HILL
the dancin’ and singin’ and movin’ to the weekapaug groovin’
Very Simple (not Song) Trey, Mike, John and Page
Not breathing in fresh air during fresh jams
Divided Sky as the sun sets(period).
the temperature rises ten degrees moments before the first note
the comraderie
(I miss) How the music changes slowly as the sun goes down.
Seeing Phish become the greatest band in the world!
Drive Camp Tailgate Dance Jam Sun Rain(?) Tailgate Camp Drive
Hippie Chicks, hot ones!!!
dancing deep inside the belly of the beast
LSD.
15 minute set breaks!
Listening to Little Feet and drinking Brooklyn Brown Ale.
When I feel like nothing else matters for a moment!
Book! Spirits! Book!! Spirits!! Boooooooooooook!!!
Right when the lights go down before the show. “CHEERS”!
🙂
Getting into a great jam and audibly saying, ‘Wow!’
We like Page’s new shirt. It’s so nice
thinking that you cant wait to hear the tapes!
Lights Out, Divided Sky, Silent Part, Seeing Visions, Life’s good.
Even their “B Game” beat any other band’s “A Game”
The intense musical breezes under the most interesting night skies.
Bursting into song to unwind.
…a thousand barefoot children outside…
colors of summer sunsets, sounds of freedom in the air
Barefoot dancing on the lawn during Harry Hood glowstick war!
The anticipation, the saving, the travelling,and the “hose.”
Deer Creek Phish = Best Nights of My Life
everything
Ecstatic bliss, no hang-ups, no worries, pure experience. Outside, even!
I miss the lights going out!
the lights, the sounds, the smiles, the vacuum cleaner
Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Boy
Man
God
Shit
Tipsy fuddled boozy groggy elevated euphoric everlasting epiphanies from God
Your inside but it feels like outside.
meeting friends at pageside
Getting miracle’d in, with no goodies, yet still partying hard!
ohh to be young again, always a great time!!!!
I miss hearing a sick tube under a divided sky
I loved it. Most people hated it. That was cool.
Ambient jams and meeting my friends after/during shows.
That feeling you get when the lights go down. YES!!!!
groovin synchronicity coincidences mistakes cosmic oneness
the shaping of a relationship between the weather, band, crowd
Sharing the experience with great people under the bright stars!
Improvisational face melting and heart warming organized chaos
Play whatever you want.
Taking a week off and running away with the circus!
That indescribable feeling that you can’t get from anything else.
Music under the stars.
I miss the bliss that is PHISH!!!!!
i miss laying on the lawn at the meadows, looking up and seeing the pillsbury dough boy smoking a big sherlock while out jammed HaHAha is raging in the backround
The bliss. The moment. The best friends never met before.
The Lawn! Even though it’s ghetto there’s tons of room to dance and also mellow out if you need to.
first notes > full wash of excitement > a simple smile…
Haiku:
Independance Day-
The memorable encore:
Fish in a speedo!
roaring crowd, Kuroda’s palate, fresh frontiers, seeing stars, fresh air
Amazing inspiration and motivation to improve my life and relationships.
Atmosphere, friends, Fishman’s smock, the music. What else is there?
When all you can do is scream
Looking dow on the glowstick wars!
goose bumps
Chills runnin down my spine Always for 2nd set opener
I miss the enthusiasm I used to have for such an amazing band. I miss waking up and instantly going to the computer to check what they played last night. I miss downloading and archiving every show. I miss phish!
Wash your feet and drive me to firenze
that distinct silent moment during huge jam when everyone surrenders
WHen the lights dim and the crowd erupts… hands down!
You show up late and stumble in.
YEM outside at night: now I get it.
5 Show Deer Creek > Alpine runs
When the lights go down, the roar of the crowd
1st set under the sun…2nd set in the dark
Never knowing what song might come next.
That sense of freedom, filled w/great music.
Spending a summer day the best way possible!
black-eyes from galactic glowstick battles
I didn’t realize so many people read this site!?!?! Sweet!
Ah, sweet summer nights with my best friends on the lawn – chills when the lights go down and smiles all night long.
Nights on the lawn with friends, chills, and smiles
Goo balls, and the Lodge at Alpine Valley after the show.
Everything.
sparkles in my eyes with the wind on my back
phish always broke the rules, they’d type more than ten
I miss the lights!!!!
Phamily
I miss EVERYTHING about it
i miss when the house lights go down…
Hugging friends, emotionally drained, sweet sweat, smiles, sense of accomplishment
Less chance for seeing them in Europe (i’m french)
i miss and love EVERYTHING starting with the music!
Surrender to the phlow!!
The wave of energy over the crowd when the lights dimmed.
Pantomime mixtures of heaven and earth…
Intellectual and spiritual freedom through improvisational music.
Dancing barefoot. Meeting eyes with a stranger up ahead, knowing.
2nd set dancin on the lawn with Kuroda workin it…
Feeling like I am surrounded by friends that I have never met before. And we’re all jamming!
Good Phood, Phun Times, My Closest Phriends and Great Phish!
What DON’T I miss about seeing Phish in ampitheaters?!
Squinting my eyes: loving the lights, relaxing my soul
ballet at the back, concession stand workers wig fucking out
the music
At this point, giving anything to hear least favorite songs
sitiing on the lawn realizing i’d rather be nowhere else!
Really really really really really really really really good music.
Hit the bear…
I really miss Kuroda’s work. While many bands don’t even attempt a true light show at out door venues CK5 never disappointed.
I miss the energy and anticipation before a show!
Sun drys my face, sweet sweet music floods my ears.
YEM.
Watching my h3tty dad’s face melt
digging my toes into the grass in anticipation
The electric, hypnotic energy in the air during the jams.
Pure Passion Pleasures
Sun. Dancing. Smiles. Grooves.
YEM > YEM > YEM > YEM > YEM left nutz and goo balls.
groove is so thick, you forget what song it is!
The Phab Phour meshing through mid-late 1990’s outdoor venues.
The bros and chicks pissing inside the nassau colesiuim sinks talking about set one
hearing that first note, then i’m in my favorite place!
1:3, 2:5
the sound of shuffling and dancing feet on cement walkways
Mike, Jon, Page, Trey – I love you guys. Come back.
friends, dancing, traveling, Harry Hood at Deer Creek. GETTING IT.
Wonderin’ if they’ll play Harry when the lights go out…
being in the parking lot with friends. walking in with friends. seeing friends play music for all their friends. enjoying seeing friends play music with friends. getting in trouble with friends. getting out of trouble with friends. talking the rest of our lives about those experiences with friends.
Guessing the opener!
sharin’ in the groove, trampolines, friends, funneling beers, glowstick wars.
The sound of the crowd while phish played it loud.
i miss the best part of life on earth
forgetting what song they are playing, until it comes back
most perfect sounding live shows from my favorite band!
bass rattling rafters and guitar soaring through lights
1000’s of barefoot children outside dancing on my lawn.
Knowing that anything could happen — and usually does.
The Sweet Spot
Getting the chance to witness something bigger than life.
Shakedown, traffic, the lot and the band taking the stage
The friends, the fun, the sun and the bun, done.
Not sure if my coment worked so i post it again
Chicks and bros pissing in the sink of nassua coliseum talking about set one and i also miss the family of brothers and sisters bond together
The world’s a better place when Phish rocks the sheds
Setting the gearshift to the high gear of your soul
The roar of the audience when phish takes the stage for the first set.
Every night, the audience is so excited, like they’re playing for the first time in 300 years.
Also, the “>” which make live shows so amazing, and the h33dy shakedown street with the shady shadow that’s casted after the show.
I MISS PHISH!
Reuniting with friends from across the country.
A feeling of being at home…
The breeze that feels like it blows right through you.
The incomparable communal musical rollercoaster ride we enjoy together
the walk through the lot
electric vibe in the air
lights go down, crowd soars
shared consciousness, getting stared down by page during dark jams.
i miss those moments right before the lights go down!
smell of cigarette taste of beer music in the air
what the night brings, what it leaves with you forever
musical energy, vibrance radiating through the crowd along evening sky.
CK5 the boys outdoors summer = magic
trey’s weird facial expressions as he solos and trampolines
Hearing the bass line..and then dancing on the lawn
The party before, during and after the show.
Having an excuse to hang with friends I dont get to see that often enough anymore
The lot scene, the heads, the food and the music.
Smiles on faces (theirs, yours and mine) when they play!
GLOWSTICK WARS
I really miss the whole seen, REUNION?
the lights, the vibe, the music
the crowd, the lights, and the epic jams!
Vacuum solos.
like I was living in the 70’s again love Phish first song and last and all inbetween…..
I miss translucent jams surrounded by friendly people and beautiful nights.
Dancing barefoot in the grass at Alpine Valley in Wisconsin!
Lights out glowstick war during a soft Harry Hood jam.
Sun to start Set I, Lights for Set II.
Never saw Phish…but love the music.
all the wookies and their wares and restroom during setbreak 😉
The community, unrivaled music, never-ending second hand smoke.
Good people great music… always a great time
Wooks in one place atta time 🙂
What’s a DeadHead to do?
Page, Mike, Fish, and Trey
collecting shows like baseball fans, dark side harpua rookie card
The people..the atmosphere.. the whole experience
girls in bikinis doing the meatstick dance….
Phishing for 4 leaved clovers and dancing along the grass.
Never saw Phish, please come back 🙂
Lights go down, soul goes up.
trying to control face melts, then just letting it go
I miss the audience and the band connecting live.
That feeling of walking into a place like MSG or Deer Creek or wherever just knowing that the next few hours were going to be a fun memorable experience. Good or bad show, you were surrounded by good music, good energy, and good people.
I miss playing Chess, and Harry Hood
Dancing to “Swamp-Funk” while balancing on giant Seminole icecubes.
hearing the first note, getting tingly, enjoying the ride, FISHMAN
“Mother I want to…cook you breakfast”
The goofy ass-kickery.
Trey’s smile, dancing honies, getting lost in the moment, hose
The electricity in the air.
Never saw them before, life will be complete with reunion.
One Two Three Four – I declare Glow Stick War!!
I miss waking up the morning of a show day.
Duh duh, Duh duh, Willllsonnnn
that feeling of “the moment”, it’s not like reliving the past
The MSG New Year’s Runs
the lightshow
Fishman’s dress.
New Year’s in NYC – will never be the same
Everyone gently bouncin’ ’round the room…
i miss it giving me something to look forward to
Anticipating the opener and calling the encore
Feeling like a kid again while wonderful songs are sung.
Heady Dance Party!!
i’ve haven’t had the chance of seeing them
Close your eyes and your feet don’t touch the ground.
Kuroda’s lights exploring every nook and cranny of the venue.
dazzling lights; trippy jams; audience/band communal joy
The squirming coil. It got away.
Everything!! The camping, the people, but most importantly, the music!!
music that is not afraid of taking chances every nite!
fuckengruvn
wipeout jam in worcester
Feeling comfortable in a venue full of strangers.
The moments between songs and anticipating what will happen next.
face-melting
I’m just missing their music magic and their beautiful faces.
Wading limbs, bouncing and squirming, in the chalk dust maze.
Moving to the beat with hundreds of other people
not seeing trey all geeked on stage!
“What don’t I miss?”
I miss it ALL, but mostly the EXCITEMENT of a live performance!
I miss the magic of the music and the crowd,
forgetting my shoes
Grass underfoot, kind folks, fresh air, and sweet sweet jams
Deer Creek.
Festival-size excitement/energy for a single-band show!
Swirling colors of sound, feeding the energy, pulsating the crowd
Live is always better!
hosing sweaty bodies down
magic
I miss Run Like an Antelope: out of control
Having them say “this is for all the people who didn’t make it in” and then play Wading. PRACTICE OR DON’T WASTE OUR TIME AT ALL
Feeling like you’re in the best place in the world.
The music, the lights, and old friends. It was bliss.
When an asteroid crashes and nothing burns.
J suppose they’ll never come to Macedonia except on DVD!
for two hours, I could forget that Bush was president!
I constantly think about how much I miss seeing Phish in the summer at my favorite amphitheaters. They are the only band I go so see that can fill up the lawn night after night. I get the most incredible feeling when I look in any direction and it is completely packed full of shit-eating grins and bobbing heads. The atmosphere and euphoric anticipation leading up to showtime is like nothing I’ve ever experienced. Everyone loves the lot and the scene but it’s the complete happiness surrounding this band that I love and miss.
The sound. There’s a distinct sound that only Phish has.
Trampolines, Megaphones, Circular Designs, Ecstasy, and Big Ball Jams.
The music controlling the weather.
Bathtub gin, Reba
not a thing
the amazing crest of the wave before it crashes
The music shocked and persuaded my soul to ignite.
the extra large crowds, the peace and love.
And don’t forget the MUD
smoking a blunt in a garbage bag due to rain
at tweezer center in camden(ghetto)
Close encounters of the third kind
putting life on hold for months at a time
The long road trips on the way to the shows. Thanks for the fun giveaway!
The chicks “Bouncing Around The Room”
Trey’s suprise hair cuts, and Mikes day glows.
The air blowing through my hair during Harry Hood
Just before second sets, knowing it was time to rock.
chicks
Who is PHISH, and why are they following me?
Being front row and locking eyes with Trey.
I miss checking into the motel seeing heads everywhere.
Just being there…
The swaying sea of fans dancing on the lawn
Phish= Hot-Rodded Grateful Dead. Any other Questions?
the lightshow
my face melting
Grass between my toes.
i like it
I miss a thousand barefoot children outside dancing on my lawn.
I miss faded smiles, great tunes and good friends.
YEM!
The rail!
A thousand barefoot children outside dancing on my lawn.
Wow. What could be better?
learning about life, love and friendship, with a funky soundtrack
Birds of a Feather with Brian and Robert!
musicians in polka-dotted dresses,vacuum cleaner,the piano
heady grilled cheese, its a buck what the f**K
I like there crowd of friends and fans.
cheesecake.
Fresh air, stars, light show
heady jams>euphoric feelings> spectacular sunsets>greatest music>summer breeze
Lesbians in backlit sundresses making out during You Enjpy Myself
The Rooster Strut
THANK YOU GOD BLESS
good time
The musical adventure only PHISH can take us on
Thousands of smiling faces surrounding me, hanging on every note.
20,000 people moving in their own moment, but collectively too.
Music, fun, dancing, happiness, camping, glowsticks etc etc
Was at Walnut Creek 1997…I miss Phish’s thunderous “Taste”!
Daylight for one set, Kuroda for the other set.
I miss the phunk.
i miss the atmospere and the comaraderie
Alpine>Deer Creek>Polaris nuff said
i miss the energy
I’m all geared up for it.
Phish
i miss wook #17
What I miss is that I have not seen it!
I miss Chris’s lights flow seemless with the band.
The wild dancing!
Free flowing music needs the open air
i miss good music outside
Meeting all the wonderful new friends that eventually become family!
A Phish show outside was communal, unique, virtuoso, cult!
I miss the entire vibe.
Phish’ers in amphitheaters are too small 300 meters away
Ambient patchouli and pot smoke.
I miss the moment.
It is a magic time
Duh????
Seeing the same band get better every tour every show.
CK5 and the roar of the crowd when the house lights go out to begin set 2
the musical conversation on stage fueled by silence and being present
my first show… thanks-page, gordo, fishman and trey
No one still can compare to the ever evolving enigma of Phish.
They will be back and we’ll be there…..with our kids and all.
In a way I feel like a crusty dead head still rambling about Jerry and how he killed everyone…. I understand now. Trey is a jedi
Trey, Mike, Page, Fish, Period
A life affirming musical experience with a cool night’s breeze.
credit or debt, … “nothing ive seen can be taken from me”
Phish…some of the best times of my life. Hopefull!!
You can actually breathe better and the atmosphere is way more heady and chill. I miss every aspect that Phish had to offer. Last time I saw them was the Miami Run and while they shredded the whole run I felt that it wasn’t intimate enough like it used to be. All Phans and Phriends alike can agree on one thing and that is that Phish brought a sense of togetherness and hope to the jam community. Now what do the kids have the DB and UM, we need more Phish the orignial 4some.
Sharing with good friends
Bobbing my head with Gordo…and 10,000 brothers and sisters.
I would miss the majesty
Near-death from lightning strikes on the Walnut Creek lawn
the only band alive that lights my fire!
i miss the sights,sounds,smells,and friends!!!
Kerouac’s “it”, that moment
being free
all life’s troubles disappear and get lost in the groove
Is my musical of life missing its overture? Undoubtedly.
partying with all my Phish Head phriends!
I’d rather be Phishin’ with a fresh setlist.
Spending time with family and friends
Grooving outdoors with the band and my friends, so incredible!
The PHUN, the PHANS, the PHREAKS, the PHAR OUT JAMS.
i miss the smell of the summer air, the crowd about to erupt before the show, the lights go out, and you hear try click on the guitar, then at that moment, you know all will be well for the next 3 hours, phish is playin!!!!
Ice cold beer cans and stellar vocal jams.
anticipation as the house lights drop with the sun setting.
awesome goovin phish parties n tunes
A starry night and perfect breeze, sharin’ in the groove.
giddy setlist anticipation followed by glorious all night dance parties
women,wine and song!
LAWN: Option of small real Phish or digital screen phish
Heather’s hugs
when the lights go dowwn!!!
wasted folks spilling beer on my neck and shirt
PARTY
i miss getting hosed.
Lawn: small phish figurines or digital screen big style!
surrendering to the phlow
People-watching and seeing all types of weirdos dancing together.
I miss the beautiful music bouncing around the room.
Groovin in the tent with the band, bros, and beers.
Anticipating sunset so the face-melting light show could begin!!
Phish
the journeys they took me on (tension and release)
I can go ball-less but not walnut-less. help!
I miss the freakin vibe, the goosebumps …I miss ALL of it!
The gooseflesh excitement of the art of Phish
The energy and mind and mood altering musical performances.
The music of course 🙂
The great music they play
Bouncing Around The Room.
they are awesome 🙂
I Miss the mystery of what the set list would include.
the happiness on my girl’s face
Mosquito bites LOL
so sad
As good ad Phish is on CD, I expect that the atmosphere from a live concert would be so intense.
Groovin to the Jams with Phish and my friends outdoors.
my boyfriend and I wishing we were there
Music thats is actually music
diving into the phishbowl groove
the great music
fine music, more fine music, even more fine music…
Never saw Phish.
Sharing vibrating music, and colored sunsets with your funky friends.
good songs
Brian and Robert ,Farmhouse, Water in the Sky ,Let Me Lie, Bouncing, Heavy Things, If I Could Be a Sailor*, Mountains in the Mist, Sleep Again, Get Back on the Train, Peggy**, Waste ,Shine, Bathtub, Wilson
E: Sample in a Jar, Chalkdust Torture
The community. That feeling when everything in the world freezes and all is right. The energy so intense, you can’t describe it in words
I miss the energy and excitement of seeing Phish live.
How will we know who won?
We’ll notify the winners by the end of the week
PHRIENDS, PHOOD, PHUN, PHANTASY, AND PHISH NOTHINGS BETTER THAN THAT.
Hey guys, PHISH is back. 😀 Can’t wait for Hampton!!!