A playoff intensity surrounds the infamous Phish lottery, and October only magnifies that tenfold. The criss crossing of phone calls to every possible outlet, friend, friend of friend, parent, uncle, cousins twice removed is often interrupted by scores of texts exclaiming “Boy Man God Shit” and “Its All Hamptoning”. Parents are re-instructed on the dos and don’ts of the process and yes Mom…If we get them I will take my sister. Each opponent brings their cunning and community into the battle and even though the spirit of camaraderie is high…it is truly every hippie for themselves. The Battle for October begins.
On behalf of everyone at Hidden Track I would like to congratulate Phish on their return to touring and congratulate Big Red for getting through what will probably be the most trying period of time in his life. Thanks for the memories. See you in Hampton.
- Previously on HT: Now We’re Really On Our Way – Phish to Reunite at Hampton
- For A Slew of Stories on the Comeback: YEMblog
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Great writeup Wade, I look forward to maybe seeing you in Hampton if I end up making the journey.
phish’s last comeback run sucked balls, brah.
couldn’t have said it better myself
its been a great day
Trey Has Ginger balls…gingerballs
Very excited……I hope my 1:10000000000000 shot at the lottery prevails….If not SUMMER TOUR 2009
BTW: I call for an outright ban of any form of Shakedown / vendors…Lets make it about the music, not the lot scene. If you don;t have the cash for tickets then get a real job rather than leeching off my favorite band. Selling lame t-shirts or crystals should be prohibited, especially if they are being sold by people in patchwork dresses/pants, or mangly cussbuckets who believe patchouli oil is easy on the nose. You may as well wear a hemp necklace with a urinal puck pendant.
Awesome writeup Wade. Can’t fucking wait! Hopefully we score us some tix to the mothership!
Awesome write-up! Thanks
So does Wade scrap book? Because that would be really awesome if he did…
hey max-
i began my life on the road with the dead as a child, and moved on to phish later… those folks have ALWAYS been part of the scene… sounds like you’d prefer dmb or some other college-radio friendly band… give it a shot…. if you don’t like shakedown, stay out of that part of the lot.. just go to the show…