2009

Preview: The Phish Take Fenway

Ryan Dembinsky May 8, 2009 31 Comments

With Phish’s summer tour opener at Fenway Park in Boston officially less than one calendar month – and four dreadfully long work weeks – away, you know what that means; it’s time to play soothsayer. We all knew it was only a matter of time before the popular rock band made the step up a level to the big stadium shows, but to rock out at one of the greatest and last remaining historic ballparks in the country is, shall we say, fairly exciting.

To attend even a baseball game at Fenway leaves lasting memories and conjures up all sorts of good feelings about the good old days, playing little league, collecting baseball cards and dreaming of the making the bigs. Hence, for Phish to tackle the monumental home of the Green Monster all but guarantees an epic, one-for-the-ages nights. Hence, let’s take a little look at some possible tunes that might fit the big event.

Harry Hood – Phish

Why – While the story of Harry Hood as we Phish fans know it began in Vermont, the actually Hood Milk Company is headquartered in Boston. More importantly, the Hood blimp floats regularly above Fenway Park during Red Sox games, so keep your eyes peeled for the blimp and a legendary Harry Hood to accompany its flight. Plus, I hate to say anything negative about Hampton, but Trey did butcher the living shit out of the dark build up part right before “Thank you Mr. Miner.” It’s redemption time.

When – This could pop up anywhere, but the smart money is probably on the second set closer.

Likelihood – Harry Hood is a lock.

READ ON for more of Ryan’s Phish @ Fenway predictions…

Every Festival Schedule Comes Out at Once

Scott Bernstein May 8, 2009 No Comments

Yesterday seemed to be Schedule Announcement Day as the schedules for the All Good, Wakarusa and Bonnaroo festivals were all released. Let’s start by pointing you in the direction of

Review: With The Needle That Sings In Her Heart @ Lexington High School Auditorium

DaveO May 8, 2009 8 Comments

Explaining the premise of this production is a chore when the person you’re speaking to is not as music-crazy as some of us. The conversation starts like this, “So it’s a production partially directed by Amanda Palmer, she was in the Dresden Dolls, and it’s got a lot of music from In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, that’s an album by this band Neutral Milk Hotel, they’re like Indie Gods, and it’s all based on Anne Frank and the Holocaust”, and all you receive is a vacant stare and you get told that you are crazy for going out to see a high school production on a Thursday night.

Aeroplane Album Art

But for us crazies, this premise sounded extremely interesting and just had to be seen. This intriguing combination received a lot of both indie and local attention. I am glad to report that this production exceeded all my expectations. The two-hour-one-act performance begins with what Palmer’s website describes as the “Pre-show’ which was essentially 15 minutes of a bizarre vaudeville scene with a healthy dose of berating the audience.

And then the real show began, and it was real dark (they say not to bring children under 12, I’d say that’s fair). The play was written by the cast, Palmer called it a an “ensemble piece” at the conclusion of the night. The dialogue all came out of what I gather were improvisation sessions lead by Lexington High School drama teacher Steven Bogart. READ ON for more…

Televised Tune: On The Tube This Weekend

Scott Bernstein May 8, 2009 3 Comments

In what we’re hoping is a sign that Fuse plans to show some of Phish’s upcoming Bonnaroo performances as part of their coverage of the festival, the cable music network

Nas & Damian Marley Collaborating At Camp Bisco

May 8, 2009 No Comments

Continuing the tradition of onstage collaborations; Camp Bisco VIII, the eighth annual three-day music and arts festival in Mariaville, New York this July 16-18, 2009 will play host to one of it’s

Great Northern, Boomkat, Sweet

Eric Saeger May 8, 2009 No Comments

The Shotgun is a monthly column of shotgun CD reviews by Glide contributor Eric Saeger.

Bloggy Goodness: MMJ’s Still Moving

Jeffrey Greenblatt May 7, 2009 2 Comments

We don’t often make it out to the plethora of museums and galleries that are at our disposal here in New York City, but I think that a trip over

The B List: We Are Everywhere Pt. 1

Scott Bernstein May 7, 2009 9 Comments

In honor of Relix magazine being saved this week from what we feared to be certain death, this week’s B List pays tribute to one of our favorite columns in the magazine’s 36 year history. We Are Everywhere featured pictures of Deadheads in exotic locales and signs of retail establishments that featured popular Grateful Dead song titles or related song lyrics.

The column disappeared a few years back, so consider this a lobbying effort to get We Are Everywhere back in the jamband-friendly rag. We’ll kick off our We Are Everywhere series of B Lists with a visual look at ten restaurants from around the world that would make Jerry and the guys proud…

1. Stella Blue’s – Warren, RI

READ ON for nine more eateries including Sugar Mag’s and Terrapin…

Briefly: Trey to Play w/ NY Philharmonic

Scott Bernstein May 7, 2009 4 Comments

Sgordo clued us in to this article from the Huffington Post about Trey Anastasio’s appearance last night at the 20th Anniversary of the Drug Court System in Washington, D.C. Besides

Review: The Dead – Izod Center

Jeffrey Greenblatt May 7, 2009 5 Comments

We received an unexpected taste of summer last week here in New York City – with temperatures soaring into the high 80s it created a bit of a perfect storm as The Dead rolled into the Northeast for a string of shows in and around the New York City area. After scheduled dates in Long Island, Manhattan and Hartford the band pulled into East Rutherford, NJ for the first of a two night run at one of their old stomping grounds: the venue formerly known as the Brendan Byrne Arena – now the corporate named Izod Center.

The Dead – Dear Mr. Fantasy (Live – 04/28/2009)

Despite my misstep of commuting out to New Jersey, my bus finally pulled into the lot as the denizens of Deadheads populated Shakedown basking in the warm weather and hawking the usual sundries we’ve become accustomed to finding. While some of things may have changed over the last few years – micro-brews, are now called craft beer and bootleg tapes have been replaced by a guy selling vintage vinyl records – it seemed as no one had missed a beat. With the jam-scene in a bit of hibernation over the last few years, I wondered what all these people have been doing since we last saw the likes of Phish and The Dead play large scale arena shows? It sure felt good to be roaming the isles of vendors enjoying one of the best pre-show rituals around, serving as a good kick-start to what we’re calling around these parts The Summer Of Jam.

For a band that was once known for their 1960s hippie ideology, The Dead have fully embraced 21st century technology announcing via their Twitter account and official band text alerts that their old friend, sax-whiz Branford Marsalis would be joining them over the course of their two night stand. While it may have took the element of surprise away from an unexpected sit-in, those going into these shows knew the boys would be peppering their sets with some of the band’s more jazz-infused numbers from their catalog.

READ ON for more on Jeff’s experience seeing The Dead…

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