More Phish: The Phish Reunion in Hampton, Va.
It’d be a stretch to call me a Phish phanatic, but I’ve got boundless respect for their musicmanship, creativity, and general joie de vivre–despite the band’s frequent lapses into straight-up hippy-dippy goofdom. After listening to night one of their official reunion in Hampton, Virginia, finances permitting, I’ve decided to trek east in June to see them at Bonnaroo. Last night’s performance is about as focused as a band like Phish can get, while still retaining the ebullient insouciance they built their career on. Needless to say, my hippy friends are currently flipping the fuck out.
Quite generously, the band is offering up their set for free download at Live Phish.com. Unfortunately, you have to register with the website and obtain a special download manager that allows you to scoop the files all at once. To save y’all the hassle (all eight Phish fans that read this blog), I’ve zipped the show in Sendspace. You’re on your own for nights two and three. Is it a coincidence that Phish re-unites, the week after the Obama administration reveals that the federal government will no longer raid medical marijuana dispensaries? I think not.
Download:ZIP: Phish-Live at Hampton 3/6/09 Disc 1 (Left-Click)ZIP: Phish-Live at Hampton 3/6/09 Disc 2 (Left-Click)
Stumble It!
March 7th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
saw them several times while in college in the nineties and they absolutely killed it.
March 11th, 2009 at 8:15 am
PotW phish reader number nine here. just got back from hampton yesterday and, yes, they killed it. very focused all three nights. saturday maybe the least so, but people were just down to party saturday so whatever. let’s hope it carries over to this summer. oh and everyone in VA kept talking bout a west cost run later this year too. red rocks, shoreline, gorge, blah blah. either way, they’re back. getcha (heady) popcorn ready.