Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

Anyone going to see them in Alpine Valley this summer?

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

More summer dates have been announced, including August 11, at Toyota Park.

http://www.phish.tickets.musictoday.com ... endar.aspx

I thought this band retired like twice already. Just reading these setlists makes me have olfactory hallucinations of ferrets sleeping on patchouli-soaked hoodies. Pretending I gave a shit about these guys was one of the less enjoyable parts of my high school social life.

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

06/20/09 (Sat) Alpine Valley Music Theatre - East Troy, WI
Set 1: Punch You in the Eye, Runaway Jim, Stash, Yamar, Bathtub Gin, Kill Devil Falls, Train Song, Farmhouse, Sparkle, Run Like An Antelope

Set 2: Waves > Sample in a Jar, Maze, Makisupa Policeman, Ghost > The Lizards, You Enjoy Myself > NICU > Prince Caspian > Waste > Fire, E: Character Zero


06/21/09 (Sun) Alpine Valley Music Theatre - East Troy, WI
Set 1: Brother, Wolfman's Brother, Funky Bitch > The Divided Sky, Joy, Back on the Train, Taste, Poor Heart, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday > Avenu Makenu > The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday, Time Turns Elastic

Set 2: Cross-eyed and Painless > Down with Disease > Bug > Piper > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Slave to the Traffic Light, E: Grind, Frankenstein


These were the 44th and 45th Phish show that I have attended, and I had a great time. Saturday's show was a little bit better, but Sunday was fun, too. I wasn't expecting much, since they were very sloppy the last time I saw them, but it appears that Trey really is sober now. The weather was okay, Saturday was hot and humid (which is never good when one is surrounded by body odor and patchouli), Sunday had rain during the day, and cooler and windy conditions in the evening. I almost forgot how great Alpine Valley was, as I had not been there since Phish played there in 2004 on my birthday. These were the final two shows of leg one of the summer tour. The second leg kicks off in Colorado, at the greatest concert venue in the country, Red Rocks (Shoreline, The Gorge, and Deer Creek are in the team photo).

7.30.09 Red Rocks Ampitheater, Morrison, CO
7.31.09 Red Rocks Ampitheater, Morrison, CO
8.01.09 Red Rocks Ampitheater, Morrison, CO
8.02.09 Red Rocks Ampitheater, Morrison, CO
8.05.09 Shoreline Ampitheater, Mountain View, CA
8.07.09 The Gorge Ampitheater, George, WA
8.08.09 The Gorge Ampitheater, George, WA
8.11.09 Toyota Park, Bridgeview, IL
8.13.09 Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Center, NY
8.14.09 The Comcast Theater, Hartford, CT
8.15.09 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
8.16.09 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY

I believe that Chicago tickets are still available. I have tickets for the shows in bold, but I am still debating on whether or not to go to Red Rocks, or sell them at a premium on ebay. My wife really wants me to sell them, but this may be one of my last chances to go to Red Rocks, as we are going to start a family soon.