![]() There were none that had what I was looking for: stories about the shows from the fans who attended them. A lot of them focused on music analysis, or interviews with people who were somehow involved with the Phish organization. There was nothing to do except take my dogs on long walks while listening to podcasts.Īs I got deeper into the podcast world, I enjoyed some of the Phish-centric podcasts out there. I live in New York City and everything was shut down. I'm sure it is a labor of love: how were you inspired or what inspired you to begin the Attendance Bias podcast-and to keep it going?Īttendance Bias began as a pandemic project in the early spring of 2020. © 2022 Mike Cappillino (photo of Brian Weinstein) Nowadays, it’s my main source for Phish talk, along with the forum and various social media. Since then, the forum has grown and matured and has become. The Rhombus was originally a collection of guitar tablatures with a side forum for Phish discussion. ![]() Then, go to the AOL Phish Bowl and chat a little bit with whoever else was on there (including a member with the screen name “FakeMike” who purported to be Mike Gordon), and then look up my favorite lyrics on .Ī couple of years later, would be part of the routine, but I really found my home at. I had a routine when I was able to get online: First, check for rumors and tour dates. Since I got into Phish when internet access was becoming more and more widespread, finding online Phish communities was the only way I could connect with other fans outside of my very few friends who also liked the band. What online Phishy communities have you participated in over the years? It was as if your goofy buddies were jamming in the basement, but your goofy buddies also happened to be musical savants who could sell out Madison Square Garden. They also played a bluegrass version of “Foreplay/Longtime” and covered “Good Times, Bad Times.” “YEM” had hints of “ Thick as a Brick,” by Jethro Tull in its segmented structure. They covered all of The White Album, which is an unbelievable feat. The intro of “Glide” reminded me of the opening of “ Pinball Wizard,” but with different instruments. ![]() So something like “Stash,” which has fun, silly lyrics but also has the motor of Latin jazz, appealed to me. But they also had a sense of humor, and explored genres that I would never come across on classic rock radio. I was deeply into classic rock at that time (The Who, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles…all the classic rock radio heavy hitters), and Phish comes from those same roots. I think it was the combination of their musicality with their collective sense of humor. What drew you to Phish's music back then? I still think it’s one of the best shows I’ve ever seen, and one of the best two-set shows Phish has ever played. I was all the way in the 400s, behind the stage. When Phish came to MSG for two nights in October 1996, I begged my parents to let me see them, but I was 14 years old and they were mid-week shows.īut while I couldn’t see those shows, I lived, breathed, ate, and drank Phish from mid-1996 until I could see my first show on December 29, 1997, at Madison Square Garden. Over the next year, I absorbed everything I could about Phish: I got A Picture of Nectar the second I got home from camp that summer and listened to it on repeat I bought The Phishing Manual by Dean Budnick later that year and memorized it I got A Live One at some point and became obsessed with “Harry Hood ” I found a local head shop that would copy tapes for you while you waited. © 2023 Attendance Bias (created by Shae Ewan) Once I heard that cowbell intro and the thunderous chords interrupting it, something inside me sparked and I had to listen to the rest of the album again ASAP. I loved “Llama” and “Cavern,” but it was “Glide” that sold me. This was new music that I hadn’t heard before, at a breakneck tempo, and I was hooked. ![]() At some point on the four-hour drive, the head counselor put A Picture of Nectar on the van’s CD player. Washington in New Hampshire for an overnight hiking trip. I was at a summer camp in Charlton, Massachusetts, and we were driving to Mt. I first heard Phish in the summer of 1996. How did you first get into Phish, what was your first show?
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