Last Friday night, I got together with Mike, Page and Fish to talk openly about the strong feelings I've been having that Phish has run its course and that we should end it now while it's still on a high note. Once we started talking, it quickly became apparent that the other guys' feelings, while not all the same as mine, were similar in many ways -- most importantly, that we all love and respect Phish and the Phish audience far too much to stand by and allow it to drag on beyond the point of vibrancy and health. We don't want to become caricatures of ourselves, or worse yet, a nostalgia act. By the end of the meeting, we realized that after almost twenty-one years together we were faced with the opportunity to graciously step away in unison, as a group, united in our friendship and our feelings of gratitude.
So Coventry will be the final Phish show. We are proud and thrilled that it will be in our home state of Vermont. We're also excited for the June and August shows, our last tour together. For the sake of clarity, I should say that this is not like the hiatus, which was our last attempt to revitalize ourselves. We're done. It's been an amazing and incredible journey. We thank you all for the love and support that you've shown us.
-- Trey Anastasio
― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 22:30 (twenty-one years ago)
― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 22:33 (twenty-one years ago)
― yay, Tuesday, 25 May 2004 23:22 (twenty-one years ago)
― Phish Lover, Tuesday, 25 May 2004 23:23 (twenty-one years ago)
http://gothamist.com/2008/05/08/phish_resurface.php
― gabbneb, Thursday, 8 May 2008 17:05 (seventeen years ago)
lifetime acheebment
― BigLurks, Thursday, 8 May 2008 17:06 (seventeen years ago)
sorry
― BigLurks, Thursday, 8 May 2008 17:07 (seventeen years ago)
The Horse->Silent in the Morning
― gabbneb, Thursday, 8 May 2008 17:07 (seventeen years ago)
http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080529/ENT05/805290478/1422/ENT05
― gabbneb, Friday, 30 May 2008 20:28 (seventeen years ago)
I think we all would rather he played YEM 5 times a day for the rest of his life. I'd be 100% fine with that.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 30 May 2008 20:32 (seventeen years ago)
That's a weird choice of song for him to have been down on. I could understand "Gotta Jiboo" or "Meatstick" or some other latter-day crap.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 30 May 2008 20:34 (seventeen years ago)
YEM is probably one of the few Phish songs I don't get mildly embarassed listening to.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 30 May 2008 20:36 (seventeen years ago)
So you must get unbearably embarrassed instead then???
― chinchillas they can fit on gorillas, Friday, 30 May 2008 21:33 (seventeen years ago)
ILM in being appalled that anyone could find a reason to appreciate an aspect of Phish non-shockah!
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 30 May 2008 21:53 (seventeen years ago)
well that's gotta be THE MOST embarrassing Phish song...I can name a few of their songs that I would not that embarrassed to
― chinchillas they can fit on gorillas, Friday, 30 May 2008 21:55 (seventeen years ago)
listen to
or something
http://gothamist.com/2008/09/09/video_of_the_day_phish_reunites_in.php
― gabbneb, Thursday, 11 September 2008 07:03 (sixteen years ago)
lol phish has been together 25 years u hav to be shitting me
― update prefs (ice crӕm), Thursday, 11 September 2008 07:09 (sixteen years ago)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081001/ap_en_ot/people_phish
WOO
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 16:48 (sixteen years ago)
EWW
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 17:03 (sixteen years ago)
http://phish.com/videosplash/
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 17:15 (sixteen years ago)
which one of them is the one that plays the vacuum cleaner again?
― just makes my strat rage, march and burn the face of the MAN. (John Justen), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 17:20 (sixteen years ago)
the drummer
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 17:21 (sixteen years ago)
also, the drummer's Mom
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 17:31 (sixteen years ago)
this is where a crack about the drummer sucking should go
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 17:35 (sixteen years ago)
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 17:36 (sixteen years ago)
vacuum+tibetan horn, in Japan
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 17:41 (sixteen years ago)
no vacuum cleaners, but drummer sings Why Don't We Do It In the Road...
...and Suspicious Minds
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 18:17 (sixteen years ago)
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 18:18 (sixteen years ago)
:D :D :D :D :D
― vast variety of steens where we get our HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 1 October 2008 20:30 (sixteen years ago)
this band is awful btw
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 20:49 (sixteen years ago)
isnt there a big pedo in this band
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 20:55 (sixteen years ago)
I am not googling "Phish pedophile"
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 20:57 (sixteen years ago)
You people are no fun.
― B.L.A.M., Wednesday, 1 October 2008 21:11 (sixteen years ago)
no, he's just a weirdo
there is a big rehab dude, doe
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 21:14 (sixteen years ago)
http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-now-phishrooms.o1,0,5229081.story
― gabbneb, Thursday, 2 October 2008 04:51 (sixteen years ago)
TR3Y I WANNA HAV3 UR BAYBAY OMG HOLLA BACK!
― velko, Thursday, 2 October 2008 04:56 (sixteen years ago)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hwLN6IDgQlnD0yHpzUIN4y0NATRAD93HTQ9G1
lol at quote from Ellis, the Ned Raggett of phish.net
― gabbneb, Thursday, 2 October 2008 05:02 (sixteen years ago)
Coachella?
― gabbneb, Monday, 6 October 2008 16:04 (sixteen years ago)
Wait hold on, this happened?
― RabiesAngentleman, Monday, 6 October 2008 16:20 (sixteen years ago)
Anything is better than Jay-Z and Linkin Park.
― billstevejim, Monday, 6 October 2008 16:51 (sixteen years ago)
http://phish.com/summer2009/
― a mountain climber who plays an electric guitar (gabbneb), Thursday, 8 January 2009 20:31 (sixteen years ago)
http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/01/08/are-phish-headlining-bonnaroo-tour-schedule-suggests-yes/
― a mountain climber who plays an electric guitar (gabbneb), Thursday, 8 January 2009 20:32 (sixteen years ago)
― double bird strike (gabbneb), Friday, 30 January 2009 17:03 (sixteen years ago)
WHO'S GOT MY MIRACLE!? NEED 1!!
― autogoblin (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Friday, 6 March 2009 01:13 (sixteen years ago)
come from the north where the oceans freezespent three long months on the open seas
― 69, Friday, 6 March 2009 03:57 (sixteen years ago)
some of my friends are like going crazy about this.
― straight up, you're payin' jacks just to hear me phase (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 6 March 2009 21:02 (sixteen years ago)
I hope gabbneb's going.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 6 March 2009 22:15 (sixteen years ago)