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From: vosshall@apple.com (Pete Vosshall)
Subject: Easter Weekend Update: Fishman severely injured, 
		short concert reviews

        Well - maybe not _severely_ injured, maybe not even injured. In 
fact, just clean shaven.  He had a full beard at the Stanford show and 
nothing but razor burn at the Catalyst on Easter.  Both shows were 
outstanding.  Luckily, no ID's were checked at Stanford and the weather 
was perfect for an outdoor concert - sunny and ~80 degrees.  The Stanford 
security dude kept us cooled off between songs with an enormo-squirtgun 
(in the second set, often at Trey's request for a "squirt gun break").   
And some wonderful surprises: Esther, Harry Hood, Bathtub Gin.

                 - Pete

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From: grateful@leland.Stanford.EDU (Sirna)
Subject: Bay Area Weekend

It was very strange to have the band playing within walking distance from 
my house considering I'm used to traveling hundreds or thousands of miles 
to see concerts. But I walked on down to Wilbur field and set up the  
taping stuff and said hi to all my friends from campus who had never 
heard Phish before (most of them said it was interesting and the 
musicians were most impressed by the bands ability)  The stage was a 
little awkward since it had a big supporting rope going right down the  
center which blocked Trey and Mike view of us and we opf themm but oh well.  

They cam out and did a cool soundcheck which you could here pretty far 
away on and around campus and thank everyone for attending the 
soundcheck.The crowd was very small for a Phish show but big for a  
rinc-a-delt party and most of the stanford people treated it like a 
regular party where they showed up for awhile watched the band alitle got 
some food talked with friends played frisbee put no commas in their 
sentences and genrally just hung out.  they obviously mised out on a lot 
of the great show.

They did the vacuum but no tramps probably do to the weakness of the 
stage.  They also brought out cameron on his Ukele for the encore and he 
set the tempo for the band during Big Bl;ack GFury Creatures from Mars.  
I mean Trey literally  had him count 1 2 3 4 and the band would play.  He 
was told to do it a few times each time faster and the band kicked in 
each time faster.  He looked really startled by the loud music but handled 
himslef really well on stage.  Unfortunately his Uk was not miced so 
we'll never know how he was playing.  It seemed like fun for the whole 
family  The whole thing went amazingly smoothly prtoably because their was 
very few people there considering the crowd at the Warfield the other night.  I guess the lack og=f publicty worked or backfired (depends on how you think)

anyway gotta goi to class

-- 
grateful@leland.stanford.edu
Tony Sirna                   Always looking for High
P.O. Box 5406                Sound quality Tapes
Stanford, Ca 94209           and have same To trade

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From: CT.MSM@forsythe.stanford.edu (Michael Mulcahy)
Subject: Stanford

So, on to Stanford!  Playing til' 12:30 the night before, the band had 
kept me in The City.  I took the noon train down and after a brief stop 
at my Menlo Park home, I took a walk I will never forget. Thirty minutes 
later, I could hear the strain of Wilson in the Quad, about five minutes 
later I stopped walking...I was ten feet from stage as they broke into 
Divided Sky.  My first sunshine show indeed ranks as #1 to-date.  I 
didn't stop dancing the entire first set. Possum to me was the weekend's 
maximum high energy point.  They ended the first set with a charged Run 
Like an Antelope.  Between sets was most fun as we were able to check out 
the band:  Trey jotting notes in a discussion with the sound guy, 
Michael, relaxing on the lawn, holding a Bird-of-Paradise flower in a 
vase and Fishman leaning on the backstage rail chattering with a couple 
of fans. Then, back to the second set, a bit more subdued, but plenty of my
favorites like Suzy Greenberg, Bathtub Gin, Lizards, Llama, MWSIY and 
Dinner and a Movie.  Cold as Ice was a blast with Trey taking Drums as 
Fishman vacuumed the stage.  The encore was appropo with 5-year old 
Cameron slappin' the ukelele on Big Black Furry Creature from Mars.

Special thanks to Henry for his festive post-Stanford bash.  Kudos to 
Overland for livening up the living room with their rockin', shufflin' 
tunes  (an enthusiastic "Aye, Aye" to Alek's inquiry concerning future 
Bay Area opening bands).  I hope the Stanford Concert network promotes a 
majestic thank you to Phish, say, a public visit to campus at Frost 
Amphitheater.  Sure, Frost is BIG, , but, a bargain show ($5-10) would 
probably lure most of the Warfield crowd and maybe a couple thousand 
more.  Besides, Frost is soooo festive when ther is plenty of room to 
dance (aka, the Dead's 10K sardine packaging).  Also, there'd be space in 
case many of us happen to split open and melt!


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From: Darius Zelkha 
Subject: 4/18/92 @ Stanford, CA Tape Review

Tape Review: 4/18/92 @ Wilbur Field, Stanford U., Stanford, CA

I: Wilson, Divided Sky, Guelah Papyrus, Poor Heart, Split Open and Melt,
Esther, Possum, It's Ice, Sparkle, All things Reconsidered, Run Like an
Antelope.

II: Glide, Oh Kee Pah -> Suzie Greenberg, Rift, Manteca, Bathtub Gin,
Manteca Reprise, Lizards, Mound, Llama, TMWSIY -> Avenu Malkenu -> TMWSIY,
Dinner and a Movie, Harry Hood, Love You, Rocky Top.

E:  Contact, BBFCFM*

* - w/ Cameron McKinney


This is a tape review, but I have a nice sounding sdbd copy of this show,
so I can hear all the jams very clearly.

Wilbur field is on Stanford University, and this show was a free show given
there during the day.  Stanford is about 5 minutes from my house, but only
having heard Phish once the day before, I decided to skip the show (I'm
STILL kicking myself!).  So, onto the review...

Set 1:  First let me say that the cool thing about this show is the
ATMOSPHERE present.  The boys are having a GREAT time, and it's a free
show.  I'm going to focus almost entirely on the 2nd set, where most of the
magic is, but I'll give a brief review of the 1st set.  Set 1 is standard,
well-played, very relaxed, almost like a rehersal at times.  Some good
jams, but nothing mind-blowing.  Again, the atmosphere is great, which
makes this a VERY fun tape to listen to.  Now onto the meat, which is SET
2...

Set 2: Opens with a standard Glide, Oh Kee Pah -> Suzie (which they liked
to open alot of 2nd sets with in '92), all of which are cool and standard,
with Fish doing alot of yelling during Suzie, etc.  It was a very hot day,
so the fans in the front row were shooting squirt guns at the fans and at
the band.  So after Suzie, Trey begins saying "Squirt gun break!" which he
would continue saying in between songs throughout the set.  He then begins
the riff to Rift, and says "A little squirt gun music!" and then play a
solid rift.  Then Mike noodle on the bass, and they play Manteca, which is
great - funny, short, and sweet.  And then one of the co-highlights of the
show: BATHTUB GIN.  AWESOME!  Really great - fucking great jam and some
REALLY funny stuff going on.  It sounds like the band is having the BEST
time, really having fun jamming.  Cool stuff, very high singing by Trey,
some of the funniest stuff I've heard them do.  They then jam Manteca
again, with no vocals, laughing a bit as they do.  Like I said before,
great atmosphere.

        This is followed by a great Lizards, with some nice guitar work by
Trey at the end - nothing too out-of-the-ordinary but solid.  The next few
songs are pretty whatever (mound, llama, TMWSIY) but the Avenu Malkenu
includes a "Happy Passover" bass solo by Mike.  Then comes a VERY nice
Dinner and a movie, with GREAT fills by Trey during the soft "let's go out
to dinner and see a movie" part.  Very Cool.  This goes into the other
co-highlight of the show, HARRY HOOD.

        Now, I've heard a million Harry Hoods, but this one still remains
my favorite.  It is SO cool.  The reggae jam is cool, builds very well, and
the Mr. Minor part is standard, but when they reach the jam section, it
REALLY takes off.  They bring it WAY down, and Trey waits a while to begin
his solo.  He then starts softly, letting it build, and proceeds to play
some of the best stuff I think phish has ever done.  Trey manages to jam on
the Charlie Brown theme for a while, and after building and building and
building the ending "You can feel good about Hood" part is orgasmic.
REALLY great jam (I can't stress this enough), with the boys listening to
each other well and with lots of themes present.  Very clean, not spacey at
all (as opposed to some of the '94 and '95 Harrys) - just a jazzy, great
jam by Phish.  I would get this tape for this Hood alone.

        The rest of the tape is standard - some funny intros by Fish in
Love You, and rocky top is rocky top, and the encores are worth mentioning.
Contact is cool.  Lots of "Yes we am" stuff and laughter by the guys
during this one.  Then BBFCFM begins, with "a special guest on yukalaylee
(sp?), a multi-instrumentalist who has been playing with us for over 5
years, since his 2nd birthday, a 7 year-old by the name of Cameron
McKinney." (announced by Trey).  Really funny - in the middle Fish asks him
to count them back into the song so you hear this little voice go "1, 2, 3,
4" and then BBFCFM starts up again.

        So, this is one of my favorite shows, especially the 2nd set, and I
would TOTALLY recommend getting it, especially if, like me, you're a fan of
Hood and Bathtub Gin.  Great atmosphere throughout, great tunes, great
jams, great tape!

- Darius

sdz2483@oberlin.edu