12, 13, 20 years ago we were .....

[khalpin]

  10/27/1994
University Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Set 1: Wilson, Sparkle, Maze, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird -> The Vibration of Life -> Fly Famous Mockingbird > Divided Sky[1], The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Poor Heart, Cavern

Set 2: Julius, Ya Mar, Tweezer > Contact > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Down with Disease, Sweet Adeline

Encore: Slave to the Traffic Light -> Icculus, Tweezer Reprise[2]

[1] All Fall Down signal.
[2] Extended ending.

Notes: Divided Sky contained an All Fall Down signal. Miscommunication within the student-run venue staff led to a premature signaling for the second set to end. Following an extended break to "discuss" the matter with staff, the band returned for an unusually long encore. Tweezer Reprise featured an atypical extended ending.






one of my favorites.

Did you go?

[mistercharlie]

  10/27/1994
University Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Set 1: Wilson, Sparkle, Maze, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird -> The Vibration of Life -> Fly Famous Mockingbird > Divided Sky[1], The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Poor Heart, Cavern

Set 2: Julius, Ya Mar, Tweezer > Contact > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Down with Disease, Sweet Adeline

Encore: Slave to the Traffic Light -> Icculus, Tweezer Reprise[2]

[1] All Fall Down signal.
[2] Extended ending.

Notes: Divided Sky contained an All Fall Down signal. Miscommunication within the student-run venue staff led to a premature signaling for the second set to end. Following an extended break to "discuss" the matter with staff, the band returned for an unusually long encore. Tweezer Reprise featured an atypical extended ending.






one of my favorites.

My day so far...
Cup of coffee -> Wake n' Bake -> listen to this Tweezer/make breakfast -> eat breakfast --> re-wake n' bake/sit on the couch and play Batman Arkham Origins.



This is going to be a good day!

[emay]

 

and here i am sitting in an office doing work

[VA $l!m]

  10/27/1994
University Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Set 1: Wilson, Sparkle, Maze, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird -> The Vibration of Life -> Fly Famous Mockingbird > Divided Sky[1], The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Poor Heart, Cavern

Set 2: Julius, Ya Mar, Tweezer > Contact > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Down with Disease, Sweet Adeline

Encore: Slave to the Traffic Light -> Icculus, Tweezer Reprise[2]

[1] All Fall Down signal.
[2] Extended ending.

Notes: Divided Sky contained an All Fall Down signal. Miscommunication within the student-run venue staff led to a premature signaling for the second set to end. Following an extended break to "discuss" the matter with staff, the band returned for an unusually long encore. Tweezer Reprise featured an atypical extended ending.






one of my favorites.

Did you go?

yes, my 4th show.
pretty much the show that sold me.
think it was the smallest venue i saw them at besides the Roseland show in '00.
very intimate, i remember being able to walk from one side to the other in a minute or two.
i also remember a large % of the crowd being UVA students and Phish virgins, but also  seemingly  a lot  them were dosed on the good L that was circulating. with a bunch of Gamehenge  played there were Def. a bunch of freaked out preppies, lol.

just finished listening through today, man i love this show, so many 'lil gems.

[VA $l!m]

i thought it was interesting, still discussing the 10-27-94 show, after reading this snippet from  RJ's Hampton blog:
It's easy to look back at Fall '94 and complain that Phish isn't playing thirty minute versions of "David Bowie" every night. The problem is that Phish didn't do that every night when it was Fall '94 and that came after many years of regular shows and rehearsals.

--that i was thinking something similar when looking at the timings for this Fall 94 show.
longest song was Divided Sky @ 16:15, the Tweezer was 12:14, and the DWD>adeline was 11:55.

funny how i could see someone bitching about those song lengths being too short if played in 3.0, but how they were absolute perfect lengths IMO for fall 94.
hmmmm...

[birdman]

My first phish show is old enough to drink today.
21 years. Damn.

[DoW]

My first phish show is old enough to drink today.
21 years. Damn.

you're old, but have a drink in celebration tonight anyway.  hopefully a double celebration by night's end for you. 

i thought it was interesting, still discussing the 10-27-94 show, after reading this snippet from  RJ's Hampton blog:
It’s easy to look back at Fall ’94 and complain that Phish isn’t playing thirty minute versions of “David Bowie” every night. The problem is that Phish didn’t do that every night when it was Fall ’94 and that came after many years of regular shows and rehearsals.

--that i was thinking something similar when looking at the timings for this Fall 94 show.
longest song was Divided Sky @ 16:15, the Tweezer was 12:14, and the DWD>adeline was 11:55.

funny how i could see someone bitching about those song lengths being too short if played in 3.0, but how they were absolute perfect lengths IMO for fall 94.
hmmmm...

I agree to a point.
it is more about the quality of what they play, as opposed to the repeats and the length of jams.  the creativity is vastly different now.

I didn't really feel like anything was ripcorded this past weekend.  I remmeber thinking at hartford that the tweezer actually ended at the perfect time.  2001 was even a bit more extended than the typical 3.0 2001.

[Buffalo Budd]

My first phish show is old enough to drink today.
21 years. Damn.

Happy anniversary dude!!! 

[VDB]

it is more about the quality of what they play, as opposed to the repeats and the length of jams.  the creativity is vastly different now.

Right. The creativity was so dense in, say, 93-95 that they could do a lot inside of 12 minutes. 12/14/95 Halley's anyone?

It's fair to say that, as a very general rule of thumb, the longer the jam is, the more likely it is to contain unique, inventive playing. Hence why people clamor for long jams and are disappointed when they aren't longer. Also, there have been far too many instances of jams petering out or getting ripcorded when you know it could have kept going and gotten better.

But in fairness to the band, there have also been lots of examples in the 3.0 era of them packing a lot of ideas into shorter jams, and of not noodling around for minutes on end before getting to the good stuff.

On balance, though, given that their playing isn't as consistently fiery and punchy as it was 20 years ago, and given that they often tend to showcase an open, patient, expansive jamming style, jam lengths remain a decent proxy for potential quality in this era.

[rowjimmy]

Yeah we've all heard the "duration of the jam is not the only thing" and that's certainly a part of what I'm driving at.

I'm just pleased to know that at least one person made it to the end of that post.

[Augustus]

For me, it's the stagnation.
09-13. 5 years of "basically" the same show and interchangeable setlists.
Let's take a five year period from sayyyyyyyy '93-'97.
EACH year was a drastic change fom the last.
3.0 is just one big lump of Wolfman's.

[mbw]

For me, it's the stagnation.
09-13. 5 years of "basically" the same show and interchangeable setlists.
Let's take a five year period from sayyyyyyyy '93-'97.
EACH year was a drastic change fom the last.
3.0 is just one big lump of Wolfman's.

nailed it.  now the years are defined by how whale-y they were or weren't.
one album worth of new material in 5 years by a guy/band that used to be prolific writers.

shows are fun, however.   

[DoW]

For me, it's the stagnation.
09-13. 5 years of "basically" the same show and interchangeable setlists.
Let's take a five year period from sayyyyyyyy '93-'97.
EACH year was a drastic change fom the last.
3.0 is just one big lump of Wolfman's.

nailed it.  now the years are defined by how whale-y they were or weren't.
one album worth of new material in 5 years by a guy/band that used to be prolific writers.

shows are fun, however.   

you guys are haters.  the 300th possum in 3.0, they changed drummers.  they didn't do that in fall of '94.

we're all agreeing I think.  just making different points.
the reason I liked 10/25 was them throwing in some non-standard 3.0 songs.  the jams weren't long, but I still liked the show a lot.

[anthrax]

nothing earth shattering here, just a fun late 90's phish show.  haven't listened back to this one much over the years.  i may put it on tonight.

Saturday, 11/14/1998
The Crown, Cincinnati, OH
Set 1: Funky Bitch > My Soul, Reba, Bouncing Around the Room, Tweezer > The Moma Dance > Sparkle > Character Zero
Set 2: David Bowie, Something, Piper, Golgi Apparatus, Guyute, Hold Your Head Up > Sexual Healing > Hold Your Head Up, You Enjoy Myself, Julius, Hello My Baby
Encore: So Lonely[1] > Tweezer Reprise
[1] Phish debut.

[Buffalo Budd]

Are there any lucky Paugers that were in attendance for this scorcher?


Tuesday, 11/14/1995
University of Central Florida Arena, Orlando, FL
Soundcheck: Billy Breathes Intro, Billy Breathes, Poor Heart (slow version), Funky Bitch
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Foam, Billy Breathes, Divided Sky, Esther > Free, Julius, I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome[1], Cavern
Set 2: Maze, Gumbo, Stash -> Manteca -> Stash -> Dog Faced Boy[2] -> Stash, Strange Design, You Enjoy Myself -> Immigrant Song Jam -> You Enjoy Myself
Encore: The Wedge, Rocky Top
[1] Acoustic.
[2] Performed over a different arrangement than usual.
Teases:
· 25 or 6 to 4, Esther, and Ya Mar teases in Stash
· Low Rider tease in You Enjoy Myself
Notes: I'm Blue I'm Lonesome was performed acoustic. This fantastic Stash included 25 or 6 to 4, Esther, and Ya Mar teases. Dog Faced Boy was performed over a different arrangement than usual. YEM included Low Rider teases. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.