Ear Candy: Phish "Taste" Walnut Creek

From Phish:

NEW FROM JEMP RECORDS - 7/22/97 WALNUT CREELK, RALEIGH, NC

Two-DVD Set Includes Complete, Uncut Concert

On July 22, 1997, Phish performed the second show of their U.S. summer tour at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre in Raleigh, NC through a torrent of rain, thunder and lightning. Rather than cancel the gig, the band played on with the music mirroring the peaks in the storm’s intensity. Phish’s own JEMP Records is excited to offer the complete Walnut Creek show on DVD, in stores everywhere August 5. “Walnut Creek” features more than 2 hours of 5-camera footage in 5.1 Dolby Surround or optional stereo sound on two DVDs.

For your listening pleasure we've posted the "TASTE" from this show (complete with lightening strikes and thunder claps).

Fans can pre-order the DVD set now at Phish’s Dry Goods store. We are also offering a digital audio download (MP3 / FLAC) of the soundtrack for pre-order at livephish.com.

Review: moe. w/ Keller Williams 06/21/08 Alpharetta, Georgia

The folks at Hidden Track have been kind enough to let me post my review of moe. and Keller in Alpharetta over at their site. Check it out!

You can also stream it on the right ------------->

WeTube Wednesday: MMJ w/ Kirk Hammet @ Bonnaroo "One Big Holiday"

I had not seen this until I wandered over to Jamtopia...pretty out of hand if you ask me.



My Morning Jacket "Home Sweet Home" Tube

Skateboard Has Last Laugh

This is hilarious (and only 20 seconds long). Too funny.


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Phish Reunion Rumors

I just can't believe how fast the rumor originally posted at Jamtopia that "Phish is definitely reuniting and there will be a new Phish album produced by Steve Lillywhite" is spreading across the web. In case you haven't been following, the rumor has been re-reported in Billboard and Music Radar, not to mention every single music blog out there (at this rate there will be more bloggers on Phish tour next time around than passed out wookies).

My thoughts: if the current rumors were not true, someone would have denied it by now. Maybe the original Jamtopia post was below the Phish organization's radar, but Billboard certainly is not. Same with Lillywhite: members of the press have tried to contact him and are probably still trying to contact him - this could all be laid to rest with a denial but so far neither party has issued any sort of denial and there is no logical explanation that I can think of other than the rumors being true. I admit I may be rationalizing this because I want it to be true, but maybe not. I guess we'll all just have to wait and see...

The Weight Reviews My Morning Jacket @ Radio City Music Hall

While most reviews won't be printed until tomorrow and the message boards are mixed, The Weight saw MMJ at RCMH and had their faces melted off.

Ear Candy: STS9's "Shock Doctrine" & "Beyond Right Now"

STS9 has released "Beyond Right Now" and "Shock Doctrine" in order to promote their forthcoming album "Peaceblaster" which will be released on July 8. You can stream both songs here and download 'em if you like (Shock Doctrine) (Beyond Right Now)

Phish in Japan Mix

Our buddies over at Coventry just posted their favorite song selections from Phish's 2000 Japan tour, which they've been sharing their recollections of for the past week or so. If you haven't read these reviews yet, they're definitely worth checking out.

I'm off to the Atlanta to see moe. with Keller Williams, and should have a full report next week.

New Live Phish Release: 7/22/97 Walnut Creek, Raleigh, NC

This looks pretty nasty. From Live Phish:

"On July 22, 1997 Phish performed the second show of their United States summer tour at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre in Raleigh, NC. During the show, a thunderstorm of biblical Proportion passed directly over the venue letting loose a torrential downpour of rain, thunder and lightning that accentuated the electric nature of the event. The fearsome peaks of the storm synchronized with the peaks of the music, blurring the lines between band and storm. The most sensible course of action was to cancel the gig for safety's sake, but instead the band played through the Appalachian tempest in a thrilling confluence of art and nature. PHISH - WALNUT CREEK documents the collision between a force as imaginative and powerful as Phish in the summer of 1997 and the supreme forces of Creation. This show was hazardous and soaked to the bone but fortunately the tapes - captured from the multi-camera lawn feed and 5.1 audio - remained dry enough to provide the masters for this release, which showcases some of the most potent jamming and scintillating transitions of Phish's career."

Setlist (via Phish.net)

1: Runaway Jim-> My Soul, Water in the Sky, Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, Vultures, Bye Bye Foot, Taste*

2: Down With Disease**-> Mike's Song-> Simple-> I Am Hydrogen#-> Weekapaug Groove##-> Hello My Baby

E: When the Circus Comes, Harry Hood

*Band jams with a lightning storm, which eventually forces the set to end early.
**With "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" (Temptations) quote.
#Mike's bass is out of tune at the end.
##With "I Am Hydrogen" and "Mother" (Pink Floyd) teases.