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Lockn' In Review | Thoughts, Photos, Video & Audio From The Four Day Festival

By: Aaron Stein (@neddyo) | Photos: Adam Miszewski (@adjomi)Go To: Full Photo Gallery | Setlists & Media - Thursday - Friday - Saturday - SundayEvery year they play an NBA All-Star game and every year basketball fans look at the line-ups -- the amassed talent almost incomprehensible in its limitless possibilities -- and...

Phish Events, Twitter Ranked By Importance

This morning, the always provocative @yemblog #yembconvo posed a simple, but interesting question.YEMblog Conversation: Rank the following in importance to you to attend: #phish festival, Dicks, Halloween run, New Years run #yembconvo YEMblog (@YEMblog) September 2, 2016While looking at the invdividual answers is enlightening, the aggregate is truly fascinating.Using a simple methodology --&...

25 Reasons The Dick's 2015 Harpua Was The Best Phish Encore Ever

Photos: Patrick Jordan, phishfromtheroad InstagramAs one of your resident jaded vets, it takes a lot for me to classify something that happened at a 3.0 Phish show as best ever.  But even after a year has passed to contemplate, I think the encore at the third night of 2015s Dicks run still sits...

Interesting Lockn' Stats & A New Idea

Today marks the start of the fourth Lockn festival, and we couldn't be more excited about what's about to go down in Virigina.Somehow, Peter Shapiro and his team just knows what a certain type of fan wants to hear, and just delivers for four straight days, creating a festival lineup that stands alone.  ...

Five Things I Learned While Phishing At The Gorge

Five Things I Learned While Phishing At The GorgeWords: Carmel O'Farrell (@carmelocorn) | Photos: Stephen Olker (@unolker)Let's start with what I guess I already knew before heading west: The Gorge lives up to the hype as the most beautiful venue in the country. Seeing the 180 degree unobstructed views of Mother Nature reinforced my already...

Phish Offers Both Tension & Release Over Holiday Weekend

[fblile]By: Aaron Stein (@neddyo) | Photos: Rene Huemer (via @phish_ftr)There are few things greater in the Phish arsenal than the build/release jam. The anticipatory tension that can only be resolved satisfactorily with an epic climax, the moment when all four musicians (and usually the lighting director, too) hit their mark at...

The Story Of Alpine Valley Is The Story Of The Music Industry

Update 3/17/17 - Yesterday, MyWalworthCounty.com reported that Alpine Valley will not host concerts during the 2017 season.  Jon Reens, Live Nation VP of marketing in the Midwest was quoted several times in the article:"Its an unusual year in that a lot of artists weve traditionally hosted are playing in other buildings or not playing...

A Double Shot Of Jazz Underground

This edition of Notes From The Jazz Underground was culled from the June 17th  & June 24th broadcasts.Ever since we launched Tomorrow's Verse, we've been playing catch-up with these NFTJU posts, so let's combine two of them into a huge Jazz Underground DOUBLE SHOT for your listening pleasure and get us up...

Review / Video | Phish @ Wrigley Field

Photos via phishfromtheroad instagramPhish at Wrigley.  From the time it was just a rumor, it was a band and venue combination that got people emotional. Ill admit to being one of them.  Id been visiting the ballpark regularly since I was a kid, and the place was heavy with history even then. &...

Phish Fan's Guide To Chicago - Wrigley 2016

We are updating this page with new updates on top, so you may want to read from bottom up if you're so inclined.6/2511:00 am - Video of the night one highlight, the debut a capella cover of David Bowie's "Space Oddity", as well as last night's setlist via phish.net. Phish: Fri,...