Happy Birthday Live Phish Downloads

LivePhish.com was born on 12/31/02 when Phish returned to Madison Square Garden and officially declared "hiatus-over". Innovative for its time, the site had all four shows from the mini-tour online with 24 hours of the performance.

To celebrate the 5th anniversary, Phish Archivist Kevin Shapiro will host "From The Arhives" on Live Phish Radio this Thursday (tomorrow) 12/20.

Tune in to Live Phish Radio at http://www.livephish.com/radio/listen.m3u

JamBase review of livephish.com from 2/13/03: Live Phish: The Jury Returns

Vegas 96 Contest Winner

We ran a contest over at JamBase last month to see who could articulate their enjoyment for the 12/6/96 Alladin Theatre Phish show the best, whether they were there or not.

Congrats to MFFORD7 who, even though he wasn't actually at the gig, articulated the power of Phish to transcend the tape-deck and send someone on a life-long journey. Needless to say it evoked some nice chills from the audience judges:

MFFORD7's Post:
December 6th 1996 will always remain as the day that secured my Phish fandom. I was a big Primus fan, and when I found out that Les and Larry had sat in with Phish in Vegas I must admit I became very interested in what their collaboration may have sounded like. It also made me realize that maybe all that time my friends spent playing me Phish songs wasn't in vain after all. I searched out the show, and really enjoyed what I was hearing. The following summer, a close friend gave me some classic words of advice - "If you do anything this summer, go to The Great Went." The beginning of the end, so to speak, because my musical interests were only beginning to blossom. 76 Phish concerts later and I will always look back on 12.6.96 as the springboard to a life of improvisation, experimentation, and most importantly, fun!

Lake Placid - 12 Years Later

I remember it like it was yesterday.

A group of friends and I made the trek from Michigan to Lake Placid, NY for the 1995 Fall Tour closer shows. It was a huge year of Phish discovery and we weren't going to miss this one. Got a condo in town so we could all walk to the shows, made a fantastic meal beforehand and found myself at the venue with an hour to go and an extra ticket in my hand. My first miracle given, great hug. Huge Hood. Check it out.

12/17/95 Olympic Center, Lake Placid, NY
I: My Friend My Friend, Poor Heart, A Day in the Life, Run Like An Antelope, The Mango Song, Tube, Stash, The Lizards, Chalkdust Torture

II: Bouncing Around the Room, Maze, Free, Also Sprach Zarathustra> Harry Hood, Sparkle, Tweezer > Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Hello My Baby, Runaway Jim

Phish @ The Warfield

GORDON, KREUTZMANN, MURAWSKI EN COSTA RICA

From Phish.Com

Mike Gordon will ring in 2008 with Bill Kreutzmann and Scott Murawski in Costa Rica with a gig on January 5th, 2008 at Docelunas in Jaco.

Built on 5 acres of fruit trees, hummingbird gardens, and surrounded by rain forest covered mountains and rolling green fields, the venue is just minutes from black sand beaches. Proceeds from this event will benefit Garabito Schools Environmental Education via The Central Pacific Chamber of Commerce.

Tickets are being offered through Mike's online ticketing site. Tickets are also on sale at the The Central Pacific Chamber of Commerce in Jaco, Costa Rica. For more information, please call (506) 643-2211 or (506) 643-2195 or visit the Chamber's website. Additional tickets will be available on the day of the show at Docelunas. It is recommended that you purchase tickets in advance.