This is a repost. Sorry. But since there are so many phish fans on  
     this mailing list I figured I would post this again in case anybody  
     missed it the first time around. The complete schedule for concerts at  
     the Rhombus is at the end of this post.  
      
     Since I live in the New York City area, I have always wanted to go to  
     the Rhombus. The Rhombus used to be in Princeton, NJ, which is only  
     about an hour
     from NYC. Anyway, I never made my pilgrammage to the Rhombus. Well,  
     Icculus
     was looking out for me. Since I never made it to the Rhombus, the  
     Rhombus seems to have come to me. One day after work I walked 20  
     blocks north to visit the Rhombus right here NYC. As some of you  
     already know, it has been put in the sculpture garden of the Museum of  
     Modern Art (MoMA). It will only
     be there for a few months while the museum has an exhibition on the  
     artist who created the Rhombus. His name is Tony Smith.
      
     Anyway, I saw the Rhombus and all kinds of huge geometric sculptures  
     that are
     part of the Tony Smith Retropspective. He was a painter, sculptor and  
     an architect. His paintings and sculptures were very minimalist and  
     very boring.
     I was not impressed and it was the type of art that when you look at  
     it you
     say "I could do that".  Basically, he just painted and sculpted giant  
     shapes
     and geometric figures. However, his work as an architect was far more  
     impressive, as he was a student under Frank Lloyd Wright. The  
     photographs of
     his buildings and their designs were great.
      
     As I stood staring at the Rhombus I got a brief chill up my spine. I  
     was standing in front of the object that inspired Trey to create the  
     entire Gamehendge saga. I was next to the the object where Trey and  
     Tom Marshall first dreamed of being rock stars and wrote their first  
     songs together. A few
     of which later became Phish songs. This is where the Phish tale first  
     began.
     This is Phishstory and these are the thoughts that went through my  
     brain as I
     stared at the Rhombus. Now, I usually don't get this cheezy. And, I  
     wasn't really that moved by it. Just a little moved. Writing about  
     this makes it seem more emotional than it really was. Afterall, it's  
     just a giant black Rhombus. That's all. But it is where the Phish  
     story begins....
      
     The coolest thing is that the Rhombus is outside, in the sculpture  
     garden, and there are FREE CONCERTS AT THE RHOMBUS!!!!! I think this  
     is cool as shit.
     Trey dreamed of being a rock star at the Rhombus and now it is in a  
     freakin'
     museum and they are having concerts there! I hope Trey finds out about  
     this,
     as I'm sure he'd be very happy to know that music is being played at  
     the Rhombus. Many of the composers featured at the Rhombus are  
     experimental and
     avant garde composers, which fits in great with the Phish mindset. I'm  
     especially psyched because my FAVORITE musician, John ZORN, will have  
     a brand
     new piece performed there. Other downtown jazz and experimental  
     composers such as Elliot Sharp and Anthony Coleman will also have  
     their compositions played there. All the shows are classical in nature  
     and kind of mellow. MOst
     shows will be just a few string instruments (violin, viola, cello) or  
     a few
     pianos. But the selection of composers is terrific. The music of Zorn,  
     Morton
     Feldman, Phillip Glass, John Cage, Stewart Copeland, Edgar Varese and  
     many other legendary composers will be played by students of the  
     Julliard School
     of Music. Maybe the Rhombus is going to influence a whole new  
     generation of
     young musicians like it did Ernest Giusseppe Anastasio III.
      
     I'm sorry but I forgot when these free shows are. I think they are  
     every Thursday and Friday night for the remainder of the summer. You  
     can call the
     Museum of Modern Art and they will give you the info.
      
     see ya,
     ....AJ....
      
     Here is the schedule:
      
     Throughout July and August the Museum presents free Friday and  
     Saturday evening concerts in The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture  
     Garden. This year's program, New York Composers: A Century of New  
     Music, celebrates the centennial of New York City with a festival of  
     new music from this cultural
     capitol. The program includes diverse works by forty-six composers who  
     were
     born here, settled here, or otherwise had a close association with the  
     city.
     Concerts are perfomed by artists and recent graduates from The  
     Juilliard School, under the artistic direction of conductor and  
     pianist Joel Sachs. Sette MoMA offers light refreshments and beverages  
     in the Sculpture Garden,
     which opens to the public at 6:00 p.m.; concerts begin at 8:30.
      
     Entrance to Summergarden is at 14 West 54 Street. Chairs are limited  
     and seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please note that  
     concerts may
     be canceled in the event of rain. For further information call  
     212-708-9491.
     The Museum's Friday-evening program Jazz at MoMA , is temporarily  
     suspended
     during Summergarden, resumes September 4.
      
     Summergarden is made possible by a generous grant from the Everett B.  
     Birch
     Foundation.
      
     The program is as follows:
      
     July 3 & 4 Music for Chamber Orchestra Charles Ives, Central Park in  
     the Dark (1906) Stefan Wolpe, Chamber Piece No.2 (1967)
     Samuel Barber, Knoxville, Summer of 1915 (1947) Edgard VarFse,  
     Octandre (1923)
     Chou Wen-chung-Yn, Ko (1965)
     Kenji Bunch, Arachnophobia (1997)
      
     July 10 & 11 Music for Two Pianos
     Carl Ruggles, Organum (1944-47) (composer's version for two pianos)  
     Lukas Foss, Ni bruit ni vitesse (1972)
     Steve Reich, Marimba Phase (1967)
     David Lang, Orpheus Over and Under (1989)
     George Gershwin, "I Got Rhythm" Variations (1934)
      
     July 17 & 18 Music for String Quartet Elliott Sharp, Lumen (1996)
     Henry Cowell, String Quartet No. 5 (1956) Mario Davidovsky, String  
     Quartet No. 4 (1979) William Schuman, String Quartet No. 3 (1939)
      
     July 24 & 25 Music for Piano
     Edward MacDowell, from Sea Pieces (1896-98) Anthony Coleman, the  
     hidden agenda (1989) Roger Sessions, Piano Sonata No. 2 (1946) Virgil  
     Thomson, Three Portraits (1942-45) George Perle, Ballade (1981)
     Tania Le=n, Ritußl (1987)
     Scott Joplin, Three Rags (1908-14)
      
     July 31 & August 1 Music for Ensembles Lois V Vierk, Timberline (1991)
     Fred Lerdahl, Fantasy Etudes (1985)
     Michael Torke, The White Pages (1995)
     Morton Feldman, The Viola in My Life I (1970) David Del Tredici,  
     Haddocks' Eyes (1985-87)
      
     August 7 & 8 A Song Recital
     John Musto, Dove Sta Amore (1995)
     Jack Beeson, Four Forbidden Songs (1998) World premiere Milton  
     Babbitt, Philomel, for soprano and tape (1964) Robert Beaser, Four  
     Songs (1978-1995)
     John Cage, Aria (1958), with piano solo from Concert (1957-58) Richard  
     Rodgers, "Manhattan", from Garrick Gaieties (1925) Leonard Bernstein,  
     "Glitter and be Gay", from Candide (1956)
      
     August 14 & 15 Chamber Music
     Charles Wuorinen, Piano Trio (1983)
     Carman Moore, Berenice (1984)
     Earle Brown, Music for Violin, Cello, and Piano (1952) Charles Ives,  
     Piano Trio (1904-11)
      
     August 21 & 22 Music for Violin and Piano John Cage, Nocturne (1947)
     Aaron Jay Kernis, Aria-Lament (1992)
     Aaron Copland, Sonata for Violin and Piano (1942-43) Elliott Carter,  
     Duo for Violin and Piano (1974)
     Jon Deak, Greetings from 1984 (1983)
      
     August 28 & 29 Music for String Quartet II Ursula Mamlock, String  
     Quartet No. 1 (1962)
     Ornette Coleman, Poets and Writers (A Dedication)(1962) Phillip Glass,  
     String Quartet No. 2, "Company" (1983) Joan Tower, Night Fields (1994)
     John Zorn, Cat O'Nine Tails (1988)