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a halloween in indio

patrick — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:53:34 +0000

hmm… ok where to start. its been almost 3 months since halloween. all the music boards were completely inundated with Festival 8 coverage shortly thereafter. i have had plenty of time to go through photos & collect my thoughts, but its still quite hard to describe. the last phish festival i attended was Coventry, although incredibly fun & an unforgettable adventure, it was musically disastrous. on so many levels Festival 8 was the complete antithesis of Coventry. perfect venue, perfect weather, beautiful music, gorgeous scenery, happy people, friends new & old. i flew to san diego alone, and set out to meet up with the crew. on thursday evening i met up with justin, pete, kochan, adam, tim & john in the parking lot at chili’s, and we made the 30 minute drive to indio. we got our campsite set up, and retired relatively early. friday was a wonderful day. plenty of time to check out the scene before the first set. enjoyed the music, and the burble. saturday started off nicely with an afternoon set. we recieved our playbills & learned that they would be playing rolling stones exile on main street, with sharon jones! as if that wasn’t enough, i managed to get both pollock prints for the weekend. the musical costume set lived up to the hype, and it stands up well on tape. i got my second loving cup for the year, but with sharon jones. thanks to all the tapers for capturing this weekend. apparently it was also filmed in 3D for a release sometime this year. sunday started early with coffee & 8 shaped donuts, courtesy of the band, thanks guys, as if the music wasn’t enough. then we were treated to a first ever acoustic set. everyone sitting down to watch the start of the set was amazing to witness. the torches erupting during the harry hood jam seemed appropriate. i can still feel the heat watching the video. unfortunately, it all came to an end on monday morning, and everyone departed. parts of it still seem like a dream, a really really good one. the first video i have included is courtesy of michael marantz. its a collage of thousands of of still photos. i think it really captures the weekend, at least visually in lots of ways. a couple of the other photos were provided by pete & michael & are noted accordingly. the main image is michael’s but i couldn’t bring myself to ruin the image with the watermark, its just too good. thanks for those guys. other than the costume photo, somehow john managed to escape all my photos. so if any of you guys have one that captures johnny fiasco, send it on. this weekend was a blast. i’ll see you all out there. hopefully sooner rather than later. happy phishing.

Phish Festival 8 by Michael Marantz

East To Indio

Exile on Main Street

This Is Gonna Be Good

Justin And Adam

Tim

Vintage Pete

Kochan

Back Of The Field

Safety Patrol

8 Ferris Wheel

The Moontower

Burble Blue

Burble Green

Burble Purple

Harry Hood Jam

8 Moon

Homage to Hoist

I Always Feel Like

Loving Cup

Halloween Entourage

Donut Montage

Sunday Breakfast

The Morning News

No Pabst

A Wonderful Sight

3D in 2010

Acoustic

Acoustic 2

The Curtain With

Mike’s Song Jam

The Road Home

San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm

vegas, need i say more

patrick — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:32:10 +0000

the week leading up to Charlottesville, i spent at AutoDesk University in Las Vegas. i spent the entire conference at Revit classes. the uses of this technology seems limitless. i happened to be there the night Crystals at City Center opened. it’s a very interesting building, the only Libeskind i have seen. i can’t afford anything in the place, but an incredible building none the less. the architectural model was incredible. i only wish the Helmet Jahn towers had been finished & open. the “trees” on the second floor are very calming in some way. the way everything is lit is pretty surreal. after a few days in Vegas, recuperating in Charlottesville was a great way to end the trip, with good friends, good food & drink, and of course Phish

Fiori di Como

Fiori di Como Detail

City Center

The Trunk

The Base

Trees

Crystals Stairs

Stair Base

Converging

Viñoly's Vdara

Paris

MGM

hallelujah chorus at the bellagio

post Phish in Charlottesville

patrick — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:36:20 +0000

after a great night on the town, we spent sunday eating, drinking & recuperating from the late evening. brunch at maya. some of the afternoon going over websites & reviewing pictures, and then on to dinner at blue mountain. blue mountain brewery is located in nelson county. we had a beer sampler before dinner. i had a delicious turkey sandwich with baby greens, granny smith apples & goat cheese. the best beer i had all evening was the full nelson pale ale. after dinner we had some local wine made by one of Daniel & Emily’s friends. they had quite an impressive collection of lizards, and a very interesting turtle.

the front yard

another snowy field

the road to musictoday

green pastures

where your money goes

front porch of blue mountain

dinner at blue mountain

kolsch 151

the turtle

an evening in Charlottesville

patrick — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:08:02 +0000

after several hectic days in las vegas, i got to recuperate in snowy Charlottesville. in each visit i have made over the last 3 years, i have had snow. we spent some time before the show touring the Starr Hill Brewery. good tour, good beer. after that we watched some of the SEC championship game, then headed to the show. it was emily’s first phish show, and it was a good one. a great set, incredible lights, the naked guy. not much going on the lot before or after. post show we headed to Little John’s for some delicious sandwiches, before calling it a night.

leaving the house

the entry

stealing time

green red & yellow

big red

cactus

fans

spectrum

green & blue

bright yellow

trey

daniel, emily & i

order here

end with a fourth

patrick — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:51:36 +0000

the last day we enjoyed some more great weather. another great afternoon in the lot. enjoyed the company of a grasshopper. the music & the lights started off great, before the sun even set. the rocks behind the stage were lit throughout the show. Kreutzmann joining the band for the last part of the show was an unexpected treat.

a perfect ending

looking south

it's gonna be roses are free

pete, justin & i

this guy doesn't have a ticket

roses kicks off the set

yellow & pink

red & green

in awe

a thousand points of light

leaving denver

arriving at DIA

another beautiful day

patrick — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:13:40 +0000

we started off day three with a balanced breakfast at blue sky cafe & juice bar, did i mention this was the third day in a row we ate there? they also have a yoga studio. we did not yoga. proceeded from there to the mock show at the sheraton denver west hotel ballroom. a collection of artists were displaying & selling their posters & other assorted goods. from there we proceeded to the lot, for night three.

jim pollock signing prints, super nice guy

paul bohensky - best print of the weekend!

police

mounted security

on the road

the lot

it's a bird

headed in

denver

from the top

set break - the architectural site model

horizon lights

a second helping with rain

patrick — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:02:21 +0000

on the road

from the lot day 2

from the landing

from the seats day 2

ship rock

creation rock

the start of the show

getting dark

ship by night

creation by night

the ramp out

looking back to red rocks

patrick — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:21:48 +0000

denver international airport

heading west

hippies

from the lot

view from the back stairs

from the seats

justin & chris

lights

the divided sky opener

loving cup encore