3-9-03
The LANGERADO music festival was fun but very hot. We saw Charlie hunter, G-love & special sauce w/Charlie, perpetual groove, and MMW. The festival was really successful for Miami, nice job Ethan!

3-8-03-
RAQ played tobacco road for about 40 people. Great musicians! I like the Zappa covers they do, too bad were gonna miss em tomorrow.

3-7-03-
Today's entry is a long overdue "YOU GUYS ROCK!" for Eric and Rosie and Troy. MAD PROPS for making tour so fun and possible. I couldn't have done it it without you guys.Our combined effort made it work.
It was very luxurious for this old traveler to have buddies do most of the driving,THANK YOU SO MUCH. It is appreciated and I hope we can do it again.
My Jeep now has close to 275,000 miles ,but its hard to tell since the speedometer and odometer barely ever work. The windshield wipers only operate on high,and the bumper is being held on with bungee cords. The oil sensor light is always on,the rear passenger door doesn't open from the outside and the emergency brake light has a short. The back windows don't roll down and the A/C doesn't work on low. This tour we suffered a flat tire at the very beginning and then had to replace a serpentine belt towards the end. Other than that Jeep RULES.
For the Worcester disks you can/should drop the SCHWAGED OUT guyute chalkdust> frankenstein, and sew Loving Cup onto the end of disk 2 ,after Ya Mar. PERFECTI like how maze is on disk 2.

Tonite RAQ plays Tobacco Road, should be off the hizzook for Miami anyway.

3-6-03 miami-
Decided on a company logo hope you like it.
For the Nassau discs, if you remove the Hood you can glue disks 2 and 3 together pretty nicely.The TWEEZER>MAKISUPA>BOWIE IS AWESOME!

3-5-03

But were doing our best to "join in the turning away".

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3-3-03- Miami
Finally made it home to the sunny southern weather. I can't believe how beautiful the weather is here.
If only I liked crappy club music and budweiser i'd be psyched.

Feb 24 2003-
Went to new jersey and caught BB king with phish it was weird .I was embarrassed for BB and Trey, what a mistake. If you think that was good music , you are probably the kind of person who would eat the peanuts out of Treys shit, and ask for seconds.
02/24/03 Continental Airlines (formerly Meadowlands, then Brendan Byrne) Arena - East Rutherford, NJ
SET ONE
Down with Disease (15:01)
Corinna (6:05)
Wolfman's Brother (10:05)
Limb By Limb (10:00)
Every Day (I Have The Blues)* (24:56)
Thrill Is Gone* (18:18)
Rock Me Baby* (12:37)
* with B.B. King
SET TWO
Halley's Comet (14:20)
Harry Hood (13:35)
Heavy Things (7:23)
Twist (18:57)
All of These Dreams (4:55)
Waves (8:28)
Sample in a Jar (4:53)
Chalk Dust Torture (9:46)
ENCORE
Farmhouse (7:06)

Lets leave it at that. After wards we hit the Holiday inn for a minute then went to Sarges again
Matzoth ball soup>
Turkey/pastrami>
pickles>
coleslaw
encore:
hot chocolate
We partied for a while but eventually left and discovered that my belt on my car needed repair, so no sleep we got the car to a jeep dealer and got it fixed,

Feb 23 2003
Woke up rough and drove to new jersey.i remember nothing.We stayed at Bens house. he's got a huge picture of Neil as and Mike . We made a quick jaunt to rosies house and went back to pick up eric.
Went and picked up a couple of tickets from mikey

Feb 22 2003- Woke up and pillaged the buffet behind the glass. The lady was commenting on how some kid made a huge mess by exploding a soda .Since Rosie was there and not fessing up to it i busted his balls "jeez what a coward "kids today. we rolled out extra styly, and shmoozed a spot on the floor next to sam .
Phish Cinci Feb 22 2003
SET ONE
The Sloth (4:44)
Dogs Stole Things (4:31)
Piper (12:36)
Weekapaug Groove (8:27)
Dirt (4:53)
Scent of a Mule (9:27)
Walls Of The Cave (21:09)
Mountains In The Mist (6:53)
Sample in a Jar (5:55)

SET TWO
Tube (11:31)
Bathtub Gin (26:52)
Friday (8:14)
David Bowie (18:28)
Bug (9:32)
ENCORE
Suzy Greenberg (9:13)

The jam out of Bathtub was amazing! TUBE>Jam!!! SIIICK! We even enjoyed Dirt .Well done. Scent was amusing /pointless at best..Walls is soo scary.Mtns was Sweeet. Sample some times spanks me but tonite it hit home. Friday is a song we wrote years ago.WE KNOW ALREADY.
Why are you singing this to us now?Pleazze.....Were not going away, just fuckin play the funk alright?.

Feb 21 2003-
Woke up crispy after a good nights sleep and bolted for cincinasty.RAIN.
We're psyched to have a hotel near the venue. Last nite it was such a fuckin FIASCO getting into the Radisson after the show without a key & they closed the hotel bar, it just dosent make sense.
When I listen to the radio, I ALWAYS imagine Phish playing the song live.
Our hotel is AWESOME!!!!Were on the 21st floor and you need a special key to get up to the top where there's free food and drinks and a lounge to chill in .
delicious chicken >
cheese cake
cheeses and crackers.
Were going there for breakfast at 6am. Groggy.eyes hurt.
Phish
2/21/03 Cincinnati, OH
SET ONE
Wilson> (6:26)
Frankenstein (5:30)
Down with Disease (18:04)
Lifeboy (9:04)
Boogie On Reggae Woman (6:47)
Run Like an Antelope (15:01)
I Didn't Know (4:53)

SET TWO
Mike's Song> (15:20)
Free> (8:53)
Waste> (8:00)
2001> (10:34)
Harry Hood (17:30)
All of These Dreams (4:23)
Possum> (10:48)
Cavern (6:36)
ENCORE
Wading in the Velvet Sea (8:59)

Finally! they kicked it DOWN! Best show of the tour. I saw BJ and Marissa and Beast on the floor.Then moved to the 10th row center, the sweet spot. Kicked it with Sam ,kelly and the larson's.
What a huge difference the floor makes! The stash jams in the mikes were wicked. The "after show" was insulting to my intelligence .Huddled down in the dungeon like prisoners of war, silent and thirsty.The free was 7:30 AGAIN! Id really like to see them jam that one out a little longer. They've reworked a couple of songs too, Disease is a little different now and llama and horn and guyute are in heavy rotation.This show there was only one new song the entire show.Lifeboy was a kick down and Velvet Sea was well done.Trey and Page looked pretty wasted when they came up for the I didn't know , and at the end of the show Trey was rock starring out, pointing his guitar like a gun at Page , who looked like he was thinking "Get your fucking guitar outta my face bitch".The energy inside was the best so far.We got the wave going before the show

Feb 20 2003
Jay was hung over as hell, drove us to the airport where we changed to an earlier flight.We all had had our own row in the back of the 777 Ahhhhhhhh 2hrs of glorious sleeeeeeeep
Landed at O'Hare and took the train to Guido's. What a treat it was to unwind here with Mike! We went for a killer Italian lunch at:
Linguine w/garlic oil sauce
w/broccoli and red peppers.>
House salad.
encore:
diet coke
Then got fuckin WASTED and took the train to the Rosemont with Eric ,Guido and Beast. An easy ride in, we grabbed a cab and headed to the radisson across the street from the venue. Finally got everyone and hit the show.
Phish Feb 20 2003
The 10 year anniversary of the Roxy ATL Ga.

02/20/2003* Allstate Arena - Rosemont, IL
SET ONE
Rift (6:36)
Rock and Roll (10:17)
Guyute (10:25) Llama 5:36 
Wolfman's Brother 15:03 
Reba 15:42 
Life on Mars? 3:45 
46 Days 7:21 
It's Ice 7:33 
Frankie Says 5:01 
Run Like an Antelope 12:34 


SET TWO
Tweezer> (20:48)
Punch You in the Eye> (7:47)
Fast Enough for You (8:13)
Seven Below (22:14)
Pebbles and Marbles (16:58)
ENCORE
Golgi Apparatus (5:04)
Anything But Me (5:16)
Tweezer Reprise
After the show we cruized home on the train, the walk from the station was freezing cold but help was on the way.We settled in nicely to the backs of our eyelids.

Feb 19 2003 Denver-
Woke up at Kelly's only to find I had lost the power cord to my Mac so we lucked out again by there being a Mac store nearby. I replaced the cord and picked up an external harddrive.Then we hit a breakfast joint
French toast>
smoothies>
Breakfast Banana split>
Cheese Omlette.
encore:
coffee
Jay woke up and we headed for Vail. Our first stop, some supermarket. It was "Welcome to the machine" for the next two hours, by the time we got to cliffs i was so zooted i could barely stand it. After a while we headed to Stacy's bar had kahula and coffee. l was getting nauseous from everyodys cigarette smoke.
What an awful disgusting habit. We finally made it back to Jay and Joel's house where we battled sleep till dawn.

Feb 18 2003 We OVER SLEPT by an hour so we hauled ass to to the airport and luckily caught the next flight out to denver. I tossed my stash in the trash on the way in to the airport. DOH!
Jay Birds friends Ian picked us up in Denver , we got nice on the way and arrived at the venue
where we chilled at the local bar Brooklyn's . Ran into Robbie, Amanda, Craig, Misha,Elizabeth.
Limped inside the show.
Phish feb 18 2003 pepsi arena ,Denver

SET ONE
Runaway Jim (9:34)
Water in the Sky (5:22)
Twist (9:19)
The Squirming Coil (7:21)
Brian and Robert (3:42)
Stash (12:40)
The Wedge (4:47)
Birds of a Feather (8:42)
Lawn Boy (3:07)
Walls Of The Cave (16:54)

SET TWO
Moma Dance (12:03)
Limb By Limb (13:42)
Thunderhead (5:42)
The Divided Sky (15:25)
Carini (9:05)
You Enjoy Myself (22:47)
The Lion Sleeps Tonight (2:26)
ENCORE
NICU (5:37)
Mexican Cousin (4:51)

After the show we cruized back to Kelly's house ate her leftover pizza and deemstered out.

Feb 17 2003-total blank%%#@!

Feb 16 2003 Still up, from the crazy night , Eric saunters in at noon after a hectic taxi ride. No reason to sleep now. Kelly made us delicious power smoothies which gave me the energy to carry on. We hooked the mac to the tv and watched a movie till I faded hard. Well rested, we cruized to sushi dinner
Samon roll>
seaweed salad>
edamame.
Phish Feb 16 2003 Thomas and Mack Las Vegas
SET I
David Bowie -> (18:31)
Catapult -> (0:33)
David Bowie (3:08)
Horn (3:53)
Guyute (10:30)
Round Room (12:22)
Golden Lady -> (4:35)
Poor Heart (2:55)
Pebbles and Marbles (11:55)
SET II
Down With Disease -> (11:22)
Seven Below -> (9:32)
Down with Disease -> (2:24)
Anything But Me -> (6:27)
Piper -> (21:58)
Makisupa Policeman (4:17)
Character Zero (10:39)
ENCORE
Friday (8:16)

Packed up our gear and checked it into the Mandalay Bay hotel bag check. An awesome way to stash your bags in Vegas if your in a hurry or don't have a room. We rolled right in to the show no problem,and bumped into Marissa who showed us the way to BJ's and Bens sky box. What a fuckin party! We RAGED that box hard! We should rent those boxes more often, it was the perfect way to hang with all our friends at the show.
Phish Feb 15 Thomas and Mack Las Vegas
Set 1
Llama 5:36 
Wolfman's Brother 15:03 
Reba 15:42 
Life on Mars? 3:45 
46 Days 7:21 
It's Ice 7:33 
Frankie Says 5:01 
Run Like an Antelope 12:34 

SET TWO
Waves 11:12 
Bug 8:24 
Ghost 18:35 
Free 6:59 
Harry Hood 19:42 
ENCORE
Sample in a Jar 5:48 


Afterwards it was the incredibly stupid walk(AGAIN! WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH THAT??) from the Thomas and Mack to the Luxor where we raged till dawn, its all kind of a blurr.Last stop was the Golden Nugget, Ames had a fatty suite so we continued the party there .We ordered some killer room service.
Grilled cheese W/ Tomato soup
Chicken salad on rye w/ swiss
fruit & brie plate.
Then we got real nice and watched the Wizard of Floyd. Eric went to Fremont street and took pictures of the lights while I slept.
Feb 15 2003
The flight from chicago was easy, Luke and ash picked us up and we sailed home.
Got to Luke's and chilled for a bit . Hooked the mac to the big screen TV, itunes looks Sweeet!
We all got hungry and went to Tommy Rockers featuring the Ivar's clam chowder, the Ivar's stands for "loaded with bacon".
rack o ribs>
steak sandwich>
onion rings>
mashed potatoes>
nice garden salad w/blue cheese dressing
encore:
Lemonade
The it was off to the Luxor to see some friends, who bought all the t-shirts! We gambled a bit, im down 75$.
We all had a bet who would call the songs in LA. I actually picked My Sweet One to open. : )
Woke up on the floor of the luxor at 7am Eric was just getting in, "dood lets go Luke will be here in a minute" went to breakfast at the Original pancake house.
French toast>
scrambled eggs /diced ham and swiss>
spinach crepe>
encore:
coffee

Feb 14 2003 -We went hiking in the Red Rock canyon about a 30 minute drive out side the city.
We brought the dogs with us and went for a huge hike up the Canyon where I was took some really sweet pictures. Unfortunately I had a NASTY encounter with a pear cactus(Right)Several poisonous spines impaled my Achilles tendon and it was all over. WOW! Talk about some pain!The next day the shit swelled up and turned purple. It was a Nightmare. Its been a few days and the pain has subsided a bit, but eventually I believe I will have to go to the hospital and have it X-rayed to remove some small pieces of cactus from my leg. it was still a good experience. I'll definitely watch my ass next time.

Phish Valentines day
2/14/03 Great Western Forum - L.A., CA
SET ONE
My Sweet One 2:41 
Cover of the Rolling Stone 3:04 
Chalk Dust Torture 9:54 
Fee 10:54 
Taste 11:08 
Bathtub Gin 19:57 
Heavy Things 6:17 
Golgi Apparatus 5:09 

SET TWO
Possum 12:02 
Walls Of The Cave 23:13 
Carini 6:21 
All of These Dreams 4:29 
Limb By Limb 9:06 
The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony 1:49 
AC/DC Bag 11:33 
Prince Caspian 9:02 
ENCORE
Loving Cup 8:25 

Scraped our asses outta bed and motored all the way to the
Hampton Mothership.

Actually Lindsay drove most of the way,you rock babe .

THE OMNI HOTEL ROCKS!

1/2/03 Hampton Coliseum - Hampton, Virginia
Set 1 (1:31): Chalkdust Torture*, Bathtub Gin, It's Ice**, Back on the Train, Round Room***, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Stash, Water in the Sky, Character Zero
Set 2 (1:12): 46 Days -> Simple# -> My Friend My Friend, Limb by Limb, Thunderhead##, Run Like an Antelope###, Cavern
Encore (0:05): Mexican Cousin^
chalkdust had a great jam ata the end,bathtub gin was fun.its ice needed more freak in the middle , train what ever..blah blah
blah blah antelope.
Garagatois- Omni hotel-2;30am-
sooooogoooood!

1/3/03 Hampton Coliseum - Hampton, Virginia
Set 1 (1:15): Tweezer -> Theme From the Bottom, Foam, Pebbles and Marbles*, You Enjoy Myself**
Set 2 (1:11): Birds of a Feather, Wolfman's Brother, Makisupa Policeman***, Axilla, Twist -> Free, All of These Dreams#, Possum##
Encore (0:08): Contact###, Tweezer Reprise

Hilarious! Pebbles and marbles is basically down with disease, but better. The accidental YEM?! FUNNY STUFF, the bass line hasn't changed much but is still bumpin.
Ran into Abbey and Chris cookin food after the show, they hizooked us up with
2 veggie Quesedias>
burnt chili
The Contact>TR was my fave. Sold a bunch of posters and rolled back to the Omni.

Garagatois- Omni hotel-2;30am-
boogied down upstairs with pat and melia and rick , fun groove up there.What a great fuckin band!!We had a late late nite.

1/4/03 Hampton Coliseum - Hampton, Virginia
Set 1 (1:13): Llama, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Roggae, Maze, Anything But Me*, Ya Mar, Saw it Again, Bouncing Around the Room, Split Open and Melt
Set 2 (1:17): Rock and Roll, Mike's Song -> Mist, Weekapaug Groove -> What's the Use -> Down with Disease -> Fast Enough for You, Also Sprach Zarathustra**
Encore (0:10): Friday
Jan 4 2003

Notice that the word "time" and the theme of time
is in almost every song??? Especially the songs from nyc and hampton! Not to mention increments of time....
Its probably been the main theme of their music since the beginning.
Trapped in time and i don't know what to do-
Waiting for the time when i can finally say-
Every time you turn on the raido there wasn't nothin goin down at all.
If time were only part of the equation-
They came up from the valley , both sides at a time-
That time then ,once again im bouncin round the room -
Time loves ahero, but only time will tell-
Time time time for the last rewind-
By the time he came home he was 17-
Time in the forest to dig under rocks-
it took me a long time to get back on the train
To bide my time and take it slow
The simple smiles and good times seem all wrong
Time to put your, money where your mouth is.
The time is near the missions clear,its later than you think
Time doesn't wait for me, it keeps on rollin-
Some one else will set your clocks
When a week is a minute, an hour a day
Sand-flowing through the hourglass
It happens all the time!, we beat Okemo.
I don't care about the time, its your time that i waste not mine
Come waste your time with me
Vultures moving in time
Time for the meatstick, bury the mea stick, take out the meatsticktime
Its a high time that you found.The same dudes you misused on your up....you might meet up ,on your way down.
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day.
Remember all the times, in the pond?
In a minute ill be free
Look at me, the time stands still..

Happy Birthday Meredith!!
Sickest show of the hampton run. Raged with eric ,Melanie ,lindsay on the rail , Sooo bumpin!
I love "What's the use?".This one was like a reprise after the huge WTU jam from NYE! !
Afterwards we RAGED the lot, sold almost all the shirts and a huge stack of fuck you stickers.
After a COLD walk back to the red roof we jetted with troy and Meredith to the Omni, they went to particle , we were too exhausted once we sat down so we just chilled at the room with some friends . Even did some late nite gas hehehe .
Homemade grilled cheese>
banana nectar

I noticed that the audience as a whole, is very TAME. I don't know if its an influx of newbies or if people are shellshocked, or uptight since 9/11 or what. But we as a fan base , used to be MUCH ROWDIER. We couldn't even get the wave going at HAMPTON!! SAD.
Me and my friends dance, but much of the room just stands there like FUCKIN WOODEN INDIANS cemented into the ground. LAME AS HELL. Its up to us as an audience to rev up the band so they have a bumpin landscape to play to! When we just stand there expecting to be entertained, the music suffers. Who wants to play for a bunch of white, uptight people who are just standing there? YAWN.

January 5 2003-Charlottesville Va.
After a little cruise west on 64 we made it to our buddies, and were unwinding after an onslaught of nonstop partying and dancing. Hampton was soooo much fun! What a great way to start off the tour. We made a bunch of new friends and sold all the shirts.

Jan 6 2003-Charlottesville Va.
What a classic day, Dinner and a movie.
Thai food-
Pad-Thai>
Volcano Chicken>
Tofu Curry>
White rice>
Encore:
Homemade ginger spice tea
Delicious meal but a little too spicy.

Me , L , Eric and Virginia barely made it right on time to see,
Catch me if you can-A pretty good movie, based on a true story. I wont blow it for ya.
Later that nite we ventured to the
The Bistro -The place was full of local kidz unwinding from the last few daze.
Where Scott made us a a delicious
Brie & fruit plate>
Kaluha & coffee>
Raspberry beer>
shot of Tequila>
Diet coke & makers mark
and we enjoyed the musical styling's of
Max Collins- Who raged it just for us
SET 1
Don't get too close to my fantasy (Ween)
Dock
Sonya
Ominous
South Enough
Sound of the stream>
Porch
Patience (G N R)

SET 2
Whoops
white freightliner
Welcome to the machine>
I-man>
Meat>
I-man
Bird song>
Roget>
Bird song
Breakfast
The whitesnake
Have mercy
Mexacali Blues
Blue indian
Doolemite
Encore:
Harry Hood
What a great time, After the show we happened to stumble onto our friend Innis being harassed
by the local fuzz. He was waiting for the breathalyzer test.
Perfect timing! Virginia told the officer that we lived near by and that we could take him home.
After a few very tense moments the kind officer let him go and we celebrated by pulling tubes.
Max is awesome! He gets really intense when he plays. I had an interesting conversation with Mel about dead vs. phish. In the future I will drink more alcohol. i may have a different perception but i didn't feel altogether. Luckily, I was able to help Innis out w\ my sobriety by driving his car away from the bar. It was good. Then we hung at VA's house for awhile. She and I had a very interesting and uplifting conversation. Danger narrowly averted created an atmosphere of positivity and comradery. Glee!
Jan 7 2003-Charlottesville Va.
Lindsay woke up ill. Fever, sore throat, no fun. I'm gonna nurse her back to health. Bail tomorrow morning.
Grilled cheese>
Split pea soup>
Hot chocolate>
Tea>
Chips Ahoy.
I was thinking about the experience i had during new years. I was thinking about my friends and relationships, and I was able to see the invisible bonds of karma that attract us to one another . All of our experiences , suffering and joy; culminating in an invisible,unspoken understanding between human beings. Things you don't know,or may never talk about, childhood experiences and day to day reality that shape who you are and how you relate to the world and the people around you. I could actually see and understand the invisible bonds that are common experiences and common likes and dislikes of all the people I know. I could see the chain of events that lead certain people to gravitate towards one another to have children.The Cosmic wheel of life and death,collapsing in on its self, in an attempt to ease its suffering.

Jan 8 2003,Charlottesville Va.
still ill.
Feeling a little better,spinnin down the sound boards from Hampton and NYE. They sound awesome! If you drop the disease and add disk 3 to disk 2, the mikes goes right into what's the use, so we sewed the songs together, PERFECT.We finally got hungry..
Griers restaurant, Liquid
Pina colada smoothie>
Veggie chili W/cornbread-YUM!>
encore:
Oreo cookies>
Hot tea
Jan 9 2003 Charlottesville Va.
Leaving town we stopped for breakfast
Hangin w\ Eric and the C-ville crew is always a pleasure.
The Blue Moon Cafe-
Veggie omlete>
Cinnamon French toast>
Home fries>
Sourdough toast>
Egg sandwich>
Green tea>
Encore:
great coffee
It was a short yet trafficy drive to NC. Neil and Marissa were chillin, we spun them some sbds and later on we hit The Lounge, a persian opium den like little bar with musical instruments set up on a stage with people jamming. Too many people for us to jam so after a Fresh Pineapple and rum we bailed home and listened to jazz till 4am.
Jan 10 2003 NC-
Woke up to the delightful sounds of classical piano being jammed out down stairs by Neil. What a magical way to start the day. We were hungry so we went to this place called
Fosters market.
Thai chicken w/peanut sauce wrap>
Black bean cheddar, pepper wrap>
Greek grilled cheese Wrap>
jellybeans>
cookies
encore:
san pelligrino sparkling water
Jan 11 2003-
driving home the road offers little vegetarian delights
Taco bell twice-bean tacos
Subway twice-cheese /tuna sub
HOME AGAIN
Jan 12 2003
Since I've been home I've had quite a few job offers for web design. Still need to print out some posters and matt them.
Were watching the simpsons-
- Homer Simpson's email is chunkylover53@aol.com
Brussel sprouts>
white rice>
Tilapia fish yum!
Tomorrow is going to be a super busy day.
Jan 13 2003 FL-Paperwork done, im getting antsy for the upcoming tour. Soooo much to do ,
to little time. HERE IS MY VEGAS PREDICTION:
VEGAS:
PYITE>
ACDC BAG>whatever

Jan 14 2003 FL
I heard Phish is going to sell downloads of the shows from now on?!
HOW FUCKING COOL IS THAT?!
Its cheaper to buy the download than it is to tape !
Now people can enjoy their lives without having to bust their ass to get a good copy of the show. No more taper elitism. Its fucking GENIUS. Ill buy a download every day just so i don't have to lug taping gear around. Thank you.
Wendel and his posse came back from Costa Rica today, grungy and beaming from the fun they had.They packed up their gear and headed home after jump starting their van. It'll be fun to visit those guys and silkscreen some shirts.
Jan 15 2003-
Woke up early drove L to the Metro.Decided to make the best of it, and ran errands all day.
Need to make planz to fly to vegas. The long drives to denver from vegas is similar to the drive to UTAH in 98. Phish loves to kick it down when nobody shows up, or the shows with no hype.
Like Phoenix after vegas 00-sick show-My call?
"Do the math people"------->Denver will probably be one of the better shows this Feb.
Worcester will prove to be huge as well since this venue is used to 3 nights each time they play there.One night in Mass is a hate crime ya know? There's such a humongous fan base there.
Go figure.The drive to greensboro is RETARTED. Its still amazes me how they think a massive drive will stop the seething phish crazed masses.What really happens is that we do the drive super awake! Making SBD downloads immediately available will definitely let many people stay home who ordinarily would do the whole tour because they cant rely on some other knuckle head to do the taping for them. heh. Its funny cuz its true.
I like the road. Being in a different city every couple of days is a great way to meet all kinds of cool humans. And i cant sell fuck you stickers anywhere else : )

In the words of the Great Louis Armstrong and David Lee Roth
"I'm just a gigolo, and everywhere i go,
people know the part im playin.
Paid for every dance
selling each romance
ooooo what they sayin

There will come a day ,and youth will pass away
What will they say about me ?
When the end comes i know,they'll say "just a gigolo"
Life goes on with out me . Cause,
iiiiiiiiiiiiiii aint got nobody , nobody, cares for me ,
nobody, cares for me .
iiiiiiiiiiiiiim so sad and lonely,
wont some sweet momma come and rescue me, cause I ant so bad!
Jan 16 2003-A "Do the math people" Public service Announcement from Noah Phence
Time keeps on slippin into the future,and the day draws near where we bomb the shit outta Iraq.
We were wondering if Phish would continue to tour if WWWIII broke out. Why not?
I know it seems like a stupid thing to ponder, but what should we do? Stay home and watch George Orwell's 1984 war between Ukrania and Urasia unfold before our very eyes on government issue television? The technology exists, its just a matter of time unless we Vote.
Which is extremely unlikely. So im brushing up on my "newspeak" so as to be perfectly
un- eloquent when the time arrives.
" Double plus good eh?" "Do it to Julia". The thought criminals are running amuck , but not for long it seems. Most likely, like the sheep that are the general population, will waive their rights with their flags , and under the guise of anti-terror, a new terror will rise. A system of control that parallels the "matrix" in reality.Or maybe not. Maybe all this trouble will just evaporate and the impending war/ police state will never exist. A social utopia will spring forth in a new renaissance brimming with culture, art and music. Food and water for every one and glorious malls teeming with merchandise, where every one can shop in peace.
Isn't that what everybody wants anyway? To shop in peace?
Thousands of years ago when we traded in the absolute necessity to belong to the tribe,
for the insidious need to have money; our whole priority map changed. No longer is the tribe the central nucleus of life.
Nowadays if you get booted from the tribe, as long as you have money, you can survive.
This makes daily decision making, more of a financial strategy to preserve the self, rather than making decisions that are good for the self and the tribe.
Are all the decisions we make based on money? The friends we have, the mate we choose, the food we eat, the education we pursue?
I would like to believe that we are more motivated by suffering and that every thing we do is to alleviate that suffering. From eating right to brushing your teeth to educating yourself.
I may never know.I may not want to know. Who's got my extra?
Jan 17 2003-


I made my first paycheck today doing some digital video effects and editing and putting it to disk. I love the G4.Thank you steve jobbs.
Anyway we won tickets for MMW on southbeach this sunday. It should be pretty sweet.Thanks for the hot tip Ash!The weather has been awesome they should really enjoy playing here.

I've been slowly updating my music list

http://db.etree.org/noahphence

Jan 19 2003-Tonite is MMW at the Billboard live club. Haven't seen a good band in south florida since phish played the cameo theater in 1993! The club is right on south beach, its a fancy bar too with three levels, and video screens. We'll head down early and have dinner on the beach before the show to avoid the parking nightmare. Or jesse can pick me up and we can park at 22nd st.
2 bowls of Super Dank Homemade Yellow Split Pea Soup>
buttered rye toast
The MMW show was good! Dracula>whatever>and the encore wasn't crosstown traffic or bubblehouse! hooray! We all walked to san loco taco afterward where we had a midnite snack.
Queso loco bean taco>YUM!
sm Vegetarianan chili in a corn taco cup>
cappuccino shake.

January 20 2003-DANCING IN THE FUTURE
I'm gonna say some stuff here that I hope will be understood by all you robots.
So far ,Trey Anastasio's Band may be slightly more enjoyable to dance to.
(do i have your attention?)& IMHO, TAB has a more MATURE or grown up sound than Phish.
TAB is more chock full-o-FUNK , and the songs are 30 fuckin minutes each!
Phish's sound is very "gamey" & predictable and a little immature; were back to 3 and 7 minute cookie cutter anthems/songs that we've all heard A MILLION TIMES BEFORE; YAWN.
And when im dancing to these songs, I might as well be dancing in the future because I know what's coming next. I'm dancing to music that's GOING to come out of the speakers.
(JGB AND THE DEAD ARE KIND OF THE SAME WAY but not.)
Granted, the complex musical acrobatics of Phish songs like Reba & Fluffhead are not heard in TAB. Nor story telling or amazing piano solos.(Yes phish is a better band)
But with TAB ,simply put, Fat Tony boroughs a fucking tunnel through to the center of the earth with his steady bump, for 20 minutes at a time. For Ex. Ist nite Red Rocks 2002 in the pouring rain!
I 've grooved hard to both these bands and when it comes to non-stop-dancing ,TAB might lead by a nose.
Just for sheer length of the jams. I don't have to stop dancing to puff during bouncin,or bob my head to the lowest denominator like a frat-boy to Character-0 over and over. TABs slow stuff is at least trippy.
I must also mention that TAB had 2 kinds of shows. Show A and show B.
Show A, is Trey spraying you down with the hose all nite.
Show B was CONDUCTOR NITE. Remember that ?JEEZ.
I think I speak for all of us when i say "Trey,please,never put down the guitar"
Maybe im jaded, maybe im too critical, maybe Phish is too good and we know it and are thereby frustrated by repetition or meager performances. I can only guess that Trey dosent like to be a musical pony; kicking down on command for big hype shows. He'll kick down when he's damn good and ready. I Just wish it was the nite before Treys birthday every show.(9-29-99!!)

JAN 26 2003-2am. Spent the last few days getting familiar with digital editing with imovie and i have to say its the most amazing program I've ever used. My first project was synchronizing 3 Pink Floyd albums to the Wizard of Oz. & I think I've out done myself this time .
I made is absolutely mind bending. By far one of the most amazing coincidences(?) I've ever seen. Since no one has ever seen the other two albums , I am looking forward to turning all of you on to this astonishing flick. Next project, the 3 Floyd albums that go to 2001 space odyssey. Everybody has seen the echo's portion but are oblivious to the first two albums.

Check out this fractal

Jan26-2003-Stupor-Bowl-Sunday-
The Fed ex Comerica was funny & Message in a bottle was an appropriate song for the halftime show.
I wonder who's responsible for selling " Rock-n-Roll " by Led Zeppelin to Cadillac.
"Drivin round town in her 8th Cadillac , Livin, Lovin she's just a woman"


Jan 28 2003-kind of a bummer day, wish i could help everyone. The president had his pep rally for the 'War". So fuckin scary, it's surreal. Tour sometimes seems so irrelevant & decadent in a world full of crisis. If the music held as much healing power as the Dead, I might sing a different tune, but Phish Smells Like Teen Spirit.
A giant nuclear explosion would make for a great Harpua wouldn't it?

Jan 29 2003-

"Like all matter and energy in the universe, the emotional and intellectual structures that we build are constantly transformed by outside forces. Much of our power is wasted in propping up our beliefs, defending them, and convincing others to believe in them so that they might become "permanent." Once we understand the folly in this, we gain power by using the evolution in nature to our advantage--accepting, incorporating, and supporting change when and where it wants to occur. Our cooperation with the forces in nature makes us a part of those forces. Our decisions become astute because they are based on a dynamic, evolving reality, not on fixed or wishful thinking. We are able to see things that others might not because the reach of our minds is extended through the contemplation of the universe. We develop vision and we help create the future with the power of our vision."-well put.

IS IT JUST ME? or does it seem that Religion is a multi-faceted-gem,hovering in the existential recesses of the human mind to create a sense of purpose. And depending on where your from , the view and reflection of the gem is slightly different,BUT ,ITS THE SAME GEM!!!
(Some are forced to look at the gem from far away,or from different angles,for some the view may be dimmer than others.)
When the mind finds a reality tunnel that is nurturing/comfortable/socially accepted, & creates genuine faith in that tunnel, and the person truly believes he/she is manifesting good with this tunnel, after time it will work. If one truly behaves as one would who truly believes his faith/behavior is manifesting good. IT WORKS.
I suppose the problem arises that some believe it works so well that, it must be the ideal reality tunnel for everyone else.
If we all wanted the same things in life, the cereal isle at the supermarket would be far less daunting.

Jan 31 2003- Maine is covered with snow but not as cold as I thought it would be.

Feb 4 2003

Could there be a chance that the earth is a proverbial water fountain in the barren wastelands of the cosmos?
A ball of water teeming with life & rich in DNA. Earth could be a cosmic "last chance saloon" visited/used by all sorts of incredibly ancient extraterrestrial and ethereal beings that we cannot see. They are possibly infinitesimally small or part of us, interwoven in our DNA, or maybe simply using us as hosts.
Possibly manipulating us in various scenarios, causing unrest and war.
When the host dies in a violent way, where the energy is fear or anger, the spirit energy can be harnessed much like the electricity taken from humans in the movie 'the Matrix.'
But when humans are at peace or in love or meditating,
it creates a spiritual force field around the being that cannot be penetrated by the "ALIENS". These acts of spiritual strengthening intensify when many enlightened/awakened minds work in concert. This creates a super intelligence . And when you have many these new awakened beings working in concert, it creates yet another super intelligence and so on and so on. This makes the force field around the human spirits stronger and stronger. But when you have a large population that refuses to participate in the creation of the force field, it makes a proverbial "chink in the armor", and the spiritual force field can be penetrated. This causes much unrest for the awakened beings for their "soul" is at risk of being manipulated, or harvested by forces that are not making themselves known.
This could cause more war , which in turn creates more energy for the extraterrestrials, the green dragon gobbling up life as we know it.
While everybody fights one another here on earth for money , our souls are being harvested like meatstick's in a slim jim factory .Completely oblivious to the spiritual peril that is befalling mankind.The only chance we have is unity. All of mankind coming together in an intelligence explosion of tolerance and collective wisdom.
Or maybe money really is most important thing in the cosmos.
What do you think is more likely?

Perhaps as I've had pointed out to me, that these notions are manifested by my subconscious fears, in an attempt to solidify an unknown into some thing intellectually tangible.

"What the thinker thinks, the prover proves."

I guess this works both ways dosent it? Since the idea about aliens being manifested by our subconscious fears is speculation as well,
I could just as easily say that -"The subconscious fear idea is a protective barrier around a fragile reality tunnel. Refusing to give in to the "absurd" notion that their may be aliens."
Thereby inventing the most comfortable situation for a fixed reality tunnel ,
"its not real , its just a subconscious fear.

A reality tunnel being threatened by THE MERE IDEA that beings millions of years older than human civilization might exist.
Is it my subconscious fear that creates aliens?

Or , is it the unconscious fear that aliens may exist, and some people's reality tunnel is threatened or uncomfortable with the slightest notion. So we come up with all kinds of "evidence and ration-al" to refute its permanence in a fixed reality tunnel.

Or, it may be, that it's the unconscious fear that aliens really DONT exist and the individual (me) has spent much time and breath propping up this reality tunnel to fill a blank spot or void where the individual is searching for possibilities & answers far far out side himself, in the void that which is space.Where in its conceivable vastness, the imagination is an endless speculatative well.

"What the thinker thinks, the prover will prove" (Maybe if i think this, i will prove it to my self.)

It seems that upon reflection, (especially retrospect or am i being redundant?)we will be eternally adjusting the reality tunnel "goggles" in which we view ,process, and react to everything.

i could continue to over analyze everything into utter oblivion .........

I guess its more of a mental exercise. How unglued/unfixed can i become from my own reality tunnel, and still feel free to snap back to a more "practical" one.

It makes for a good story anyway, thanks for reading.

Feb 5 2003-Or is it the exact opposite in reverse? Every thing IS as it seems. Our post-modern-day-pre-George-Orwellian-society, (here at least in what is for the time being called"America") is solely motivated (and well insulated) by freedom to make $$$. Our freedom has allowed us to be unfettered by obsticales.But its at the expense of the rest of the world. It seems that this freedom has not always been used responsibly .Especially by those who sell weapons to countries, andtrain/puppet them to fight each other. No surprise it got out of hand, and how luxuriously convenient is it that they can now recover or combat their own out-dated weaponry? What a fucking mess.

Feb 7 2003-We went snowboarding again in the nice fresh powder at Sunday River.
All our friends work for the Mtn so we got free passes and rentals. We can go anytime we want.
We ate at the mountain top cafeteria
Chili w/crackers>
Gatorade. Came home & made>
pasta w/veggies>melted cheese on wheat tortilla.
encore:
powdered doughnut.