[ATTENDED: June 29, 2018] Phish
I was very excited to see Phish again this summer. I bought tickets for all three shows at the BB&T Pavillion.
But then my week had turned very busy with shows and other commitments. When I heard Cate Le Bon was playing at Boot & Saddle on the Friday night, I decided to sell Friday’s ticket. I mean, let’s be honest, BB&T is a pain in the ass to get to (and parking is insane and expensive). (I wound up not even going to Cate Le Bon either, boo). I also decided to sell Sunday’s ticket because Saturday was a long night and I had had enough of the late nights for a time.
But for the Saturday show I had originally bought two tickets so that S. could go to her first Phish show. I was bummed that they were lawn seats, although I think she felt this added to the experience because she got to see all of the people dancing and milling about. We were supposed to meet my friend Armando, which would have made the whole night really fun, but he had car trouble and wound up not making it. (boo).
So it was just S. and I. Traffic sucked, parking sucked and the weather was questionable. We arrived literally as “Mike’s Song” started. So we found a somewhat unused spot on the lawn and settled in. Phish fans are very friendly but for some reason the group around us wasn’t very inclusive. In what has to be a first, no one offered either of us a joint the whole night! They must have thought we were narcs. (more…)