[ATTENDED: July 21, 2017] Phish
I have wanted to see a Phish New Year’s Eve show for years. But one should welcome in the New Year with people you love, so I will never go to a show on New Year’s Eve. But this year I decided to try for a ticket for the night before New Year’s Eve. Once I got my ticket I learned that many people feel like the 12/30 show is ultimately better than the 12/31 show–in terms of music, not theatricality naturally.
I was also pretty happy to find out that my friend Armando and his girlfriend were going. So we wound up making an evening out of it. They live near the train station, so I drove to their house and we walked to the train. It was nice meeting his girlfriend (she is famous from his blog) and we all got along very well. When we got into the City, he told me we were going to a great Peruvian restaurant really close to the arena. And what a great find it was. Rather than pizza or a hot dog we were able to eat a yummy (and filling meal) and it was quite fast as well.
Although, perhaps it could have been faster. When we walked across the street to MSG, the line to get in was massive. We never found out exactly what was going on, but they were holding everyone back at a barrier while the line thinned out. We were running very tight to show time. But the arena must have known that because the band did not go on as early as they usually do. (more…)
A friend of mine in college first got me to listen to Phish (circa 1992), but it wasn’t until the LivePhish releases starting in 2001 that I really got into them. [Incidentally, if you bought those discs and kept them in that plastic liner thing, check your discs because those plastic things have eaten away most of the whatever is on them that allows a player to play music. Most of my discs have sections that are totally see-through and register an error. I don’t think anything can be done about it DIY and I’m quite sure that Elektra isn’t about to give us new copies or anything.]
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