I have the new double DVD/CD from Phish, Live in Utica, to offer to the winner a this little contest. The combo is released today in the USA.

All you have to do is answer the following question by using the contact page (don't answer in the comments). I'll pick up  the winner at random in answers I'll got here and on Gamusik. Answers has to be sent before the may 31th 23h59 (french time). Don't hesitate to sens partial or multiple answers. I'll trim them to the last one. This contest id open to european residents only.

Questions are about songs Phish have (or ahaven't) covered. Maybe you'll learn funny things about the best band in the world, who know ? Don't be affraid, there's nothing complicated and don't forget that Google is your friend...

1. Which of these songs has never been covered by Phish ?
   • "Waterloo" (ABBA)
   • "Sabotage" (Beastie Boys)
   • "99 Problems" (Jay-Z)
   • "Gettin' Jiggy With It" (Will Smith)
   • "I Kissed a Girl" (Katy Perry)
   • "Mmm Bop" (Hanson)
2. Which of these songs is covered by Phish a cappela ?
   • "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Queen)
   • "Free Bird" (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
   • "Auld Lang Syne" (Traditional)
   • "The Great Gig In The Sky" (Pink Floyd)
   • "Big Pimpin'" (Jay-Z)
3. When Phish cover these songs, which instrument does the drummer use in his solo ?
   • "Purple Rain" (Prince)
   • "Love You" (Syd Barrett)
   • "Sexual Healing" (Marvin Gaye)
   • "Gettin' Jiggy With It" (Will Smith)
   • "Bike" (Pink Floyd)
4. Which of these video games has the same name of a Phish cover song ?
   • Portal
   • Gran Turismo
   • Spore
   • Haunted Castle
   • Wipeout
5. Ben Harper, k's Choice, Franz Ferdinand, Alanis Morissette and Phish both have played (at least once) a song having the same name, but which one of these  ?
   • "Walk Away"
   • "Sexual Healing"
   • "Something"
   • "Take Me Out"
   • "Hand In My Pocket"
6. What is special about those two shows (speaking of "reprise", the french word for "cover") :
   • 6/18/10 Comcast Theatre, Hartford, CT
   • 6/19/10 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
7. From which Michael Jackson album come the songs teased during the 2001 jam on the first anniversary of his death ?
   • Off the wall
   • Thriller
   • Bad
   • Dangerous
   • Invisible
8. Which of these albums have never been covered in its entirely by Phish as a "musical costume" on Halloween ? 
   • "Quadrophenia" (The Who)
   • "The Dark Side of the Moon" (Pink Floyd)
   • "Loaded" (The Velvet Underground)
   • "Exile on Main St." (The Rolling Stones)
   • "Waiting for Columbus" (Little Feat)

 

So send me your answers with the contact page and good luck !

 

When I like something, I just can't get enough of it. It means I seek infos, I buy, I listen to everything I can. Very often, I discover something which leads me to discover something else which leads me to discover something else, and so on... These combos are rather frequent and may have a lot of branchs. The real problem is that I like a lot of different things (music, games, movies, comic books...) and it's often hard to make a choice.

During the past few months, there were several of these phases and I decided to present them as a Phish setlist with two sets (the first one is rather straight, the second one with lots of improv), segues, sandwiches, guests, covers and old tunes.

Don't forget to click on each link as they're all different. Most of them will lead you to the object's description page my other blog Gamusik, where you can browse my collections. Although this website is in french, the collection part should be easy to navigate for english speaking people...

 

>> French, original version on Gamusik

During a funny banter in his TAB show in Pittsburgh, Trey Anastasio has confirmed what we already supposed about why he and Phish won't come to Europe right now.

Responding to a loud fan during the acoustic set (right after Driver), he said :

So Trey isn't allowed to leave the USA as a consequence of his arrest drug back in december 2006. Thing is that I can't find on the web the complete sentence to know when he will be allowed again to leave the country. If somebody find the info, please, let us know !

I don't play poker (or every once in a while), yet this morning I bought a poker magazine, Poker 52. Indeed, it has Phish in it.

2 pages about Phish in a french magazine is very rare, and it's even more surprising it arrives in a poker magazine. The author is a regular writer in this magazine and, this time, the editor picked an article about our favorite band, we must salute the effort.

The story is about a fan's travel from Bruxels, Belgium, to Madison Square Garden, New York, for the NYE Run.
At the beggining, he has already missed the first show in Worcester but plan to arrive at New York then rent a car to drive to north east for the 28th december concert.
But due to bad weather, his flight is canceled. Several options are sugested by the company like a direct flight that arrive on January the 1st or another to land late on the 30th.
Finally, his trip goes like this : Bruxels > London [3h wait] > Chicago [3h wait] > Boston [landing at 1.30am] > 5h Drive to New York on the 30th.

The original article (in french) can be read on the author's blog here : http://benjodimeo.blogspot.com/2010/12/gone-phishin.html

Thanks to Coventry Blog for the story.

Tonight, Phish will start their second fall tour since their come back last year in Austin City Limits Festival. A webcast is provided by LiveMusicBlog here and a new song, Burn that Bridge, from the soundcheck has already leaked and is listenable here. Did I tell you that I love Internet ?

As for the tour, I'm glade to get my daily dose of Phish again starting tomorrow. I don't know about you, but it feels like summer tour was just yesterday !

 

Speaking about summer tour, Live Bait Volume 2 has just been released. It's a second batch of free tracks from the second legg of summer 2010 that can be download from livephish.com. I can tell you that the Wilson > Light > 20 Years Later section is worth the download alone. The segue from Down With Disease to What's The Use ? (one of my favorite guitar riff of all time) is also pure bliss.

A great way to wait for tonight show for my Dry Goods Pre-order (Moss + Coral Sky + other goods)

Enjoy !

PhishLive Bait 02 DOWNLOAD THE SAMPLER

 

Livephish.com offer a mix tape from the forst leg of this summer tour.

You can listen and download it here.