It's here ! The new cd-boxset from Phish, Hampton Winston/Salem '97, is at home and playing...

But I have a copy for you to win by just leaving a comment here to tell why you're interrested in this boxset. You can also tweet the following line to double your luck :

Win the new @Phish 7CDs Boxset at #BouncingAroundEuroom http://tinyurl.com/BouncingGiveAway @YomeNetSan

Winner will be randomly choosen among comments and tweets made between now and Friday 16th December 13:00 (France time). This contest is open to european residents only.

To make up your mind, listen to AC/DC Bag -> Slave to the Traffic Light and Mike’s Song -> Harry Hood -> Weekapaug Groove.

 

Version française ici : http://tinyurl.com/ConcoursGamusik

Here are the results for last week contest which consisted of answering a bunch of Phish related questions. The price was the new double DVD/CD Live in Utica. You'll find bellow the correct answers (green) along with some pieces of detail and the name of the winner.

1. Which of these songs has never been covered by Phish ?
   • "Waterloo" (ABBA)
     Never played by Phish although it was mistakly on the Wikipedia page : List of Phish cover versions.
     You can browse every song Phish has played on Phish's Stats.
   • "Sabotage"
     Played at the Hampton Coliseum on 21th November 1998
   • "99 Problems"
     Played on the 18th June 2004 in Brooklyn, with Jay-Z himself !
   • "Gettin' Jiggy With It"
     Sung by drummer John Fishman at the Hampton Coliseum on 20th November 1998
   • "I Kissed a Girl"
     Sung by drummer John Fishman on the 16th August 2010 in SPAC
   • "Mmm Bop"
     Played James Brown style during an open soundcheck in Italy on the 6th July 1997
2. Which of these songs is covered by Phish a cappela ?
   • "Bohemian Rhapsody"
     New Year's Eve 1996 encore, with a gospel choir
   • "Free Bird"
     Last example on the 29th November 2009
   • "Auld Lang Syne"
     Played intrumental at midnight at every NYE show
   • "The Great Gig In The Sky"
     Last time sung by John Fishman on the 2nd November 1998
   • "Big Pimpin'"
     Covered on the 18th June 2004 in Brooklyn, with Jay-Z.
3. When Phish cover these songs ("Purple Rain", "Love You", "Sexual Healing", "Gettin' Jiggy With It", "Bike" ), which instrument does the drummer use in his solo ? 
   • A Vacuum cleaner !
     FAQ on Phish.Net
     Here is an example with "Love You" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QovUHcmaw3U
4. Which of these video games has the same name of a Phish cover song ?
   • Wipeout
     Played on the 27th Novembre 1998
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"
     Cover for Phish, original song for Ben Harper, k's Choice, Alanis Morissette and Franz Ferdinand
   • "Sexual Healing"
     Ben Harper has also covered this song as presented in his live album "Live From Mars"
   • "Something"
     Covered by k's Choice during their 2000 tour, as a tribute to George Harrison
   • "Take Me Out"
     Name for a Mike Gordon and Franz Ferdinand song
   • "Hand In My Pocket"
     A song by Alanis Morissette covered by Mike Gordon's solo band
6. What is special about those two shows (speaking of "reprise", the french word for "cover") : 6/18/10 and 6/19/10
   • "Tweezer Reprise"
     In Ted's words : Hartford had the double Tweezer Reprise (back to back Tweezer Reprises in the encore), and the very next night at SPAC they opened and closed the show with Tweezer Reprise! Classic Phishiness!
7. From which Michael Jackson album come the songs teased during the 2001 jam on the first anniversary of his death ?
   • "Thriller"
     In Ted's words : I was able to turn a Parisian friend onto Phish by playing him that 2001!
8. Which of these albums have never been covered in its entirely by Phish as a "musical costume" on Halloween ? 
   • "Quadrophenia"
     31th October 1995
   • "The Dark Side of the Moon"
     In Ted's words : In '98 everybody thought they were going to do "Dark Side" in Vegas for Halloween, but they did "Loaded" by the Velvet Underground instead. A couple of days later, on 11/2/98 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the arena was only half full. In the second set, out of nowhere Phish played a "Harpua" that went into a full rendition of Dark Side of the Moon! Craziness!
   • "Loaded"
     31th October 1996
   • "Exile on Main St."
     31th October 2009
   • "Waiting for Columbus"
     31th October 2010

 

The winner is Ted, a reader living in Grenoble, France. He sent me very detailed answers for every question and was radomly picked.

You can still watch several excepts from the DVD (almost all set 1) along with other HD video from current tour on the Vimeo Phish page.
LivePhish.com also provide two great live compilations to download here : Live Bait Volume 3 and Live Bait Volume 4.

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 !

Punch You in the 8ye !!

 

Divided Sk8 !!

 

The only thing's missing is a NES type of plate-form game (ala TMHT).

 

Also, don't miss the Dark Side of the NES by Brad Smith

With the New Year's Eve simulcast and the Acoustic Trey free download, it's already Christmas time !

 

Have a great Christmas diner, drive safe and see you in 2011 !

 

 

 

Today, I received another Promo CD and this one comes with a special version of the song from Moss :
Mike Gordon's Idea (Another Idea Version)

So as this version isn't really widely spread (except from Relix) and is a perfect add-on to Moss The Remixes, I thought I'd share.

By the way, there's a complete recording of the Mossery on bt.etree.org.

 

FLAC + MP3 + JPG direct download from MediaFire

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.