Festival 8

Get A Taste Of Phish 3D With A Full Length Loving Cup

Submitted by phletch on Mon, 2010-04-26 17:14
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Want to wet your appetite for the upcoming Phish 3D movie? How about checking out Loving Cup from their Halloween night cover of Exile On Main Street?  Yep, all seven and a half minutes of happy good times.  The film, which features footage from the band's Festival 8 concert last year, had some early screenings last week and officially comes out for a limited engagement starting this Friday, April 30th.  You can head to the movie's official site for theater information.

While the video looks awesome, and reminds me of how ridiculously fun the festival was, I'm starting to get a bit worried about the number of cuts in just this song. Hopefully the entire concert isn't so ADD.

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Phish 3D Movie Has A Release Date And Awesome Trailer

Submitted by phletch on Thu, 2010-03-25 07:41
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Holy awesomefest Danza, this just looks fantastic.  It's the first trailer for the upcoming Phish 3D movie that was filmed at the band's insanely great Halloween extravaganza Festival 8.  As one of the many lucky attendees of said festival, the trailer certainly gets the happy juices flowing.

According to Hidden Track the Phish 3D movie will run in theaters nationwide for a week starting Friday, April 30th.  Adding to the awesomeness for the people that treat 4/20 as a holiday, the film will have preview screenings that day in nine cities across the country.  Those cities are listed below and tickets for those screenings will be going on sale tomorrow at the movie's official site.  Those lucky enough to attend these early screenings will also receive a poster for the efforts, as well as being treated to just over two hours of awesome. 

4/20 Preview Screening Citities -

* Updated - added the actual theaters for the previews.

  • Boston – National Amusements Revere
  • Burlington – Majestic 10
  • Chicago – Muvico Rosemont 18 Theatre
  • Denver – Aurora Movie Tavern 10
  • Houston – Rave Motion Pictures 18
  • Los Angeles – The Promenade at Howard Hughes Center
  • New York (Brooklyn) – Pavilion Theatre
  • Raleigh/Durham – Wynnsong 15
  • Washington D.C./Fairfax, VA – Fairfax Corner 14

Kids Incorporated Mondays: Let's Go Crazy

Submitted by phletch on Mon, 2009-10-26 10:52
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Halloween week is upon us and with that we are now able to count the days til Festival 8 on one hand.  That my friends is what Super Hella Awesome is all about.  Keeping up the Festival 8 themed momentum, here is the Kids Inc gang giving you their guess as to the opening song for Saturday's Halloween set, Let's Go Crazy off the seminal Prince album Purple Rain.  I'm not sure the crowd could handle the mania that would be a Purple Rain cover in its entirety, but I certainly hope we get to find out.  Seriously, what better way to start off the festivities than the opening Dearly Beloved segment?

Dearly beloved we are gathered here today
To get through this thing called life, electric word life
That means forever and that's a mighty long time
But I'm here to tell you there's something else, the afterworld
A world of never ending happiness
You can always see the sun, day or night

So when you call up that shrink in Beverly Hills
You know the one, Dr. Everything'll be alright
Instead of asking him how much of your time is left
Ask him how much of your mind, baby
'Cause in this life things are much harder than in the afterworld
In this life you're on your own

And if the elevator tries to bring you down
Go crazy, punch a higher floor

Will do oh great purple one.  Happy Monday!

Friday's Foreign Covers: Changes

Submitted by phletch on Fri, 2009-10-23 12:08
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Only a week til Festival 8, I'm really overwhelmed.  To keep up the momentum here is lorenzino1's vote for the first song you will hear during next Saturday's Halloween set, Changes, the first track off David Bowie's (still living and rumored campground) album Hunky Dory.  Have a nice weekend everybody.

Hitler Learns What Album Phish Will Play For Halloween

Submitted by phletch on Thu, 2009-10-08 08:39
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While I do hate Hitler and everything he stands for, I admittedly have a giant sized space in my heart for the interwebs handling of this video.  Between this and the cartoon CSI opening intro I can't think of two better templates for happy in the world.  Here we have Hitler trying to organize his vacation to Festival 8.  Unfortunately one of their moles in the Phish organization has some bad new for the Fuhrer.  Thanks to PT user Spooniefelt

Phish Announce Halloween Cover Album, Sorta

Submitted by phletch on Mon, 2009-09-28 15:11
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Adding to the insane excitement level for those that plan to attend Festival 8, Phish has just updated their site with an all too familiar elimination style Haunted Hall Of Records, complete with an invitation for Halloween evening saying to "play the last record alive".

There are 100 albums on the wall and as Hidden Track quickly noted MMW's Shack Man and Tom Petty's Damn The Torpedoes were the first two to get the figurative and literal axe.  The entire list of contenders, in alphbetical order.

AC/DC – Back In Black
Aerosmith – Toys In The Attic
Allman Brothers Band – Eat A Peach
Arcade Fire – Funeral
Band – The Band (Brown Album)
Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
Blind Faith – Blind Faith
Bob Dylan – Blood On the Tracks
Bob Dylan And The Band – The Basement Tapes
Bob Seger – Against The Wind
Boston – Boston
Brian Eno – Before And After Science
Chicago Transit Authority
Clash – London Calling
Credence Clearwater Rivival - Green River
Curtis Mayfield – Superfly Soundtrack
David Bowie - Scary Monsters
David Bowie – Hunky Dory
David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
Declan McManus – This Year’s Model
Devo – Freedom of Choice
Doors – The Doors
Duran Duran – Rio
Eagles – Hotel California
Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Eric Clapton – 461 Ocean Blvd
fIREHOSE – flyin’ the flannel
Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
Frank Zappa – Aposrophe
Frank Zappa – Hot Rats
Genesis – The Lambs Lie Down On Broadway
Grateful Dead – American Beauty
Guns & Roses – Appetite For Destruction
Hall & Oates – Private Eyes
Huey Lewis And The News – Sports
Jane’s Addiction – Ritual de Lo Habitual
Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced?
Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland
John Lennon – Plastic Ono Band
Jonathon Richmond and The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers
Journey - Escape
KI$$ - Alive II
King Crimson - Larks’ Tongues In Aspic
Led Zeppelin – I
Led Zeppelin – IV (Zoso)
Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man
LOVE – Forever Changes
Manu Chao – Clandestino
Medeski Martin & Wood - Shack Man
Metallica – Master Of Puppets
MGMT – Oracle Spectacular
Michael Jackson – Thiller
Michael McDonald – If That’s What It Takes
Miles Davis – A Tribute To Jack Johnson
Minutemen – Double Nickels On The Dime
Neil Young – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young – Tonight’s The Night
Nirvana – Nevermind
Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Pearl Jam - 10
Peter Gabriel – So
Pink Floyd – Meddle
Pink Floyd – The Wall
Pixies – Come On Pilgrim
Police – Ghost In The Machine
Pork Tornado – Pork Tornado
Primus – Sailing The Seas Of Cheese
Prince – Purple Rain
Queen – A Night At The Opera
Radiohead – Kid A
Rage Agaist The Machine – Evil Empire
Ramones – Ramones
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Rolling Stones – Exile
Roots – Phronology
Rush – Moving Pictures
Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack
Springsteen – Born To Run
Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
T.Rex – Electric Warrior
Talking Heads – Fear Of Music
Television - Marquee Moon
Tom Petty – Damn The Torpedoes
Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
U2 – Joshua Tree
Van Halen – Van Halen
Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
Velvet Underground And Nico
Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes
Ween – White Pepper
White Stripes – Elephant
Who – Who’s Next
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
X – Los Angeles
Yes - The Yes Album
ZZ Top – Tres Hombes

 

I know what you are all thinking and I whole-heartedly agree.  Huey Lewis it is.  Awesome times eleventy.

Festival 8 Schedule Is Here! Phish Goes Acoustic!

Submitted by phletch on Thu, 2009-09-24 08:55
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Well, well, well.  I'll have to admit I didn't see that coming.  Acoustic set at noon in the desert on Nov 1.  Yes sir.

We are pleased to announce the performance schedule for Festival 8, which will include Phish's first full-length acoustic set. The set will take place at the crack of noon on Sunday morning. Coffee and donuts will be served.

OFFICIAL FESTIVAL 8 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

FRIDAY (10/30)

4:00PM Concert field opens
7:30PM Set 1
10:00PM Set 2

SATURDAY (10/31)

12:00PM Concert field opens
3:00PM Set 1
7:30PM The Halloween Set
10:00PM Set 3

SUNDAY (11/01)

10:00AM Concert field opens
12:00PM Acoustic Set
5:30PM Set 2
8:30PM Set 3

Looking at the 8 set times on paper really gets the heart a flutter doesn't it?  Look for our Costume contest/Festival 8 Idea list next week.  36 days til glory.

Tickets for Festival 8 are still available through Musictoday.

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Phish Festival 8 Set For Empire Polo Club

Submitted by phletch on Fri, 2009-07-24 00:50
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It's official, Indio it is.

We're thrilled to announce Festival 8, a three-day Phish festival which will take place on October 30th, 31st and November 1st at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. With lush green fields and palm trees, and surrounded by vistas of California's majestic Santa Rosa mountains, the festival site is simply breathtaking. And for the first time ever, Phish will combine two of its most cherished traditions - a multi-day camping festival and performing on Halloween - in a glorious three-day celebration.

Keeping the tradition of past Halloween shows, Phish will don a musical costume on Halloween night and cover another band's album. The tradition began on Halloween 1994 with Phish covering The Beatles' The White Album. In subsequent years, they covered The Who's Quadrophenia, Talking Heads' Remain in Light and the Velvet Underground's Loaded.

The band will play eight sets over the course of three days, and as with all past Phish festivals, fans will enjoy on-site camping, numerous attractions and art installations throughout the weekend.

Tickets go on sale Monday for $199 + $1 for Waterwheel through http://places.musictoday.com/festival8/
Check out http://www.phish.com/festival8/ for more info

This is going to redefine awesome.

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