From: [email protected]
Subject: port chester
Reply-To: [email protected]
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1992 21:16:45 GMT
A few notes about some great shows. The highlight first night had to be
the Split Open and Melt. Best I've ever seen. I don't believe that
Shelly the Big Ball Jam out of Tweezer second night. Smooth segue into
TMWSIY... Of course, the second night highlight was the Harpua. My first
one since 10/28/89 (my first show)- 37 months to the date...
Lowlight of the trip? That must be when I got mugged going back to
Baltimore. No joke; I picked up a hitch-hiker and she pulled a knife on me
:@(. I lost a hundred dollars...
-David "ZZYZX" Steinberg
p.s. BTW I think it was Jimmy Olson Blues and not Little Miss in Harpua
p.p.s. To the person talking about the TRAX shpw, the reason that there is
no encore in the tape is that it was Possum->Vaccum Freeze-> Possum and
went on for 16 minutes. Prob. couldn't fit on the tape...
p.p.p.s. Soundcheck first night was Dog Log, Axillia x 2, Two blues jams.
I missed the check last night
p.p.p.p.s. Did anyone else sense that they were going to play Harpua. I
was jumping up and down screaming Harpua Harpua, long before the OOOOOM PA
PA...
p.p.p.p.p.s. (last one I promise) Esther had the Esther language and the
finger cut language...
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From: Matt Laurence
Subject: PortChester redux...
Reply-To: [email protected]
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1992 05:24:51 GMT
Well, I know it's a bit late to be saying things
about Portchester, since the quicker netheads have
probably already posted lavish reviews of the wonderful
shows we witnessed - however, I felt it was my civic
duty to at least add a couple of cents worth..
As y'all know by now, we got a McGrupp and a Harpua,
and that made me very happy. Plus an all-expenses paid
trip inside Fishman's brain, in two installments! Trey
has been getting VERY creative with his little Forbin-
Mickingbird segues, and on Friday, he actually did what
might be considered a rap, a VERY quick series of
comments that seemed pretty much impromptu (as much of it
might have been) all done in a quick, triplet rhythm...
extremely impressive! Fishman's Windham Hell (as he is
still calling it) was cool, since it was more or less
audience participation, AND he threw in a couple of
Jimi Hendrix tribute riffs on the ol' acoustic gee-tar.
I think the funniest moment for my concertgoing dollar
was when Fish tried to solo during something and ended
up dropping a stick way out infront of the drum riser.
He just stopped utterly and looked at it for a moment,
somewhat forlornly, and then looked up at the crowd
and shouted "Jimi Hendrix Birthday, ladies and gentlemen!"
and got a huge round of applause anyway! Seeing Trey
Dance with his grandmother was touching, and seeing
him and Mike play with, and eventually punt the rubber
nipples that I threw up on stage was enjoyable too.
And all I can say about Mike's->Groove on Sat. is that
I have never seen them play it so hard and with such
VISUAL intensity. Chris was going NUTS with the strobes,
and watching Mike and Trey race back and forth across the
stage in stroboscopic stop-motion and being intermittently
blinded by other strobe flashes was quite a cumulative experience.
Well, since I'm going on 4 hours of sleep, it's time to
hit the trail, and say thanks to everyone who made my
weekend that much more enjoyable. And thanks to Rich's
Brother, without whom we may never have had the opportunity
to grace the pages of Business Week magazine!!! (we still
don't know if it'll happen or not, but check out thise coming
Friday's issue and you may see one or more PhishNetters
in there... maybe even a net shirt!). To all those who
are just about to see them, get psyched (like you needed
me to tell you that...) - you're in for a romp. Llama is
STILL getting faster!
Take care of those gosh-darned shoes!
Matt
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From: Chip Rollinson
Subject: Portchester crowd
Reply-To: [email protected]
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1992 19:48:43 GMT
I'm glad someone pointed out how strange the crowd was at the
Portchester show(s)..(I only went Friday so I'm assuming that Saturday
had the same sort of crowd).
So many people did not SHUT UP during the show. The talking during
Memories was ridiculous. I was in the second row and there were a bunch
of people in front of me that did not stop talking during the entire
second set...one of them even tried to talk to me during one of the most
intense Bowie james ever. I was really into the song, hanging on each
and every note that came out of Trey's guitar..and this guy turns around
and starts talking to me..."sick show isn't it?" he asked. How would he
know, he'd been TALKING THE ENTIRE TIME. Why was he in the front row ??
Maybe the croud was strange because of the timing of the show and the
fact that a good amount of the tickets were SCALPED..
...AND THERE WAS THE MOST SHOCKING EXPERIENCE OF THE NIGHT :
I saw a person with a phish.net shirt on. He looked about 16 or so.
I went up to him and asked him if he was on the net. He told me to
repeat myself, so I did. His response was "I don't think so !!" in the
rudest, most unfriendly tone of voice I'd heard in a while. I'm a VERY
peaceful person, but I must say that I felt like hitting this kid. I
had never seen this type of behavoir at a Phish show before;
disrespect for phellow phans...it's something that I hope I don't see
again.
It seemed like there were a lot of people there that did not really want
to be there at all.
I hate to be sooo negative, but this is how I feel.
I must say that I am on an emotional high after going to 3 shows in 6
days...these shows have made my fall, can't wait for New Haven !!!!
Happy Phishing and God Bless,
Chip Rollinson
P.S. (personals) Hey Baz, how was Lake Placid? How was the hot tub??
P.S.S. Mike B., hey thanks for stopping by when you were at Cornell,
jerky Did Joe tell you that the car I was in at Binghamton pulled up
next to your yellow beetle at a traffic light. I wasn't sure if it was
you so I did not make a fool out of myself by doing anything embarassing
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From: [email protected]
Subject: More Port Chester ramblings (nothing about Hitch-Hikers)
Reply-To: [email protected]
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1992 16:02:37 GMT
A few more thoughts about Port Chester (look when you travel 5000+ miles
to see two concerts, you're going to want to talk about them for a
while...):
1) Wasn't that the worst crowd that you have ever seen at a Port Chester
show? I mean they couldn't get anyone to shut up during Memories.
2) Approx. Timings:
11/27 First Set 94 minutes, Second Set 80 Minutes, Encore 6 Min. (I think)
3) No one mentioned Mike's improv. during Contact. With all of the
commotion surrounding Trey's grandmother, Mike forgot where he was in the
song, and was forced to come up with "The tires are the things on your
hood when you get back to your home." I laughed...
-David "ZZYZX" Steinberg
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Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 17:41:30 -0800
From: Phil Goldsmith
Subject: 11/27, 11/28 1992
well, I figured i'd send you my thoughts on these two epic, amazing
shows, Phish's final appearances at the Capitol Theater (which is
misspelled for the 5/14/92 show review, by the way) in Port Chester, NY.
I've heard that these were among the first of Phish's shows that sold
out well in advance...an omen of things to come. The Capitol Theater is
probably one of the coolest places Phish has ever played...and they've
played some classic shows there...don't know if you've heard any tapes,
but you should. The place was, literally, rocking. The balcony was
actually VISIBLY moving, up and down, during such amazing rockers as
Tweezer and Mike's Song. I was standing on the balcony during Tweezer,
and I think everyone there must have felt it...it was sort of scary.
Maybe that's why phish never went back...people loved them so much the
place almost fucking fell down...and that's completely true, I swear.
It was 4 years ago, so obviously I can't remember the setlist perfectly,
but I think that, when talking about long-ago shows, setlists aren't the
important thing. Back then, Phish ONLY played good songs, there was no
Waste, Taste, or Strange Design. It was the atmosphere, the vibe, the
community of the fans, the intimacy, and the special feeling that we all
had that phish was a golden secret, something we could cherish and
didn't have to share. Cheesy, maybe, but nonetheless true. Because the
scene has suffered with each passing year.
Jon Herman
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