Pheeeeesh!!!

[Mr. Cleanface]

"Trey Anastasio hints at Phish reunion"

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/05/28/trey-anastasio-hints-at-phish-reunion/

[tinkerlion]

did you get the dog in vw yet mr. c? ready to sell those heady grilled cheeses in the lot?

[Mr. Cleanface]

I started seeing Phish in 1995 and by the time they had stopped touring in 04, the lot grilled cheese sammy had develeoped into a gourmet dish. The wooks started adding garlic, and a slice of ham, using provolone and pepper jack sometimes, along with other spices and flavors.

It came a long way from the old american cheese on white they were sling in the mid-90's.

And yes, I am ready to eat them. I would love to see this happen.

[tinkerlion]

i'd love to see it too, as long as trey's not too fucked up to remember the songs.


i had the unfortunate luck to get into phish when they were on hiatus. my first show was the hampton run:(. woulda been nice to see some of the shows you've seen.

here's hoping.

[Mr. Cleanface]

More...

Phish lyricist in studio with Anastasio, hints at Phish return
by Robert Costa


CAMDEN, NJ—Phish lyricist Tom Marshall, Trey Anastasio’s longtime friend and writing partner, said in an exclusive interview Tuesday that “Trey wants Phish to come back.”

Marshall announced that he has been writing and recording with Anastasio at the Phish frontman’s personal Rubber Jungle studios in Saratoga Springs, New York “for the past four months.”

“I think Phish is his baby,” said Marshall, speaking backstage after Dave Matthews Band’s Tuesday concert at Camden’s Susquehanna Bank Center. “It’s not like there are people preventing it from coming back, it’s just that the landscape has to be right for it to come back.”

“I’ve always been hopeful in expecting a Phish,” continued Marshall. “I think if the stars align and everything works out there will be. I don’t think they will ever be a huge touring band.”

All members of Phish—Anastasio, drummer Jon Fishman, bassist Mike Gordon and keyboardist Page McConnell—appeared together at the Jammy Awards in New York on May 7 to accept a lifetime achievement award. Although Phish did not perform, Anastasio made a cameo appearance on-stage, performing a cover of The Beatles’ “When My Guitar Gently Weeps” with a group of various artists.

On May 21, Anastasio received a reduced sentence of three years’ probation for a 2007 drug conviction after completing a counseling and treatment program in Washington County, New York. Anastasio faced class D felony charges after he was arrested in Whitehall, New York in December 2006 with prescription medications prescribed to another person, including hydrocodone, Percocet and Xanax.

“As one of his close friends, I’ll say he’s extremely happy,” said Marshall of Anastasio following last week’s ruling. “He’s come out the other side of this in the best way that someone can come out.” Marshall believes that Anastasio has “learned a lot” from his recent legal and personal issues. “It’s immeasurable what he’s learned,” said Marshall.

Anastasio is slated to perform his first major public concert since his 2006 arrest on July 4th weekend at the inaugural Rothbury festival in Rothbury, Mich. Two other Phish members, drummer Jon Fishman and bassist Mike Gordon are also set to make appearances, albeit with separate acts.

Marshall was elated about his recent work in the studio with Anastasio. “We’re on our fourteenth, fifteenth song in like two months,” said Marshall. “We’re extremely productive and got the drive again. I have the old Trey back, which is incredible.”

When pressed about where these new songs will end up, Marshall said they “could take a left turn into the Trey Anastasio Band or a straight turn to Phish.”

“(Trey) is just excited and happy to be done with his legal problems,” said Marshall. “It’s almost like we’re in 8th grade again.” Marshall, who began writing with Anastasio during adolescence while attending New Jersey’s Princeton Day School together, has penned over ninety original songs for Phish.

During their recent sessions, Marshall said he sometimes plays drums and Anastasio, widely considered one of rock’s best guitarists, will even play the bass guitar at times during the writing and recording process. Marshall said that he and Anastasio “have a new energy, a spark.”

“It’s spilling out of us. We’re both look wide-eyed when something meshes up because it’s meshing up a lot better these days then it did when we were under the fog, under the haze,” said Marshall. “We’re not in the haze. We’re just moving forward, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.”

Marshall said that he and Anastasio have not brought other Phish members into the studio, yet. “We haven’t done that in the past and we work best when there are no distractions. When we write, we write together. What happens with songs after that is up to Trey, really.”

“Reforming something like (Phish) has so many pieces, it’s a very complex, three-dimensional, four-dimensional, jigsaw puzzle,” said Marshall, adding “No one wants Phish back more than Trey.”

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/news/article/59406/phish-lyricist-in-stud

[Mr. Cleanface]

Hey-Ooooo!

A LETTER FROM PAGE (pianist) 06.26.08
Given the volume of speculation and rumors that have bubbled up recently, I have been asked to make a statement…Here goes.

For me, the last four years have been great. I've spent quality time with my family and have watched my daughter grow. I took great pleasure and pride in writing and recording an album. I'm living a healthy lifestyle. I travel as little as possible and I sleep in my own bed. It took a couple of years after the break up to begin talking to my old band mates, but once the conversations began to flow it wasn't long before the friendships were rekindled. And I can honestly say that I'm closer with all of them now then I've ever been in our 20-year relationship.

Recently the conversations have turned toward the possibility of spending some time together. Currently many of us have plans and projects already in the works, most notably Mike, who made a great album and is about to hit the road in support of it. Given that I might not even see some of the guys for the next six months, I would say that the announcement of a reunion is premature. However, later this year we hope to spend some time together and take a look at what possible futures we might enjoy. In fact the only real decision that has been made is that when we do get together, it will only be the four of us, hopefully with no distractions. I am really looking forward to that.

I want to say just a few more things. The prospect of Phish reuniting is something I consider very seriously, and I think about it a lot. And lastly, as always, there is plenty of misinformation floating around. Try not to focus too much on secondhand sources and random gossip. If there is anything real to announce, it will come from the four of us as a group.

Until then,
Page

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More from rollingstone.com:

Phish Reunion? Mike Gordon (bass) Is “Optimistic,” Says Band Met With Lillywhite
6/26/08, 1:06 pm EST

Last month, Trey Anastasio set off a flurry of Phish mania when he told Rolling Stone, “At this point in time I would give my left nut to play [’You Enjoy Myself’] five times in a row every day.” Last week speculation that one of the world’s biggest jam bands — who split in 2004 — would reunite was stoked by rumors that Steve Lillywhite has been tapped to record a new Phish disc (he produced their 1996 album Billy Breathes). So we checked in with Phish bassist Mike Gordon — whose solo disc, The Green Sparrow, hits stores August 5th and features collaborations with Anastasio and Phish keyboardist Page McConnell — to see what’s true. “The band has had a couple of dinners and they’ve just been great,” Gordon tells Rolling Stone. “We’re all just excited about the idea of doing something sometime. I can’t guarantee it, but I’m optimistic.”

As for Lillywhite, Gordon says, “We talked to him, actually. [The rumor] stemmed from reality. We love Steve Lillywhite. He would bring out some great things in us. But we don’t have specific plans to work with him. It was an idea and hopefully it’s something that if we rev things up, it could happen some day. We don’t know if we would tour first or make an album first. We have no idea.”

This afternoon, McConnell added his two cents in a post on Phish’s Website. “The prospect of Phish reuniting is something I consider very seriously, and I think about it a lot,” he writes, noting that all four bandmates are busy with other projects but “Later this year we hope to spend some time together and take a look at what possible futures we might enjoy.”

:)

[tinkerlion]

fingers crossed that we get lucky in the lottery again. after the hiatus eric and i managed to get all three nights at hampton.

so how many people you got entered in the lottery for ya mr c?

article (http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b31843_phish_serves_up_reunion.html) for those confused about what i'm talking about.

[tinkerlion]

we're going to see phish! yeahs!

[Miss Shark]

Free Phish

http://www.relix.com/component/option,com_philaform/Itemid,374/form_id,24/?j=18348918&e=rebeccabonesteel@comcast.net&l=14872334_HTML&u=214658526&mid=73403&jb=0

[Mr. Cleanface]

PHEEEEEEEEEESH!!!

So, I did Deer Creek > Alpine Valley x 2. They are BACK. Incredible shows, and new songs are great.

New album 'Joy' coming out at the end of the summer, and they are doing their 8th Festy in Indio CA (Coachella grounds) for Halloween...

http://www.phish.com/news/index.php?year=2009


Pretty sure I am going to Chicago for their show at Toyota Park on August 11th.