I was able to get tickets to Phish!!!
Both nights August 7th & 8th at The Gorge.
I was able to get 2 tickets for each night so I am going to take my little brother Ry to see his first two Phish shows. It’s going to blow his mind!
My god am I excited. That’s going to be 5 shows for me this year which will bring my live Phish score to 12. Right On!!!!!
I just finished listening to all 3 days of the Phish show downloads.
Man oh man what great shows….
Here are the set lists.
03/06/09
Well I had an amazing time on my trip to the East coast to see Phish.
I’ll be posting individual reviews of each show, but this post it just about the overall weekend of fun.
Leaving Spokane Thursday morning I was full of jitters. Nervous about the flight, going so far from home, meeting new people, you name it I was worried about it. Just my nature I guess.
Thursday was a long day of flying, but not nearly as long as the flights home. I went from Spokane to Seattle then to Chicago and finally to Richmond. Gringo picked me up at the Richmond airport and shuttled me down to Hampton. We also met up with a fellow Phish-head Kentalope, who had flown into Richmond from Cali, and gave him a lift to Hampton as well. Carpool Phish! WooT! It seemed like a rather quick Drive down to Hampton, but that’s probably because we were having so much fun exchanging Phish stories that time flew by.
The hotel Gringo had secured for the first 2 nights was great, right across the street from The Mothership. We had even gotten upgraded to the 10th floor with windows facing the coliseum. The view was spectacular. There were Phish-heads all over the hotel, some staying there and some there just to party. The hotel gave us bracelets to get into the free breakfast in the morning, no bracelet then you had to pay. Good way to fend off the hippie freeloaders I guess.
How interesting is this?
Ryuta Kawashima worked with Yamaha and Tohoku University on a study to see how motrocycling effects the brain of middle aged men.
They took 22 Men in their 40’s and 50’s whom had their motorcycle endorsement, yet had not rode in over a decade. 1/2 the group were made to ride motorcycles every day for 2 months, the other 1/2 were not allowed to ride at all.
“Our final conclusion is that riding motorcycles can lead to smart ageing.”
“The group that rode motorbikes posted higher marks in cognitive function tests.”
“Mental care is a very big issue in modern society,” said Kawashima. “I think we made an interesting stir here as data showed you can improve your mental condition simply by using motorbikes to commute.”
Sources: Hell For Leather via Yahoo News via AFP
I made it back from the mothership, body in-tact but mind utterly blown!
The Phish shows were simply phenominal!
I’ll be posting my experiences over the next couple days and I get my thoughts together and relive what went on.
So stay tuned. Pix will come soon as well.
TTFN
Back to real life. I’d rather be Phishing! The weekend was amazing!
