Taking a Greyhound Bus up from the previous show at Penn State, We arrived at the Broome County Arena and found a couple of parking lots full of Phish concert goers. Something that never manifested at the show before. Guessing we were moving back closer to the fan base... The Arena was a typical small city hockey rink and was substantially bigger than the Rec Hall from the night before.

Forget exactly what the circumstances were, but a friend and I passed through the gate just as the music had started, and dashed through one of the entrances into the seating area. We started groovin to the music for a bit, then realized we had ended up right next to some friends from back home!

This show may come across as a hidden gem to some folks. I can remember, even after amassing a huge tape collection a couple years later, this was always a favorite. Really enjoyed the whole show, but wearing out the old tape deck most of all was the Mike's!! It got into this metallic screeching extra terrestrial sounding cries that really seemed to tap into a new level of communication...Love it, just love it...

A final memory from this show was arriving home to find out that Kurt Cobain from Nirvana had killed himself while we were away.

This was my first full show in nearly a year my last show was a one set HORDE thing which while fun didn't exactly give me my fix. This was the largest venue I had seen them at and I was pretty amazed at how quickly they blew up. By this time I was pretty well into the music and I knew most of the songs and was a bit more critical of everything. NOt that that's a good thing.
So Magilla opener was a wonderful way to start the show. I thought I would see a lot more of them and I did but never solo like this. This was a night of firsts for me which worked out great because I was ready to see some different stuff live. Wilson,Gin,Peaches and of course Demand were all first timers for me. Other than that I thought the Mike's Song really worked well with the large crowd. This was also my first Slave which is really just a majestic big room kind of a song. After this show I was completely totally hooked and I made it my mission to see every show i could.

This is a deceptively fiery show! The Spring '94 arrangement of Magilla is awesome, and though this version doesn't have the Cosmic Country Horns like 4.4, 4.15, and 5.4, I think this is the best of the six played that Spring. Great Gin(!), Julius, and Stash jams litter the first frame as well. The second frame has a nice Reba with a pretty good peak and a little Machine Gun Trey, a decent Mike's Groove, and a good Slave. The Little Drummer Boy infused Big Ball Jam is cool too. Perhaps the only Big Ball Jam I've heard that I might listen to again.

Highlights: Magilla, Gin, Reba

Far from a highlight of '94. However, for being only the fifth show of the year, it exceeded my exceptions.

Forgot to mention the Reba; It's a beauty!