The Mockingbird Foundation today released the complete video archive of the 2024 Phish Studies Conference on its official YouTube channel. This groundbreaking collection of 19 videos, offering scholarly analyses of Phish’s music, fan culture, and social impact, features more than 50 speakers from the 2024 conference, representing more than a dozen disciplines.
The archive examines a wide range of topics appealing to scholars and fans alike. Presenters explored Phish fan identity and cultural practices, debated legal issues surrounding copyright and concertgoing, and analyzed song structures and setlist data. Highlights include author Benjy Eisen’s electrifying keynote speech, “Gamehendge State of the Union Address.”
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My favorite presentation was Matt Sottile's quantitative analysis of Reba. It's in the "You Don't Have to Count Them" video, starting at 1:02:51. The final graphs--charting the dynamic paths of 364 versions of Reba during various eras of Phish--are things of beauty.