Two years ago on my 20th phishaversary I wrote this little piece for NYSMusic. Pasted here for your enjoyment yourself.

I first heard of this band called Phish in the middle of my first year of college at SUNY Alfred from a fellow architecture student. He had a few tapes which he copied for me (which in turn I was able to trade for a box full which now resides in the “dusty memories” corner of my basement). This was back in the day where you couldn’t just turn on YouTube or cruise to the Phish spreadsheet to hear whatever show you wanted – you had to actually work for it! Despite my musical background, which was mostly metal and classic rock at that point, the band impressed me immediately. The juxtaposition of incredibly structured songs wrapped in periods of ‘anything goes’ was completely new to me and I became engrossed in learning about all things Phish.

Read the rest here:
http://nysmusic.com/2013/08/07/upstaterewind-20-years-later-a-phan-looks-back-at-8-7-93/