I cherry pick my Phish. I've got no time, nor patience for filler. I'm down to the Gorge, Dick's and Telluride if/when it happens. I was a 15 year old third-former at my first show, a half sold Grateful Dead at New Haven Coliseum. I was in Hartford Coliseum , as was Trey, when he discovered his calling. By the time Brent dies in '89, I've been living in Burlington, going to Nectars and the Front, for a couple years. Bernie Sanders is the Socialist Mayor. I left my first love , The good ol' Grateful Dead for my new infatuation, Phish. I'm the merciless asshole who pronounces to all within ear shot that "No one likes Number Line as much as Trey does". I'm mystified by Trey's descent into normalcy by trying to write a pop hit after leading me down this path with Zappa like quirky, funny shenanigans and weirdness. No new ground since Dick's '12 is a long time. So imagine how funny/ironic it is to me in my euphoric, sweaty, dance stupor to be singing my current favorite Phish song's refrain, "STILL WAITING !!!" (Phish OWNS CE&P) while my dream is coming true!!! MY FAVORITE BAND DOESN"T SUCK !!! Life is good.
See you next year !