Phish.net is a non-commercial project run by Phish fans and for Phish fans under the auspices of the all-volunteer, non-profit Mockingbird Foundation.
This project serves to compile, preserve, and protect encyclopedic information about Phish and their music.
Credits | Terms Of Use | Legal | DMCA
The Mockingbird Foundation is a non-profit organization founded by Phish fans in 1996 to generate charitable proceeds from the Phish community.
And since we're entirely volunteer – with no office, salaries, or paid staff – administrative costs are less than 2% of revenues! So far, we've distributed over $2 million to support music education for children – hundreds of grants in all 50 states, with more on the way.
I will come up with a more extended version of my thoughts on these shows eventually.. But to me, the free form jams felt a lot more like 99-04 than 11-13, and to me anyway, that's a negative. They've been so ambitious and restless in their improv for awhile now, and hearing them go back to the "just keep playing this and hope inspiration strikes somebody" approach wasn't something I expected to see return.
There is always room for multiple approaches to improvisation. But i'd say that despite Hampton's scintillating peaks, disgusting funk, and multifaceted space- this was a regression to an era when Phish's improv didn't tend to have the same level of communication it has recently re-acquired.
Here's to this being a one off thing instead of a de-evolution