phorbesie

i haven't made any plans yet but would also like to know what others are thinking. i guess i prefer hotel for these shows, but am ok with camping if others want to.

i have been there lots of times, yummy beer!

update: still have 2 friday bethels available

i agree, Sunday looks like fun!

happy birthday!

woo! good news for ottawa! but bad news for our trip to schwa-land i guess.

happy birthday!

tease!

i too was surprised to see i won't be getting the CDs for about 2 months. maybe if they wait instead of releasing immediately, more people will donate instead of just sharing the release illegally? i dunno.

Immediately following their 1999 U.S. Summer Tour, Phish traveled abroad for their first ever shows in Japan. Fuji Rock Festival took place on multiple stages and the festival had specially designed the "Field Of Heaven" stage for Phish to play three consecutive nights of complete, two-set headline shows. In response to the recent Earthquake and Tsunami that the northeastern part of this country has endured, we're releasing Japan Relief at LivePhish.com and Phish Dry Goods to benefit Peace Winds America. 100% of the funds they collect for disaster relief will go to support operations through their sister organization, Peace Winds Japan. Relief operations began March 15th and are currently underway in Miuyagi Prefecture, where Peace Winds is on the ground providing food, clothing, medicines and temporary shelter to survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Japan Relief features Phish's entire show from July 31, 1999 – the middle, Saturday night as well as "What's The Use?" from their soundcheck on July 29th. The July 31st show crackled with energy, intermingling classic and new material with an exploratory vibe that meshed with the atmosphere of respect and beauty. Set one had many high points including standout performances of "My Friend, My Friend", "Back On The Train", "Limb By Limb" and "Character Zero". Set two started in the stratosphere with a "2001" > "David Bowie" opener that proved the most experimental music played at Fuji Rock transposed against the gentle beauty of "Wading In The Velvet Sea". Set two also featured one of the all-time great renditions of "Prince Caspian". The encore provided a chance for friend and fellow musician Nawang Khechog to address the crowd about Tibetan human rights and perform with Fish on vacuum for a meditative jam with Fish and with the whole band on flute for a special "Brian And Robert". Japan proved a perfect host for Phish, the Field Of Heaven has survived ever since as part of Fuji Rock Festival and Phish has maintained a strong connection with Japan, weaving Japanese lyrics into "The Meatstick" as recently as New Year's Eve 2010-2011. Japan Relief was recorded by Paul Languedoc and mastered by Fred Kevorkian. In the past, charitable downloads at LivePhish.com have raised over $100,000 for four non-profits: the Harbor House of New Jersey (The Headphones Jam), the New Orleans Musician's Clinic, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fund (Katrina Relief) and the American Red Cross (Haiti Relief). Additionally, the Mockingbird Foundation receives funding on an on-going basis from the proceeds atLivePhish.com. For a complete tracklisting or to pre-order the MP3/FLAC (this show will be released on April 15th at LivePhish.com, and hard CDs will be released May 10th), please click here. Please spread the word about this release and its beneficiaries, who are busy right now providing much needed relief and support in Japan. Phish Japan Relief - 7/31/99 Fuji Rock Festival Tracklisting DISC ONE: 1. My Friend, My Friend > 2. Golgi Apparatus 3. Back On The Train 4. Limb By Limb 5. Free > 6. Roggae > 7. Sparkle > 8. Character Zero DISC TWO: 1. 2001 > 2. David Bowie 3. Wading In The Velvet Sea > 4. Prince Caspian DISC THREE: 1. Fluffhead > 2. The Squirming Coil 3. Nawang Khechog Human Rights Speech > 4. Tibetan Universal Horn/Vacuum Jam w/ Fish > 5. Brian And Robert 6. Simple Filler: 7. What's The Use? (from 7/29/99 Soundcheck) Report to moderator Logged

and DON'T stay at the casino new rider...they monitor your drinking, no joke

IIRC there is a days inn or some hotel right across the street, but other than that hotels are aways from there.

2 sets starting at 10 pm

I thought I was told last night they were doing 2 sets...maybe I heard wrong.

I think I am In!

looks delicious!

Awesome! Thanks so much

The Dalai Lama resigns So long, farewell Mar 14th 2011, 7:10 by A.Y. | DELHI AFTER six decades as the living emblem of Tibetans in exile from Chinese-ruled Tibet, the Dalai Lama prepared on March 14th to present his resignation from all “formal authorityâ€. The understanding is that he will cede his role as the community's political leader while retaining his place at the apogee of Tibetan Buddhism. He announced plans for his departure from political life just last week; many of his countrymen were caught off guard and have yet to regain their footing. Every year on March 10th the Dalai Lama gives a speech commemorating Tibet’s national day of “uprisingâ€. He did so last week per usual, from Dharamsala, his abode in northern India, on the 52nd anniversary of Tibet’s failed attempt to resist China’s takeover. His Holiness spoke at a podium, holding a thin sheaf of stapled pages in one hand and gesticulating with the other, before a packed audience at the main Buddhist temple in Dharamsala. His speech, nearly 20 minutes long, lauded Tibetan resilience and urged China to end repression in Tibet. So much was expected. It was near the end when the Dalai Lama created a stir. The spiritual leader of Tibet reminded his audience that ever since the 1960s he has “stressed that Tibetans need a leader elected freely by the Tibetan people, to whom I can devolve power. Now, we have clearly reached the time to put this into effect.†He formally proposed amending the Charter for Tibetans in Exile, a constitution drafted by high-ranking exiles in 1991, to devolve his formal authority when the Tibetan parliament-in-exile started its next session, the morning of March 14th. In the past, the Dalai Lama has played down his formal political role in the Tibetan movement. Nevertheless the executive power of the Tibetan exile administration has all the while been vested in him, according to the terms of the charter. This is not the first time that the Dalai Lama has proposed retiring from the spotlight as leader of the Tibetan movement. But last week’s was his most serious declaration yet about transferring political responsibilities to an elected leadership. Whether his resignation is accepted or not, he means to make plain that he can no longer be relied upon as the movement’s supremo. This might seem untimely, given Tibet political predicament. Talks between the Chinese government and the Tibetan exiles are badly stalled. The Dalai Lama himself, though in good health, is now 75 years old. The question of his succession is perennial, and thorny, when it comes between China and the exile government. Last week, Padma Choling, the Chinese-appointed governor of Tibet, made the dumbfounding assertion that the Dalai Lama must follow the tradition of reincarnation and cannot choose his successor. Strange as it is to see the Communist Party dictating the terms of a Buddhist reincarnation, it wouldn’t be the first time China has intervened with succession of Tibetan Buddhist leaders. After the Panchen Lama, the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism, died in 1989, the Dalai Lama recognised a young boy living in Tibet as his reincarnation: the “next†Panchen Lama—or the same one, as it were. China however preferred a different Tibetan boy, whom it installed as Panchen Lama on its own. The Dalai Lama’s appointee was placed under indefinite house arrest; his whereabouts remain unknown. Yet the Dalai Lama insists that devolution would “benefit Tibetans in the long runâ€. He emphasised the importance of a democratic, secular government, one that can function independent of his guidance. “We have been able to implement democracy-in-exile that is in keeping with the standards of an open society,†he claimed. Another step in that process is scheduled for March 20th, when Tibetans living in different 30 countries will have the chance to vote for a new prime minister of the exile government. They will choose from a field of three candidates, all of them Tibetan men of secular credential. A high-ranking monk has been serving as prime minister for the past decade. But the new, elected leader will be expected play a more prominent role in the Tibetan movement. The March 20th election will mark the culmination of a year-long campaign by Tibetan NGOs and bodies within the exile government to raise awareness among Tibetans about the democratic process. They have staged mock elections along the way. The results of the actual election are expected to be finalised by May. The Dalai Lama insists that he will not be abandoning the Tibetan people nor shirking his responsibility to them. He says he has planned the devolution “not because I feel disheartenedâ€. “Tibetans have placed such faith and trust in me that as one among them I am committed to playing my part in the just cause of Tibet.†However determined he may be to cede his political role, the Dalai Lama will not find it easy to relinquish some of his responsibilities. Many Tibetans, along with the exile government itself, already opposes his new move. The Kashag, or cabinet of the exile government, responded to the Dalai Lama’s proposal in a plaintive voice. “A great number of Tibetans in exile...collectively and individually have been ardently supplicating His Holiness the Dalai Lama not to take such a step,†said the Kashag’s statement. “We, the Kashag, would like to make the same request in the strongest terms.†The Dalai Lama expected resistance and he addressed that too. “I trust that gradually people will come to understand my intention, will support my decision and accordingly let it take effect,†he entreated. Even if he the Dalai Lama is ready for this move, most Tibetans are not. The Kashag may well reject his formal resignation. But he has made his intention clear. http://www.economist.com/blogs/asiaview/2011/03/dalai_lama_resigns

You could talk about lawn chairs vs. non-chairs and re-enact a scenario between the two camps...I have endless examples

i've got a hankerin' for a BNB show. sounds fun!

if you want em they're yours they are pretty good seats i believe...

haha...nope we just did a little too much Winning on mail order!

me? Velvet and I both submitted mail orders and both orders got filled! Also it doesn't look like anyone I know from Ottawa is going to Bethel so I might have to bail on that.

we have the following extras: 2 Fri lawns (Bethel) 2 Sat pavs (Bethel) - spoken for, unless someone wants the whole weekend 2 Sun lawns (Bethel) 2 Detroit pavs 2 Blossom lawns Also, I need 1 Darien ticket if anyone wants to make a trade for any of the above.