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muchos garcias! my reading is now unRieu-interupted!

not sure if anyone else is having this problem; but this "Andre Rieu" (sp) banner ad is driving me crazy.i have noticed pages loading in the sanctuary being significantly slowed (and sometimes freezing)if this ad is at the top of the page. am i the only one having this issue? if not; who can fix this problem? thanks in advance

more great Hampton weekend reviews found here: http://www.melophobe.com/concert-reviews/phish-hampton-va-friday-march-6/ well summed up Friday night review! HAMPTON, VA I thought about a lot of things inside the Hampton Coliseum tonight. Some of them even had to do with the astonishing, gorgeous, triumphant sounds that Phish was playing. The rest of my thoughts had less to do with music. I thought about how lucky I am that life put me in a position to capitalize on this opportunity to see Phish again. I thought about all the incredible people I am surrounded by every day who helped get me to this perfect time and place. I thought about the camp counselors who got me into Phish. I thought about everyone I’ve ever been to a Phish show with and what they mean to me. I thought about an old girlfriend who I sang “Waste†with. I watched the people around me giving long hugs to old friends and losing the fight against tears throughout the night. I received texts from 31 different people today, easily the highest of my life. Why was this so much more than a concert? It is because Phish is the origin and primary driving factor of a large portion of the lifestyle of most fans. If I really boil it down, probably ¾ of my friends and half of what I do can be directly or indirectly traced back to Phish. This is normal amongst Phish fans. The only people who have had more of an impact over where my life has gone than Phish are my parents. When Phish quit on us, it was like becoming estranged from your parents; you could still do all the things that make you happy and talk to all the people you enjoy despite the loss, but the basis of all of it was gone. Phish coming back in a huge way was like getting back together with your estranged parent and having a great time with them all over again. It was that emotional. Thank you to everybody in my life for helping to align me to be in the Hampton Coliseum tonight. I love you. Now then, speaking of coming back in a huge way, let’s get down to the nitty gritty! That enormous “thud†you heard at 7:58 PM was the sound of thousands of Phish fans sitting at home falling out of their chairs when they read that the first song out of the gates was “Fluffhead.†This opening call goes much deeper than the notes themselves. This was a statement song, and the message was very loud and very clear: “We are back and we’re not here to *&$^ around.†What a call. They managed to come up with a colossal bustout that very few people had thought of. And they didn’t just play “Fluffhead,†they nailed it to the freaking wall. All of the notes, all the dynamics, the lights, the mix: owned. After such a mind-blowing debut, I thought they would take it easy with something a little more on the verse/chorus tip. Nope. Forget it. “Divided Sky.†Holy 1989. Nobody could believe what they were seeing. It was like God was a Phish fan and was writing the setlist. Huge props to Trey for not only sticking both songs, but for taking on the pressure of playing that much composed music right from the get-go. The rest of the set carried on with classic after classic after classic. It really was like one of those tongue-in-cheek dream setlists you write or talk about when you’re horsing around with your Phish friends. Besides “Farmhouse†and “Water In The Sky,†every song could have been played in ‘94 or earlier. At 16 songs and just under two hours it is quantifiably one of the most incredible first sets the band has ever played. The vocals on “Horn,†“Rift,†and “Train Song†were energizing, poignant, and urgent. By the time “Bowie†was closing it out, I had started to wonder if perhaps they had pulled the best-kept secret in Phish history by eliminating setbreaks from the program. They aced everything; vocals, changes, jams (especially exiting jams on the way back into songs), selection, lights, everything. The band was obviously well rehearsed if not just a bit deliberate. It seemed like most songs were played a half-notch slower than usual. Despite the pinch of perceived cautiousness, every song was fried to a perfect golden brown and served extra crispy. We are going to be talking about this set for a long, long time. Second set featured many more brilliant moments and also eliminated the word “perfect†from the conversation for the show as a whole, which is fine. “Backwards Down the Number Line†is a good new tune, though the placement as second set opener was questionable. The song has some straightforward early verse/chorus before the vocals break into a round a la â€Bouncing Around The Room.†The strong part of the tune comes in Trey’s solo section over some nice changes where he was able to elevate the song. “Tweezer,†“Taste,†and “Possum†all were spectacular. “Theme From The Bottom†has so much going on but they still managed to keep on top of it. “Hood†featured some fantastic new disco ball-like lights that were hanging all throughout the room, sending a spaghetti bowl of thin white beams to all points of the arena. “Hood†and “YEM†were the only times Trey had some struggles, but he got through them okay. Some errors are funny and some aren’t and we got a great example of each during “You Enjoy Myself.†Restarting your signature song isn’t funny, although at this point in the show it was very easily forgiven. Funny is when Trey sings “Boy. Man. Shit.†during YEM, forgetting that “God.†comes third, then coming back with “God….shit.†on the fourth word. That has everyone in stitches. Overall, “YEM†was played very well once they got it going, and I thought the vocal jam might be the best I have ever seen. The encore left nothing to be desired either. Three-song encores are extremely rare for Phish, so getting an extra twenty minutes or so to enjoy this night was the icing on this welcome-back cake. “Grind†was completely reworked and featured some classic Phish humor with each member singing how many days old they are. “Bouncing†featured another Phish move: the giant balloons that had been hanging from the rafters all night were cut down and allowed to bounce around the room until they popped. These things were big enough that about 20 people could touch them at once, and though most popped very quickly, there was one trooper balloon that made it to the end of the song. “Loving Cup†was a wonderful way to end a glorious night, and let’s not forget that one of the most interesting parts of the encore was the song that wasn’t played: “Tweezer Reprise.†Overall, this landmark show bagged all the groceries and cooked them, too. The average price paid per fan to get into this show was almost surely the highest in Phish history, so Phish really had some pressure to deliver on and boy man god shit did they deliver the goods. Ticket values are going nowhere but up if they keep playing like this. Well, it’s getting light out . . . looks like I’ve spilled the beans with you ‘til dawn. Thank you Phish for pulling it back together, thank you to everyone in my life, past and present, who helped me get to this show tonight, and thank you to all Phish fans for understanding. Until tomorrow, Seth Wolfman quoted from melophobe.com

got 1st set from pirate bay link ) got 2nd set from : http://phishthoughts.com/nospoilers/ just started listening to the second half and i have to say; stellar show! i'm not even that into these guys and can feel the eelectricity going on in the performances. look forward to the next 2 nights! ps- also VERY psyched about the immediacy of media surrounding this reunion...pretty cool listening to the 1st set and watching the 2nd set being logged on twitter in real time...

12:00 minutes to first set complete!! (edit to add) suitable preparations are being made....

who's got my heady second set torrent link?

"sparks off the guardrails" thank you for reminding me about this killer band! '92 indeed!!!

IN!

VERY impressive! he looks like he's 8! and sounds like another prodigy in the making. some of the other tunes are pretty good to. esp the help>franklins.

mayhem is freakin' hilarious in the sam dunn documentary "heavy metal: a headbanger's journey". they are SO wasted. VERY funny interview with them. they ARE the band who's (singer? guitar player?) blew his own brains out and they wore pieces of his skull as jewelry for a while , right? morbid but hilarious! GREAT documentary by the way. the second one ("global metal") was not as good but still pretty cool. documents the metal scene in places like saudi arabia,iran etc. ("i was arrested by the religious police for having long hair and wearing a slayer t-shirt") definitely worth a look if you're into metal.

i don't get it....they want us to buy the show, and then wear it around?! like a fashion statement? not trying to be harsh but this seems pretty hokey. i must disclose though i have a bias against the CSN ever since the ('90...'91?) show at Kingswood with Fleetwood Mac. No sh*t my ride was kicking in as they walked OFF stage! i'm not lying! if you were taping their set that night, you didn't need a tape flip!! anyway that's my CSN rant over with. HAVINBEERS!

thanks for posting those... i can never figure out how to embed them. the first one is a pretty cool perspective of yesterday's events

ive posted this site before, but if your interested in a fantastic photo blog of the inauguration it can be found at: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/ if i knew how to embed photos i would post #3 in the blog. an amazing sattelite photo of the washington mall yesterday. check it out!

you might be interested to check out Anoushka Shankar. Ravi's daughter...this one is with Karsh Kale, and is sort of sliced and diced in the editing room. http://btjunkie.org/torrent/Anoushka-Shankar-amp-Karsh-Kale-Breathing-Under-Wa/4324fbb65148f9f7d1a5e9180e4c3b1d2ba27ad3f02b pretty cool nonetheless! i love the sitar!

i cant explain why the url itself wont open. is everyone having this problem? maybe i can reseed it at the tradersden.

yeah, all you should have to do is create an account. i had NO problems when i did it. and now i need HD space

oh snap* with just a bit of searching i just found THE Scarlet/Fire Hamilton show on DVD!! Man i love this site! http://www.shnflac.net/index.php

http://www.shnflac.net/details.php?id=cc315e0d6a5cfb4afb9607f4f78b1b6cb6d807d7 enjoy! seems MUCH cleaned up compared to my previous version. maybe? additional PranksterFamily footage included that is new. for sure the Prankster skit at the beginning with the banker coming for money at the Creamery is new to me. i had heard there may be a commercial release of this movie coming? can anybody confirm/elaborate on said rumour? anyway...enjoy! edit to add: btw you should just be able to set up an acct. and download. thats all i did anyway...

i would agree that Reason can be intimidating. it is complex. but there are LOTS of tutorials on youtube though, and we've been having lots of fun with it. it has everything right there to make your own electronic masterpiece! i LOVE the graphic rack mount interface! and it's just cool being able to flip it around (at the push of a button) so's to fiddle with patch cords....sry we have fun with it! (as you can tell)

me and my friends have been having ALOT of fun playing around with "Reason". it is a "virtual" rack that you can flip around to change "virtual" patch cords and such. if your into paying (or demo-ing) it can be found at propellerheads.co.uk or i believe you can find copies available on many torrent sites. lots of fun to play around with!

check it. u'll likee

i LOVE row jimmy! nobody ever says jimmy....love the "flute" jerry sound! birdsong too.

part 3 is now up at: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/2008_the_year_in_photographs_p.html enjoy!

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/the_year_2008_in_photographs_p.html?id=fark check it out. all the photos are beautifally composed,national geographic worthy, sometime startling (shocking) but well worth a look. (edit to add) part 2 of 3: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/2008_in_photographs_part_2_of.html i guess part 3 isn't out yet but WOW! some wonderful photos... ok i'm a little hi right now.. but i could stare some of these for hours. have a click on the "bigpicture" home page and you can expand the picture parameters. this might be my new *favorite* site