www.phish.com/savethedate
One of the most hallowed (pun intended) nights in the history of Phish is Halloween.
They have played 4 legendary Halloween concerts in their 25 year career.
Each show was comprised of 3 sets, the first and third sets being Phish sets, with the 2nd set being an entire album by another band that they chose to cover in full.
In 1994 in Glen's Falls, NY they covered the entire Beatles 'White Album' in the 2nd set.
In 1995 in Rosemont, IL they played the entire rock opera 'Quadrophenia' by The Who.
In 1996 in Atlanta, GA they played all of 'Remain in Light' by the Talking Heads.
In 1998 in Vegas, they covered 'Loaded' by The Velvet Underground.
These are all mythical shows, and the only Halloween concerts played by the band.
It is now 2009.
Phish has announced that they are playing a 3 day Festival which falls on Halloween from October 30th through November 1st.
In Phish-like fashion, they merely announced that the festival will be taking place, but not where it will be taking place. All that showed on the site when 'Save the Date' was announced was a map of the United States with Halloween colors. They have brilliantly kept us on the edge of our seats by creatively removing states little by little as time passes.
First, an army of fire ants crawled all over the map and devoured 3 states. Then, a ship came in from the Atlantic near Florida and threw fishing reels onto two more states, ripping them off the map.
For the past few days, in certainly the oddest exhibit to date, we hear and see 6 states "ding" across the map and then a creepy version of Vanna White with a cycloptic squid for a head skirts across the country flipping states over like letters on Wheel of Fortune with the same sound it makes when she flips the letters on the game show.
Now the site just changed literally a few minutes ago with the remaining states, and either God or Zeus came in from the Pacific Ocean, extended his hand, and blew a gigantic wind from his mouth with ripped 3 more states off the map!!
16 states have already been eliminated in the most bizarre fashion imaginable. Check out the map to see what is gone and what is left. It seems as though they are only eliminating 2 or 3 states at a time, so we should have much more shenanigans in store for our delight. I for one have been having a ball kicking back and watching the site updated every few days with a new wacked out method of eliminating states from the map. It's complete wonderful craziness, and as Phishy as you can get.
Inside information points to the festival being at the Polo Fields in Indio, CA where the Coachella Festival takes place. To be on the safe side, I have already gone and booked a room at the Marriott Desert Springs Villas Resort for an incredible price per night, only 10 minutes from the site. I apparently was not the only one who jumped on this, as it is a known fact that every single hotel/motel within the vicinity of the location is completely booked solid for that weekend.
While I am pretty confident that the festival and first Halloween concert by Phish in 11 years will take place in Indio, I am still enjoying the hell out of the creative ways that they are incrementally eliminating states leading up to the announcement of the official location and details of the event.
This is one of the endless reasons why I love Phish, and I plan on being in attendance with bells on.
One of the most hallowed (pun intended) nights in the history of Phish is Halloween.
They have played 4 legendary Halloween concerts in their 25 year career.
Each show was comprised of 3 sets, the first and third sets being Phish sets, with the 2nd set being an entire album by another band that they chose to cover in full.
In 1994 in Glen's Falls, NY they covered the entire Beatles 'White Album' in the 2nd set.
In 1995 in Rosemont, IL they played the entire rock opera 'Quadrophenia' by The Who.
In 1996 in Atlanta, GA they played all of 'Remain in Light' by the Talking Heads.
In 1998 in Vegas, they covered 'Loaded' by The Velvet Underground.
These are all mythical shows, and the only Halloween concerts played by the band.
It is now 2009.
Phish has announced that they are playing a 3 day Festival which falls on Halloween from October 30th through November 1st.
In Phish-like fashion, they merely announced that the festival will be taking place, but not where it will be taking place. All that showed on the site when 'Save the Date' was announced was a map of the United States with Halloween colors. They have brilliantly kept us on the edge of our seats by creatively removing states little by little as time passes.
First, an army of fire ants crawled all over the map and devoured 3 states. Then, a ship came in from the Atlantic near Florida and threw fishing reels onto two more states, ripping them off the map.
For the past few days, in certainly the oddest exhibit to date, we hear and see 6 states "ding" across the map and then a creepy version of Vanna White with a cycloptic squid for a head skirts across the country flipping states over like letters on Wheel of Fortune with the same sound it makes when she flips the letters on the game show.
Now the site just changed literally a few minutes ago with the remaining states, and either God or Zeus came in from the Pacific Ocean, extended his hand, and blew a gigantic wind from his mouth with ripped 3 more states off the map!!
16 states have already been eliminated in the most bizarre fashion imaginable. Check out the map to see what is gone and what is left. It seems as though they are only eliminating 2 or 3 states at a time, so we should have much more shenanigans in store for our delight. I for one have been having a ball kicking back and watching the site updated every few days with a new wacked out method of eliminating states from the map. It's complete wonderful craziness, and as Phishy as you can get.
Inside information points to the festival being at the Polo Fields in Indio, CA where the Coachella Festival takes place. To be on the safe side, I have already gone and booked a room at the Marriott Desert Springs Villas Resort for an incredible price per night, only 10 minutes from the site. I apparently was not the only one who jumped on this, as it is a known fact that every single hotel/motel within the vicinity of the location is completely booked solid for that weekend.
While I am pretty confident that the festival and first Halloween concert by Phish in 11 years will take place in Indio, I am still enjoying the hell out of the creative ways that they are incrementally eliminating states leading up to the announcement of the official location and details of the event.
This is one of the endless reasons why I love Phish, and I plan on being in attendance with bells on.
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