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$500M Powerball- How much would you spend on Phish?

ypehmish Permalink
ypehmish Buy 10 GA Wests for all 4 nights with a presidential suite a block away for all your friends? Go Page side every show till you die? Buy up every piece of signed merch you can?
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ProfJibboo Permalink
ProfJibboo I will divide $5,000,000 to Waterwheel and the Mimi Fishman Foundation right off the bat. $10,000,000 if they play Gamehendge in its entirety. If not, I guess that extra $5,000,000 will just have to go to Mockingbird Foundation.
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CannedWalrus Permalink
CannedWalrus Hire Antelope Greg?
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ypehmish Permalink
ypehmish and/or PHilanthropy
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awhill34 Permalink
awhill34 pretty sure I would be seeing every show they ever play from here on out (as would my friends)....so however much that would cost.
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dealgodown Permalink
dealgodown i bet if you donated 5 mil to waterwheel theyd just let you in every show
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dkast85 Permalink
dkast85 @dealgodown said:
i bet if you donated 5 mil to waterwheel theyd just let you in every show
probably. and you get the satisfaction of donating 5million dollars to waterwheel.
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dave25 Permalink
I would pay and do the planning for a huge 11th fest, tell me that wouldn't be awesome to see thousands of smiling fans roaming around at something you put together... Hey at least we can all dream
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forbin1 Permalink
forbin1 I would get @Tebowie his entourage that he wants..
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Doctor_Ocelot Permalink
Doctor_Ocelot I would buy up all the tickets from the scalpers and would be "phans" and just give them away to real phans and good people, i would donate a large portion of money to a really good charity, i would pay phish ahead of time to play at my wedding, id pay off all my moms bills and some friends and family too. I would invest the rest in some american based company that doesnt outsource at all, and investments in american stock companies that also refuse to outsource.
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revjustin Permalink
revjustin I think about all the good things I could do with that kind of money. My wife and I talk about this kind of thing all the time. First and formost, I would quit my job (as would my wife) and I would invest whatever the required amount of money is to live off of interest for as long as possible. Then, I'd sock away some cash for my kids' college educations. I would sell my current house and build a new one someplace cool with a lot of land (not sure where, but staying here in Austin would be fine with me, but Boulder, CO has long been one of my dream locations - and this was even before legalization). My wife and don't like big houses, so I am thinking a nice log home in the mountains or by a river or lake. After the move, I would build myself a nice little recording studio. I would probably just bring in bands and record them for free or rent it out for cheap when I wasn't working in it myself. I also would like to run a recording school for disadvantaged teenagers (to be be clear, I don't think recording is a very lucrative profession to go into, but music and recording are interests for many teens and learning how to work in a studio teaches problem solving while also giving then a place to be safe and express themselves creatively aside from just being fun as shit). Next step is to hire a nurse/patient advocate/personal assistant who would help me with taking care of my type I diabetes on a day-to-day basis, something that I have struggled with since I was 25 (I am 39 now). Then, working with my financial advisors, I would establish funds for various charities focusing on education and helping homeless youth. After that, it's travel time. I would probably spend a month or so at a time renting apartments in various locations around the world with my family: London, Venice, Florence, Mexico City, Amsterdam, etc, etc. Of course, you bet your ass that I would see as many Phish shows that made sense (travelling a lot would, at times, conflict with Phish tours and I don't think I would miss out on Venice for anything). In general, my live music consumption would go way up since I wouldn't have to worry about travel expenses - just my own schedule and desire to consider.
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JayDubya Permalink
JayDubya More than I currently am.
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Guelahpapyrus84 Permalink
Guelahpapyrus84 I'd save a cool mill for non Phish related activities...
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WillEd11 Permalink
WillEd11 I recently got engaged... they would be playing my wedding. Doesn't matter how much it costs...

3 sets... I get to pick one of the sets in its entirety (4 songs maybe... with a time restriction to force jams).

Would be the greatest event of my life... and all the guests would probably hate me (or finally get into Phish). CK5 would light both the show... and the entire wedding.
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johnnyd Phish.net Staff Permalink
johnnyd Awesome answer, @revjustin.
My story would be pretty similar theme. Different details, but pretty parallel.
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bobbob Permalink
I'd buy all the band members milk and cookies. Just like grandma used to do...
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SpreadheadJON Permalink
SpreadheadJON gold dipped diamond studded weed wacker, engraved.
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BigPimpinNYC Permalink
I would drop at least $25k just on this run, no problem.

Penthouse suite and sick seats for all of my friends in need. I would also miracle a bunch of people outside of MSG but only if they were trying to buy for face
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SicMD Permalink
SicMD none id still come here and ask for free download codes. phish music should be traded freely
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YorkvilleBeerLover Permalink
YorkvilleBeerLover I think I would got to NYE for sure.
Then I would hand out 100's to everyone there.
I'd make it rain for Gumbo Variations
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skillz Permalink
I would spend as much as I had to so that I could be on stage the whole show dancing between mike and trey
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Drgordy Permalink
Drgordy I'd go to every show that's for sure. Drop some money on the Mimi Fishman auctions for autographed posters. Buy some rare Phish posters on EB and eBay. Buy all the LP tracks I don't have. Miracle some nice people at shows where tickets were impossible to get.

Other than that I'd like to buy at least 200 acres of forest and buy a small house, barn and greenhouse in the center and live life in peace and quiet.
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twisty_m Permalink
twisty_m @revjustin Man, you've thought about this for awhile, haven't you? I agree, a very good answer. Endearing too.
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joonze Permalink
joonze i might go to a few more shows then i currently attend during a tour....nothing else would change much other then maybe i would shave?
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johnnyd Phish.net Staff Permalink
johnnyd I would definitely spend whatever necessary to install the w00kway at any festivals or shows where the grounds and layout are conducive.

What, you may ask, is the w00kway?

View Spoilers

I might dabble in show promotion as well.
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SageDabbler Permalink
SageDabbler Ha maybe save at least $50 bucks for those poor starving children in Africa...anyone?
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walstib Permalink
walstib If I won $500 Million I'd almost definitely spring for all 4 nights of the webcast.
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johnnyd Phish.net Staff Permalink
johnnyd @walstib said:
If I won $500 Million I'd almost definitely spring for all 4 nights of the webcast.
Maybe some of that fancy imported beer to go with it, right?
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BoomboxMike Permalink
BoomboxMike @johnnyd said:
@walstib said:
If I won $500 Million I'd almost definitely spring for all 4 nights of the webcast.
Maybe some of that fancy imported beer to go with it, right?

Hey let's not get too crazy. Don't want to spend it all in one place
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westbrook Permalink
westbrook I would go to the NYE run for starters. Probably would take a private jet up to NY instead of Megabus like last year. Maybe.
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mfhgreyboy Permalink
mfhgreyboy I would buy Page a sandwich.
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JayDubya Permalink
JayDubya @mfhgreyboy said:
I would buy Page a sandwich.
Buy him his own Subway franchise!
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mgh2001 Permalink
mgh2001 I would buy Phish. What? That's possible, right?

Although I don't think 500M would cover it.
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Sprachtor Permalink
Sprachtor Face and Fees
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007below Permalink
007below take everyone on .net in a giant party limo to the next 8 years of full tours
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Commander_Riker Permalink
Commander_Riker I would fly Phish to Hawaii and have them play on top of a volcano. Until it erupted. You're all invited.
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fabolous2203 Permalink
fabolous2203 Wait till they play Possum at Dicks, then wait for Trey to peak and throw stacks of ones instead of Glowsticks

My sign every night on tour would be Money.
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Skiguy Permalink
Skiguy I won!!! $4
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dave25 Permalink
@Skiguy said:
I won!!! $4

You sir just bought yourself a water at MSG, or four grilled cheeses. Spend your winnings wisely
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Onlymike Permalink
Onlymike I would buy every official CD and DVD release, and I would buy tix for probably 10 shows per year. Simple.

I couldn't fit more shows in because I'd be too busy wailing out on all of my new instruments, recording in my home studio with my 24-hour engineering staff (man, I frigging hate dealing with buttons).
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forbin1 Permalink
forbin1 damn I got 3 numbers right..
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jerryguscia Permalink
jerryguscia I'd spend a couple of bucks of Phish (like maybe buy Rift on LivePhish MP3 or something); then I'd spend the rest on lottery tickets. Statistically speaking, I've GOT to win if I buy $549,999,989.50 worth of lotto tix!
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spacecoyote Permalink
spacecoyote I would found a music festival where...nah, fuk it, I'd open a brewery.
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