N2 SPAC and N2 Dicks were by far my favorite shows attended. Has everything to do with the people I was with, how those trips evolved, the amazing L I had and those incredible 2nd sets. SPAC N2 might get the edge based on pre/post show festivites. They are both so close though. Honorable mention to 12.30.12 and Worcester first night.Ditto. I wonder why?
@bostonron said:Hmmm, it was probably the car ride at SPACN2 SPAC and N2 Dicks were by far my favorite shows attended. Has everything to do with the people I was with, how those trips evolved, the amazing L I had and those incredible 2nd sets. SPAC N2 might get the edge based on pre/post show festivites. They are both so close though. Honorable mention to 12.30.12 and Worcester first night.Ditto. I wonder why?
Damn this is tough, I'd say it would have to be between night 2 of AC, SPAC 3, or NYE. But then again, NYE is pretty much "next-level fun" (as quoted by my buddy Jeffrey on NYE) so it would be unfair to the other two.
Thus leaving it to AC 2 and SPAC 3, which when I think about it were 2 very differen't types of "fun". AC was balls to the wall, party vibe, Fear and Loathing like craziness that was just something else. And one of my first real "holy shit" moments was Lighteca, that was very memorable for me. I also (vaguely) remember the split seconds before Crosseyed this girl turned to me asking me to call second set opener and I look over at her with my dime size pupils and spit out "Crosseyed".
SPAC 3 was my last night of tour and while it had a very sad vibe to it knowing I had no Phish show to go to anymore, it was perhaps the most amazing night of my life. I've said before on here that my girlfriend and my buddy and his girlfriend all suprised me by showing up at the show but I didn't get to them until the second set. First YEM encore which I thought I wasn't going to get after seeing 14 Leg 1 shows, nuff said.
And after all that typing I still can't pick.
Lol. I caught 15 leg 1 shows, 8 leg 2 shows, and the first 3 nights of YEMSG this year. With that said, the first night of tour for me might take the cake 6/15/12 AC. Agree with you on the whole fear and loathing.comparison, thats exactly what I've been saying to people when i describe that night. Runner up would be either FYF show or honestly Lakewood. Wait, official runner up.goes to 7/4. Had a head full of some super awesome fluff for that RIDICULOUSLY stacked first set in which I finally got my TMWSIY
AV2 and Chaifetz STL
Sidenote... I am having more fun at these 3.0 shows than I have ever had and more than I expected to. I do/did have expectations, I do have a small twist of 'jaded vet' in me. And I don't really find myself listening back to these shows. But, anyway, beginning at Great Woods 2011 and really solidifying at Essex, I have dropped/lessened my expectations, I don't pay attention to internet reviews, I go in with an open mind (whatever that means) and I just try to enjoy myself. And I have been.
In order, most to least...
SPAC2
12/29
SPAC3
SPAC1
@MomaDan said:
Probably AC2. I was loading up a bowl of some deemsters at set break and this wookette walks up to me, obviously seeing what was going on. She grabbed my jeans and have me an over-the-pants HJ right there in the middle of Bader. After that I let her hit the pipe second then lite the mouthpiece a bunch of times just in case. She strolled like 20 steps up and sat next to what I assume was the chief wook, kissed him and layed back down.did anyone even read this WTF haha
It felt a little wrong but hey you only live once
wow a lot of people are saying NYE. so what makes New Years Eve 'next level fun'? is it the simple fact that its new years and its a party day anyways? the gag? 3 sets? i guess im answering my own question here. i gotta go next year!!
A couple other honorable mentions, along the lines that others have already suggested: Blossom wins best lot AND crowd (ignoring how sleepy everyone was during set I, of course); MSG 2 wins most amped crowd (see infamous "Reba roar," e.g.); and Deer Creek 1 wins, uh, hottest.
During GTBT at the end of set 1 we saw a guy getting wheeled out of there strapped into a chair, still trying to rage and holding his shoes in his hands.
Someone pelted a security guard who was shining his flashlight everywhere with glowsticks multiple times and he was getting pissed but couldn't find the culprit.
Guy runs up to the rail in the middle of our group, looks around waiting for his chance, tries to jump and slips and falls on his back right next to me. Then he gets up and bolts away as we are laughing at him.
An extremely intoxicated woman forced her way up to the rail and tried to dance with me, then licked most of my arm.
A lady working for Live Nation was on the other side of the rail picking up glowsticks, must have had at least 1000 in a plastic bag. Wook runs up and rips the bag open and tosses a ton of them back into the crowd.
Bus ride back to Lee's some guy who was clearly very spun went crazy trying to freestyle rap.
Then we partied till the sun came up at Lee's.
Dicks.
AC was great. Fathers day weekend with pops. In his favorite town, with my favorite band.
Forth o July- my favorite holiday with phish. Nothin better. Oh, swimming before the show. And that full moon! Wow.
SpAC n3! Couldn't do the run b/c I went to see the wall at Yankee stadium on sat night. I really loved this show from end to end. LaGrange!
MSG NYe run. Great time. Great place. Great shows.
But DICKs, to me took the cake. By YEM I figured out FYF. Thanks metsofny for the hint. Emotional rescue. I bought the patch before the show in the lot. To me just making the train trip was an emotional rescue. Then to call it when figuring out FYF. Priceless. I went to dicks to see my BFF that moved to CO. I took Amtrak. 40 hrs from penn station under MSG. I made the best friends in CO the instant I met them. We raged the handicapped riser for three nights straight. Magical, under a blue moon. The whole scene at DICKs was top notch. To me that whole trip was the highlight.
AC was great. Fathers day weekend with pops. In his favorite town, with my favorite band.
Forth o July- my favorite holiday with phish. Nothin better. Oh, swimming before the show. And that full moon! Wow.
SpAC n3! Couldn't do the run b/c I went to see the wall at Yankee stadium on sat night. I really loved this show from end to end. LaGrange!
MSG NYe run. Great time. Great place. Great shows.
But DICKs, to me took the cake. By YEM I figured out FYF. Thanks metsofny for the hint. Emotional rescue. I bought the patch before the show in the lot. To me just making the train trip was an emotional rescue. Then to call it when figuring out FYF. Priceless. I went to dicks to see my BFF that moved to CO. I took Amtrak. 40 hrs from penn station under MSG. I made the best friends in CO the instant I met them. We raged the handicapped riser for three nights straight. Magical, under a blue moon. The whole scene at DICKs was top notch. To me that whole trip was the highlight.
12-31-2012 MSG
12-30-2012 MSG
12-29-2012 MSG
12-28-2012 MSG
08-26-2012 Charlotte
06-24-2012 Cuyahoga
All were a blast. However, 12/31 definitely takes it for me.
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