TTFM: Summer ’96
1996 Summer Tour T-Shirt (Pollock)
With Summer Tour 2012 rapidly approaching, let’s continue a look at summers past with ’96. I’m not trying to pull the ten “best” jams from each summer, but just ten great ones. Enjoy the picks from this underrated tour!
“Wilson > Disease” 8.14.96 I, Hershey, PA
[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ph1996-08-14d1t01.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ph1996-08-14d1t02.mp3]***
“Reba” 8.4.96 II, Morrison, CO
[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ph1996-08-04d2t02.mp3]***
“Antelope” 8.12.96 II, Noblesville, IN
[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ph1996-08-12d2t06.mp3]***
“Split” 8.12.96 I, Noblesville, IN
[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/I-02-Split-Open-and-Melt.mp3]***
“Tweezer” 8.14.96 II, Hershey, PA
[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ph1996-08-14d2t06.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ph1996-08-14d2t07.mp3]***
“Mike’s > Lifeboy” 8.13.96 II, Noblesville, IN
[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Phish1996-08-13trk13.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Phish1996-08-13trk14.mp3]***
“Slave” 8.17.96 II, Plattsburgh, NY
[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ph96-08-17d02t08.mp3]=====
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Tags: 1996, TTFF
Need AW to help me short some shares of FB. Can’t do it easily through TD Ameritrade.
End The Fed.
Sillys about three standard deviations ahead of all of us on the conscience bell curve
I can’t wait for him to have some tour in his life
any chance the phish open this summer as hot as they did the last?
yes @Wilson . . . i’m betting they do.
what are you catching, Wilson?
Long Beach & San Francisco for sure. Got tickets for the Zoo, and Denver. May tie those two stretches together with Atlanta/Charlotte/St. Louis. Lots of travel in August for family/work. May make for a lot of shows.
I’m pushing show #100. Trying to leave myself a nice set-up for 2013.
one nice benefit of west coast: downloading shows around 10pm (the night of). was so psyched while listening to Bethel I last year. Kinda pumped for a repeat in about 15 days.
Soundway record label is $$$$
that is all
sounds like a good plan, Wilson
west coast phish rules . . . download and listen before you go to bed! 😉
was thinking about that wilson
Couch tour for dinner!
wonder if i’ll ever hit show 100.
proably not, unless phish tours another 10 years and i gain some miraculous job that allows me to see a bunch of shows a year.
i believe AC saturday will be my 25th. a milestone. but a pretty weak one. damn parents should have squeezed me out 10 years earlier
I like this new thnkfstpal guy. A rock thrower.
Stick around buddy.
I guess Im just an obstacle
a thing to overcome
If I can sneak around myself again
Ill know Ive won
And T3 prompted an IT Ghost > Mountains listen to end the day
Yes, getting SBDs the night of helps make up for the lack of WC shows. Doesn’t help my sleep routine, but hey that’s tour, right?
My life would have been absolutely ruined had I been able to get SBDs the next day between 1996-1999. No question.
Thank you for not releasing SBDs Phish when I was trying to keep a job.
Radio City Music Hall Ghost to end the work day.
all those $9 charges add up, but i’m not complaining. Get off work. Head out for a bite and some drinks. Head home and – with the clever use of a piece of paper as a shield – i get a little no spoilers show several nights a week.
“with the clever use of a piece of paper as a shield”
Awesome. that is some nerdy ass shit. love this place.
quite well, robear. and you compadre?
i really like where phish stands right now. three years into 3.0 . . . comeback is definitely over. sky is the limit would be an overstatement, but i feel the boys are in a good place for delivering some more of the goods like last summer and even continuing an overall upward arching path.
wonder how many shows phish inc will stream during Leg1…?
Portsmouth seems like a no brainer, but will they try for more summer streams
first replay of 10.10.99 Albany set 1 -strong first half without any top notch highlights. set 2 tomorrow (opens with a jam!). trying not to get too deep into replay phish till woosta
I now use the word ‘bitches’ a whole lot more, and fully blame the BB 8)
evening, kids
i’m back to my old self
just trying to put my summer budget together
thinking that if I do indeed get hired by the SPD (no jinx) and I can somehow push my employment back to July 15 or August 1 (beggars can’t be choosers), I can spend all my remaining money on tour.
come on, job!!
“Thank you for not releasing SBDs Phish when I was trying to keep a job.”
So that’s no longer the case, MiA?