Cast: Steve, Toonces, and Danmar
Brahdown:
- Danmar fills us in on the happenings at Coachella last week during which she got the hispter flu.
- Review of the Blockley in Philly and the Marco / Everyone Orchestra show that took place there.
- Details on current and future Bob Dylan shows drop.
- Preliminary review of antidote for sweaty balls.
- UM #couchtour, Holidaze tokens, and voicemails.
Plan: TWoL will be back in two weeks with the latest and greatest from all over the live music scene.
We’re not gonna lie. It was a tough night, kids. A slew of technical difficulties almost kept us from getting an episode on the books. Some perseverance from UNO finally got us off the ground a little over an hour behind schedule. Get that man a cigarette!
We dove right in to the news stories with a nod to our show’s title. You don’t want to get on Bobby’s bad side and we here at TWoL are in agreement with him. In other news we broke down the lineups for Camp Bisco, All Good, and Big Up and take a look at the Bowlive IV guests. Furthur has sold out 8 nights at the Cap and if you find yourself there you just might get questioned by DanMar. We’ll let her explain why. In other tour news, we’re “Still Waiting” for those Phish dates but SCI and WSP fans have something to shout about.
Tech News Tidbit: get on those Umphrey’s free ringtones this week.
After two nice voicemails (keep ‘em coming!) we debuted a new segment: Ask DanMar. This one already looks to be promising and we can’t wait to have the next batch of questions answered. If you want DanMar to answer your questions, (any and all questions) send inquiries to:
Have a great week and see you soon!
Toonces
This episode will be the gang’s last regular episode of 2012. Steve, Toonces and I recorded on a Tuesday night just like we used to. We discussed YEMSG, of course. We talked after parties, tweet-ups, the state of public trasportation post-Sandy, and the MSG renovations/death of MSG as we knew and loved it.
Toonces also ran through the Heavy Pets tour dates for the rest of the year. And if you are too busy Christmas shopping to hit up any more shows make sure you check out PhanArt’s Holiday Gift Guide. Finally we did a quick run through of what shows we have all seen recently.
Steve and I will be coming to you next with Special Reports from Mayan Holidaze. And check us out during YEMSG for Special Reports featuring us, Toonces, and special guests. We’ve been light on lot reports lately. Don’t forget to call and leave us a message at 419.NO.WOOKS.
Until next time, stay warm everyone!
Katie
Well, it’s been about a month since the last TWoL. Honestly though, it wasn’t our fault. There were quite the scheduling conflicts, Superstorm Sandy, and then live music. With so much to cover it was tough to decide where to start. Long story short, this episode contains reviews a plenty covering all the music we saw. This includes Trey, Phil, Everyone Orchestra, and Umphrey’s McGee. As a bonus, we also have PhanArt’s coverage of the Bear Creek Festival. Finally, we look ahead to Conspirator in NYC and Ryan Montbleau in Philly.
Hopefully you didn’t forget about us. We have lots in store for the fall and New Years. Stay tuned!!
- Steve
This week on lot, Steve and I were joined by returning guest, Danielle. You brought good reviews after her last appearance so we brought her back. We discussed a ton of upcoming shows to help you plan your fall schedule. First, we looked at the options for NYE. Of course, we are assuming that Phish will be back at MSG but if that’s not your thang check out one of these great NYE runs:
Bisco (NYC)
Umphrey’s and P Groove (Atlanta)
moe. (Worchester and Portland)
Lotus (Chicago > PA > MD)
Leftover Salmon (Chicago)
Lights All Night (TX)
Additionally, we talked about Trey Band’s fall tour and the recently announced Phil & Friends NY/NJ run coming up in November.
Thanks to regular callers Neighbor Nick, Underground Villain and ATL Mel. Check out our Facebook page for a picture of the Villain’s rage stick. We’re a little low on lot reports lately, folks, and we want to hear from you! 419.NO.WOOKS is the number.
We’ll be back with a recap of City Bisco in a week or so. Until then, book your NYE flights and hotels and fill us in on what shows you are attending and any travel deals/tips you find. Happy planning!
Be well,
Katie
This week’s show was a bit of a departure for TWoL. We recorded on a Sunday night and without a script of any kind. Listen in as Steve, Toonces and I wing it and talk about what we’ve been up to during the month of July. We cover the end of Phish’s leg 1, particularly Jones Beach and SPAC. (Check out our Phish tour pictures here). Then Toonces fills us in on Furthur at Merriweather and various RVA shows. Watch our Twitter starting this Wednesday and through the weekend to see his coverage of Vibes. In this episode you will also hear a ticket check/lot report mash up. Thanks as always to those who called in and don’t forget our number when you are out at shows: 419.NO.WOOKS. And a special shout out to those who live streamed this week and participated in the show. We couldn’t do this without our fantastic listeners. Until next time, stay cool everyone!
Katie
I’m gonna keep this post short.
It’s myself and PhanArt. He’s been on many a TWoL before. We talk about his recent trip to Hangout Fest and my trip to the Googa Mooga. We run through your voice mails. There’s some deep analysis re: Phish tour > tickets, the poster show, and tweetups. Lastly, no Steve/Pete TWoL would be complete without all the necessary Bisco updates. What does this mean for you? Laughter. Tears. Awkward moments.
Thanks for listening, see you on tour.
- Steve
We have Steve, Nick, and Emilie this week. Emilie is back on the carnivore side and has kicked the veggie lifestyle to the curb, hence our episode title for the week. Chicken waaangs are an amazing thing in everyday life but after you haven’t had them for a year? You better believe they are amazing.
But I digress, on to this weeks news. Let’s start with Trey news as there was a few things this week. Trey has announced an Orchestra Tour with three dates in Feb and one in March spread across the country. He’s also recording a new solo album with the members of TAB and has noted he will be “taking a whole new direction” for this album, whatever that means. The TWoL crew is divided on whether or not this will be a good album. Personally I think it will work out in the end but only time will tell.
Moving along to Phish news, Watkins Glen track official Ryan Lake has announced that the venue will focus on racing events for 2012 so no return for a festival this year. While not shocking that Phish is not playing there again so soon, it doesn’t mean they won’t return in the future. The majority of TWoL attend Superball so we’re really hoping for a return sometime in the future. In our last bit of Phish news we would like to point out the many after-shows for each night of the MSG run. If you managed not to wook-out at the main event we hope to see you late night!
Even though it’s nearly winter there is still some festival news this week. All Good has announced they will move from their WV location to Legend Valley in Ohio. Legend Valley (formerly Buckeye Lake) has hosted many amazing bands, festivals, and concerts over the years. In a period where most festivals only last a short time TWoL gives kudos to All Good for 16 years of jamband love.
As of right now Jam Cruise 10 takes off in 39 days and if you don’t have your tickets well you’re pretty screwed cause it’s sold out. But…not to fret! Jam Cruise 11 prebooking starts Dec 1st so you can always go next time!
We received a few voicemails this week, thanks to all who took the time to leave one. Don’t forget the number is 419-NO-WOOKS program it in your phone!
Thank you to everyone that supports us and we’ll see you next week on lot!
This week, Steve, Emilie and Katie tackled the big news of the day: YEMSG lottery emails have arrived!! Of course we were all big losers. But someone out there must have gotten tickets right? Congrats to the winners and please share the wealth! And don’t forget about public on sale Saturday October 29th at noon.
If you were a winner or a loser in the lottery you should still check out the great after shows happening NYE weekend. Bisco announced that they are playing December 28th late night so that they wouldn’t conflict with Phish. Check out the details for that and the rest of their NYE run here. Also for all you late night folks, Wyllys will be bringing his NY Hustler Ensemble (featuring the lovely and talented Jennifer Hartswick and Natalie Cressman) to Sullivan Hall for an after show on the 31st. We also discussed a rumor about a possible Marco Benevento after show on December 29th. Keep your eyes peeled for an official announcement kids!
Next, Steve filled us in on TAB’s October 12th show at the Wellmont. He found it to be a great show for a $20 ticket with straightforward Trey rock. And in the Ticket Check we learned that you can still see them at the Tabernacle on November 11th for cheap! Also in Ticket Check, scalpers and crazy people are already posting YEMSG tickets for sale despite the fact that lottery announcements just started rolling in. At least wait for public onsale people… And finally, Jamcruise is sold out, sorry folks! But give a shout out to Steve and Noob Laura on the boat!
Looking ahead we checked out Mr. Miner’s long awaited book release. Railroad Earth is also doing a sweet Thanksgiving weekend in Stroudsburg, PA full of bluegrass, art, poetry and food.
Emilie has been a busy girl up in Boston and gave us recaps on Little Dragon at the Royale and The Low Anthem at the Somerville Theater. She’s looking forward to Blizten Trapper, Dawes, and Dark Star Orchestra. Steve and Katie will be hitting up the Lawn Boys this weekend in NYC for some epic Halloween show action.
That’s all she wrote this week. Go catch some shows and leave us lot reports: 419-NO-WOOKS. ‘Til next time, peace!
- Katie
Steve, Katie and Steve discussed the brah who got beat down on lot in Colorado for simply selling his wares. The Denver Westword wrote a long piece detailing the facts, laws, etc. Do you have a good Phish lot confiscation story? Leave us a voicemail: 419-NO-WOOKS.
Next up: All Trey all the time! TAB tour began this week with a benefit at Higher Ground for Hurricane Irene victims. They debuted two new songs and the show is available on LivePhish for all those who can’t wait for AUDs. This week Trey hits the Carolinas and Maryland. Check out the Ticket Rundown for prices near you.
Jam Cruise announced its Theme Nights: Mothership Masquerade, Go Green and Yacht Club. Get your creative costume juices flowing! And for those of you still on the fence, only 35 cabins left.
Next up TWoL’s shows for the week. Toonces hit WSP, with an unsurprisingly questionable crowd. Of course, he fit right in. He also hit PGroove with listener @RickRoth3. And finally, Dayglow – body paint, neon lights and DJs. What else could you ask for?
In the meantime, Steve and Katie hit Conspirator at Brooklyn Bowl. Steve says it was his favorite Conspirator show – The Wall/Shakedown mash-up was a highlight! Katie followed that up the next night by a show by the London Souls at Brooklyn Bowl, a NYC band who has a modern take on the 70’s – if you like Hendrix or Zeppelin, check them out.
And finally, just ‘cause the Phish isn’t touring doesn’t mean there isn’t fall music. Check out Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Railroad Earth and the Cactus himself.
That’s it for this TWoL. Looking forward to Emily’s return next week and hoping that Nick doesn’t get seduced by Wooks with crystals and promises of free heady grilled cheese for life…
Peace!
Katie
(Note: please excuse the low end hum that is present on the audio. I apologize in advance, and will work on fixing for next week. Thanks - Steve)
This week TWoL is coming at you with a jam packed, 40 minute episode full of news, reviews and opinions skewed.
We start off with a review of Furthur at the Best Buy Theater from 3/13/11. I was in attendance for this show, and left pleasantly surprised. Moving to this more intimate venue from the monsterous MSG was definitely a good call. With emotions running high after the passing of Stanley “Bear” Owsley earlier in the day, the band definitely brought their “A” game. And adding Warren Haynes to almost all of the second set was welcomed by fans in the house that night.
Next we hit the standard Phish “Ticket Check”and discuss our views on the recent on-sale activities. With only 2 shows sold out, it looks like everyone who wants to get in this summer should be able to, and this is a good thing. Quite the 180 from last summer, but we feel a variety of factors contributed to this, which of course we discuss in detail.
Then we hit your Lot Reports, and there are some good ones this week. We always appreciate you guys calling, so keep hitting us up. 419-NO-WOOKS / 419-669-6657.
We did another venue review this week, tackling PNC Bank Arts Center, the 2 Steve’s home turf. Next week we will keep it moving with DTE Energy Music Theater.
Lastly, we run through some news of the week. GOTV added some artists we like to the lineup. At least 1 of us will be there, and hopefully we can provide a live show for you guys. All Good has also released another round of artists. Finally, Mayan Holidaze goes on sale this week, and this guy just might finally pull the trigger.
Thanks for tuning in, we will catch you guys next Tuesday.
-Steve
This weeks episode of TWoL is a special one! We take a dip from our normal routine and have a run-through of 2010 to point out our favorite shows, venues, lots, and festivals. Also last but certainly not least we pick a winner of our Phish NYE hotdog giveaway!
Let’s get started with our favorite shows for 2010. It was tough to pick but below are our favorite shows/band for 2010.
Steve – Phish at MSG night 1, Disco Biscuits
Emilie - Phish at Camden night 2, Dr. Dog
Nick – Phish Atlantic City night 2, Moksha
Honorable mention: Trey in Princeton
Next we run through our favorite venues. For those of us that saw a lot of shows this year it was tough choice but we had to choose.
Steve – Brooklyn Bowl, Jones Beach
Emilie – The Independent (SF), MPP
Nick – The Greek (Berkeley), Blakes on Telegraph
Honorable mention: nTelos Pavilion
We also do a recap of our favorite festivals from 2010 as well as some upcoming festivals we are looking forward to for 2011.
2010 – Camp Bisco 9, High Sierra Music Festival
2011 – Camp Bisco 10, Bonnaroo, Gathering of the Vibes, Phish Watkins Glen (Rumored)
Honorable mention: Jamcruise (any year!)
Most used smart phone apps: Jambase, Phanatic
Sadly we only had a few voice mails to play this episode. Don’t forget when you’re on lot, on your way to the lot, or even the day after the lot to leave us a report of the show! (419-669-6657)
Finally it was a really tough choice but we picked a winner for the Phish Meatstick giveaway. It was so tough in fact that we actually had to do an on air coin flip…drum roll…the winner is…Woot! Thank you to everyone who left a comment, better luck next time.
Thank you again to all our supporters, we’ll see you next week on lot!
Going live after midnight on the east coast, we thought it was only appropriate to title this episode “TWoL After Dark”. But we wanted to get in one last “normal” show of 2010, so we all grabbed a few drinks, and made it happen. Big ups to everyone in the chat room who stayed up late with us.
No big news this week on the jamband scene, so we hit you with all the standards; lot reports, ticket checks and whimsical banter. Don’t be hesitant on downloading this one however, it’s pure classic TWoL. Emilie saw a ton of music, Nick discusses the tap water situation in Vegas, and I play a lot of inappropriate sound bytes throughout. Some final advice before the Phish holiday run starts is given, and we fill everyone in on our plans for the same. Spoiler alert: WINE BAR!!!
Without a doubt, thanks to everyone who has been listening, whether from episode 1 or episode 54. We appreciate the support. We hope everyone has a happy and safe holiday, and we will see you guys on lot in Worcester.
Be good,
Steve
PS: Special thanks to friend of the show “fishinole1″ for a h3tty donation which we will put towards some stickers to hand out during this upcoming run.
Thanks to everyone who stuck around for the live stream we apologize for the late start. The TWoL networks’ other podcast typeII started a little late and caused a domino effect.
For anyone reading this after the live broadcast you can stream the recorded version above or subscribe in iTunes. However, make a note if you want to listen to the live show tune into this link at 6:30 pm EST for typeII and 9:30 pm for TWoL.
This week was a little slow so we spent sometime reviewing our Thanksgiving holidays and talking about upcoming shows we plan to attend. Nick is planning on attending the DSO show and Emilie is finally going to see Boombox.
We also introduce a new segment where we try and figure out what people were actually trying to find when they stumbled on our site. This weeks episode title was actually inspired by one of these searches!
Last but not least we run through your voicemails. Thank you to everyone who left us a voicemail, we can’t be everywhere all the time! Remember if you’re going to be on lot hit us up at 419-NO-WOOKS and give us a report.
Thank you again to all of our listeners, we’ll see you next week on lot!
Due to our holiday schedules this episode comes to you a day early and a host short. Yes it’s true we’re sans Emilie, but not to fear, long time TWoL correspondent Toonces fills the void. Emilie will be back next week once she gets back from her h3tty cruise.
First on the agenda this week is the review of the Trey show in Princeton. Steve and long time TWoL personality Noob Laura attended the show. Overall it was a really good show and someone how Steve managed to be seated next to one of the only wooks at the show. Even though the venue was really small there was definitely some open seats, you’ll have to listen to hear more details.
Steve also checked out Furthur in MSG on Saturday night. (Big ups to Jed Leckless for the tix.) Surprise surprise, Furthur shows have a level 10 crusty wook factor. I guess when you’ve been riding the tour train that long it’s hard to get off and take a shower. Overall the show was good, started strong but finished slow. To each their own.
Next up Toonces puts on a clinic of what types of beer are good for what types of lots. He also gives some advice on what to bring and how to sell if you’re going to try and make your gas money slanging beers on lot. There might be some fundamental changes in lot economics, this could be the death of 1 for $3 and 2 for $5 when it comes to beer. If you want the best sometimes you have to pay for it.
After that we run through a ticket check for the Phish holiday run. Looks like prices are holding steady or are rising. We also run through travel plans to and from the city for NYE. If you’re staying in Jersey we recommend using the PATH train unless you want to hang in NYC till 4:30 am. Take a listen to find out all of our travel tips.
Lastly we run through our voicemails for the week. Thank you to everyone who left a message! Remember we can’t be everywhere all the time so make sure to hit us up with your lot reports.
Thank you again everyone, we’ll see you next week on lot!
Welcome back everyone! No guest this week but we do have some site improvements and a new addition to the TWoL network to announce. First and foremost we added a calendar feature it’s under “The Schedule” on the right side of our page below the RSS feed. TWoL also has a new podcast going called type II cast, it’s all about music reviews and will contain a “panel of guests” on and off. Check it out it airs on Tuesday’s at 8 pm EST right before TWoL at 9:30 EST.
Tonight we broadcast on Monday as Nick has an important event tomorrow night, but hey at least you get to start your week off with an episode! First up we banter about what shows we did and didn’t see this last week. One listener who was at the same Perpetual Groove show as Steve learns a valuable lesson about wearing a raincoat if you’re going to buy nitrous. You’ll have to listen to find out the details. Steve also hit the LCD Soundsystem.
Next up we run through the exciting announcement about Phish running a 5 night New Years Run! Starting with 2 shows in Worcester, MA and finishing off in MSG with a show on 1.1.11 this run has a lot of promise. Phish is known for pulling some serious pranks/surprises, and some of us really hope the 1.1.11 brings a huge surprise.
We run a ticket check as we try to do anytime Phish or other jambands are on tour and surprisingly we find out that tickets are dropping steadily from last week. Hang tight phanners the prices are soon to be back to face or very close for the tougher shows.
The String Cheese Incident and The Disco Biscuits are performing a Halloween run at the Hampton Coliseum. Bring on the glitter, hoops, and untz! They’re dubbing it Hulaween, if you’re going to make a trip to this show make sure to leave us a lot report!
We’ve also got a tweetup scheduled for the Atlantic City Phish shows, feel free to swing by. It’s at the classiest place in AC, the Hooters Restaurant in the Tropicana Hotel. The good news is it’s close to the venue, less than a half mile walk and if you don’t like the food the scenery should be good. You can register for the tweetup here, if we get enough people signed up we will try to reserve a party room.
Last but certainly not least we run through our voicemails…err voicemail. We only receive one voicemail this week, don’t forget to let us know what’s going on people! Program our number into your phone it’s 419-NO-WOOKS or if you’re calling from a blackberry 419-669-6657.
Thanks again for everyone listening, we’ll see you next week on lot!
We’ve got a lot going on this episode, so let’s dive right in! Jed Luckless is our guest this week. Jed is a jamband fan living in New York and performs a live stream on Wednesday’s that you can find here. He play’s jamband music and also performs some of his original tunes, one of which he debuts at the end of this podcast so make sure to stay to the finish.
Big news this week was the announcement and onsale of the Four Mile Canyon Revival Benefit show. This show is set to provide funding for the Boulder Mountain Fire Relief Fund after the devastating fire in Boulder, CO. Artists to perform include, The String Cheese Incident, Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Yonder Mountain String Band, and the members of Phish. Funny enough the members of Phish are not “billed” as Phish, but rather just their names which leads us to believe they will come out and jam separately but not actually perform as Phish. Tickets went onsale through Ticket Horse and it seems a lot of tickets were held back as the sellout was instantaneous. Score one for the promoters to keep these benefit tickets out of the hands of scalpers.
Our ticket check this week reveals that the Broomfield shows in CO are actually leading the way for the most expensive secondary market ticket. Kind of a shock seeing as all the buzz is around the Halloween weekend in Atlantic City but then again they are basically the only “west coast” shows.
Next up we discuss the ability for people to connect with each other with ease thanks to technology. It’s funny when you think back a few years when twitter and Facebook didn’t really exist how easy it is to connect with other people, especially famous people and musicians now, it’s like day and night. Case in point, Furthur has started tweeting out pictures of their set lists after their shows so fans can take a look at what they were thinking before the show started. Pretty cool if you ask us.
It’s not too often that something good comes from the message boards on PT but this weekend there was a thread that was pure gold. It’s all about a parody on the Bud Light commercials “Real Men of Genius”, except this version is all about wooks. Check it out and also take a listen as Steve tries his best to recreate one of these commercials on air.
We also have a tweetup planned for the Atlantic City shows, you don’t have to be on twitter to sign up. Check out the details here, it’s being held at a super classy joint. ; )
As always we run through your voicemails, thank you everyone who left us a lot report, keep them coming! We’ll see you next week on lot!
TWoL is back up and running after the brief hiatus occurred when all of Steve’s equipment was wook’d. We’re glad to say that we came back better than ever and with the new equipment the sound is even better. Thank you to everyone that gave us a h3tty kickdown on the cost of the stolen equipment.
A lot is going on this week so let’s get started! First up we talk about the Phish Fall Tour ticket onsales. I guess you can’t say it went “exactly” as planned. For some reason at the time of this blog post the first Phish show in NH in years and years isn’t sold out as well as the first night in Charleston?!? Obvious other shows were instant sellouts such as the smallest venue on tour, Utica, Broomfield and the 3 night Halloween run in Atlantic City.
Gordo announced his tour which to the delight of many a Phish phan starts right after the Halloween run and begins on the west coast. He does a nice run up the west coast, through the midwest and ends back Boston just in time for Thanksgiving.
TAB at the TAB was announced for release as a live album with the first 500 pre-orders getting their copy signed! Steve’s memory gets a little hazy when we talk about this show, was he there or wasn’t he? You have to listen to find out.
New Years Eve shows are being announced like crazy right now. You can see a full list of what’s been announced so far here. Some notables are YMSB in St. Louis, moe. in Boston, Umphrey’s McGee in Chicago, and Paul Anka in Naples, FL. ; )
As always to end the show we take a listen to your voicemails and Steve gives a quick lot report and untz report from his recent endeavor to see Bisco this last weekend. The untz was so epic that he is still trying to recover 3 days later.
Thank you everyone for your support, we’ll see you next week on lot!
This weeks episode was a whirlwind of good times and technical difficulties. We apologize for the mishaps, our internets were getting wook’d this week. Even though the interwooks tried to take us down we pressed on and managed to finish the episode. Props to the chat room folks who stayed with us through the mayhem!
This week is a Phish ticket check, and low and behold tickets for the Greek and Telluride are holding steady at well above face. With the first leg of tour having some major bustouts, no official Fall Tour announcement yet, these being the only shows on or near the West Coast, demand is through the roof! Speaking of the Greek, Nick is holding a Tweetup at the 5 Restaurant inside of Hotel Shattuck in Berkeley, CA. To RSVP and get more details click here.
Remember we still have our photo contest going on courtesy of our sponsor for Phish Summer Tour part II, Glowstickwars.com. Check out the pictures below and congratulations to this weeks winner! Don’t forgot to bring your camera and send your photo submissions to info@thisweekonlot.com and each week we will pick a winner and Glowstickwars.com will ship you some uber h3tty glowsticks for free!
As always don’t forget to hit us up with your voicemails, we expect to have a full mailbox of lot reports with all the shows going on these next few weeks!
This weeks photo entries. Thanks for all the submissions. Keep them coming.
And the winner is . . .
Listen to Special Report – Camp Bisco 2010
Hey guys, this week we have a special report for ya, live from Camp Bisco 2010. This is a unique episode, as it will bring some firsts to the program. As usual, we hit you up with an episode discussing the scene. This week, the players are “Noob” Laura, PhanArt Pete, and myself (Steve). We review the camp grounds, our favorite sets of music, and all the “WHOMP” we ran in too (WHOMP is the new UNTZ). Next, I hit shakedown and scored interviews with vendors and artists. Finally, we add some updates during the rain delay that occurred on Saturday night, delaying the Biscuits final throw down.
In addition to the episode, I also have put together some photos and videos of the weekend. There is so much to do at Camp Bisco, it would be impossible to do it justice in the half hour broadcast. True to our mission, we are bringing you a snap shot of “the lot”, but I couldn’t help but throw in some band photos and coverage. This was my 5th Camp Bisco, and without hesitation, I can say it was for reals the best one. If you have never been, you have to go next year. I know I will be going.
Finally, I would like to apologize for the crappy audio on my mic during the first half of the episode. Laura and Pete sound good, but I had some weird shit going on. I hope this isn’t a deal breaker, the rest of the audio is great, but I wanted to acknowledge it. Also, big ups to Laura and Pete for joining in this episode. Thanks to the carenwest pr for having TWoL on the scene. Finally thanks to the Disco Biscuits for putting on one hell of a good time!
“It wouldn’t be Camp Bisco if it wasn’t Camp Bisco” – Marc Brownstein.
Photos of Camp Bisco 9 (TWoL will begin to use Picasa to host extra photos so be sure to bookmark us)
Videos of Camp Bisco 9 (Check back or subscribe to the You Tube channel as more videos will be added.)
*Be sure to watch the last 2 mins of the Girl Talk video. IT IS THE H3TTY.
Interviews with:
http://www.thebigupfestival.com/
This week we have some very special guests/sponsors on the show all the way from Canada! Andrew and Mike join us from GlowStickWars.com and we discuss a little about their site and what they’re all about. They will also be giving away glowsticks to a few lucky listeners during the 2nd leg of Phish tour this summer. For details on how to win you’ll have to listen to the podcast.
With the first leg of Phish Summer Tour 2010 done and the 2nd part getting ready to start it’s about time some bunk Phish Fall Tour 2010 dates started to show up. This little gem was plucked from the intrawebz, besides Austin City Limits and the heavily rumored Vegas shows, TWoL is calling nanners on the rest of it. You think that if this was an official list they would at least be able to spell Gainesville right. Hopefully we have to eat our words and the whole thing comes true, but let’s just say we aren’t holding our breath.
In other news Steve is heading to Camp Bisco 9 this weekend where he will be attempting to get some h3tty interviews from the lot and festival scene while getting down with the untz. There’s a ton of amazing music lined up you can check out all the artists here, it all culminates with 3 shows by the Disco Biscuits. If you haven’t secured your tickets for this untz filled weekend, don’t worry tickets are still available at the gate. For more info on tickets for Camp Bisco 9 check out this link. Don’t forget your flatbrim people, it’s going to be one hell of a weekend!
Thank you again to everyone who left us voicemails, we play a few of them at the end of this episode and Nick nearly vomits when he hears where a wookette’s tongue has traveled. To hear the gruesome story you’ll to tune and take a listen. Peace everyone, we’ll see you next week on the lot!
Camp Bisco 2009 by Steve O
Camp Bisco "Lot" 2009 by Steve O.
After a few weeks on Phish tour and at High Sierra Music Festival the entire crew of TWoL is back for this episode! Emilie has been going nonstop since June 17th wooking it up with the best of them and has tales of tour from coast to coast.
We have a review of all the Phish lots we’ve been to since the last time we left our listeners at Merriweather. There were a lot of wooks, even more cops, some serious bust outs from the band, and Steve learns that luke warm wine from a bag doesn’t sell well on the lot. Just goes to show there’s always a lesson on the lot.
We received a TON of voicemails since our last full episode and we appreciate everyone leaving us amazing lot reports. There was so many we couldn’t get to all of them but we tried to bring you the best of the best. Looks like a lot of folks from Phish tour left us messages as well as some from Furthur. Keep them coming!
Last but not least we try out a new segment on the show reviewing a random search term people used to find our blog. We’re not exactly sure how the googles navigated people to our site from this term and even what the person really meant. You be the judge!
Thanks again to PhanArt for sponsoring us this month and to everyone who left voicemails. We’ll be announcing the random winner of the PhanArt package giveaway next week. Until then see you on the lot!
furthur lot with noob laura
Steve and Emilie go live as a duo again this week while Nick is knee deep in brisket preparing for his big BBQ cook-off this weekend! We wish him all the luck 300 h3tty crystals can bring a brah…
We start this episode off by doing a quick recap of this past week’s musical outings; Emilie went hipster-wook and hit up Plants and Animals. Not quite a the lot scene, but the show rocked HARD! If you see this band coming through your town – GO! Steve kept it OG-wook and spent the night with a few fellow twibe members at DSO in New Jersey (keep it dirty) and reports that there was no shortage of wookery at the raging Shakedown out front.
Festival season officially kicks off this weekend with lots of Memorial Day Weekend fun from coast to coast. We run down the list of all the festivals to choose from: with so many amazing options you have no excuse to be on couch tour! Starting in the middle we’ve got Summer Camp going on it’s 10th year in Chillicothe, Illinois – people travel from all over for this UMoe. fest. The northeast has got DelFest where Noob Laura will hold down the fort (we better get some lot reports). The west coast gets the most love with four festivals to choose from: Lightning in a Bottle if you’re looking for untz, Mountain Aire Furthur Fest if you’re looking for grilled cheese, Desert Rocks festival in Utah if you’re looking for beautiful surroundings and Sasquatch up at the Gorge if you’re looking for skinny jeans. All in all, it looks like it should be a nice little weekend of music.
With summer tour only days away, we touch on late nights and ticket checks. SPAC night 1 has sold out making it the first show other than those that sold out immediately to “sell out.” If you didn’t get a chance to snag tickets, check out our buddy Jim’s contest – he’s giving away a pair of SPAC pavillions for a good cause – MS research. We also talk late nights as we look at all the artists traveling to Telluride to play to those who can’t find a miracle. And, speaking of Phish – we’ve heard major “no’s” on the Indio rumor that had been circulating in recent months…which leads us to our next poll: If there’s no festival in Indio, where will it be?? We’ve come up with a few options below so scroll, vote and let us know what you think.
As many of you have heard, there was a bit of family drama in the PT world this past week, congratulations to PhanTank who has officially earned his 15 minutes of fame. We here at TWoL want to go on record and say “can’t we all just get along??” Come on people, we’re here for the music!!
We close it out with voicemails were we have a little nugget from our youngest listener (go to sleep, it’s past your bedtime!!)
Stay tuned and keep the lot reports coming….you never know….maybe you’ll end up the winner of an Alpine Valley travel package!
Nick is on hiatus this week, but Steve and Emilie kill it with the first ever TWoL live video stream episode packed full of rumors, updates, and voicemails – oh my!
Phish in Vegas is the big rumor this week with dates being October 14-16, fitting well with the Austin City Limits rumor of the weekend before. This also flows well with the possibility of Phish heading back to Indio for Fest9 again this Halloween.
Also in Phish news, earlier today they recorded their take on a Rolling Stone’s: Exile on Mainstreet song for the Jimmy Fallon show that airs tonight. We’re all waiting patiently to see what they’ll play!
Then the spring cleaning begins and we bring you all the latest TWoL updates including links to “kick down some donations brah“, sponsorship opportunities, CID – Alpine Valley Travel Package contest, our Jambase page which tracks all the shows we are going to, and last but certainly not least our new Facebook page! Become a fan today and we’ll love you forever.
Lastly we listen to some great voicemails and all get a good laugh. Again, thank you to everyone who calls in with reports – keep the drunk dials coming! It’s also not too late to partake in our poll from last week, let us know if you danced (or didn’t dance) at Phish3D.
Next week the band will be back together.
Sponsor for this episode: CID Entertainment
So just as the episode title states this week we ain’t got shit! Not too much going on this week, none of us have made it to the Phish 3D movie yet, but we all have plans to see it the weekend it opens nationwide.
From the little bit of activity we did have Emilie went to ”Fauxchella” and saw a few bands that played recently at Coachella. She was able to catch Miike Snow, MGMT, and TLG in SF this week. She also made it out to see The Grateful Dead Movie where there was a little bit of a scene. We banter around those bands a few other things that amuse us.
We run through some voicemails from our listeners some are about the Phish 3D experience and some are just about as random as they come. However, we thank everyone who left us a message keep them coming! Since we didn’t have shit to talk about this week we also took some suggestions from our twitter followers and discussed random topics.
Stay tuned for next week when we will announce a special giveaway contest we’re having. You won’t want to miss it!
All the cool kids are doing it!
Festival 8 is back in all of its full glory on the big screen! Today the cities were finally announced where you can go and see Festival 8 in 3D as performed by Phish on Halloween Weekend 2009. Cities are listed here and at some select theatres you can already purchase advance tickets. The film is scheduled to open on April 30th and run for one week so be sure to see it while you can.
Next up we’ve got a ticket check, it appears that Great Woods has finally “sold out” as we were no longer able to pull tickets. I guess everyone will just have to wait for the inevitable rerelease that’s sure to happen. We also perform a sanity check and see what prices tickets are going for. Every show that isn’t sold out is going for under face and currently Telluride holds the top price at around $700 a ticket. No surprises, but we’ll keep an eye out and let the listeners know what’s going on each week.
Our friends over at Glide Magazine did a rundown of the “10 Hardest Phish Tickets” and for the most part we agree with their lists. There are some discrepancies and debatable picks but over all we agree. You can check out the list here.
Speaking of movies, turns out The Grateful Dead have another movie coming out. Got to keep the merchandising machine running, Bobby needs some new shorts! Jambase has a great write up providing the details about where and when you can see the movie in theatres as well as details on when you can buy the movie.
Our old friend Noob Laura is back on the episode this week and she brings with her a book review of Headz. This book is about the lot scene and about different characters and their experiences getting to the lot and on the lot. We aren’t sure how we feel about the book but if you’re interested you can find it on their website but you’ll have to take a listen to find out Laura’s review.
Last and certainly least (in some of our opinions) is the strange Hulaween announcement of SCI and tDB playing in Hampton, VA. We’ve got our predictions of how the flatbrim, untz, glitter, hula-hoops, and pinwheels night is going to turn out and it’s not looking good. If you’re bored off your ass or just want to kangfirm we aren’t making this up and they really are planning to do this check out the info.
Thanks everybody for listening, we’ll see you next week on lot!
After a brief delay this week due to technical difficulties we’re back up and at ‘em and we’re bringing with us a new guest. Emilie joins the podcast as a permanent member this week. She met Steve and I this past year, myself at the Hampton shows and Steve at the Fenway show. Coincidentally she also met Noob Laura at the Hampton shows where the Phish Twibe had their first official tweet-up.
So the big news this past week has been the announcement of the Phish lottery results and the on-sales for the summer shows. Each of us talk about how we fared in the lottery. Some of us did better than others but the general consensus is we all got what we wanted either in the lottery or during the on-sales. As the title alludes to, tickets are pretty easy to get now that the hype as died down.
Which brings us to our next point of discussion, what sold out and what is still available? Phish officially lists nTelos, Berkeley, Telluride, Great Woods, and both nights of Jones Beach as sold out. However, during our podcast we were able to pull a Great Woods pavilion ticket so something weird is going on with that.
In other Phish related news, there will be a 3D movie of last years epic Halloween festival Fest8 in Indio, CA. You can check out a trailer and sign up for the mailing list which will announce theatre dates and times here. There is a sneak preview coming out in a few select cities on April 20th, but the official release of the movie is scheduled for April 30th.
This is an interesting episode kids.
We start off with Nick, Emilie, and myself “rabbling” about phish summer tour.
Then Andy from Jambase joins us to talk about SXSW, and some more Phish tour.
At this point, the whole podcast shit the bed, so we hit the abort button and finished up a few days later.
In the last 10 minutes, we touch on Phish tickets by mail and the upcoming public on-sale. Be sure to check out our handy guide.
I give a quick rundown of the Bisco Power Mission at the Brooklyn Bowl.
Finally, We give the inside scoop on the Auction.
Hope you enjoy and hang in there till our next episode when we will analyze the ticket situation for summer tour.
Be good,
Olker
We apologize for the delay in getting you an episode Steve was overcome with the wook flu last week and we were unable to get an episode up. However, I think this weeks episode definitely makes up for the delay.
Our guest this week is Andy Gadiel from Jambase.com and Andy Gadiel’s Phish Page. Andy gives us a rundown about how he got started with Jambase and the history of his personal Phish page. A word of advice, always volunteer at a music festival, it just might change your life.
Next up we talk about the shows we’ve attended in the last 2 weeks and what was happening in the lot scenes. All 3 of us made it to a recent show although some of the shows were better than others. Steve also chimes in about what’s “grinding his gears” wait till you hear how much he paid for a single beer.
Rumors, what would the intrawebz be without them? Phish is not so much “rumored” to be playing Telluride in Colorado as it’s been in the local news. Also heavily rumored is that Phish might be playing at Wrigley Field in Chicago on June 1st Andy certainly hopes so as he originally hails from the windy city and the rumored date is on the eve of his birthday.
The Disco Biscuits Camp Bisco has been announced and Steve is excited for the lineup. We find out that Andy actually attended the very first Camp Bisco and has some fond memories. Also make sure to check out Honest Tunes Radio Show , they’ll be interviewing Tea Leaf Green soon.
Speaking of history, yesterday was the one year anniversary of the return of Phish. This was also the same weekend that Nick first met Noob Laura in person. Happy Anniversary to Phish and Happy Anniversary to the This Week on Lot original crew.
Hope everyone enjoys this episode, we’re hoping to have Andy back on again soon to give us a live “lot” report from SXSW.
We’ve got a short episode for you this week as there’s not much going on with “The State of the Lot” these days. Be sure to check out Camp Bisco 9 as well as the Gordo March Tour Run and Les Claypool has a tour and wine announcement. There’s also a few shows going on at the Brooklyn Bowl that are worth checking out.
We also have a bit of sad news, Laura or “Noob Laura” as so many of you know her as taken an indefinite leave from TWoL. Laura, we wish you the best and the door is always open for ya! That being said, we now have an opening for someone interested in giving reports, producing the podcast etc. Hit us up either through email or preferably through our voicemail line at 419-NO-WOOKS; leave us message telling us what you could bring to the podcast.
**Editor’s Note** We apologize for the echo from Olker on the second half of the podcast. We’re not sure if he decided to broadcast from a cave or if his interview with our special guest inspired him to add some reverb to the podcast. Either way, sorry! We’ll try not to let it happen again!**
What do you get when you mix costumes, jam bands, a bunch of hippies, and a giant boat? Oh yea, and sock puppets? Jam Cruise! Our good friend Neil from Coventry Phish & Music Blog was luck enough to set sail this year and he made it back to dry land to tell us all about it. Steve waxes poetic about his Jam Cruise experience, leaving the rest of the TWoL crew to wonder why the hell we didn’t go this year.
We have an AMAZING interview lined up for the break. We still can’t believe we were able to sit down with this person for such an in depth interview!
After the break, the crew gives their recommendations for the 2010 festival season. We’re going with Wakarusa, Desert Rocks, and Delfest this year. Where will you be? Check out all your festie options on Jambase, where they’re conveniently organized them all into great regional lists.
After a quick ticket check, where Steve is man enough to admit when he’s wrong (Trey tour is selling out!), we hear from our good friend Nick in Ohio about the worst state in the country for live music and how he’s hosting us at GratefulFest this year. Right Nick!?
Check it out! We went an entire episode without mentioning Phish!
Even though Trey told us to cool out until next Summer, we’re all still buzzing about Phish and the crazy year that was 2009. We just can’t get enough. So to keep us warm and cozy through the next 5 (or 6?!) months of bleek non-Phish existence, our good friend @EricWyman put together an amazing playlist of the Best Jams of 2009. With the help of nearly everyone on Twitter, Eric collected votes on the best jams (or songs) from all three tours, Hampton, Fest 8, and New Years. There was so much to choose from but the votes made it pretty clear which jams were the best of the best. Listen to hear which jam reigned supreme over the goodness that was 2009. Granted, you can’t really ever boil it down to just one song, right? So Eric and friends put together over 7 hours of amazing Phish for our listening pleasure. For all you cubicle monkeys, you can start this playlist first thing in the morning and rock out your entire shift at work. Not that you don’t do that already, we’re sure…
You can stream or download the entire playlist and let us know what you think. Also, check out the votes from the twitter and phish.net community. Anything on there you agree or disagree with?
Still looking back fondly at 2009, we address the best and worst lots of the year. We unanimously agree on the worst of the year. We’ll give you one hint: our personal space was definitely invaded and we did not enjoy it. The best lot? We all disagree but that’s a good thing, right? If the overall lot scene of 2009 was good, then win for all of us!
After the break, we look ahead at the multitude of tours in the next few months. It seems every jam band is on the road and is coming to your town (yea, even to Iowa). We have the Trey Anastasio Band sticking pretty close to the east coast, not showing any love to the west coast fans much to Nick’s dismay. It’s great to have our beloved ginger back on the road, but do the tickets need to cost so damn much? It’s because he’s bringing the horns, isn’t it? If you’ve had enough ginger in your life, you could always join Laura and Steve on the Disco Biscuits tour. Again, Brownie and the band are staying primarily on the east coast, with the exception of 4 dates in Denver and Bisco Inferno in May. This tour is going to be HOT and we can’t wait. And if that wasn’t enough for you, moe. is practically going everywhere in the next few months. Everywhere. And somehow they seem to be the first band to cater to their visual learning fans and put up a pretty sweet moe.map on their website. Check ‘em out. Need more options? How about Umphrey’s, Galactic, or Tea Leaf Green? Moral of the story? We had better be getting some lot reports from you brah and sisbrahs in the next few months because there is some music to be seen.
Speaking of lot reports, we got a fresh lot report from our good friend and part-time Ocelot @zippyhybrid. We met this cat and his girl at Fest8 and they are good people. Zippy is hitting us up from the NYE Yonder Mountain show.
All in all? We have so much to dwell on from last year but even more ahead of us this year. Happy 2010 kids! See you on lot!
Hey all, we’re back after a bit of a hiatus. Nick had to go off and get married and Steve was sans internet for a while. It’s all good now as Steve is joined on the podcast by two ladies. Laura is back and she brought our good friend Joanne. With all these sis-brahs on this show, we had to talk about typical female personalities on lot. We’ve got the heady mamas, we’ve got the flat brim girls, we’ve got ‘em all. Laura and Joanne weigh in on why wings should be banned from shows and why the greatest lot food ever sold was found in Hartford.
There was a ton of news to cover tonight: Umphreys McGee is getting all innovative on us, moe. isn’t touring for a while, the Biscuits are serving up some fried chicken and twitter hijinks, and Phish…we’ll, they’re still messing with us via their website.
Enjoy the episode tonight! Nick will be back next week to fill us in on how he kept his wedding wook-free. (Hint: it involved candles made of unicorn blood.)
Welcome back!
First up we have a recap of the summer with our guest, Pete from PhanArt. He talks about his adventures on tour and what the scene has evolved into these days.
Next up an update to guilty pleasures. We talk around what does it mean if your favorite band actually wins a guilty pleasure contest, is that really a good thing?
http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/09/16/guilty-pleasures-final-four/
Moe let’s you vote for a Halloween song and UM let’s you tell what to play. Uhh what is UM letting you do again???
http://www.jambands.com/News.phtml?newsfile=redesign_news432.html#9-21-35
Apparently hippies don’t hate death metal, or Andy Gadiel likes it:
http://www.jambase.com/Articles/Story.aspx?StoryID=19728
Pearl Jam is the new Grateful Dead, if you believe this you must be sniffing glue:
Next up we reveal the results of the last weeks poll!
Finally as always we finish up with your voicemails, thanks for the feedback everyone! Keep it coming and remember a wook in the hand is worth 3 on your couch.
Peace!
Welcome back kids!
First up we have our guest host TJ who gives a review of all the heady lot food and the inflation of lot prices he saw on tour this year.
This episode has a review around the recent Bisco shows at Starland including some “uplifting” discussion of Bisco chicks.
http://www.phantasytour.com/bisco/setlists.cgi
Up next we discuss the scene with the Trey show at Carnegie Hall and questionable characters who were hanging around outside. There’s a great article from Headcount depicting the situation.
http://www.headcount.org/blog/?p=2167
Last but not least we talk about an unfortunate situation at the Universal Church of Love and Music that happened a few weeks back.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09216/988358-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml
We also review the results of last weeks poll on what’s your favorite lot. Thank you to everyone who voted we received over 100 votes! To see which lot won you’ll have to tune into the broadcast, the results may surprise you.
We’ve also got a new poll for this week, tune in to the podcast to find out what it is . (Don’t scroll down 
As always we finish the podcast off reviewing your voice mails and addressing the important issue of what’s a gangsta wook?
Thanks for listening, as always feel free to leave us a voice mail and we’ll be sure to address your questions/comments/concerns on the next episode.
Peace!
(editors note: Please excuse some rough audio spots. We are using the best low cost technology available to us. Each week we are working on making the podcast sound and go as smooth as possible. Thanks for understanding – olker)
Is MySpace the wook of the internet? You be the judge. There’s some good points…and some bad points. In this episode we discuss the stream of Phish’s new album Joy released on MySpace before you can buy it. We talk around all aspects of this with our guest host Neil “The Joker” from CoventryMusic blog.
We also discuss the NPR radio interview of Trey and Page, specifically their comments on how they realize the hardcore fan base doesn’t fully support the albums. They (Trey & Page) also make comments about how you have to see Phish live to really “get” their music.
Next up we discuss the “Guilty Pleasures” NCAA bracket style music show run by Entertainment Weekly. Phish is currently up against Mariah Carey, it should be noted that PT (Phantasy Tour) is largely responsible for their first victory taking out a #1 seed Nickelback.
We encourage and love feedback so of course we listen to and respond to the messages we received. There’s a visit from Stephen Hawking, the broseph discussing wook hate, the Joy leak, and a guy just looking for a ride to the next show.
Here are the you tube videos we mentioned.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK762mNh1k8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPblm9D7iIs
Come join us next week as we leave the open question to you the listener. What’s your favorite lot? Tell us the what/where/why of your favorite lot and we’ll discuss next week. Also our friend Tij will be the guest host next week so look forward to a fresh face.
One more thing, we’re going to start randomly putting out WookWednesday podcasts, just little tidbits of how a wook/wookette can ultimately ruin a random day.
Thank you for listening.
