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:
This week on the program, Steve, Danmar and I were excited to talk about Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, which all three of us attended at Brooklyn Bowl. We (along with the rest of NYC it seems) were stoked about some of our favorite musicians playing some awesome Dead covers. So if you weren’t there, give the show a spin and see what you missed.
And finally, we revisited DanMar’s fashion corner with an update on everyone’s favorite clothier, Esther’s Attic, and premiered a new segment called “What were you Googling, brah?”. During this segment we examined puzzling/funny Google searches that led people to our humble website. Listen in for details but let me just say it involved wooks, spunions, flat brims, dicks, mustaches and unicorns eating tacos (aka all the finer things in life).
Unfortunately we had no voice mails this week. I am starting to feel very neglected! Please call in your lot reports to 419.NO.WOOKS. Our episodes are way better when you guys are involved! Speaking of listener participation though, thanks to everyone in the chat room last night and to Ian for throwing us a donation this week!
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:
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!
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!
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.
Four hosts, Steve, Emilie, Toonces and Katie, came out to celebrate our 99th Episode tonight. In case you missed his awesome special report from the boat Steve gave us a quick rundown of his Jamcruise experience. Dressing up at shows people, it’s the new black.
We quickly moved on to Emilie so she could run out and catch the superfly Rick James & the Name Changers. Stay tuned to Twitter and Facebook to hear updates from all her upcoming New England area shows.
Next Steve and I talked about the Umphrey’s McGee 14th Anniversary run last week in NYC. Umphrey’s is on fire right now, if the scarcity of tickets outside was any indication. Toonces also reported what sounds like a fantastic Railroad Earth show down in Virginia last weekend.
We had one voicemail this week, discussing a rather unfortunate experience in NYC following the YEMSG run. We wanna hear about your 2012 shows! Call us anytime at 419.NO.WOOKS.
Finally, of course, we discussed Phish rumors. With so many floating around right now (Bethel, Atlantic City, Vegas…) who knows what is true. But it is probably time to start booking refundable hotel rooms! Also, it’s time to start planning your summer festival schedule. On the TWoL radar: Camp Bisco, Summer Camp, Gathering of the Vibes and Floyd Fest. Finally, we look ahead to 2013. These kids wanna go to Mayan Holidaze and need an in! Let’s make a deal…
This week it’s guys night out on TWoL! Noob Laura and Emilie had prior engagements so Steve, Nick, and Toonces are your hosts.
Toonces just got back from Gathering of the Vibes and he runs through the whole experience from ticket taking, to the scene, to what not to do if you’re a ticketless wook. Apparently GOTV does not put up with any wookery when it comes to tickets which makes me pretty happy!
Steve and Noob Laura are heading to The Big Up festival this weekend in Ghent, NY. If you’re a fan of the untz this is the place to be. This festival is not all music either. There is a whole list of activities going on, from yoga to a talent contest, there’s always something to do. If you’re in the east coast area make sure you head to The Big Up!
Umphrey’s McGee is coming to a TWoL favorite venue for a four night stand. That’s right, UM is hitting up the Brooklyn Bowl for four nights in September. Tickets for the Friday night show is already sold out so make sure you grab some for the other nights while you can. Speaking of UM, if you haven’t checked out an UM based podcast yet? Give this a listen > UmpLove.
A mini TAB tour has been announced and wouldn’t you know it they are coming to the Wellmont Theater, another TWoL favorite venue. Trey hits the east coast in October for a few shows and then heads down to GA and FL for some November shows.
Thank you to everyone that left us a voice message, make sure to keep them coming! 419-NO-WOOKS is the number! Make sure to give us an update no matter what lot you’re on.
As always we appreciate all the support, make sure to listen to this weeks episode to get full details on everything listed here in the blog. We’ll see you next week on lot!
It’s been a crazy few weeks for the TWoL crew. Between us we’ve been to festivals on both sides of the country, seen some Phish, seen some untz, and everything in between. The last few updates have been special episodes first from Phish SBIX and then from Camp Bisco. We hope you enjoyed those special reports we definitely like being able to give on the spot updates.
This week we have Steve, Emilie and myself on. Emilie gives a quick rundown of the HSMF that she attended. While it sounds like she had a slight case of Phish festival regret the overall festival was amazing. Especially the h3tty organic foam pit, you’ll have to listen to get the details.
TWoL is all about live music (mainly focused on jambands) so we thought it would irresponsible for us not to point out that the Gathering of the Juggalos is coming up on Aug 11th. Everybody’s favorite winner Charlie Sheen is set to host one night along with Dustin Diamond. The festival has so much going on it promises to provide 24/7 activities from wrestlers to Faygo wet t-shirt contests. In the words of the immortal James Brown, please please please if you know someone attending have them leave a lot report! We’re curious to see what exactly happens at this event. 419-NO-WOOKS is the number!
Our brahs over at Cash or Trade have started a new site called LiveMusicMatch.com where you can try and find a h3tty moma. This is basically a site to make friends (or more) with people who are into the same music you are.
Jam Cruise 10 has added a few more bands to their lineup. If you haven’t got your tickets for Jam Cruise yet make sure you do so right away, tickets are about 90% sold out!
Perpetual Groove is having a Facebook contest to win tickets to their 5 upcoming shows in Florida. Check out this link for the details on how you can win. If you’ve never seen Perpetual Groove we recommend you get your ass out to these shows!
If you’re going to go to the traveling untz circus that is the Identify Festival check out this link to have a chance of winning an upgraded ticket.
We had a lot of new voice mails to play and a lot of first time callers. Thank you to everyone who left us a message we appreciate you taking the time!
Two cool new music applications where released recently and we just wanted to give them a shout out. Spotify allows users to stream music and create playlists they can share with friends at a portion of the cost of iTunes. Turntable allows users to be their own virtual DJ. While we don’t know much about this new service it sounds cool, check it out and let us know what you think.
That wraps it up for this week, make sure you take a listen to the episode to get all the details. We’ll see you next week on lot!
TWoL was back at Camp Bisco officially for the second year in a row, and we covered as much ground as a 2.5 person team could. 2 of us, Noob Laura and I, were paired up on site, talking to vendors, taking pictures, and catching as many sets as humanly possible. The “.5″ in the equation is Wade Wilby, who takes the guest spot on this week’s show. He was on site all 3 nights, while we couldn’t make it till Friday night. I had hoped to record the show live backstage, but bandwidth and sound issues would have made for a sub-par episode, IMHO (both AT&T & Verizon had horrible reception, plus there was a generator near the mobile studio unit). But not to fear, it probably worked out better since we all had time to collect our thoughts and discuss this amazing event a few days after the untz settled.
I always hate to give too much away on the blog post, but I’ll mention a few things since we have time. Very impressed that the festival sold out, with an estimated attendance of 25k. The grounds were able to handle this size crowd, however, it seemed the masses may have taken ILCC by surprise. There were reports of major traffic issues, people abandoning cars, and ticketless fans outside the gate. We only mention this as a word of caution for next year: Buy your ticket early, don’t show up without one, be patient in line, and cooperate with the staff when entering the site. If we all prepare for a sell out crowd next year, I would bet the entire process goes much smoother. Besides that, party safe, respect others, and leave the lasers pointers at home (the band has it covered).
In the end, all 3 of us agreed that Camp Bisco has grown “beyond the biscuits”, which is not a negative in any way. It is a party, a really well put on party. There were no incidents of violence. No reports of Nitrous. And no police intervention that we know of. This is quite remarkable when you have a crowd of 25,000 no matter who the band(s) is(are). If you want to dance, stay up late, and like seeing a MacBook on stage, this is the place for you. This is why we come each year (well, Wade and I do like Bisco .
Feel free to share your Camp experience via our hotline 419-669-6657, and we can play it on a future episode. Or, leave a comment below, it’s all good. As a bonus, we have added photos to this special report. There is a mix of crowd and artist shots, which we hope you will enjoy.
(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)
What’s shaking, kids? TWoL comes at you this week as summer tour is in full swing, and we waste no time getting down to the nitty gritty. While we were bringing you the goods last night, Noob Laura was on the scene in Great Woods with her Noob Mom. And speaking of moms, Steve fills us in on the PNC shows, where UnoMom got her phirst taste of the band on night 2. She was impressed by the Chuck Norris look-alike on guitar and was quite the trooper. You go UnoMom!
We got a sultry dose of Emilie this week as she gave us her thoughts on the Bethel run. Magical sums it up nicely. She waxed poetic on the benefits of being a Bethel Woods member, the lush lawn, friendly staff, and tidy bathrooms. Basically, don’t sleep on tour openers, especially if their in Bethel!
Moving forward, we’ve got Camden and MPP up this weekend, where all of TWoL East will be in attendance. There won’t be a mobile studio, but you can rest assured that we’ll be keeping you updated through the social media tronz and have a full recap for you next week. A quick ticket check shows prices holding steady, and fairly low for some of the southern shows. That might change soon, however. Pro tip: always check the box office if you strike out in lot. Also, we’ve discovered that if you already have tickets and there’s a re-release, you have a good chance at getting an upgrade via the box office or via phone.
There was a slew of voicemails this week. Thanks for all the calls! We’ll hear from a Rodney Dangerfield sound-alike, Mountain Jam, and the weekends shows. Keep those lot reports coming!
Lastly, we got so caught up talking about the Phish that we just about ran out of time for other news:
Long short, Camp Bisco VIP tickets are selling fast so don’t sleep on them. Steve and Nobb Laura will there on the scene providing complete coverage. Be sure to say hi.
Finally, we got an email from our friend M@ about a new program he was hoping to test at Great Woods, called Crowd Lights. Basically you can download the app for Droid or Iphone, and you become the light show. Theoretically, if everyone opens the app and faces their phones to the band, they get a light show from us. Sounds pretty cool. If you were in Mansfield, let us know if you saw the test and what you thought. Neat.
This week, TWoL hits you with an episode full of phish news and your voicemails. Steve and Steve are joined by Adam, and we talk about some new additions to the .net. We’re excited to see new merch and “collections”, which are likely to keep even the nerdiest of phish phans happy.
In other news….. the chat room was joking around how I always say “we will link to this in the blog.” So this week, I’m not linking to anything in the blog. Take that chat room.
Well just as the title suggests our own resident Noob Laura is back as a guest cohost this week. Along with Toonces (aka Steve T.) Laura will be rotating as a cohost. Welcome back Laura!
The first order of business tonight on the TWoL agenda was the cryptic tweets that Watkins Glen president Mr. Michael Printup. Starting last Friday morning (March 18th) Michael sent out a tweet saying “I think I am going phishing this weekend” he sent proceeded to send out a few more cryptic tweets hinting out the announcement of the long rumored Phish festival. On Sunday night he crushed many a phans hopes and dreams when he tweeted that his “surprise” announcement may be delayed.
Well Mr. Printup TWoL would like to offer you an invitation and some advice. The invitation is to come on our show and explain your comments and choice to tease the phans. The advice is to NOT do it again, it’s killing us. But seriously in all good fun we would love to have you on the show anytime before or during the festival that we all know is eventually going to be announced.
The only hangup to the festival seems to be found in an article our buddy Scotty from Yemblog posted. The basis of the article states that there is no permit from Schuyler County, county officials say an application hasn’t been filed yet. Hopefully this will happen soon and we can all stop going nuts over the rumors.
Got your tickets for Mayan Holidaze? Good because if you don’t you’re most likely screwed. This exotic musical adventure works on the token system and if you haven’t gone in the past your only option is to get on the waiting list and pray. Steve found that out the hard way, you’ll have to listen to the episode to get the full details.
The Jam in the ‘Dam initial lineup has been announced, there’s no indication yet whether more bands are added. Our reaction so far has been meh. We like all the bands playing but for that much money it’s hard to justify jetting across the pond for a 3 day trip. If you can afford it go for it, to each their own!
Just a reminder early bird tickets for Camp Bisco X have sold out! VIP tickets and Platinum VIP tickets are still available. Check out tickets here and peep the first round of artists here. I think we were so excited about Camp in general, we didn’t go over all the artists (oops).
In other festival related news, Vevo is going to be offering streaming to your mobile device from Bonnaroo for select shows. This offers the question of do I want to be at my laptop or phone if I can’t make it to Bonnaroo, the answer is you can be at both!
As always we go through voicemails, thank you to everyone who left us a voicmail, keep them coming!
Thank you everyone who gives us support, we’ll see you next week on lot hopefully with an official Watkins Glen announcement to discuss!
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
