HAPPY NEW YEAR TWoLers! It’s 2013 and we are off to a good start. Well, a start at least. On tonight’s episode, we (Steve – Toonces – Katie) give our account of the shenanigans at MSG for the Phish holiday run. The building, tickets, antics, and much more are on the agenda. I’d tell you more but this is a podcast after all. Next, we hit your “lot reports” which include some Bob Weir action, inquiries into our “website,” and a FUTUREBIRDS report. Finally, we look ahead to some upcoming shows: Umphrey’s McGee, Ryan Montbleau Band, EOTO, and Dark Star Orchestra.
We hope everyone out there had a great holiday season and wonderful new years.
TWoL is pleased to hook someone up with a guest pass to the very best (IMHO) Phish MSG after party. The show takes place this Sunday, 12/30/12 at 11:55pm at Rebel NYC, which is just one block from MSG. Rebel contains four separate rooms on 2 different floors. One ticket gets you into all four rooms. Wyllys & the NY Hustler Ensemble and Kung Fu will alternate sets in the Performance Hall. The Heavy Pets will play two sets in The Loft. DJs will appear in the VIP Room as well as in the Loft before and in between sets of The Heavy Pets.
All you have to do to win is fill out the form below. Or leave a comment with linked email address, facebook or twitter. We need to be a able to get in contact with you. That’s all that matters .
If you want to just buy a ticket for this event, you can grab them here. Also, feel free to spread this post around the interwebs, but it’s not required to win.
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.
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!!
This week on lot Steve, Katie and Toonces learned that Phish is not the only band playing on NYE. Who knew? We discuss Hidden Track’s extensive run down of NYE shows across the land. And remember, TWoL wants to hear about all of your NYE shenanigans so leave us a lot report at 419.NO.WOOKS in all of your tipsy NYE glory. If you are in NYC for Phish, Mule or AoD don’t forget about the variety of Phish after parties going on around the city.
During ticket check we were left speechless when we learned that YEMSG tickets are going for as much as $250,000. Since this is clearly not an option, don’t forget that you can enter to win NYE tickets from both Cash or Trade and Magic Hat. Toonces also brought a listener question to the table about how to tell if you are being scammed in secondary market ticket sales.
Next, we discussed some 2012 festival news. It’s never to early to start planning your summer festie season kids. One of the earliest festivals of the year is Some Kind of Jam 7, held in late April in PA. Wakarusa tickets went on sale last weekend. Check out that one, scheduled for May 31-June 3 in AR. Also, Summer Camp, returning to IL on Memorial Day weekend, will begin announcing its line up this week.
We had fantastic lot reports this week from SCI, Cornmeal, and Skydog. And we of course talked about our recent shows: moe., SCI, 311 and Big Gigantic.
Also, check out the Kickstarter fundraiser to get the Everyone Orchestra album made. The album features a ton of our favorite musicians and promises to be a great example of true improvisation.
Finally, a big shout out to our our patron this week, Stuart, for his generous donation. Always appreciated!
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 on lot, the podcast moved into the future and used our video capabilities during the show. Much to our dismay, this means we learned that Nick’s lucky show attire is a “wife-beater.” An American choice for sure, but now I have that image forever burned into my brain.
Excitingly, we also had a special guest this week: Andrew (aka “the Canadian”) from Glow Stick Wars! For those of you who have been living under a rock, Glow Stick Wars has one Phish NYE ticket that they are giving away. Check out the contest rules here. Andrew also weighed on more general issues surrounding glow sticks, including the plan to have a Pre-Show Glow Stick War on the 28th as the boys hit the stage and the debate over the environmental side effects of glow stick wars.
Moving right along to Steve’s favorite topic: Jamcruise. The schedule is up! Check out the themes, special events, activities, workshops and more.
YEMSG after parties are being announced almost daily at this point but make sure to check out Dog Gone Blog’s after party with Superhuman Happiness at the Cakeshop on December 30th.
In Umphrey’s news, the band announced a string of 2012 tour dates across the country for February and March as well as a sUMmer school event in August. This camping event, aimed at aspiring musicians, will feature workshops with the band as well as performances by them.
Surrender to the Flow will be hosting Phish Yoga in NYC this Thursday, November 17th. Get your mind and body right for YEMSG for just $20.
Rounding out the episode we learned that all our hosts have been lame for the last few weeks but you guys have not. Thanks as always for the great voicemails! Remember kids, the number is 419.NO.WOOKS. Keep us posted!
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 12thshow 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!
Here we have a quick episode to wrap up the MSG coverage. We talk about what we saw on lot, on the Pay Per View, and everything in between. Most importantly, we snagged an extra “foam meatstick” to give away. These are a hot item, already going on eBay for upwards of 60 bones. If you want to win one, it’s simple. Just leave a comment on the blog here telling us about your NYE, or, leave us a voice mail to the same effect, 419-NO-WOOKS. We will pick whatever story we like (perhaps randomly , and ship one off to the winner. Being that it is a new year, any of our listeners are eligible. The only ones who can’t win are TWoL hosts and their respective families. Contest ends at the start of the next episode.
We hope everyone had a great holiday season, and we will see you next week with a “Year in Review” episode. Thanks to everyone who made our holiday run so special, including “Toonces” for the NYE stub down, N8Dizzle for the Starr Hill, and Whipped Lightning for countless hours of shenanigans.
Yet another Phish Holiday Tour update. This time, It’s Steve (Roughsax) and Steve (UNOlker). Unfortunately Nick or Emilie couldn’t make it. We give the rundown of everything since this last update in Woosta. Some tiny show reviews, Ticket Checks, and Holiday cheer. This show is available in both video and audio.Happy New Year to all our listeners, thanks for tuning in, we will see you guys in 2011.
As most of you are probably aware of at this time, Phish will be providing a Pay Per View experience for their sold out shows at MSG on 12/30, 12/31, and 1/1. This privilege will cost the viewer $15/$20 per night, or $40 for the bundle of all 3 nights. There has been a lot of chatter the past few days, some for, some against the PPV. Despite being on hiatus this week, hosts of both shows, This Week on Lot and Type II Cast, felt the need to discuss for a few minutes.
The panel this week includes Steve and Nick form TWoL, and Tanya and Eric from Type II.
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.
Brahs and Sisbrahs! 4 out of 5 Naked Guys agree, This Week on Lot Phall Tour wrap up is just about as exciting as hugging Trey.
It’s over, kids. Phish Fall Tour came and went and in it’s wake, it left a few balloons and a half eaten container of ganja icing. To recap the three amazing nights at the legendary Madison Square Garden, we’re joined by our contest winner Chris! He celebrated his 20th Phish show in style by walking into MSG with his buddy and their free tickets…right past Steve and Laura who has their fingers in the air. We all discuss the scene outside of MSG this year, making comparisons to NYE 2002 and pointing out that non-heads really have no idea what to make of it when Phans invade their sidewalks. Maybe all the business men are just thankful the nitrous tanks came back!
We ponder the question of whether MSG really has a lot. Does a “lot” need to have cars? Or can it just be a bunch of heads standing around waiting for a show to start? The hosts are divided on our opinions, so what do you think?
After the break, we follow the lines going South to Charlottesville. The snow let up just in time for everyone to arrive at JPJ and rage the lot proper. There was a healthy shakedown with some of our favorite vendors, including our good friend Jiggs. He was selling his “A Laser Pointer Doesn’t Make You Chris Kuroda” stickers…right across the way from a guy with a laser pointer. You can support Jiggs and his insanely truthy sticker by buying one and slapping it directly on Green Laser Pointer Guy’s forehead next time you see him.
After a quick ticket price check on Miami Phish NYE, we actually talk about another band! Wow! Steve and Laura are heading down to check out Further this weekend and are thrilled to see another lot. We’re looking for lot reports from those shows and are hoping to make some ticket money with the mobile wine bar. If you’ve been to a Further show this tour, let us know what you think!
Thanks to Chris for joining us on this episode of This Week on Lot! We’re glad to hear that he had a great time at MSG and we hope to hear from him again as he rages more lots in the future.
Fall Ter is starting to wrap up and Steve and Laura give their reports from Philly and Albany. Turns out the nitrous tanks were in full effect in Philly…who would have thought? Laura was offered a free lap dance from a wookette and Steve was offered a free h3tty crystal, sounds like the wook community is already in the Christmas spirit.
There’s always been good people in the “hippie scene”. Always been shady folks too. We talk about how the scene is changing both the good and the bad. TWoL also had a bad incident hit close to home when our buddy (Parker) got ripped off (at this point) by a person involved with Phishtube. If you know anyone involved or what my have happened, pleas let us know. (more details in the podacast)
Phish is all about change. Changing every show to make it different, changing the way a song is jammed, changing the set list from night to night, Page changing new shirts. Fans are starting to change too. Tapers have always been the backbone of how most people find out about Phish and are able to listen to so many shows for free. With the digital age we live in the taping seems to be evolving into other forms of free live Phish. People are now streaming shows through their phones and making them available to anyone with an internet connection. We talk about how this is good and potentially bad for the scene and what if anything Phish will do about this.
We’re on the verge of the MSG shows and Steve gives some sound advice on what not to bring to the shows. Turns out the advice might fall into the everyday advice category too. We would also like to give a shout out to Chris M the winner of our MSG ticket giveaway. He will be joining us next week with a report of his experiences at the show. Congrats again Chris!
As always we read some of your emails and listen to some voicemails. One fan gives a heads up on who to look out for if you plan on selling lot shirts with a Phish logo, better watch out too looks like it’s mighty expensive to own the license to do so.
We’ve also got a survey for you this week. Let us know your plans for New Years Eve.
Ok, kids…we’re back and we’re in the midst of Phall Ter! What better time to join us on lot?
We’re joined by our very special ginger friend Kat. She’s here to share all her great stories about the Work Exchange Program at Fest8 and who she got to meet before the festival began.
With some more current Phish lot news, we turn to Steve and Kat who were holding it down in Syracuse on Sunday night. Great lot, great vibe, great Mexican Grilled Cheese. Listen to hear what Steve rates this lot…although since when do we have a rating system? “This lot gets 6 out of 10 Brahs.”
Nick, Steve, Laura, and Kat discuss fluctuating ticket prices along tour and how phans all live by different moral codes when it comes to paying face or not. Is it a shady move to try to profit off tickets? Would you buy from someone on lot even if the show isn’t sold out? Tell us your Ticket Moral Code!
After the break, which features our great sponsor, Olker’s Wine Bar: Supporting his Phish Habit Since Syracuse, we have a little bit of news for you! The Bridge, an up and coming (not really…) jam band from Baltimore is playing free shows every Monday in December in NYC. Also, free beer and vodka. Nick is right when he laments “Well, if that’s not an open invitation to wooks…!”
Last but not least, we have a winner!! Listen to the podcast to hear if you won the MSG ticket give away. Thanks to everyone that entered.
Now…who has MSG tickets for Kat and Laura? We’ll wear glitter and fairy wings!
As we gear up to hit as many lots as possible on Phish Fall Tour, we’re coming at you with some random news from across the jam band scenes.
We just can’t seem to shake Fest 8, it’s haunting us like any good Halloween show should! Hidden Track published Best Costumes at Festival 8 and we just cannot disagree with the profoundly impeccable taste of one Mr. Scott Bernstein. Be sure to check out #6 and put some faces to the voices you hear every week!
In other Phish news, we have the most recent ticket prices for shows on Fall tour. From the absurdly cheap ($10?!?!) to the not so absurdly cheap, ticket prices are looking much different as Phish 3.0 rolls on.
We here at This Week on Lot are all about expanding our musical horizons. We’re always happy to hear new bands and pass the good ones your way. This week, we have the band Must Stash Hat for you to sample and explore. Check ‘em out!
As if Umphrey’s McGee didn’t have enough members in their band, their 3 day run at the Higher Ground in Burlington showcased 4 guest musicians. The most prominent guest, Mr. Micheal Gordon of the Phish from Vermont, sat in for a 16+ minute jam at his alleged favorite venue.
Update: Our friend and yours, Willie Pritts of the Church of Universal Love and Music is officially shut down in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Granted, we didn’t get the name of the establishment right in the podcast (we’re tired and Steve’s drinking vodka…give us a break!), we LOVE this place and wish Mr. Pritts the best of luck in finding a new venue for his congregation.
And last but not least, we need to start making our NYE plans. Will we have TWoL: Fiji? TWoL: Miami? TWoL: NYC? Well, we don’t have $4200 each so there goes Fiji. But maybe if we start saving now….?
Don’t forget to enter our MSG Phish ticket giveaway! We’ll see you on lot!
Sponsor for this this week is PhanArt.net. Be sure to stop by and tell them we sent you.
Our “Musical Shout Out” this week was Must Stash Hat. Check em out, they are from Canada, friend.
As we’ve made mention in the past couple of episodes we’re giving away 2 tickets to the Phish MSG show on Friday December 4th in NYC. We just wanted to say thank you to all of our listeners and we appreciate your support! To find out details of the contest you’ll need to listen to our mini episode.
Thank you again everyone for the support and good luck to you all!
We’re back from Fest8 and we’re all suffering in one way or another. Nick has no internet, Laura has wookflu, and Steve is encountering lot withdrawal. But we’re coming at you with a Wook Monday mini-episode to lift our spirits!
Laura and Steve discuss the most h3tty job posting ever and speculate as to whether archiving Phish would be anything like archiving the Grateful Dead. Either way, Steve would like to take this opportunity to discuss his qualifications for this position and why he’ll make a great addition to the UC Santa Cruz team. References available upon request.
We got a ton of emails from Fest 8 and we rocket through them in this episode. Everything from coherent wook reports to some really thoughtful and constructive criticism of the podcast.
Be sure to tune in for episode 9, when we will announce the contest for our Phish MSG ticket giveaway (2 tix to Friday’s show).
Festival 8 is right around the corner and this weeks podcast focuses around all things 8.
We talk about the eliminations of more albums and our thoughts about what we think we’ll be the last album alive. You can see the full list of remaining albums here.
Phish has revived their radio station The Bunny for Festival 8 so be sure to tune in, whether you’re stuck in line or just chilling in your RV or tent!
HeadCount has announced they will be having a “Reality Check” trivia contest at Festival 8 and the grand prize is an uncut sheet of four Pollock Halloween masks! Can’t wait to see the contest go down, I’m sure this grand prize will bring out the serious Phish nerds. = )
Mr. Miner blogged about the 5 reasons why he thinks this festival will be incredible and we have to say that we agree with all 5.
Phish also announced that they will be putting all the Festival 8 shows out on 24 bit flac, available for preorder as we speak. So for all you audiophiles out there it’s time to rejoice!
As always we take a listen to your voicemails and one particular caller this week is believed to have been abducted by a wook. If you’re out there caller our thoughts and prayers go out to your family, don’t ever give up hope. = )
One more thing, we will be having a contest and giving away a pair of tickets to the Phish MSG show on Friday December 4th but you’ll have to tune in to the podcast to find out all the details.
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