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…
Well, TWoL is back on land and we are happy to report that a great time was had by all. I was fortunate enough to sit down with Scott Bernstein from Hidden Track and Neil “The Joker” FonteYes from Coventry Music Blog in my balcony cabin on the final day of the cruise. The three of us covered a little slice of everything: from the pre-shows in Fort Lauderdale, to the layout of the stages, to the ports of call, and of course the musical highlights. We all had been on the boat before, and as is popular opinion, agreed this was the “best year yet.” No surprise, we ultimately recommend that everyone goes at least once. However, that doesn’t mean this episode is all fluff. There is always room for some improvement, and we end the episode with advice for newbies and what we would like to see different in the coming years.
Were you on Jam Cruise also? Leave us your thoughts below or send us a voicemail at 419-669-6657 to be played on the next episode. Please enjoy the gallery of some pics that I took below, and be sure to check the last post for some other thoughts and more photos.
Thanks for listening,
Steve
The Joker, Scotty, Steve
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Katie here, just got an update from Steve and Noob Laura who are currently pulling away from Jamaica on Jam Cruise. Steve sent along a ton of pictures and a few quick impressions of the music to whet our appetites before he can give his full report next week.
Seems like boat life is pretty sweet. A room at the back of the boat with a balcony is a win. Food situation is acceptable, better than anticipated.
Night 1 featured Break Science, Umphrey’s, Heavy Pets and Lettuce.
On Day 2 there were a variety of panels and plenty of time for the gang to play with moogs and theramins (amazing!). Zach Deputy played with members of Toubab Krewe and Railroad Earth, but Galactic and EOTO apparently owned Night 2, which also featured a zebra theme.
Day 3 the boat hit Haiti. Musical highlights included the Omega Moos, Ozomatli with Karl Denson, Soulive, Col. Bruce Hampton holding it down in the Jam Room, and Trombone Shorty.
That’s all for now kids but there’s plenty more Jam Cruise to come. We’ll keep you posted with any more updates in case you weren’t all jealous enough already.
Rage on!
Katie
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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 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!
We spend a lot of time around here focusing on Phish and The Disco Biscuits, this week it’s all about Umphrey’s McGee!
Our guests this week are Benjamin Slayter, photograph extraordinaire, and Kevin Browning, Umphrey’s McGee engineer & producer. We talk through the UMBowl II experience with the guys and find out what it’s like to experience this unique event. For an indepth review of the show see this review with some great photographs. It’s all things UM this week, Steve and Laura even share a little love story that takes place at a UM show.
If you want to check out UM you can find their tour schedule here. It kicks off today at Stubbs BBQ in Austin, TX. If you’re out and about on this “unofficial holiday” hit up some great music and then satisfy your munchies with some BBQ.
Lastly we run through your voicemails, thank you to everyone who left us a message. Don’t forget to keep them coming, 419-NO-WOOKS is the number.
Thank you to all our supporters and fans, we’ll see you next week on lot!
We have several guests this week and a fully packed episode!
Our first guest is Johnny from BandsThatJam.com. Johnny is one of the writers for their website and was kind enough to come on the show to discuss a recent blog that caused some controversy. BandsThatJam.com made an announcement on their website that was nearly confirming the festival and offering up very specific details. Unnamed sources close to BTJ claim that a contract has been signed and the festival will be held the weekend of July 4th. They go on to state that tickets will be $200 and include 8 sets of music starting on Friday and ending on Sunday. Johnny goes into more details about their decision to post the confirmation of the festival before Phish.com does. You’ll have to listen to the podcast for full details.
Next we speak with Steve and Jared from Groupme.com. Groupme.com is a free service that allows multiple users to set up a text group to communicate with each other. It’s an amazingly useful service and one that TWoL is excited about. We’ve used this service twice now, once in Atlantic City for the Phish Halloween run and again in NYC for the New Years Eve run. It’s a great way to send a mass text to your crew by texting one number. It’s really easy to use if you can text from your phone you can use this service. The Groupme guys are on their way up, they’ve been involved as a mobile partner for the Austin City Limits festival as well as the Coachella festival. We can’t wait to see what they do next!
Rumors! Rumors! Rumors! There’s a lot of rumors surrounding the jamband community right now. Most of them are related to Phish and Dave Matthews Band. DMB and Phish are both rumored to be playing a music festival in Atlantic City this summer. Check out a link to the festival announcement here. With the Watkins Glen, NY rumor we covered earlier we’re pretty hesitant to say Phish will play but stranger things have happened.
Page and Fishman will be playing a benefit at Higher Ground in Vermont on February 3rd. The benefit is for Pete’s Greens, an organic farm that was recent damaged but a fire. Many other Vermont musicians are also rumored to be playing the benefit.
Florida is also getting in on the festival scene with the 15th annual Suwannee Springfest. This festival is packed full of lots of great bluegrass bands. If you’re in the area make sure to hit this festival and don’t forget to leave us a lot report!
In untz news, The Disco Biscuits have been listed in the lineup for the Ultra Music Festival. This festival includes many different acts, there’s something for everyone. For details on the festival and for tickets check out this link.
We received a heads up on this YouTube video poking fun at “Bro’s” from one of our listeners. We thought it was pretty funny so here’s a link if you want to check it out.
Last but never least we run through voicemails for this week. Thank you to everyone who left us a voicemail! We can’t be everywhere at once so make sure when you’re out on the scene you let us know what’s going on. 419-NO-WOOKS (419-669-6657) is the number program it in your phone.
Thank you again to our guests, Johnny, Steve, and Jared! Thank you also to all of our listeners, we’ll see you next week on lot!
There’s a lot of news going on this week so let’s get right to it!
First and foremost we’re very excited to announce the launch of our brand page on Foursquare! Now when you check into your favorite venues in NYC, Las Vegas, San Francisco, and beyond, you can see tips from TWoL. As we continue to travel and visit new lots, venues, hotels, and restaurants we will add more tips at different locations. If you have a tip on a particular venue you would like us to add leave us a voicemail or email us and we’ll get it done!
As we were perusing the internet this week we discovered the h3ttiest drink coming to a lot near you. Although it’s super h3tty I wouldn’t expect to find it on lot priced at 2 for $5. Check out this link to see what drink we’re talking about and why the cost is going to price out the wooks.
Switching gears to music news we found out that after 12+ years Umphrey’s McGee producer Kevin Browning is taking on a new role at the UM headquarters. Taking his place will be Chris Mitchell a former Navy nuclear engineer with 15 yrs experience in the sound business. Good luck Kevin and welcome Chris!
It’s rumorville right now and as always the Phish rumors don’t disappoint. One rumor is that Phish is going to perform at some unnamed summer festivals. Part of the rumor also says that DMB would be playing at these same festivals. Our friends at Coventry Music Blog put up a sad yet funny old video of Trey playing with Dave from DMB. You can view this “nostalgic” footage over at Coventry Music Blog.
Some sad news about STS9 as they had to cancel their winter tour. Murph has been diagnosed with cancer and will be taking some time off for treatment and recovery. We wish him all the best, get well soon!
After the 3 previous stories we thought we would lighten the mood up a bit by talking about a hilarious story posted on christwire.com. Apparently “The Phish” is running America in more ways than one! The best part of this obviously fake site is that so many people believe it’s real. It just goes to show don’t piss off hippies or they will make idle threats on your blog post comments.
In Grateful Dead news some fans are upset at the $450 cost of a new Europe 72 box set that contains 60 CDs. They aren’t upset at the cost of $450 but that the original 7,200 box sets with special casing, artwork, and other surprises sold out and the new orders will still cost $450 but sans any frills. If you weren’t luck enough to get one of the 7,200 originals it sounds like you’re shit out of luck.
Trey Anastasio will back on tour and from the reports we’ve been getting the tour was an instant sellout. Tickets are already available on the secondary market. Our advice is to hold out, most likely you can get a ticket for face on lot.
Mike Gordon is also going to be on tour, his ticket sales seem to have gone the opposite of Trey’s. Currently as I’m typing this blog post it appears the only shows that are sold out are the Brooklyn Bowl shows. There’s still plenty of time but we imagine this won’t be a hard ticket either.
Last but never least we also run through your voicemails. Thank you to everyone who left one and thank you to all of our supporters, we’ll see you next week on lot!
So I heard… Steve saw the The Disco Biscuits, Tea Leaf Green, and Galactic. He gives a rundown of the scene and the lot for each.
Turns out so I heard there’s a lot of rumors flying around about Phish tour for Summer and beyond. There’s still talk of a Euro or even Japan tour, and of course there’s also the American cities being named. The only one that holds an “announced” possibility right now is Telluride. It’s listed here in the Denver Post. They admit they’re still working on a deal but it may be possible.
Also apparently if you didn’t know The Disco Biscuits are selling themselves out for unspeakable pleasures and mindless activities. See all that they have to offer here. Nothing says I love you like Barber sleeping under your bed.
One more thing; so I heard that UM is having a UMBowl2010 where you can vote for the first acoustic songs to be played in the first quarter. After that it’s still up in the air.
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!
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Want to rock some TWoL stickers or merch? That would be great, but as of now we don't have any funds or resources to hook you guys up (unless you see us on lot, then we might have some stickers).
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