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Phish – Blossom, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 6-12-10

June 13, 2010 | 3 comments | Posted in Music |

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Of all the bands I’ve gone out to see throughout my life — starting with the Pittsburgh stop of They Might Be Giants’ Apollo 18 tour when I was 15 — Phish is the most wonderful, consistent group I’ve seen. Even if you just listen to any of their readily-available live recordings, you’ll hear that they strive to stretch the bounds of their music and deliver new experiences to their audience. And to rock.

Last night was a fantastic Phish show. The highlights for me were “Sample in a Jar,” “Mike’s Song” segued into “Weekapaug Groove,” “Character Zero,” and “The Squirming Coil” as their encore/closer. I always get chills when Page pounds out the last bars of that one.

I took all these pictures on my Blackberry Storm, so the quality sucks on some of them.

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The crowd was thick, hot, and impatient. Bottlenecks going in, and worse bottlenecks trying to get out afterward.

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The weatherman called for scattered thunderstorms, but it never rained until well after the show. While I’m glad that we didn’t get dumped on while Phish played, I was actually praying for the rains to come and alleviate the humidity. I was coated in sweat the whole time.

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Phish has the best light show. Period. Chris Kuroda is a brilliant lighting designer, and is as much a part of the band as any of the four playing on stage.

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Balloon Guy. This hippie kept running through the crowd with ornate balloon animals, and seemed to really like running around the area we were standing in.

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3 responses to “Phish – Blossom, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 6-12-10”

  1. Jeff from DC says:

    Did the crowd smell of patchouli? I saw the Dead, and it seemed the entire crowd was really big on letting you know that patchouli is a great alternative to deoderant. This years Motorhead concert on the other hand, smells like a great combination of woodshop, auto shop, and everything inbetween. Weird Al smelled like a pizza party with banana splits for desert!

  2. I smelled nothing but weed the whole time I was there. Literally. It hung in the thick Ohio air, and all but guaranteed that I won’t be able to pass a drug test for a month or so.

  3. Jeff from DC says:

    I saw Cypress Hill at the 9:30 club years ago-tiny( but great) venue. Cypress HIll hotboxed the whole room from opening act to finale. They then got so high they ended up playing an 8 hour show. Cool Guys. Got an autographed drum stick.

    Can you review Massacre at Central High? It’s like an extended serious version of Heathers. I thought it had a real Russ Meyer feel to it, and then when I read about it I found out the director was a protege of him. I thought it was actually pretty good-I watched that and Rolling Thunder( !!) today while my bathroom is being remodeled. The reason I ask is because when I think 70s teenage revenge films, I think Midnight Corey.

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