pheesh in meeami... pt. II

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American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL
Last updated on December 29 at 11:25 pm by Micah Gordon


Set One

Golgi Apparatus

Maze

Driver

The Connection

Wolfman's Brother

Ocelot

Reba

Access Me

The Divided Sky

Cavern


Set Two

Kill Devil Falls

Tweezer >

Prince Caspian

Gotta Jibboo >

Wilson >

Gotta Jibboo >

Heavy Things >

2001 >

Slave To The Traffic Light

Encore

Sleeping Monkey

Tweezer Reprise

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great review from only_8_toes_matter on pt.......

Ok... get this out while it's still fresh.

Gogli Opener... well... it's golgi... and it opened the show. nuf' said.

Maze. Ok, they showed up tonight with a mission... bring the energy that they left in their hotel rooms last night. This song set the bar pretty high for the rest of the night, and while at times it didn't quite add up, it ultimately delivered. Page took a few minutes during his solo to really get there and when it did it DID... Maze was Phish finally arriving in Miami this year.

Driver... ok, slow things down, I thought a little too soon but whatever.
The Connection... at this point I'm still picking up pieces of my face from the floor that had melted off during Maze so this song choice didn't really phase me one way or the other. It's only the 2nd time ever played and I wasn't really sure the rational behind playing it tonight, but Trey finished it off with a soaring jam that had me dancing in my seat.

Wolfman's funky town baby! A groovy tight super slap funk jam with a warm and cozy pocket for me to boogie in. I was happy and the show was right back on track!

Ocelot... I'm still not sure about this one... I mean... Ocelot... ya know?

Reba... Very tight! Fishman was a little sloppy, as he was most of the show actually, but the composed section was nailed and the jam was sexy time for the whole family. Very pretty. I nearly came my pants...

Access Me! WHOOHOOO!! I LOVE this fucking song! It reminds me of breaking up... but in a good way. I loved this song the first time I heard Undermind and it was my favorite on the album for a long time. The one time they played it at Alpine 04 they opened the show with it and I was 20 minutes late getting there and pissed when I found out I missed it... Anyway, I danced funky time for this one... lots of kids getting the cell phones out for this one to look at the PhantasyTour setlist page... "what's the name of this" was heard in every direction... ;-)

Divided Sky... short and simple...nothing crazy out of this... just another Divided Sky

Cavern... a good way to close a set with a lot of energy and enthusiasm.

Setbreak I decided to relocate to the seats behind the stage to free up some space for dancing. I went from beind stuck between a 250 lb dude and a passed out chick in a chair to having 3 rows free to myself for running around, skipping, twirling, doing the robot, the shopping cart, and other exotic dances. It was a GREAT move and I regret not doing it earlier.

Kill Devil... I don't like it. I get it... I just don't like it.

Tweezer... ok type 2 phannerzz.. here it was... some different sounds with some start stop and a few Mike bombs in between, complete with Trey mumbling words into the microphone. GREAT and spacey and exploratory. It even segued into What's The U...wait...

TREY FORGOT HOW TO PLAY WHAT'S THE USE! Oh it was awful! The moment was there, the band was in it, the tweezer was long and exciting and then Trey spaced on EVERY not and ended up playing some awful whale calls over the rest of the band playing What's The Use. I find it funny that Phish.com does not list What's the Use in the setlist, probably because it was an abortion of an attempt.

But what does Trey do when he gets flustered or annoyed...

...Prince Caspian! Ahh, there's something Trey knows... Couple of chords, singing along with the crowd, intense guitar shredding with multiple climaxes. Caspian normally doesn't do it for me, but I'll admit, the jam was pretty rocking.

Gotta Jibboo... great great great jam. They really took this one from groove to rock to face melter and then to

WILSON!!! Which was so nasty it still tastes good in the back of my throat. Then out of the blue and very skillfully the band jumped right back into Jibboo and everybody jumped up and down and laughed and smiled happily and gave each other big gay high fives. It was cool.

Heavy Things started a little rough. I wasn't amazed with their choice to play this mid 2nd set, but the jam like all night managed to get a "meh" to a "HELL FUCKING YEAH!" Shit I don't think I've ever danced so hard to Heavy Things in my life... except when I'm in my underwear alone in my living room, but that's kind of private.

2001! Mega spacey intro... I heard the drums in my head minutes before Fishman started playing. It had to happen... the spacey sexy sounds from the stage HAD to be 2001 Theme... Fishman sealed the deal and got the dance party to level 13. I did the robot, I did the electric slide, shit I think I might have done a little Michael King of Mutherfucking Pop... that shit was FUN! GOOD CLEAN FUNK FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. It was no 12/29/98, but then again no 2001 will ever be.

Slave. By this point my dancing shoes were worn thin and I was poooped from having done back flips and handsprings from the jam before, so I sat down, relaxed, and enjoyed slave in peace.

Sleeping Monkey was cute, I laughed,  then got up one last time for duck walk with Trey for a standard Tweezer Reprise.

If last night's show was a C-, I give tonight I solid B+... Not stupendous song choices, Fishman was sloppy, but tonight is the start of something beautiful for the next 2 nights...

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bienvenido a miami

six years ago tonight i was front row, page side.... sigh....

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American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL

Last updated on December 28 at 11:31 pm by Micah Gordon

Set One

• Sample in a Jar
• NICU
• My Soul
• Roggae
• Undermind
• Bouncing Around The Room
• Poor Heart
• Stash
• I Didn't Know
• Beauty Of A Broken Heart
• Possum

Set Two

• Mike's Song >
• Light >
• I Am Hydrogen >
• Weekapaug Groove
• Alaska
• Backwards Down the Number Line
• Makisupa Policeman >
• Harry Hood >
• Contact
• Character Zero

Encore

• First Tube

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inception

 from the director of "the dark knight"

starring leo dicacprio and ellen page.

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Like a low-rent Daft Punk, Palomo takes what 1990s rock fans probably would've considered cheesy-- LinnDrum and Oberheim rhythms, Chromeo-plated electro-funk Korg riffs, processed party-vocal samples-- and not only makes them part of a distinct artistic vision, but also keeps them fun. Quick opener "(AM)" is rife with detail, as an indecipherable tenor floats over a mock-dramatic drum fill and 8-bit star cruisers do battle against twinkling fairy dust. Another sub-minute interstitial track, "(If I Knew, I'd Tell You)", keeps its secrets to itself, letting multiple melodic synth lines hint at a gulf-sized pool of melancholy over a tape-altered rhythm track. "Laughing Gas", at slightly more than a lyric-less minute and a half, is the one that ruins my attempted distinction between songs and interludes, with bongo drums, robot vocal samples, and euphoric giggles straight out of those Air France kids' dreams. The cumulative result is a meltdown-deadened but deliriously inventive perspective on pop.

-from pitchfork.com

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real estate - real estate (2009)

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Real Estate were born in the depths of one New Jersey summer. Frontman Martin Courtney had just returned home to his native Ridgewood from college in Washington State, a few fresh songs in his pockets. He'd been playing music with bassist Alex Bleeker and guitarist Matthew Mondanile since high school in various forms, even covering Weezer and the Strokes records from tip to tail. But during the summer of 2008, Real Estate didn't get nostalgic for just their specific suburban nights, crushes, or favorite bands as teens-- they fashioned a tin can-and-string to memories more universal. Their self-titled debut LP is a collection of those first underwater pop songs and onward, 7" cuts and mpfrees that have been backstroking their way across the Web and into lo-fi nerdpiles. Over the past year, many of these songs have soundtracked a time when it feels like every kid in or just out of college seems to be handcrafting/clamoring for music that shuttles us back to a time before career choices, adult responsibility, and this recession.

And while the Jersey Shore has clearly become the beating heart of their current aesthetic, Real Estate captures a rock band several lengths ahead of the fuzzy beach bums with which they pine. Real Estate share tones with North Jersey indie rock titans Yo La Tengo and the Feelies, pouring those influences through warm impressions of oldies radio. Riffs are cyclical and massaged, harmonies familiar. Each song is dunked in reverb and delay, though always with serious restraint. Most importantly, all boast architecture that still allows for swaths of jamming, the feeling that every measure's unfolding as easily as life ought to.

"Atlantic City" is a fitting entrance point, an instrumental that lopes along on a humid bass line before Courtney and Mondanile (the mind behind the cassette adventures of Ducktails) begin gently braiding together strands of trebly surf guitar over Mexican güiro. Single "Beach Comber" keeps things light as Courtney looks for meaning in the sand while Mondanile pokes around with his Strat. The bedrock here (see "Fake Blues") is almost krautrock-y in the way each layer repeats itself, a bent that might prove too drowsy for some. But as is the case for much of the experience, Mondanile adds classic rock sugars throughout, taking off on a solo at the three-minute mark that unbuttons everything really gracefully.

Elsewhere, "Black Lake" is a gorgeous waltz whose slide recalls Modest Mouse's late-1990s take on the 1959 Santo & Jonny classic "Sleepwalk". Because Courtney's croon can be tough to make out at times, those watercolor frequencies lend that overwhelming sense of longing real grip, jam passages often more evocative than spaces that feature vocals. Nowhere on this debut is that better absorbed than on midpoint palate-cleanser "Let's Rock the Beach" or the six-minute shimmer of "Suburban Beverage".

With the exception of the limp "Pool Swimmers", every part remains remarkably crisp. But what sets Real Estate apart from the rest of the herd is how evergreen its beauty can be. Despite the summery song titles and the beach balling associations that might follow these guys around, this music transcends the notion of seasons. Inside the overcast tenor of "Black Lake" and the airy upstrokes of "Green River", there's much more at play here than what goes on between the months of June through September. And impressionism aside, this is a band whose chemistry and technical gifts suggest there's more coming down the pipeline: more good times to be soundtracked, and more songs and records and sounds to communicate exactly that.

— David Bevan , November 17, 2009

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pacific: hbo's new wwII miniseries

According to the Hollywood Reporter, 'The Pacific,' a ten-part miniseries that follows a group of American soldiers through the terrible fighting of World War II's Pacific theater, will finally debut on March 14. The series, which the article describes as "likely the most expensive TV movie/miniseries ever made," is a companion series to 2001's landmark 'Band of Brothers,' which similarly chronicled a group of G.I.'s fighting in the war's European arena.


Like 'Band of Brothers,' 'The Pacific' is executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, a collaboration that developed as a result of their experience working together on 'Saving Private Ryan.' 'The Pacific,' as we discussed when the trailer was released last month, features a cast of relative unknowns in an adaptation of two war memoirs: 'With the Old Breed,' by Eugene Sledge, and 'Helmet for my Pillow' by Robert Leckie.

With 'Band of Brothers' having already become a classic that transcends the genre, expectations for 'The Pacific' are perilously high. If the trailer is any indication, though, it looks like Spielberg and Hanks may have hit the bulls-eye again. We'll have to wait until March to find out for sure, but for now, here's a sneak peak at what you can expect when 'The Pacific' finally hits the airwaves.




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alice in wonderland

looks way better then depp's last remake: charlie and the chocolate factory.



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