From: Lee Silverman 
Subject: 3-13-92 Fluffhead Magic in Providence

Wow.
Let me say that again: ***WOW***

What an incredible show.   Set 1 was quite possibly the hottest
musical set I have ever experienced, and I've seen quite a bit.
They opened with a really jammy Curtain that set the tone for the rest
of the evening.  John, you got your wish: Page's Hammond (Matt: Goff
repairs/rebuilds Hammond Organs.  I had the Goff sticker from Page's
B3, but I left it in my shorts which are in the Campus Club bathroom :)
Sorry... that's a poor sentence.  Let me start again.  Page's Hammond
was turned way up, and sounded REALLY crisp, really sweet.  I love it.
I think he does, also, judging by the way he was switching between
the organ and his keys.  So anyway, they moved into Split Open and
Melt, which basically melted the whole place.  It was incredible.
That was followed by a really dancy, folky, dosie-doey (?) Poor Heart.
Then we were treated to a Guelah->Asse->Papyrus that was pretty sweet,
but not quite as jammy as the other songs during this set.  They made up for
it, however, with a really awe-inspiring version of Maze.  Way cool.
If that wasn't enough, they then kicked in with Dinner and a Movie.
Wow.  It was awesome.  I haven't heard it in such a long time... I was
so psyched.  Then Trey killed us with an unreal Divided Sky; it wasn't
as clean and beautiful as the one at Portsmouth, but it had a ton more
energy by the time they were winding it up.  Then they did that
strange quasi-arythmic clapping thing they've been doing that nobody
can quite follow, followed by Mound.  A nice new tune, but not
my personal favorite.  Very cool.  And then, of course, they played
Fluffhead.  I was so psyched.  I'd been calling for Fluff in
Portsmouth but to no avail, and was sort of excited to see that
they hadn't played it in Keene or Burlington.  Wow.  It's been
a long time since I've seen a live Fluff, and by god it was worth the wait.
They ended the set with a tune that can only be called (Thanks Matt):
Run Like a Big Black Furry Antelope.  It started out as Run, but then
they started all these jams on various themes from other songs, like
maybe half a dozen or so.  (Katie called this sort of thing a "phish-tease."
Ask her to explain)  I couldn't place most of the jams, but I thought
I heard Magilla, Donna Lee, and Jump Monk, and stuff from Wizard of Oz.
I KNOW I heard BBFCFM, because they jammed on it for like 3-4 minutes
before comming back to good old Providence, into the ending of Run,
which totally blew me away.  What a journey.  Yowza!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Set II was also excellent, but (IMHO) not quite as hot as the almost
unsurpassable first set.  They started with Trey doing a "Somewhere
Over the Rainbow" jam, and then a heavy-metalish Wilson, with Trey
and mike thrashing and bancing their heads. It was kinda funny to
watch, and to wathc the Providence bozos thrash right along.  They
followed that with Brother, always a nice tune.  Next was SIlent
in the Morning, a really cool newish song.  That was followed by a
really hot Landlady, where I thought Page shined by playing a bit
dirtier than usual but with a TON of energy, kicking the Hammond into
the high gear of it's soul ;-).  That was followed by Sloth, a
somewhat Grungy version, but very nice indeed to hear and dance along to.
Rift was nice.  I like this song alot.  They should play it more.  :-)
The next act was a Henrietta/Captain O/Fishman extravaganza.  First
he brought out the vacuum, then a set of bagpipes with a hole
cut in the bag and a nozzle sewwed in for a vacuum cleaner attachment.
He started by singing a verse of Honey Love, the did a bagpipe solo.
He put the vacuum hose on the "expell air" side of the vacuum and stuck
it on the bagpipes, so that the vacuum did all the inflating of the bag.
It was neat to watch, but sounded just a little bit awful.  (You really
have to be able to play bagpipes to make them sound good...) It was
very cute though, especially at the end when Fish held a sustained
note and shut the vacuum off, so the bag deflated and the exhaust tube
that had been sticking in the air went limp.  Very orgasmic, he got a few
giggles.  Then he switched the vacuum hose to the "suck air in" side,
and went up to the mic and said something like "I wanna SUCK tonight!"
And proceeded to do his vacuum cleaner act.  What a guy.  He finished
with the last verse of Honey Love.  All this time Trey was doing a pretty
good job on drums.  Pretty cool.  Then they tried to end with Possum,
but Trey did his four downward bent decending notes which is supposed
to mean everybody fall down, and like 10 people in the front row
hit the dirt, so he took about 5 minutes to explain the language thing
again. Everybody seemed psyched.  They finished with a RIPPING Possum.
What a night!!!  They came back out and played a song I haven't heard
in SOOOO long: Contact!  I was psyched, and so was my friend Anna, who
got into Phish because she thought Contact was a funny tune.  They
ended with (Let me stand next to your) Fire.  HOT.  Personified all
the energy they'd been playing with all night.  It was amazing.  BTW,
in case anyone cares, on 11/14/90, my second Phish show, they
played at the Campus Club and did the exact same encore.  Cool, eh?

Lots O smiles!!
Pandion
Pandion@Brown.edu
ST101137@BROWNVM

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From: "Rich Fromm - 
Subject: providence

Maze is a pretty cool new tune, although I think it ends kind of abruptly.  I  
really like the intro to Mound (I think that's the tune I'm thinking of).  It's  
very bluesey, but then the rest of the song doesn't sound anything like that.   
They out to stretch the intro out more.  It's too short, IMHO.  A couple of  
people had obviously been at Keene, for they (imitating Trey) shouted out  
"Possum" in unison during the quiet part of Divided Sky.  As Lee said, the first  
set was incredible, especially the Run Like a Big Black Furry Antelope.  Best  
Antelope I've ever heard.  The bagpipes are kind of interesting, but I don't  
think they're very good musically.  I think maybe Fishman realized this too.   
Before he took the bagpipes and vacuum apart, to go into his traditional type of  
vacuum playing (preceeded by his "I want to suck" statement) he muttered  
something that I didn't quite get, but I think it was something to the effect of  
"this is ridiculous" (that is, hooking a vacuum up to bagpipes).  And one thing  
Lee forgot to mention, bringing out yet another instrument in the Phish  
selection, Contact featured Mike on the accordion.

lee, thanks for the floor space to crash on

see y'all in philly

- rich

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From: Matt Laurence 
Subject: Phishy Weekend, New York Coup!

Hey pholks!

        The Campus Club show was pretty good.. strange place, though  
in my opinion. The highlight for me (other than Divided Sky which is  
ALWAYS religious) is what I dubbed on the spot "Run Like A Big Black  
Furry Antelope," an intermixed version of both songs... WILD! Then  
there was Fish on the bagpipes again, and Mike on the Accordian!!!  
The first time ever, he claims. Overall, good show. A whole mess of  
us NetHeads stood RIGHT behind Page and danced up a storm (great to  
see everyone: Lee, Katie, Rich, Jeff, Nate, Garnsey, Caroline, etc.). In  
fact, when they came back from set break just before set 2, I asked  
Page if he knew Misty (one of my favorite Jazz tunes), and he started  
playing it right away after a little experimentation, and looked over  
at me quizically as if to say "Is this right?" Then Mike and Fishman  
joined in for a minute or so, bu they lost the thread before Trey  
could pick up and join in. Too bad, I'd love to have heard Misty done  
by Phish... Anyway, great show, and at least SOMEONE got it all on  
tape.