The Atlantic City Beer and Music Festival were held there along with many other events since the airport permanently closed on September 30, While the site has hosted plenty of events there is so much potential for a more permanent attraction. I left out many ideas from bigger cities, many of which have river walks San Antonio, Milwaukee, Oklahoma City , or piers Chicago, Santa Monica that have plenty of nightlife and fun ideas. I tried to stay with smaller towns, or places I have visited that I can envision what they have and can see it working here.
For many of these ideas, Atlantic City could build on what these other areas have done to accommodate an area of that size, or in many cases smaller, which could make for a bigger and better idea if done here. A premature jump into the Bowie peak provided one of the few blemishes on the set. Extremely solid First Tube with a little extra mustard and pickled onion, perhaps some DWD teases in there towards the end?
Can't think of any reason to give this show less than an "A" Curious to see what would have happened if they played this set at the 'Roo. Maybe more people would have walked out, but I'd assume that WAY more people would have dropped their life and decided to worship Phish for the rest of their lives. I really really hope they keep up this level of passionate playing and sneaky-amazing improvisation. It's been really invigorating hearing this kind of stuff lately.
Thank you, Phish! Score: 36 pm , attached to Review by AlbanyYEM They are officially no longer the guy in the pg13 movie that everybody is pulling for and reeally hoping will get the girl. They are the guy in the rated r movie whose character your not sure you like, your not really sure where he's coming from yet.
They don't need anybody pulling for them. They just crush it on their own. Last year started with a similar feel in Bethel but had its ups and downs by the end of the year. They didn't always go for it every show, and their were definitely paper sets. Minus a few mini-gems you could pretty much know what went down without needing to listen although of course we all did anyway.
Master jams seemed to coalesce after a night or two off, and by off I mean thoroughly enjoyable shows that didn't have the diving into the deep jams greedy fans like myself clamor for every time.
BUT, this year I'm almost at a loss for words here. I found myself singing along with heavy things, that's right heavy things. Thank god I was alone in my car. There is not a single phoned-in version of any song in this show.
The placement of the songs fit as if no one had any predetermination about what was going to be played. Just a beautiful and subtle flow with extreme stylistic variations that somehow fit perfectly without seeming like it was pick a song out of hat time. And I'm talking about the first set here. The tube jam was so ludicrously desired from all that when it finally came those 4 minutes of dripping funk in the jam felt like both an arrival and a statement.
Like roses from DCU and halley's in bethel the first set jam was so deliciously good that it locked the band into the effortless zone and we could only witness with joy. It was like watching Jordan in his prime with jaw-dropping inexplicable moves that ended with a swaggering score every time. They could not miss this show. The key, to my ears, is patience. There was never a moment of uncertainty, where the unknown was to be feared. Instead the unknown played through them, casting the moment into a timeless space where the music hovers somewhere between band and the audience's bodies.
Where each note blends into the soup and there seems to be some kind of 5th member conducting but there's only them and us. Sorry to get all mystical here but it seems like through inaction comes the correct actions like a Taoist take on jamming but thats really how I feel about the best phish has to offer.
I guess theres a reason they call trey the jedi master. But you don't have to get all new-aged or eastern philosophy to know exactly what I'm talking about. Its why its so hard to put into words that moment when you just know the shit is going down. You can easily feel the difference between something forced usually by trey but not always and something that comes organically through the progression of movements in the jam.
I guess the easiest way to see this is through the segues. BOAF displayed the patience that allows the jam to come to them without trying to find it first. Where the search is part of the glory rather than part of the landscape, to be forgotten in favor of the peak. It reminds me of the patience of without the over-patience of Throw in a little 03 deep filter and effect laced storage psychedelia and the best of phish right now is mind-bogglingly good.
The rhythm of the song blends into a slight time signature shift into a beat that could have turned plodding in 1. But instead, the 2nd movement develops along a lick from trey that isn't melodic crack of earlier 1.
Instead its the entirely new rough beast of 3. Sticking it through the jam peaks in a non-linear fashion that doesn't have a ton of melody but isn't atonal. It is, however, deeeeply powerful. Like raw and primal beasts let loose each member locks out of nowhere. Yet, this is only briefly done. One minute 30 seconds tops.
A moment that of course I wanted to go on for another 10 minutes. But that would rob it of its power and it is only a reflection, a pastiche of something true yet unnameable and we are on to other ripples of the psyche. And a magnificent blend into train that I did not see coming until the unmistakeable beat fishman drives out. In synchronization, the move makes no sense yet makes perfect sense.
And that, to me, sums up phish at the top of their game. It would be unnecessary for me to keep going with a song by song that was already done better than I could do anyway. I just felt I had to get that out and apologize for the lengthy ramblings. Dear god, see phish. See them many times. Sell your house. Sell your wife. By any means necessary. Score: 12 am , attached to Review by funkalunk Interesting show!
Both sets are just filled with interesting jams, some type 1, some type 2, all of them worth a listen. The stand out in the first set has to be the Tube. It seemed the band put a lot of effort into playing what can sometimes be a rote song, and hell it payed off. This is a version we will happily revisit in the future. Set 2 was great all around, but the BoaF stole the show.
Highlight of the whole night. But really, if you're thinking of downloading this show, do it. Set 2 will make it all worth it, not much I can convey that wouldn't be better served by your time actually hearing it. Throw in an always enjoyable First Tube, and we have a great show I believe will be hard to top in the coming days. I had a Blast! Easily the best punch shows I've seen since 1. Ginseng Sullivan - Again! First Set - right outta the gates I got this new laid back jamming thing -less is more - great stuff.
Tube was rediculous! Stash is my favorite song - really nice to see it played out on a new level. The Wedge - one of my favorite tracks Coil - straight fire! I always think of my soul as a jumpoff to crazy shit - once again. Reminded me of the 1. Birds was a straight out cock out! I thought I heard Stealy Dan teases in Billy. Bowie was like a hot load in my face!
If I liked that sort of thing! Tube closer so good. Bottom line for me - this wiped out every show of that I saw live. Score: 5 pm , attached to Review by hooter I think this was overall a great starting point for the first of 3 in the AC run. The first set really was all about the funk.
I would say Stash was the most interesting jam-wise. Stealing Time had the energy peak though. One interesting set choice is playing 46 Days followed by Camel Walk - both songs have really similar intros. I think Trey did that knowingly - I was waiting for Ocelot after that just to be like "har har Trey, we get it I think that should go in the show notes as an audience thing.
Anyway, Bowie was the highlight of the second set and probably the night since it featured a bunch of teases and was overall solid and exciting.
The main problem with this show was likely playing too many songs, especially during the first set. I was close to the stage and saw Mike step on his synth wah pedal a few times to get into the jams, like during Simple or Birds or Piper, and then Trey would just change the song. Ginseng Sullivan and My Sweet One are also examples of pure fluff filler songs - the time spent doing those should have been jams on the others!
Overall a pretty good kick off for the early summer tho. Score: 3 am , attached to Review by benjaminbarker Cool show. Whole night felt kind of deep jammy and in stark contrast to the show they played at Bonnaroo.
Peak of Set 1 was probably Faulty Plan, great jam and peak and lights. Lots of fun covers. Ice and Stash had their moments but overall weren't the peaks of the set. They played well and the crowd was in to it. Trey prompted the crowd to continue the "woo! The jamming was deep but a bit slow at times. Saved the best for last, ending with a great Bowie, featuring a lot of teases.
Did you? Now put on Birds, and put a plate under your face in case of melty drippage. Still with us? Now start back at the beginning of the first set. Check out all that patience. And listen to Mike and Fish protect the beat. Apparently like a shitload of other fans, I looked at a map and saw the Hilton was the furthest south casino, and looked like a pretty short walk to the grounds.
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