phish was awesome. the 'hippest' crowd i've seen at a phish show. people were pretty cool - someone commented when we were waiting in line (one of them...they checked your ticket/you four times before they let you in the door!) that no one was from LA anyways. sure enough, all of the people standing around him were from elsewhere. security was INCREDIBLY lax inside. people dancing in the asiles, on the concourse...i didn't see a single security 'guard' once inside. it was nice, especially after some of the dmb shows i've been to recently. played 'fee', my favorite. why is it that i've only been to a handful of phish shows and have heard my favorite song (which isn't all that common) TWICE, and have been to 15 dmb shows with no say goodbye? i just hope that it's not 18 by the time this tour is over...
i'm always paranoid about missing the beginning of a show because of traffic. (because of the fact i missed the opener to my first dmb show because of insane traffic - almost 3hours to do a 45 minute drive! hate the sac valley amp) i wanted to leave dan's sister's house in north hollywood by 5:30pm. we were waiting for dan's coworker who left santa barabara at 4:30pm (!!) and kept calling him to tell him how bad the traffic was. finally, when they weren't there by 6:45, we left. the forum was at LEAST a 25 minute drive, and that would only happen if you drove at 3am when there weren't cars on the road. needless to say, i was stressed. by some amazing traffic miricle (and the fact that they didn't hit the stage until almost 8:30pm, we made it just as the show was starting. ironically, dan's coworker ended up pulling into the parking lot less then 10 cars behind ours and parking next to us. but, of course, me being female and drinking a huge vanilla ice blended, i spent the first two songs in the bathroom line. *sigh*
why i always leave for a show waaaayyy early. i'd rather sit around than miss it. a great show - really...much better than the nye run imo. (not that i was there, but downloaded 'em all)...had a great time. looking forward to greensboro. and making to the show on time. :)
not phish, but something i like...it's toad the wet sprocket, who will be back east this march...hmm, maybe another concert for me. :) i leave for north carolina again tomorrow morning, and it's all too fitting...
Another day I call and never speak
And you would say nothing's changed at all
And I can't feel much hope for anything
If I won't be there to catch you if you fall
Again
It seems we meet
In the spaces
In between
We always say
It won't be long
But something's always wrong
Another game of putting things aside
As if we'll come back to them some time
A brace of hope a pride of innocence
And you would say something has gone wrong