I didn't attend any year of Lilith Fair bc I thought at the time that it wasn't for me. The new documentary has made me rethink that position: www.salon.com/2025/09/23/l...

Looks like this reissue still has the tracks out of order which is immensely frustrating.

"Tenure, it seems, is more than a professional milestone—it appears to mark an inflection point that influences how scientists contribute to scientific advancement.” – Prof. @dashunwang, the impact of tenure status on scientific research. #KelloggLeader kell.gg/0ld8

*announcing* 𝐒𝐌𝐋 - 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐧 LP/CD/DD out November 7th, 2025 The mighty 𝗦𝗠𝗟 (bassist Anna Butterss, synthesist Jeremiah Chiu, saxophonist Josh Johnson, drummer Booker Stardrum, and guitarist Gregory Uhlmann) are back!!!

For 9/22/00, I went looking for a newspaper review to make fun of...but Greg Kot kind of nailed it?

Crushed that the Wednesday song "Phish Pepsi" doesn't mention them in a positive light. (Not really, it's pretty funny in context)

Very funny to see Superchunk without Jon Wurster and then actual Marky Ramone.

9/20/00 was a special night for people chasing songs with complicated acronyms, but not much else:

Got my ticket, excited for a night of people doing mysterious things with instruments I don't understand.

The Phish Radio stream STILL sounds terrible!

A surprising result, but I think the main takeaway is that both parties consistently funded science...until, um, recently.

Cautionary tale in two acts for Hampton #LahtSkrimps

A bitter memory from one of my last 1.0 shows makes me wonder...was Fall 2000 Phish's "breakup album"?

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did you know about the music column I write it’s full of music news

I didn't know the new Jens Lekman was a rock opera!

Joke's on them, I already drank it.

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Now that I finally have a CD player I can use in my office, I'm going through my stack of old WFMU premiums, like this 2016 disc of Dead covers from @thetrailhead.bsky.social.

The second consecutive Phish show at an amusement park was heavy on cheap thrills, including a fan-service rerun from 97/98:

Can't wait for the @robmitchum.bsky.social newsletter about Kenny Chesney singing "Tweezer"

Sorry I said your Band looks like they recorded “NARC Side of the Moon”

"Very soft bass"

Probably met trading Dead tapes on ARPANET.

I love that these guys are arguing through a fence that would prevent any violence beyond mild poking. Very good metaphor for bro country.

I think it's cool that the Bears are experimenting with having a terrible defense as well.

If all you knew about Fall 2000 was Live Phish Volume 3, you'd think Phish went on hiatus at the top of their game:

I heartily welcome this granular focus on 25-year-old shows competition.

Sound & Gravity Day 3: got shut out of Jeff Parker but that just meant more music.

Sound & Gravity Day 2 — insanely loaded with great guitarists.

The last time Phish played a show on a "normal" September 11th, there was still a lot of unsettled anxiety in the air:

I never put it together that Malkmus swiped the solo from "Tumbling Dice."

The first sentence of Guy Forget's Wikipedia entry is a thing of beauty.

S&G stands for both Sound & Gravity and Synth & Guy. (Not a complaint, was just what I needed last night)

Public service journalism to put this out before single-game tickets go on sale.

Counterpoint to my last post.

Bob Dylan: I'm going to play 75 shows a year until I die, possibly onstage. Also Bob Dylan: Don't look at me. www.flaggingdown.com/p/last-night...

You can't beat Michael Ray's impressive credentials, but his appearance with Phish 25 years ago turned into a baffling — and eventually literal — sit-in.

One would think each volume at least lines up with a year of release. One would be unfamiliar with the galaxy mind of Grateful Dead Productions.

Still in awe of how insane this naming convention was.

Very pumped for Sound & Gravity this week/not pumped about some of the decisions I'm going to have to make. William Tyler vs. BASIC? Steve Gunn vs Messthetics? Mary Lattimore vs. Jeff Parker? Bill Callahan vs. Mary Halvorson? Have mercy.

wrote a little bit about the greatest to ever do it

25 years ago today: Several weeks' rest — and the promise of more on the horizon — got Phish's last pre-hiatus tour off to a refreshingly mellow start:

Set your alarms -- Phish Essays returns tomorrow with the beginning of the end of 1.0!

Phish - 1997-12-06 - The Palace - Auburn Hills, MI https://archive.org/details/phish1997-12-06.167034.auburnhills.neumann190i.set2.flac1648

Thank you to my fans

action shot of the the grateful dead tapers section at red rocks, today in 1985, by janice savite, via jerrybase.

Surprise! I wrote a zine going through every single Rolling Thunder 1975 show for the 50th anniversary this fall. Limited edition, available now until they sell out. Link to buy: www.flaggingdown.com/p/my-new-zin...