Send us a text My guest on todays mini-episode of Attendance Bias is the founder and creator of Tour Stories , Lizzie Morelli. Tour Stories is a website that provides reviews, features, and interviews to share "the stuff fans rarely get to know about." For today's episode, Lizzie chose to discuss Phish's performance of "Makisupa Policeman" from 5/28/11 . This was the second of three shows from the band's first, and only, visit to the upstate New York outdoor venue. While the shows are generally ...
Apr 21, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Send us a text My guest for today’s episode is Alyssa Poland of The Phunky Fox Etsy shop . If you’re looking for fun, glittery, Phish related show gear the Phunky Fox should be your first stop. Alyssa chose Phish’s show at the BB&T Pavilion, otherwise known as Camden, on June 28, 2019 . My first thought was that the show was so recent! How much could there be to say about it? The answer was: a lot! As discuss, the summer 2019 tour was just a year and a half ago, but with quarantine, it seems...
Apr 14, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Send us a text Hometown shows, cookie dough, and Atlanta in August. In today's episode, NYC resident Brad Mislow talks us through Phish's performance of "2001" from the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater at Encore Park, or simply, Alpharetta. This version closed a 3-night run and is, to date, the only version of the song to close a show. Although he has lived in New York for the past 21 years, Brad is originally from the Atlanta area and these were his first shows in the area since 1997. A classic ve...
Apr 07, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Send us a text It’s a family affair today on Attendance Bias! My guests for this episode are father and son, Jeff and Ben Fortgang. Jeff and Ben chose to discuss the Phish show from July 15, 2016 at the Gorge, the legendary outdoor amphitheater in George, Washington. When Ben told me that his dad is a veteran taper who went to over 300 Grateful Dead shows, yet it was Ben who got his father into Phish, there was so much more I wanted to know. As you’ll hear in the episode, my parents know about m...
Mar 31, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 34
Send us a text We f irst met Chris on one of Attendance Bias’ earliest episodes, where we spoke about 11/28/97 at the Worcester Centrum. If anyone wants to hear more about Chris’ background as a fan or as an artist, please feel free to go back and listen to that episode. This show was played toward the beginning of the 1999 December tour, which was fourteen shows total. The whole tour built up to Big Cypress, and 14 shows in something like 19 days helps explain how and why they were so prepared ...
Mar 24, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 33
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Mar 17, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Send us a text Missed opportunities. Everyone’s had at least one. when it comes to Phish, there’s always the one that got away. The show you decided to skip because you had a test the next day. The one that was just too far away to make it back before work. The one you slept on getting tickets for and couldn’t find an extra. Hopefully, it doesn’t happen too often…but unfortunately it does happen And with Phish, it’s the worst feeling in the world when those shows become all-timers. For me, there...
Mar 10, 2021•13 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Send us a text Hi everybody, and welcome to Attendance Bias. I am your host, Brian Weinstein. My guest for today’s episode is Tim of Wook-Plus, also known by his Twitter handle, @WeekendWook. If you’ve engaged with the Phish community on Twitter over the past three years, no doubt that you’ve come across one of Tim’s “Phish Brackets,” in which songs, tours, or venues are pitted against one another, round-robin style, to compete for the title of Best. When I first encountered the brackets, I was ...
Mar 03, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Send us a text Mini-Episode #14: Twist, 12/31/15, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY If New Year’s Eve is traditionally about celebration, reflection, and renewal, then NYE 2015 was tailor made for me. As I discussed in the first mini-episode of Attendance Bias, I was divorced toward the beginning of 2015. With Fare Thee Well and Phish’s extensive summer tour in 2015, I took every opportunity I could to clear my head and treat myself to every show I could manage that year. The shows were great ...
Feb 24, 2021•16 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Send us a text By now, it’s a cliche to state that 2020 was an awful year for. But it needs to be noted that for Phish, 2020 was not an TOTAL loss. Let’s remember that for four days and nights in February of 2020, Phish played incredible shows at the Moon Palace resort in Cancun. I was lucky enough to attend those shows, and when the pandemic hit, I frequently went back to pictures, relistened, and would text my friends who were also there. Remembering Mexico became a coping mechanism to soothe ...
Feb 19, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Send us a text Mini-Episode #13: Suzy Greenberg, 9/14/00, Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien, NY Hi everybody, and welcome to mini-episode #13 of Attendance Bias. I am your host, Brian Weinstein. Mini-episodes of Attendance Bias feature a breakdown of a single song or jam from a show that I’ve attended. I’ll give a little background about what makes the song or jam so special to me, and then we dive right in. These mini-episodes are posted on a bi-weekly basis in between full episodes of...
Feb 10, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Send us a text My guest today on Attendance Bias is Jeff Sommar. Jeff reached out to me on the Phish.net forum and asked if he could come on Attendance Bias because he would love to talk about seeing phish during his backpacking days in Europe. Eventually, Jeff chose to discuss the Phish show from July 12, 1996 at the Melkweg Theater in Amsterdam, Holland . Once he brought up Phish’s Europe ‘96 tour , I felt compelled to hear about it. Not only is this the earliest show brought up on the podcast...
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Send us a text When Phish announced their early summer tour in 2009, the comeback tour, two dates stood out to me: June 4 and 5 at Jones Beach Amphitheater. Like the Nassau Coliseum , Jones Beach has a special place in my life. Though I’ve seen fewer and fewer shows there in recent years, several of my formative musical experiences happened there. Jones Beach Amphitheater is a beautiful concert venue. It sits on Zach’s Bay as part of Jones Beach State Park, a beachside park built during the Grea...
Jan 27, 2021•14 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Send us a text This week, my guest is the cultivation director at the 7 Points Cannabis Cultivation Facility in Portland Oregon: Joseph Rosenberg. Joseph and I have never met in person, but we’ve been talking, discussing, and occasionally arguing about Phish for nearly two decades on a small online Phish forum. Over that time, I’ve learned that Joseph is very opinionated about Phish, and also has the background and extensive knowledge to back up his opinions. We don’t always agree, but we always...
Jan 20, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Send us a text When it comes to naming your favorite Phish song, I have my stock answer, and then maybe question it with a few backup answers. But it’s been a constant in the 24 years that I’ve been listening to Phish—my first favorite song is still my favorite today, and that song is Glide. I’ve mentioned it several times on this podcast, but Glide was the big bang for me. Every show I’ve seen, album I’ve bought, show I’ve downloaded or streamed, and opinion I’ve had can be traced back to track...
Jan 13, 2021•13 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Send us a text Welcome to Attendance Bias! Today, my guest is author Jason Gershuny. Jason is the co-author of the book: “ 100 Things Phish Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die. ” Jason chose to discuss Phish’s show on August 6, 2017 at Madison Square Garden , which you may recognize as the final show of the historic Baker’s Dozen , also known as Glazed Night. There was a lot for Jason and I to talk about, having similar upbringings in the New York City area, but also because we got very emot...
Jan 06, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Send us a text Hi everybody, and welcome to mini-episode #10 of Attendance Bias. Today’s mini-episode features “ Crimes of the Mind ” from November 28, 2003 at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York . When someone brings up "Nassau 2003," I would guess that 100% of Phish fans automatically think of the show on February 28 , with the "Destiny Unbound " bustout and the all-time version of " Tweezer ." But Phish played two shows at the Coliseum in 2003—the famous one in February, and then the l...
Dec 30, 2020•14 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Send us a text Welcome to Attendance Bias. Today, my guest is Cully Naramore, who is the Canning Line Operator of Treehouse Brewing in Charlton, Massachusetts . If you’re deep at all into the craft beer scene, you have definitely heard of Treehouse. Not only do they print Phish lyrics on the bottom of their cans, but they’ve become the darlings of the craft beer scene over the past four or five years. When I began to brainstorm guests for this podcast, I knew that I wanted to speak to someone at...
Dec 23, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Send us a text I think it’s fair to say that When the band returned in 2009, it was something of a reset for everyone: for Trey, for the band, for the fans, and for the trends we all got used to during 1.0 and 2.0. 3.0 was a fresh start for everyone and everything, including the rhythms of the setlist. One precedent that the Hampton Run set was that the band’s setlist would be much more extensive than it was when they called it quits in 2004. By opening the new era with Fluffhead and then playin...
Dec 16, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Send us a text Welcome to the eighth mini-episode of Attendance Bias! Mini-episodes feature a breakdown of a single song or jam from a show that I’ve attended. I’ll pick a song or jam for any given reason—it was the highlight of the show, it meant something special to me, it's widely renown--who knows? Mini-episodes are posted on a bi-weekly basis in between full episodes of Attendance Bias, when a guest and I will go over a full Phish show. Today's episode focuses on "46 Days," played on 8/7/10...
Dec 02, 2020•13 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Send us a text My guest today is the anchor of Fox 5 News at 5 and 10 in New York City: Steve Lacy . Steve chose to discuss Phish's July 12, 1999 show at the Great Woods Amphitheater . Having grown up in Massachusetts, this was a hometown show for Steve. Not only that, but it was the band’s first show back at Great Woods after a wild weekend in 1995 , and it felt like a homecoming for all involved. When I was a kid, probably 9 or 10 years old, I got a TV in my room. My curfew was to go to sleep ...
Nov 23, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Send us a text Welcome to the seventh mini-episode of Attendance Bias! Mini-episodes feature a breakdown of a single song or jam from a show that I’ve attended. I’ll pick a song or jam for any given reason—it was the highlight of the show, it meant something special to me, it's widely renown--who knows? Mini-episodes are posted on a bi-weekly basis in between full episodes of Attendance Bias, when a guest and I will go over a full Phish show. Today's episode focuses on "Down with Disease," playe...
Nov 18, 2020•18 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Send us a text If you've been into the Phish scene for any amount of time, you've heard of, or been to a PhanArt show. For years, artists have creators have sold their wares outside of venues but it wasn't until relatively recently that they've had a localized, organized location to set up shop. And who got this whole shebang organized? Pete Mason--otherwise known as PhanArt Pete . For today's episode of Attendance Bias, Pete chose Phish's legendary show on 7/29/03 at the Starlake Amphitheater i...
Nov 11, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Send us a text Welcome to the sixth mini-episode of Attendance Bias. Mini-episodes feature a breakdown of a single song or jam from a show that I’ve attended. I’ll pick a song or jam for any given reason—it was the highlight of the show, it meant something special to me, it's widely renown--who knows? Mini-episodes are posted on a bi-weekly basis in between full episodes of Attendance Bias, when a guest and I will go over a full Phish show. Today's episode focuses on " Character Zero ," played o...
Nov 04, 2020•13 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Send us a text Welcome to Part 2 of my conversation with Dartmouth College professor David Lutz about Camp Oswego, day two, on 7/18/99. If you haven't listened to Part 1, please go back and listen to it as its own separate episode and as a prelude to this episode. Part 1 focused on Dave's history as a Phish fan, his background, and how he ended up at Camp Oswego as a teenager without a car. We got so deep into our nerdy Phish chatter that it took us over an hour just to get to set 1 of the show!...
Oct 28, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Send us a text Steve Lutz is a professor of Environmental Studies at Dartmouth University. He is also the most detail-oriented Phish fan I know. By coincidence, we both started seeing Phish at the same show (12/29/97), and met a few years later on a Phish-centric message board. Since then, we've geeked out about EVERYTHING related to the band. Dave's knowledge of Phish-minutiae far exceeds my own, so when he chose to talk about day 2 of the 1999 Oswego Festival, I knew it would go deep. I was ri...
Oct 21, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Send us a text Welcome to the fifth mini-episode of Attendance Bias! Mini-episodes feature a breakdown of a single song or jam from a show that I’ve attended. I’ll pick a song or jam for any given reason—it was the highlight of the show, it meant something special to me, it's widely renown--who knows? Mini-episodes are posted on a bi-weekly basis in between full episodes of Attendance Bias, when a guest and I will go over a full Phish show. Today's episode focuses on " 2001 ," played on 8/11/04 ...
Oct 14, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Send us a text There is something about Phish's summer 1999 tour that deeply resonates with fans. On one hand, lots of fans see it an an underrated and underrepresented tour. On the other hand, everybody loves to talk about it! That's certainly the case with today's guest, Thom Epps of San Diego, CA. Thom threw me for a loop when he suggested this show, because he wasn't there! He calls it " What should have been " his first show. Non-attendance bias? Nevertheless, we go over it with a fine-toot...
Oct 07, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Send us a text Welcome to the fourth mini-episode of Attendance Bias! Mini-episodes feature a breakdown of a single song or jam from a show that I’ve attended. I’ll pick a song or jam for any given reason—it was the highlight of the show, it meant something special to me, it's widely renown--who knows? Mini-episodes are posted on a bi-weekly basis in between full episodes of Attendance Bias, when a guest and I will go over a full Phish show. Today's episode focuses on "Twist," played on 11/1/13 ...
Sep 30, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Send us a text Happy New Year and send in the clones! Today's guest on Attendance Bias is author Elizabeth Beck! Elizabeth wrote the recently published novel, " Summer Tour ." "Summer Tour" is a young-adult coming-of-age novel that features a young man named Sam who is forced to move in with his aunt for the summer. Over the course of this fateful summer, Sam meets a group of friends who introduce him to the world of creative life, writing, and of course, Phish! Elizabeth chose 12/31/19 because ...
Sep 23, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 8
