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About josean

I draw skulls, dinosaurs, girls, and things pertaining to Phish. Original artwork and prints http://www.etsy.com/shop/joseeen Select giclee prints http://josean-rivera.artistwebsites.com/ Ramblings and pics https://twitter.com/joseeen

Phish Riviera Maya 2019

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I’m excited to present may latest linocut for Phish’s return to Riviera Maya in 2019.  Continuing my tradition of creating a block print for all their past shows in Mexico, I went bigger than ever before, carving a 12×18 block.  I was inspired by the work of Albert Dürer’s woodcut, The Four Horsemen (1498).  It was printed on 18×24  90lb paper, hand printed and pulled (really wish I had a press for this size!)  They are available in a limited signed edition of 30, including 2 small color variants.  Prints are available in my shop: www.joseeen.etsy.com 

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Phish MSG NYE Run 2018

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12-28-18 msg i web

SET 1: We Are Come to Outlive Our Brains, Martian Monster, Axilla > Free, The Wedge, Meat, Ghost > Sparkle, If I Could, Maze, Walls of the Cave

SET 2: Set Your Soul Free > Swept Away > Steep, The Final Hurrah, Fuego > Shade > Bathtub Gin > Possum

ENCORE: Bouncing Around the Room, Slave to the Traffic Light

Trey teased The Little Drummer Boy in Bathtub Gin

12-29-18 msg ii web

SET 1: Buried Alive, Blaze On, Turtle in the Clouds, The Sloth, 46 Days -> Cities, Corinna, Ya Mar, Wolfman’s Brother -> Party Time[1] -> Wolfman’s Brother

SET 2: Carini -> Tweezer > Death Don’t Hurt Very Long > Tweezer -> No Quarter > Also Sprach Zarathustra > First Tube

ENCORE: Shine a Light, Tweezer Reprise

[1] Atypical version with chorus sung multiple times over the Wolfman’s Brother jam.
 Corinna was played for the first time since December 28, 2016 (68 shows). Party Time was performed in an atypical manner with the chorus being sung multiple times over the Wolfman’s Brother jam. Tweezer Reprise contained a Death Don’t Hurt Very Long quote.

 

12-30-18 msg iii web

SET 1: Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, Mike’s Song > Glide II > Weekapaug Groove -> Crosseyed and Painless > Bliss[1] > Billy Breathes, No Men In No Man’s Land > Tube-> Weekapaug Groove[2] -> Tube > More

SET 2: Cool Amber and Mercury, Everything’s Right > Plasma > Light > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Split Open and Melt

ENCORE: Funky Bitch, Wilson > Rocky Top > Cavern

[1] Phish debut; Trey on acoustic guitar.

[2] Unfinished.
Alumni Blues had changed lyrics referencing National Bacon Day. Glide II was last played on May 16, 1995 (872 shows). Trey teased Birthday in the first Weekepaug. This show featured the Phish debut of Bliss with Trey on acoustic guitar. Trey teased Crosseyed and Painless in No Men In No Man’s Land. Weekapaug Groove was unfinished. Cool Amber and Mercury and Cavern contained The Final Hurrah quotes.
12-31-18 msg iv web

SET 1: The Moma Dance, Stray Dog, 555, Sand, Lawn Boy, Steam > Chalk Dust Torture > What’s the Use? > Play by Play, Waste, Ass Handed, Run Like an Antelope

SET 2: Down with Disease[1] > Farmhouse > Seven Below > Twist > Harry Hood > Passing Through, Harry Hood

SET 3: Mercury[1] > Auld Lang Syne, Say it to Me S.A.N.T.O.S., Simple, Saw It Again > Limb By Limb > Rock and Roll > Suzy Greenberg

ENCORE: The Lizards, Character Zero

 

[1] Unfinished.
 Trey teased Auld Lang Syne In Antelope. Trey and Mike came out to start the third set dressed in metallic silver spacesuits. As Mercury progressed, acrobats appeared on stage in front of the band and were lifted up and down, each in their own (unbreakable) net. The midnight balloon drop consisted predominantly of silver balloons and streamers hung from the roof. During Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S., Trey and Mike were lifted up in the air (similar to the acrobats) while they performed the song and dancers appeared on stage with giant inflatable objects. DWD and Mercury were unfinished.

Prints now available in my shop.  Also available as digital copies.

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Setlists/notes © 1990-2019  The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc.

Holiday Fundraiser

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I’ve recently added some new original artwork to my fundraising site, www.phishart.com .  As some of you know, I’m also an elementary/middle school art teacher in North Philly.  With essentially no money for a budget, I’m forced to fundraise in order to get supplies for my classroom.  I created this site in order to sell some of my original artwork that I use for my digital prints.  Half of sales are donated to my DonorsChoose fundraiser, which helps me purchase supplies.  All prints are original ink and watercolor, which ship with extra prints and/or originals, as well as a thank you drawing from my students!  Direct donations can also be made here: https://www.donorschoose.org/project/help-our-classroom-keep-creating/3787371/ . DonorsChoose is currently offering to match donations up to $50 if you use code LIFTOFF from now until 11/30! Any orders placed via phishart.com  would also have it’s donation matched during this time period, so purchasing a $50 print would result in a $50 donation!  Own some art and help a good cause! 
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Phish Las Vegas Run 2018

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10-31-18 Las Vegas I web

SET 1: Buried Alive > Ghost > Crazy Sometimes > Free, More, Halley’s Comet > Ocelot > Theme From the Bottom, First Tube

SET 2: Turtle in the Clouds[1], Stray Dog[1], Everything is Hollow[1], We Are Come to Outlive Our Brains[1], Say it to Me S.A.N.T.O.S.[1], The Final Hurrah[1], Play by Play[1], Death Don’t Hurt Very Long[1], Cool Amber and Mercury[1], Passing Through[1]

SET 3: Set Your Soul Free > Tweezer > A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing > Backwards Down the Number Line > Meatstick, Bug > Run Like an Antelope

ENCORE: Loving Cup > Tweezer Reprise

[1] Debut.
This show was webcast via Live Phish. Ghost contained a Buried Alive tease from Trey. Trey teased Crazy Sometimes in Hallet’s Comet. The second set was billed as Kasvot Växt’s i Rokk and consisted entirely of debuts. Kasvot Växt would ultimately turn out to be a fictional band created by Phish with a detailed backstory and fake information added onto various websites. The band came out for the set dressed in white with an altered stage setup and twelve squares hanging from the ceiling illuminated. Cool Amber and Mercury and Antelope contained The Final Hurrah quotes.
11-1-18 Las Vegas II web

SET 1: Everything’s Right, AC/DC Bag > Wolfman’s Brother, Nellie Kane, Funky Bitch, Chalk Dust Torture, I Been Around, Joy, Walls of the Cave

SET 2: Blaze On > No Men In No Man’s Land, Fuego > Twist > Prince Caspian > Twist, Bouncing Around the Room, Harry Hood

ENCORE: Contact > Rise/Come Together

This show was webcast via Live Phish. Trey teased Jean Pierre in Wolfman’s Brother. Trey teased Third Stone From the Sun in Chalk Dust Torture. Fuego and Twist contained Pictures of Matchstick Men teases. Fish quoted The Final Hurrah in I Been Around. Hood contained We Are Come to Outlive Our Brains quotes from Fish.
11-2-18 Las Vegas III web

SET 1: Cavern, Beauty of My Dreams, If I Could, Weigh, Sand, Back on the Train, Martian Monster, Mercury > Suzy Greenberg

SET 2: Soul Planet > Down with Disease[1] > Guyute, Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley > Light > Slave to the Traffic Light

ENCORE: Hold Your Head Up > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, Good Times Bad Times

[1] Unfinished.
This show was webcast via Live Phish. if I Could was played for the first time since July 29, 2014 (159 show gap). DWD included In the Summertime and Oye Como Va teases from Trey and was unfinished. Trey quoted Everything is Hollow in Sneakin’ Sally. The first HYHU contained a The Final Hurrah quote. Bike was played for the first time since September 4, 2015 (113 shows).
11-3-18 Las Vegas IV web

SET 1: The Moma Dance, Kill Devil Falls > Roggae, Water in the Sky, 555 > Tube > Farmhouse, Mike’s Song > Lifeboy > Weekapaug Groove

SET 2: Carini > 46 Days > Scents and Subtle Sounds > Crosseyed and Painless > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Possum > Split Open and Melt

ENCORE: Wading in the Velvet Sea, Character Zero

This show was webcast via Live Phish. Weekapaug Groove included a Call to the Post tease. Fish quoted Death Don’t Hurt Very Long in Carini. Scents and Subtle Sounds didn’t include the intro. Page teased Hold Your Head Up at the end of Character Zero.
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Phish Rosemont Run 2018

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10-26-18 Rosemont I web

SET 1: Punch You in the Eye > Martian Monster, Axilla, Reba, My Sweet One, Mercury > Moonage Daydream, Walls of the Cave

SET 2: Tweezer > Golden Age > Frost, Limb By Limb, Sand, A Day in the Life, Possum

ENCORE: Wilson > Tweezer Reprise

 

10-27-18 Rosemont II web

SET 1: Stash, The Dogs > Blaze On, Water in the Sky, Ya Mar, Vultures > Roses Are Free, 46 Days > David Bowie

SET 2: The Moma Dance > No Men In No Man’s Land -> Steam > Chalk Dust Torture, Fuego > Joy, Suzy Greenberg

ENCORE: Rock and Roll

This show was webcast via Live Phish. Trey teased Dave’s Energy Guide in Blaze On.
10-28-18 Rosemont III web

SET 1: Everything’s Right, Destiny Unbound, Heavy Things, Miss You, Tube, Petrichor, I Always Wanted It This Way, Grind

SET 2: Carini -> No Quarter -> Cities > Gotta Jibboo > Twist -> What’s the Use? > Twist > Shade, Plasma, Character Zero

ENCORE: Fluffhead

This show was webcast via Live Phish. Mike teased Live and Let Die in Destiny Unbound. Tube contained I’m a Man teases.
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Phish Nashville Run 2018

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10-23-18 Nashville I web

SET 1: Tweezer Reprise, Party Time, Free, The Old Home Place, Lawn Boy, Cool It Down, Theme From the Bottom, Funky Bitch, Kill Devil Falls > Wolfman’s Brother > Character Zero

SET 2: Mike’s Song -> Ghost, Everything’s Right > Set Your Soul Free > When the Circus Comes > Weekapaug Groove

ENCORE: Loving Cup

Cool It Down was played for the first time since August 15, 2012 (229 shows). Trey teased Third Stone From the Sun in Weekapaug.
10-24-18 Nashville II web

SET 1: Soul Planet, Also Sprach Zarathustra > 555, Farmhouse, Halfway to the Moon, Waste, My Friend, My Friend, Maze, Bathtub Gin

SET 2: Down with Disease[1] > Crosseyed and Painless > Scents and Subtle Sounds[2] > No Men In No Man’s Land, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Harry Hood

ENCORE: Run Like an Antelope

[1] Unfinished.
[2] No intro.
This show was webcast for free via Live Phish. Trey quoted Soul Planet in 2001. Trey teased Call to the Post at the end of Bathtub Gin. DWD was unfinished. Scents did not contain the intro and included Run Through the Jungle and Crosseyed teases and quotes and Party Time quotes. Antelope also included Crosseyed teases and quotes.
Prints now available in my shop.  Also available as digital copies.
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Phish Fall 2018 Series- Las Vegas

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The fifth and final print in my fall tour series.  Inspired by several posters for ” The Astounding She Monster” (1957) and lyrics from Pebbles and Marbles.  The images were all hand drawn, inked (pens and brush) and painted with watercolor.  I then scanned them to create a digital painting that is true to the original poster.  The prints are 13×19 on card stock, signed and limited to an edition of 150.   Available now in my shop,  and during the run ( October 31st-Nov 3rd ) shipping is free!

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