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Back by Popular Demand: Phish coloring page.

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I originally made this coloring page as part of kid’s activity book for my wedding last August.  I posted it on the Phish.net forums, which led to many requests for a copy.  Unexpectedly, I think the majority of the people that colored it in (at my wedding as well) were adults.   A couple people printed them out for some Phish viewing parties.  Their versions of it were posted online, but sadly I can’t recall where.  Since then, I’ve been mailing them out with orders, but I’ve been getting requests for it.  So, I’ve made it available as a PDF for you enjoyment: Phishcoloring. If anyone does download and color it in, feel free to send me a picture for an upcoming project!  I’ll be doing more coloring pages in the future, so keep an eye out for that!

In Memoriam- Chris “Buzz” Deardorff

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                                                                                                                          Photo by Kevin Goldblum

The Phish community has lost a Phan.  Chris Deardorff, better known as Buzz recently passed away, leaving behind a wife and daughter.  He’s best known as the guitarist of Quagmire Swim Team, and most recently Pine Mountain Band. He was an amazing person, with one of the most positive attitudes I’ve ever seen.  It was always a pleasure to see him perform, and an honor to eventually become a close friend.  He is one of the best guitarists I’ve ever heard, and I used to regularly make the 6 hour drive from college to see them play in my hometown.

I got to know Buzz throughout the year, mainly through my friend Jeff Whetstone, who would get together with him and play often, eventually forming Pine Mountain Band.  Our mutual love of Phish brought us even closer.  It was exciting to hear his stories of going on tour, and the ridiculous situations he got himself in. We went to several Phish shows together, and seeing his excitement and joy made the shows so much better.  My wife and I were lucky enough to be with him at his last show, 8/16/15 MPP, which was his 132nd show.  It was a large group of us, and it seemed like we gravitated towards him. All these people getting together because of him. It’s fitting that he’s in the center of this picture:

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Buzz will be dearly missed by his friends and fans alike.  We are saddened, but can’t help but smile thinking about the great times we had together, as a friend, with his family, or in the audience.

In honor of him, the full proceeds of any 8/16/15 Merriweather setlists sold will be donated in his memory to benefit his daughter Josephine.

Phish Magnaball 8/21-8/23/15

Friday, 08/21/2015
Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY

Set 1: Simple > The Dogs > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu> The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Free, The Wedge, Mock Song, Roggae >Rift, Bathtub Gin

Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture[1] > Ghost -> Rock and Roll > Harry Hood -> Waste > No Men In No Man’s Land -> Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Farmhouse, First Tube

[1] Unfinished.

Teases:
· What’s the Use? tease in Chalk Dust Torture
· Cars Trucks Buses tease in Harry Hood
· Magilla tease in Simple

Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish and was the first show of the Magnaball festival. Page teased Magilla in Simple. TMWSIY and Avenu Malkenu were played for the first time since July 4, 2012 (124 shows). After Free, Trey asked the crowd to sing Happy Birthday to his daughter, Eliza, who briefly joined him onstage. Mock Song was played for the first time since July 12, 2003 (320 shows), and featured a lyric change to “Clifford, Super, Magnaball.” CDT contained a What’s the Use? tease and was unfinished. Hood contained a CTB tease from Mike.

Prints Available

Saturday, 08/22/2015
Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY

Set 1: Divided Sky, The Moma Dance > Mound, Army of One, Scabbard > Sample in a Jar, Tube, Halfway to the Moon, Camel Walk, How Many People Are You?, When the Circus Comes, Undermind > Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Wolfman’s Brother, Halley’s Comet > 46 Days -> Backwards Down the Number Line > Tweezer > Prince Caspian[1]

Set 3: Meatstick > Blaze On -> Possum > Cities > Light > 555, Wading in the Velvet Sea > Walls of the Cave

Encore: Boogie On Reggae Woman > Tweezer Reprise

Set 4: Drive-In Jam

[1] Unfinished.

Teases:
· Tweezer tease in Prince Caspian
· Mind Left Body Jam tease in Cities

Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish and was the second show of the Magnaball festival. Caspian included a Tweezer tease and was unfinished. Cities contained a Mind Left Body Jam tease. The Fourth Set Drive-In Jam started with the band playing behind the “Drive In Movie” screen that had been created for the festival. Slowly, their silhouettes became visible and the ambient jam veered towards a full on band jam while the screen simultaneously showed fractal like images of close-ups of the band. Eventually, the band was visible.

Prints Available

Sunday, 08/23/2015
Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY

Set 1: Punch You In the Eye > Buffalo Bill, A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing > Limb By Limb, Waiting All Night > Theme From the Bottom > Maze, The Line, Stash, Reba, I Didn’t Know[1], Character Zero

Set 2: Martian Monster > Down with Disease[2] -> Scents and Subtle Sounds ->What’s the Use? > Dirt > Mike’s Song > Fuego > Twist -> Weekapaug Groove[2] ->Martian Monster

Encore: You Enjoy Myself

[1] Trey thanked the crew, production staff and local officials.
[2] Unfinished.

Teases:
· The Tears of a Clown tease
· Immigrant Song and Mainstreet quotes in Weekapaug Groove
· Immigrant Song tease & quote in Twist
· Brick House, The Very Long Fuse, and Sanity teases in You Enjoy Myself

Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish and was the third show of the Magnaball festival. Mike teased The Tears of a Clown before Punch You In the Eye. Buffalo Bill was played for the first time since June 22, 2012 (134 shows). Trey thanked the fans, crew, production staff and local officials during I Didn’t Know while Fishman “sucked love” on his vacuum. Down with Disease was unfinished. Immigrant Song was teased in both Twist and Weekapaug Groove. Mainstreet was teased in Weekapaug Groove, which was unfinished. YEM contained a Brick House tease from Mike, Sanity quotes in the vocal jam, and culminated with a quote from The Very Long Fuse and a fireworks display.

Prints Available

Setlist Notes © 1990-2015 The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc.

Phish 8/2/15 Tuscaloosa, AL

Sunday, 08/02/2015
Tuscaloosa Amphitheater, Tuscaloosa, AL

Soundcheck: My Soul, Jam

Set 1: Sample in a Jar, Chalk Dust Torture, Train Song, Devotion To a Dream, Meat,Maze, The Line, Roggae, My Friend, My Friend, 46 Days > Cavern

Set 2: Down with Disease[1] > Camel Walk > Seven Below > Fuego > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Harry Hood > Possum

Encore: A Day in the Life

[1] Unfinished.

Teases:
· The Very Long Fuse quote in My Friend, My Friend

Notes: MFMF contained a Very Long Fuse quote. DWD was unfinished.

Prints Available

The Gamehendge Series

I recently finished up my illustrations of the Gamehendge series.  I initially started this project in June of 2013, but after doing 4 illustrations, I put the idea aside as I worked on other things.  I finally got to finish this series when I was recently commissioned to illustrate all the songs for a book they wanted to make for their niece.  In the end I ended up drawing all the other songs that take place pre/post TMWSIY, or pertain to Gamehendge in one way or another (some can be debatable).  I did about 20 6×8 ink and watercolor illustrations total.

The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday

"..he knew it had always been there, and felt foolish for overlooking the door for so long." -TMWSIY
“..he knew it had always been there, and felt foolish for overlooking the door for so long.” -TMWSIY

The Lizards

"He said that we could swim it if we tried"
“He said that we could swim it if we tried”

Tela

"Tela, jewel of Wilson's foul domain"
“Tela, jewel of Wilson’s foul domain”

Wilson

"Can you still have fun?"
“Can you still have fun?”

AC/DC Bag

"Brain dead and made of money"
“Brain dead and made of money”

Colonel Forbin’s Ascent

"And he climbed so slowly"
“And he climbed so slowly”

Fly Famous Mockingbird

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The Sloth

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“Italian spaghetti, singing falsetto”

Possum

"The road was his end"
“The road was his end”

I will be releasing prints soon, and maybe a poster.  The images will also be used in this tour’s illustrated setlists.  I’m working transitioning to all ink and watercolor (Ive got about 40 songs already illustrated).  I’ll also have work at the PhanArt Show during the Mann run (August 12) at the World Live Cafe, so come by and check it out before the show

Commissioned Setlist: 6/11/2011 Merriweather Post Pavilion

I recently made this setlist as a commissioned piece of the 6/11/11.  It was made as a wedding present for a couple that had met at this show.  I added some things into the header, including their initials and their likeness in the crowd.  I can do any Phish show setlist, the first one you went to, the best one you went to, or in this case, the one where you met that special someone!  Contact me via etsy, twitter, instagram, or facebook if there’s an illustrated setlist you’d like to own.  And yes, I have done the Big Cypress setlist, it’s a bit ridiculous.

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Saturday, 06/11/2011
Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD

Set 1: Daniel Saw the Stone, AC/DC Bag > Ocelot, Access Me, Vultures, Wilson > Sand,Roses Are Free > Reba[1], On Your Way Down > Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Birds of a Feather > Tweezer > The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Waves >Chalk Dust Torture, Rock and Roll > Albuquerque > Piper > Wading in the Velvet Sea >Also Sprach Zarathustra > Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan > Suzy Greenberg

Encore: Show of Life > Tweezer Reprise

[1] No whistling.

Teases:
· On Your Way Down tease in Run Like an Antelope
· Birds of a Feather tease in Chalk Dust Torture

Notes: Daniel Saw The Stone was played for the first time since August 3, 2003 (137 shows). Reba did not contain the whistling ending. Antelope included an On Your Way Down tease from Trey. Chalk Dust included a BOAF tease.

Setlist and notes © 1990-2015 The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc.

Phish at Polaris Amphitheater 7/14-7/15/2000

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Link Friday, 07/14/2000
Polaris Amphitheater, Columbus, OH

Set 1: Sample in a Jar, Punch You In the Eye > Timber (Jerry), Gotta Jibboo > Boogie On Reggae Woman, Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, Foam, Dog Faced Boy,Farmhouse, Taste, Golgi Apparatus

Set 2: Mike’s Song > Frankie Says > David Bowie, Waste, Sand > The Lizards,Weekapaug Groove

Encore: The Inlaw Josie Wales, Driver, Guyute

Polaris 7-15-00

Link Saturday, 07/15/2000

Polaris Amphitheater, Columbus, OH

Set 1: AC/DC Bag, First Tube, Limb By Limb, NICU, Dirt, Roses Are Free, Wolfman’s Brother > My Soul, Julius

Set 2: Down with Disease[1] -> While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Makisupa Policeman[2],Piper > The Mango Song, Bug, You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Loving Cup

Prints available

Wishing it was Spring Sale

It’s been a rough winter in Philly.  Cold weather, frozen pipes, and power outages having me longing for spring.  So much I couldn’t wait to have my Spring sale.  All setlists from summer, fall, and the NYE run have been discounted. Single sets are $8 (from $12) as well as discounts for the multi-night runs.  Orders ship with stickers and extras, and as always, $1 from each sold sold is donated to Mockingbird Foundation!

www.etsy.com/shop/joseeen

1/3/15 Phish Miami Night IV

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Setlist Phish: Sat, Jan 03, 2015
American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL

Set 1: Maze, AC/DC Bag > Divided Sky, Cavern > Scent of a Mule, Plasma, Devotion To a Dream,Water in the Sky, Split Open and Melt, Character Zero

Set 2: Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan > Down with Disease[1] > Light -> Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley > Sand > Harry Hood > Suzy Greenberg

Encore: Good Times Bad Times

[1] Unfinished.

Notes:  Mule included a Smoke on the Water tease by Trey. DWD was unfinished. Hood included a Happy Birthday tease by Trey. The Birds was quoted in Suzy.

Setlist/Notes © 1990-2015 The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc.

Well, its just a matter of waiting for Summer Tour!  I’ll be working on watercolor illustrations of songs, as well as occasional setlists requested by people.

1/2/15 Phish Miami Night III

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Setlist Phish: Fri, Jan 02, 2015
American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL

Set 1: Free, The Moma Dance > Possum, Roggae, Stash, Back on the Train, Sugar Shack, The Line,Ocelot, The Squirming Coil

Set 2: Mike’s Song > 46 Days > Weekapaug Groove[1], Fuego > Slave to the Traffic Light, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Walls of the Cave

Encore: Sleeping Monkey > Rocky Top

[1] Trey on Marimba Lumina, Mike on guitar.

Notes:  Weekapaug included a Stash tease from Trey, quotes from The Birds, and featured Trey on Marimba Lumina and Mike on guitar.

Setlist/notes © 1990-2015 The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc.

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