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I originally made this coloring page as part of kid’s activity book for my wedding last August.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 Dick’s Run 9/4-9/6/15

Friday, 09/04/2015
Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO

Soundcheck: My Soul, Undermind, Hey Joe

Set 1: Tube > Ghost > Halley’s Comet > Undermind, Yarmouth Road > Bathtub Gin,Waiting All Night > Horn > The Wedge, 46 Days > Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Wolfman’s Brother[1] > Blaze On > Golden Age > Roses Are Free > Fuego >Wading in the Velvet Sea > Walls of the Cave

Encore: Hold Your Head Up > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, Loving Cup

[1] Unfinished.

Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish. Wolfman’s was unfinished. Bike was last played June 28, 2012 (132 shows). The soundcheck’s Undermind contained a Streets of Cairo tease from Trey.

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Saturday, 09/05/2015
Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO

Soundcheck: Mercury (x2)

Set 1: No Men In No Man’s Land, Martian Monster, NICU, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Bouncing Around the Room, 555, Winterqueen, Split Open and Melt, Limb By Limb > Roggae > Character Zero

Set 2: A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing > Chalk Dust Torture[1] -> Twist > Mercury >Light > Wingsuit > Rock and Roll

Encore: Sleeping Monkey > Harry Hood > A Day in the Life

[1] Unfinished.

Teases:
· Call to the Post and It’s Ice teases
· Dave’s Energy Guide tease in Rock and Roll
· The Birds tease in Chalk Dust Torture

Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish. Trey teased It’s Ice and Call to the Post before Split Open and Melt and Dave’s Energy Guide during Rock and Roll. Chalk Dust included teases of The Birds by Trey and Fish and was unfinished. Trey announced “Let Leo pick” before the encore, and Page thanked the crowd while the band began to play Page’s selection, Sleeping Monkey.

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Sunday, 09/06/2015
Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO

Set 1: The Landlady, Free > The Moma Dance > Seven Below > Prince Caspian >Backwards Down the Number Line, The Line, Scent of a Mule[1] > Saw It Again,Halfway to the Moon, The Birdwatcher, Frankenstein[2]

Set 2: Wilson > Down with Disease[3] > Carini > Steam > Piper > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Tweezer > The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Tweezer Reprise, Harpua[4] > After Midnight[5] > NO2[1] > Keyboard Army[5] > Your Pet Cat[6] > Once in a Lifetime > United We Stand[7]

[1] Fish on Marimba Lumina.
[2] Page on keytar.
[3] Unfinished.
[4] Unfinished. Narration included Jimmy being a guy from the east coast coming west and needing an oxygen tank. Trey sucked from an oxygen tank.
[5] Contained Harpua narration.
[6] Contained Harpua narration from Mike about eating Poster Nutbag.
[7] Phish debut.

Teases:
· Rocking Down The Highway quote in Piper
· Glass Onion quote in Harpua
· Harpua tease & quote in Your Pet Cat

Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish and featured several bustouts: The Landlady (last played December 3, 1994, or 768 shows), Birdwatcher (June 28, 2012, 134 shows), Keyboard Army (December 14, 1995, 684 shows), and Once In A Lifetime (October 31, 1996, 634 shows). Scent of a Mule and NO2 featured Fish on Marimba Lumina. Frankenstein featured Page on keytar. Down with Disease and Harpua were unfinished.  Piper included a quote of Rocking Down The Highway. Harpua, After Midnight, Keyboard Army, and Your Pet Cat included narration about Jimmy being a guy from the east coast coming west, having a breathing problem, and needing an oxygen tank (with Trey sucking from an oxygen tank). Trey then said Jimmy started to feel strange and wondered if he should’ve gotten that oxygen tank in the parking lot after the Phish show. Harpua also contained a Glass Onion quote with Trey saying the Walrus was Page. Your Pet Cat included narration from Mike about eating Poster Nutbag and finished with a portion of Harpua. Once In A Life Time contained Harpua quotes. This show featured the Phish debut of United We Stand. During Harpua, Trey mentioned that people writing down the setlist would want to only count Harpua once (by doing this, the encore spelled out THANK YOU).

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

Phish 8/15-8/16/15 Merriweather Post Pavilion

Saturday, 08/15/2015
Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD

Soundcheck: Sparkle, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Friday, Nothing (x5), Stir It Up (instrumental)

Set 1: Simple Glide Buried Alive McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters RoggaeLimb By Limb Big Black Furry Creature from Mars Your Pet Cat Big Black Furry Creature from Mars Horn Blaze On Run Like an Antelope[1]

Set 2: Halley’s Comet 46 Days Bug Steam What’s the Use? Steam Piper Tweezer[2]NO2 Tweezer Walls of the Cave

Encore: Sleeping Monkey Tweezer Reprise

[1] Marco Esquandolas lyric changed to “Gaktoidler Esquandolas.”
[2] Trey on megaphone.

Teases:
· Magilla tease in Simple
· Your Pet Cat and Theme from I Dream of Jeannie quotes in Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
· Call to the Post tease in Run Like an Antelope
· Sleeping Monkey quote in Tweezer Reprise
· Martian Monster quote in NO2

Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish. Simple included a Magilla tease. The first Big Black Furry Creature from Mars included an I Dream of Jeannie theme tease from Mike and a Your Pet Cat quote. Run Like an Antelope included a Call To The Post tease and the lyrics were changed to “Gaktoidler Esquandolas.” Piper included a Steam tease. Tweezer included Trey on megaphone. NO2 was last played August 12, 2010 (202 shows) and included a Martian Monster quote. During the intro to Sleeping Monkey, Trey said that backstage the band had read a website that ranked Phish songs and they were surprised that Page’s all-time favorite song was not on the top of the list, so they were going to play it for the crowd right now. Trey then said every night walking off during encore breaks Page asks to play it and Mike says “No Page, not tonight, tonight’s not your night, man.” Tweezer Reprise included a Sleeping Monkey quote from Fish.

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Sunday, 08/16/2015
Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD

Soundcheck: Foam, The Mango Song, My Soul

Set 1: Golgi Apparatus Undermind Julius 555 Nothing No Men In No Man’s Land StashDavid Bowie Possum

Set 2: Down with Disease[1] Slave to the Traffic Light Light Twist Shine a Light FuegoSneakin’ Sally Through the Alley You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Backwards Down the Number Line

[1] Lyrics changed to “Mike’s head.” Unfinished.

Teases:
· Charge! tease
· Sleeping Monkey quote in You Enjoy Myself

Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish. Sleeping Monkey was teased and quoted before the show and also quoted in the YEM vocal jam. Mike teased “Charge!” before the show as well. Nothing was played for the first time since June 7, 2012 (139 shows). DWD’s lyrics were changed to reference “Mike’s head.” DWD was also unfinished.

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

Phish 8/14/15 Walnut Creek Amphitheatre

Friday, 08/14/2015
Walnut Creek Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC

Soundcheck: Beauty of a Broken Heart, Scabbard, Wombat

Set 1: Llama[1] Chalk Dust Torture The Moma Dance Yarmouth Road Tube Bouncing Around the Room Maze Waiting All Night Lawn Boy Devotion To a Dream Wolfman’s Brother Suzy Greenberg

Set 2: The Wedge Golden Age Reba Mike’s Song Ghost No Quarter Weekapaug Groove First Tube

Encore: Farmhouse Fire

[1] Performed in a slow funk style.

Teases:
· No Quarter tease in Weekapaug Groove

Notes: Llama was performed in a slow funk style. Weekapaug included No Quarter teases from Trey.

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

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.

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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.

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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.

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

Phish 8/11-8/12 Mann Run

Tuesday, 08/11/2015
The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Soundcheck: Skin It Back, Scents and Subtle Sounds, Vultures, Sing Monica

Set 1: Crowd Control, Martian Monster > Axilla, Skin It Back -> Martian Monster,Vultures, Dog Faced Boy > David Bowie, Farmhouse > Scent of a Mule[1], Ghost,Grind

Set 2: Fuego > Rock and Roll[2] > 46 Days -> Taste, Also Sprach Zarathustra >Sand > The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Cavern > Backwards Down the Number Line

Encore: Julius

[1] Fish on Marimba Lumina.
[2] Lyrics changed to “Philadelphia station.”

Teases:
· Skin It Back tease in Martian Monster
· Martian Monster quote in Scent of a Mule
· Martian Monster and Mercury quotes in David Bowie
· Martian Monster quote in Ghost

Notes: Skin It Back was played for the first time since August 22, 2012 (111 shows). The second Martian Monster of the set included part of the ending of Skin It Back. Bowie, Mule and Ghost contained Martian Monster quotes.  Mike teased Mercury in Bowie. Mule also contained a Marimba Lumina solo from Fish. Rock and Roll’s lyrics were changed to reference Philadelphia.

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Wednesday, 08/12/2015
The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Soundcheck: Your Pet Cat

Set 1: AC/DC Bag > Free, Ya Mar, Sample in a Jar, Cities, Stash, Birds of a Feather,The Line, It’s Ice > Character Zero

Set 2: Bathtub Gin, No Men In No Man’s Land > Twist, Scents and Subtle Sounds,Harry Hood

Encore: Loving Cup

Teases:
· The Birds tease in Birds of a Feather
· Martian Monster tease & quote in Free
· Martian Monster quote in Harry Hood
· Tequila tease in Bathtub Gin
· I Want You Back tease in Ya Mar

Notes: Free contained Martian Monster teases and quotes, Mike teased I Want You Back in Ya Mar, BOAF included quotes of The Birds, Page teased Tequila in Bathtub Gin and Trey quoted Martian Monster at the end of Hood. The soundcheck’s Your Pet Cat contained Tomorrow’s Song lyrics.

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

Phish 8/8-8/9/15 Alpine Valley Run

Saturday, 08/08/2015
Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI

Set 1: No Men In No Man’s Land, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Poor Heart,Julius, Frankie Says > Maze, Mercury, Reba, Possum

Set 2: Down with Disease[1] > Halley’s Comet -> Twist > Light > What’s the Use? >Fuego > Backwards Down the Number Line > Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Meatstick > Character Zero

[1] Unfinished.

Teases:
· Theme from Mission: Impossible tease in Maze

Notes: Page teased the Mission: Impossible theme in Maze. DWD was unfinished.

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Sunday, 08/09/2015
Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI

Set 1: The Very Long Fuse, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Brian and Robert, Saw It Again, Esther, Weigh, The Sloth, Sanity > Split Open and Melt

Set 2: Run Like an Antelope > Carini > Waves -> Tweezer > Dirt > Mike’s Song >Blaze On > Weekapaug Groove > Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Contact, Frankenstein

Teases:
· The Very Long Fuse quote in Sanity

Notes: Mockingbird featured narration about Trey walking around Alpine Valley and having a bird shit on him, inspiring him to play the song that night. He also acknowledged that this was the band’s 17th show at Alpine and that the following day would be the 19th anniversary of their first appearance (August 10, 1996). The Very Long Fuse was quoted in Sanity.

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

Phish 8/7/15 Cuyahoga Falls

Friday, 08/07/2015
Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH

Soundcheck: It’s Ice, Mound, The Lizards, Jam

Set 1: A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing, My Sweet One > Wilson > Timber (Jerry),Roses Are Free, Rift, The Moma Dance, Ginseng Sullivan, Wingsuit, It’s Ice > Bathtub Gin

Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture[1] -> Tweezer > The Lizards, Makisupa Policeman > Ghost> Harry Hood > Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Good Times Bad Times

[1] Unfinished.

Teases:
· Call to the Post tease in Bathtub Gin
· Dave’s Energy Guide tease in Harry Hood
· For the Love of Money tease in It’s Ice

Notes: This show was webcast via LivePhish. After Roses Are Free, Trey gave a call-out to Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo (aka Gene and Dean Ween), encouraging them to get Ween back together. Trey teased For the Love of Money in It’s Ice, Call to the Post at the end of Bathtub Gin, and DEG in Hood. Chalk Dust was unfinished.

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Phish 8/5/15 Kansas City, MO

Wednesday, 08/05/2015
Starlight Theatre, Kansas City, MO

Set 1: Gumbo > Kill Devil Falls, Back on the Train, Bouncing Around the Room,Divided Sky, The Last Step[1], Blaze On, Waiting All Night, 46 Days

Set 2: Gotta Jibboo > Twist > The Wedge, Down with Disease[2] > Sand > Joy, You Enjoy Myself

Encore: Bug

[1] Phish debut.
[2] Unfinished.

Teases:
· Stash tease in The Wedge
· Pop Goes the Weasel tease in Down with Disease
· The Birds quote

Notes: The Birds was quoted before Gumbo. This show featured the Phish debut of The Last Step. The Wedge contained a Stash tease. DWD was unfinished and contained a Pop Goes the Weasel at the beginning from Mike.

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