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My Saint Louis ticket stubs were inspired by the songs “Meat” and “Ghost”. Both stubs include images inspired by the lyrics, along with some inspired by the city of St. Louis.
Each stub measures 2.75×6.5 inches (The same size as PTBM tickets) and is printed on 130lb gloss paper (slightly thicker than actual stubs), printed by Fireball Printing in Philadelphia. Stubs are available as a complete set or single nights. Joseeen.etsy.com
Summer tour is back, and so are ticket stubs (sort of)! I now enter my 2nd year of creating PTBM-inspired, unofficial commemorative stubs for Phish shows.
I was inspired by isometric drawings for this tour, which I had known about for a while, but never really drawn. During our annual standardized testing time, I found myself without a classroom and subjugated to “art on a cart”. I had to find something simple that students could work on in their classroom, and in some cases quietly since other students may still be testing. While most had a tough time doing the activities, it made sense to a few, who promptly demanded more challenging drawings to do. This had me researching and creating isometric drawings for worksheets. Something I noticed was how much I enjoyed drawing them. It felt like a challenging puzzle that was also a relaxing activity.
I used the Mansfield run art as a way to explore isometric art and see where it would lead me. The process of drawing them had a very improvisational feel, with the grid leading me around the drawing.
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Each stub measures 2.75×6.5 inches (The same size as PTBM tickets) and is printed on 130lb gloss paper (slightly thicker than actual stubs), printed by Fireball Printing in Philadelphia. Stubs are available as a complete set, and single or two nights.
These were some of the largest illustrations I had done for a ticket stub. Each one is 11×15 and was very difficult to scan. Due to the size, these took a bit of time to complete, which I was ok with!
My final set of tickets for Spring Tour is for the 3-night run at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA. The art for each night was inspired by 70s-80s skateboarding culture and magazines, as well as the songs Wolfman’s Brother and Dog Faced Boy.
The original painting was watercolor and gouache paint. Tickets are based on PTBMs and the barcode links to the setlist on Phish.net! Prints are 11×14, signed and numbered, and limited to an edition of 50. A portion of sales will be donated to Mockingbird Foundation.
Hollywood Bowl Run Tickets Available here
Hollywood Bowl Run Prints Available here
My next set of tickets is for the 3-night run at the Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley in Berkeley, CA. The art for each night was inspired by art from ancient Greek pottery, and combined elements of Greek mythology and Phish song references.
The original painting was watercolor and gouache paint. Tickets are based on PTBMs and the barcode links to the setlist on Phish.net! Prints are 11×14, signed and numbered, and limited to an edition of 50.
Berkeley Run Tickets Available here
Berkeley Run Prints Available here
Ticket stubs are back for 2023! With the return of physical stubs nowhere in sight, I’ve decided to continue creating ticket stubs, starting with Phish’s 2023 Spring Tour.
First up are tickets and prints for the Spring Tour opener at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, WA. The art for these tickets was inspired by the song “Timber (Jerry The Mule)” which is actually a cover written by Josh White, as well as imagery from old logging photos from the Seattle area, with Mt. Rainier in the background.
The original painting was watercolor and gouache paint. Tickets are based on PTBMs, and the barcode links to the setlist on Phish.net! Prints are 11×14, signed and numbered, and limited to an edition of 50.
Seattle Run Tickets Available here
Seattle Run Prints Available here
Old habits die hard! Creating ticket stubs has taken up most of my time this year, forcing me to set aside the setlist art this year. While I still create them via commissions, I couldn’t help but create the MSG NYE Run setlists! These will be a smaller edition (only 25!) but are also available as digital downloads.
SET 1: Buried Alive, Wolfman’s Brother, Maze, Sigma Oasis > NICU, Steam, Tela, Stash, Split Open and Melt
SET 2: Free > A Wave of Hope -> It’s Ice > Leaves > Simple -> Plasma -> Twist > Harry Hood
Trey teased A Wave of Hope in Twist.
SET 1: Fluffhead -> Your Pet Cat > Bathtub Gin > hey stranger, Tube > Slave to the Traffic Light, Blaze On
SET 2: David Bowie, Everything’s Right > You Enjoy Myself > Ruby Waves > Lonely Trip, Back on the Train > Character Zero
Fluffhead was unfinished. Trey teased Dave’s Energy Guide in Bathtub Gin. This show featured the Phish debut of hey stranger. Trey teased Heartbreaker in Ruby Waves.
SET 1: Down with Disease > The Moma Dance, Pebbles and Marbles, Theme From the Bottom > Reba, The Howling > Foam > Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: No Men In No Man’s Land, Golden Age, Sand > If I Could, I Always Wanted It This Way
ENCORE: Chalk Dust Torture
SET 1: Tweezer, Halley’s Comet -> Set Your Soul Free > Rift, Cavern > Tweezer > Shade, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
SET 2: Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S. > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Kill Devil Falls, Mercury > Light -> Waste, Drift While You’re Sleeping, Backwards Down the Number Line
SET 3: Ghost > Bohemian Rhapsody > Ghost -> Jungle Boogie > Wilson > Auld Lang Syne > Carini > Theme from New York, New York > Tweezer > Prince Caspian > Crosseyed and Painless > Piper, A Life Beyond The Dream, First Tube
ENCORE: Show of Life > Tweezer Reprise
Trey teased Super Bad in Weekapaug. The second setbreak music was comprised of songs referencing past Phish New Year’s Eve gags. Before the third set began, a barbershop quartet appeared with a singing telegram for Phish. The telegram said that at the stroke of midnight, it would be 40 years for Phish and to make a wish. Trey wished he had a time machine so they could do it all again. A cube descended from overhead and a time machine was revealed near Mike. The quartet activated the time machine and the cube played audio and video from past years of Phish. Dancers from various past new year’s gags appeared on stage as well as a wombat (from October 31, 2013). The wombat broke the time machine and Ghost began with dancers and characters (like Father Time from December 31, 1999, and the Famous Mockingbird from December 31, 1992) continuing to appear from the band’s past performances. Ghost featured Meatstick lyrics sung by the band as well as by dancers in different languages in a nod to December 31, 2010. The first Bohemian Rhapsody since December 31, 1996 (850 shows) featured the Late Show Gospel Choir singing on risers behind the band and Ghost quotes from Page and the choir with subsequent lyrics changed to reference Ghost. The first Jungle Boogie since December 31, 2003 (544 shows) featured the BD Entertainment Marching Band along with the choir. The marching band and choir were also featured in Wilson where a platform above Trey that had appeared for the entire New Year’s run descended and the clone that had been lying on the platform rose and was revealed to be a Tom Hanks actor from Castaway. Inflated Wilson volleyballs were then tossed into the crowd. During Auld Lang Syne, Phish briefly stopped playing and ate cake in front of the stage while the marching band and choir continued to perform. Carini featured several dancers in “naked dude” costumes emerging from a birthday cake in front of the stage and dancing and running around with security trying to catch them. The Theme from New York, New York was performed for the first time since December 31, 1997 (772 shows) and featured the naked dude dancers performing a kickline in front of the stage while adding vocals and Trey changing the lyrics to “if I could be naked there.” Piper contained Crosseyed quotes. During Tweezer Reprise, the wombat ran and danced across the stage. The post-show music was Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, which was a nod to Phish playing their 72nd show at Madison Square Garden, tying Elton John.
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Ticket Stubs and 8.5 x 11 Prints!
Setlist/notes © 1990-2023 The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc. and used with permission. A portion of profits from all setlists sold is donated to the Mockingbird Foundation.
SET 1: Theme From the Bottom, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Everything’s Right, Esther > Buried Alive, Alaska, Mull, Birds of a Feather, Cavern
SET 2: No Men In No Man’s Land > Down with Disease > Joy > Ruby Waves > The Lizards, Fluffhead > Chalk Dust Torture
ENCORE: Contact > First Tube
Trey teased Happy Birthday in Boogie On Reggae Woman and Contact.
SET 1: Turtle in the Clouds, Undermind > Drift While You’re Sleeping, Strawberry Letter 23, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan > Runaway Jim > Camel Walk > Timber (Jerry the Mule) > Julius, Split Open and Melt
SET 2: You Enjoy Myself > A Wave of Hope, Bug > Gotta Jibboo > The Howling > Good Times Bad Times
ENCORE: Maze
Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan had an Odd Couple theme tease from Trey. This show included the first performance of the slow arrangement of Maze.
SET 1: While My Guitar Gently Weeps, My Soul, Rift, Horn, Wombat, Evolve, Guyute, Limb By Limb, Mercury, The Moma Dance
SET 2: Sand, Sigma Oasis -> Sand, Twenty Years Later > The Mango Song, Rise/Come Together, Free
ENCORE: Grind, Slave to the Traffic Light
The first Sand contained Crosseyed and Painless teases from Mike and an Albert tease from Trey. Mike teased Dueling Banjos in Slave to the Traffic Light.
Also Available:
Ticket Stubs and 11×14 Prints!
Setlist/notes © 1990-2022 The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc. and used with permission. A portion of profits from all setlists sold is donated to the Mockingbird Foundation.
SET 1: Set Your Soul Free, Walls of the Cave, Sample in a Jar, Steam, My Friend, My Friend > Sparkle, Ocelot, Leaves, The Squirming Coil
SET 2: Axilla (Part II) > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Light > Mountains in the Mist, Meat, Golgi Apparatus > Slave to the Traffic Light > Cavern
SET 1: Cool It Down, Foam, Knuckle Bone Broth Avenue, Dirt, 555 > Gumbo > Backwards Down the Number Line > The Wedge, About to Run, Divided Sky
SET 2: Wilson > Simple, Prince Caspian -> Egg in a Hole > Piper > Prince Caspian, Lonely Trip > Back on the Train, Most Events Aren’t Planned, Blaze On
ENCORE: Nothing > When the Circus Comes, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg
Also Available:
Ticket Stubs and 11×14 Prints!
Setlist/notes © 1990-2022 The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc. and used with permission. A portion of profits from all setlists sold is donated to the Mockingbird Foundation.
SET 1: Sigma Oasis, Possum, AC/DC Bag > Reba, Roggae, My Mind’s Got a Mind of its Own > The Final Hurrah > Free
SET 2: A Wave of Hope > Mr. Completely > Walk Away, Golden Age > What’s the Use? > The Moma Dance, If I Could > Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: I Am in Miami, Izabella
SET 1: Character Zero > Mike’s Song > Bouncing Around the Room, Kill Devil Falls, Winterqueen, Funky Bitch, NICU > Carini -> Weekapaug Groove
SET 2: The Landlady, Tweezer > Plasma > Wolfman’s Brother, Miss You > Maze, Harry Hood
ENCORE: A Life Beyond The Dream, Tweezer Reprise
Also Available:
Ticket Stubs and 11×14 Prints!
Setlist/notes © 1990-2022 The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc. and used with permission. A portion of profits from all setlists sold is donated to the Mockingbird Foundation.
You can feel good about an MSG run, especially in April! I just finished these setlists up. For the headers, I used my ticket stub designs, which are also available in my shop. Scan the barcode to link to the setlist on phish.net! I plan to create stubs for summer tour as well!
SET 1: Carini > Possum, The Moma Dance > Leaves, Strange Design, Stash, Blaze On
SET 2: Sigma Oasis > Down with Disease > The Howling -> Twist > Mountains in the Mist, Reba, Drift While You’re Sleeping
ENCORE: Gumbo, Slave to the Traffic Light
SET 1: Suzy Greenberg > 46 Days, Plasma, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, Wolfman’s Brother, Esther, Ghost
SET 2: Chalk Dust Torture -> Tweezer > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Maze, About to Run, The Mango Song > Harry Hood > Character Zero -> Tweezer -> Character Zero
ENCORE: A Life Beyond The Dream, Tweezer Reprise
SET 1: Everything’s Right > Tube, 555 > Back on the Train, Army of One, Axilla (Part II) > Bathtub Gin > Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.
SET 2: Set Your Soul Free > Light > Fuego > What’s the Use? > Backwards Down the Number Line
SET 3: Free, A Wave of Hope, Waves > Sand, Split Open and Melt
ENCORE: It’s Ice
SET 1: Fluffhead, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Simple -> Egg in a Hole Jam -> Simple, Divided Sky, First Tube
SET 2: No Men In No Man’s Land -> Prince Caspian > Piper > Gotta Jibboo, I Always Wanted It This Way > Lonely Trip, Walls of the Cave
ENCORE: Wilson > David Bowie, More
I also have my show prints, as well as postcards and stubs available in my shop! joseeen.etsy.com
Setlist/notes © 1990-2022 The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc. and used with permission. A portion of profits from all setlists sold is donated to the Mockingbird Foundation.
Not just reading the book, 