Phish @ Merriweather I

Before the show Teri, Ashley, and I watched the World Cup at Union Jack's across the street from the venue. The place was packed and it was standing room only. We ran to the hotel for the second half and overtime. Bummer about losing in the Round of 16 against Ghana. Off to the lot.

We thought we were smart and going to go in the back entrance to avoid the huge line of cars getting in the main entrance but we were denied and forced to go to the main entrance. We couldn't just turn left into the venue but rather had to join at the end of the long line after making a U turn. And then once we got up to the lot after waiting in line for awhile we got denied again. The lot was full and we were the first car told to move on to the mall. So back to where we just came from near the back entrance to park across the street. We had a cooler of beer and other lot essentials. We threw down one beer and started walking to the lot.

Once at the lot we met up with Matt and some of Teri's friends. Just like the previous show shakedown was pretty lame. There wasn't much to eat and almost no beer. The cops were hassling vendors. We eventually met up with Scott and Brent. Tickets were plentiful and the best offer I got for mine was $10 but Brent sold it for a day high of $12.

Inside the venue I found the usual Starr Hill offerings and got a Northern Lights IPA. Met Scott and Brent on the lawn. Teri was having a good time and got me down to her 30th row seat. I got Matt, Scott, and Brent down and they hung up in the back of the pavilion. It was a rockin' show. There was a light traffic jam but not too bad.

setlist:

Set 1: Crowd Control, Kill Devil Falls, AC/DC Bag, Sugar Shack, Tube, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, Stash, Backwards Down the Number Line, NICU > 46 Days, Suzy Greenberg

Set 2: Rock and Roll > Free, Fast Enough for You, Sparkle > Tweezer, The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Wolfman's Brother > Slave to the Traffic Light > Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Show of Life, Good Times Bad Times

Notes: Prior to the start of the first set, Mike teased Do You Feel Like We Do. This show featured the Phish debut of In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel). Suzy contained a Leigh Fordham reference from Fish. Tweezer featured a Watcher of the Skies tease from Mike. Wolfman's contained a vocal jam.

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