Phish Stories

How Do We Love Phish? The Barn's Phish Tour 2012 Preview

That we love Phish has never been a question. Why we love Phish is a topic that has been hashed out countless times in conversation, on the web, and in print. But how we love Phish -- it's the type of relationship status that might be described as "It's Complicated" on Facebook -- is something...

Help The Barn Write Its Phish Summer Tour 2012 Preview

There's no matching Phish fans for pure, unadulterated enthusiasm. I cover scores of bands for this site and no content can generate traffic quite like articles about The Phish from Vermont.And while this year's summer tour announcement was met with typical anticipation and celebratory fervor, before too long something curious happened. I started to...

Chart: A Box Of Phish Crayons

I came across this clever Phish-inspired photoshop of some classic crayolas on the YemBlog facebook page. It reminded me so much of a chart, I just had to post it here. Thanks go to designer / photographer Ariane B. Davis, who conceived and created it.She even promised to make T-Shirts so keep an eye out!...

Chart: Phish Summer Tour 2012 Leg One Onsale Dates & Times

If you got shut out of PTBM (is it quaint or sad that I still call it "mail order"?) or just bypassed it to avoid getting stuck with the dreaded lawns, a kind soul has put together this handy chart as a guide to on sales via Ticketmaster and Live Nation. Nicely presented and very...

By The Numbers: Phish Return to Alpine Valley, Deer Creek As Part Of 2012 Summer Tour

After bypassing both of these Midwest sheds last summer, Phish will make it up to fans in Chicago (and surrounding areas) this summer with four shows total at two venues featured prominently in Phish history. Yes, Deer Creek is now known as Klipsch Music Center, but I'll never call it by a corporate sponsor's name.6/28/12...

Where Are The Phish Dates? Summer 2012 Edition

In these dark, Phish-less months of winter, rumors fly, desperation settles in and people get just a little crazy. While it is clear that some kind of Phish summer tour is in the works, in the mean time festival lineups are released, summer plans are being made and vacation days are left unrequested -- Phish...

Surround Yourself With Music: Getting To Know Jim Boukas

Dedication. Hard work. Vision. Networking. All words often associated with success in business, but they equally apply to the way that Jim Boukas has built up a Chicagoland jamband empire of sorts over the last seven years. By constantly tweaking the formula, breaking new ground, trying his hand at new things and fostering relationships with...

Old Folks Boogie: Senior Citizen Young At Heart Chorus Covers Phish's Free 12/31/11

No doubt there was tons of great music this past New Year's eve, but nothing quite gave me the warm fuzzies about 2012 quite like this take on Phish's "Free" from the ageless folks in the Young At Heart Chorus.As one youtube commenter suggests, the only thing that could have been better is if the...

Visual Setlist: Phish @ Madison Square Garden, New York, NY [New Years Run 12/28, 12/29, 12/30/11]

For a write-up on how to read and interpret visual setlists, click on over here.2011-12-28Madison Square Garden New York, NYOne: Free, Glide, Possum, Cities, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Stash, Contact > Sample in a Jar, Kill Devil Falls > Bathtub GinTwo: Birds of a Feather, Carini > Tweezer > My Friend...

Happy New Year! Three Rotation Infographics

As we tick away the final hours of 2011, I want to wish all readers a 2012 filled with your favorite music (and maybe a few new discoveries, too). To round out the year, The Barn is publishing rotation Infographics for three of our favorite bands who are throwing down New Years runs across the country.PhishFurthurUmphrey's...