Phish Stories

Friday Linkafication: The Interview Edition

Among other things, we're featuring some great interviews of some of our favorite musicians in this week's Linkafication...Glide Magazine talks with Chicago-area resident, and both former and present Flecktone, Howard LevyThe AV Club exchanges a few words with Megafaun's Phil CookRelix has an outstanding retrospective look at MMW's 20 year career featuring multiple interviewsI love...

A Pair of Springsteen Infographics: A Street Map & Word Cloud

Today is Bruce's birthday. To celebrate, I'm pulling out to interested ways to visualize his work that were found on the web. From the beginning, Springsteen's songs told rich, and involved stories, and many feature places and names. The first addresses the places. Brooklyn based artist Dan Cassaro created a high quality poster that represents...

Friday Linkafication: Fruit Sticker Stealie Edition

Wilco, Dissected. An interesting breakdown of their career from Consequence of Sound.Don't just throw away those fruit stickers, make art! Steal your face right off your banana.The cure for the lack of LP Covers in the digital age?VIDEO TIME!Okay, just audio over a still photo of David Cross. However, I still...

Phish Summer Tour 2011 Recap: A New Graph and Some Stupid Facts

Woe is me. I can't stop thinking of new ways to visualize the information we have about Phish tour. Luckily, the lengthy tour that they completed last week has provided plenty of data from which I could cultivate stupid facts and shape into interesting charts and graphs.First, let me explain the Rotation Graph. In...

Former President George W. Bush Recaps Phish's 2011 Summer Tour

In a Barn exclusive, we've recently received a statement from former President George W. Bush, who was overwhelmed by the support Phish has lent to the state of Vermont, offering his gratitude and a few words about the events of the last few months.Look for more tour recap posts from The Barn in the...

Visual Setlist: Phish @ Champlain Valley Exposition Essex Junction, VT 9/14/11

For a write-up on how to read and interpret visual setlists, click on over here.2011-09-14Champlain Valley Exposition Essex Junction, VTOne: Chalk Dust Torture, The Moma Dance > NICU, Funky Bitch, Sample in a Jar, Cavern, Bathtub Gin, Alaska > Possum, Wolfman's Brother, JuliusTwo: Carini > Down with Disease > Slave to the Traffic Light > Rock and...

Visual Setlists & Video: Phish @ Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO 9/2/11, 9/3/11 & 9/4/11

For a write-up on how to read and interpret visual setlists, click on over here.2011-09-02Dick's Sporting Goods Park Commerce City, COOne: Sample in a Jar, Sparkle, The Sloth, Sweet Virginia, Suskind Hotel, Strange Design, Stash, Sneakin' Sally through the Alley, Sparks > Scent Of A Mule, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan,...

Analyzing the Phish "S" Show With Charts and Graphs

Phish had fun with their setlist last night, reaching deep into their catalog to create two sets filled only with songs that started with the letter "S". Rumor has it that the songlist was offered as a memorial to dedicated Phish fan and Green Crew member Scott Ian Nowak, who passed away last week. Update:...

Friday Linkafication

Lots of interesting free music from some of The Barn's favorite bands in this week's Linkafication.Van Ghost is running a pretty badass promotion to pick the first single from their latest release at Grooveshark. You can also win a package for Chicago's North Coast Music Festival.Greensky Bluegrass is offering a free download of...

Visual Setlists, Stream and Download: Phish @ UIC Pavillion, Chicago, IL 8/15/11, 8/16/11 & 8/17/11

For a write-up on how to read and interpret visual setlists, click on over here.Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday now up... Added audience-sourced audio stream and download of all 6 sets.2011-08-15UIC Pavillion Chicago, ILOne: Back on the Train, Rift > Guelah Papyrus, Scent Of A Mule, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Wolfman's Brother, Anything...