Apr 11, 2013
[Updated 6/19/13 with Ventura release]In recent weeks, the Phish community has rallied around PhishTracks, the web creation which allows streaming of nearly every freely traded show in circulation. It is deserving of all accolades and excitement and is clearly anindispensableresource, but it's not the only way to get live Phish streamed directly to your computer...
Mar 20, 2013
Buzzfeed recently reported on a curious feature that Google offers as a part of its Google Drive (formerly Google Docs) product. Many spreadsheet jockeys have been known to start a series in the first two cells of a worksheet (e.g. Days Of The Week, Months of the Year, etc.) and use the autofill feature...
Mar 11, 2013
[Update 3/13 Tuesday wins again, Phish announces tour today marking seventh time on Tuesday in 3.0]By this point, most Phish fans with a pulse and an Internet connection know that Summer 2013 tour dates are imminent. Most even have a reasonable idea about the touritinerary(see bottom of this post for reasonable guesses) and are dutifully planning...
Feb 8, 2013
I conceived of this as a T-shirt idea a few years ago and put together a meager prototype using my limited PhotoShop skills. I recently found it again while rummaging through my hard drive. It seemed as much like a chart as many of the other things I've posted here, so why not share on...
Jan 17, 2013
For a write-up on how to read and interpret visual setlists, click on over here.View Current Rotation
Jan 4, 2013
Hidden Track did some outstanding research into the total sales of the Phish concerts in 2012. Upon seeing the figures, they seemed to demand a visual presentation. I tweeted the following image, and am putting up on the blog for increased visibility.We've definitely seen a trend towards smaller venues in 3.0. With some of the larger...
Oct 19, 2012
While searching for an online Venn Diagram creator for my Springsteen at Wrigley Recap, I came across an interesting site that generates Venns automatically based on the most common Google Suggest autocompletes for any given question. You just provide it with a query and three common search terms, and it finds the most likely searches...
Oct 11, 2012
Sign of the musicpocalypse: there are two reggae bands currently on my radar who specialize in recreating Beatles tunes. Well, that's not entirely fair, as Easy All Stars is currently touring behind Thrillah, their Michael Jackson tribute and have other rock and pop artists in their sites as well. But, I needed to get them...
Sep 25, 2012
Update 9/25: Includes data through end of Summer TourIn 2011, The Barn introduced Visual Song Charts and the Rotation Graph as ways to conceptualize all of the songs in the rotation over the course of a Phish tour. I've combined the best elements of these into the 2012 version.View 2012 Phish Rotation Graph HereFor every song played, we...
Sep 22, 2012
For a write-up on how to read and interpret visual setlists, click on over here.View Current Rotation