This remnant will be replaced soon. The FAQ is back, with a new design! Should I purchase the Helping Phriendly Book? No, never. No reason to. This is a unique, creative, laborious compilation put together through many hours and contributions by hundreds of net pholk. There have been scattered reports of unnamed individuals selling this compilation, reportedly for profit, on tours during the spring and summer of 1993, and possibly more recently. If you buy it from them, you are allowing them to profit from the work of volunteers who gave their efforts, for free, to the community, not to individuals' pockets. You can get a copy for free via email or ftp, and there are a handful of under-appreciated individuals who have printed and duplicated copies to distribute (for free or printing costs ONLY) at shows. Words of wisdom from two past maintainers (and coypright holders) of the HPB, written in consultation with their lawyers: "Usage of the material contained in the HPB, for any purpose, must include proper sourcing info just like if you copied something from any other copywritten work. The HPB is a collection of information, and use of that info without proper notice is in violation of international copyright law." Besides, the archive version (which is what was being sold) isn't complete. Additions are made frequently, and there are many shows not on the list at all. There are descrepancies and corrections to be made. Anyone who claims to have a definite compilation of every Phish set list is likely lying, given that not even the band's support crew has been able to assemble a definite list of shows, much less setlists. Selling and buying the HFB is wrong, cheap, and dishonest, if not rude. Please, find it for free!! If you ever see anyone selling the HPB for profit or using it without permission, let them know they're ripping you and others off, and/or send an email to Dan Hantman at dan@netspace.) "What really makes the whole thing exciting and interesting, we get a lot of this, uh a lot of networking. We have a mailing list that goes out to about 50,000 people and people write in and call in, and ... for instance, the last tour we did, we knew about 125 people who did the entire tour, that's a three-month tour... and what happens is you get to a point where you have to, where everything has to be fresh. You have to be living in the moment. You can't go out on stage and say the same joke that you said the night before or play the same songs."" -- Trey Anastasio, Rockline, 3/22/94" This page last updated January 26, 2007. All contents © 1992-2007 Ellis Godard. All rights reserved.