This remnant will be replaced soon. The FAQ is back, with a new design! Phish, um... jumps on trampolines?? Bouncing reasons: Trampolines have been used for many years (since at least 3/10/90, according to David Steinberg) by Trey and Mike, for some combinaton of reasons from among at least the following suggested on the Phish.Net: timing of difficult sections, timing during crazy jams, fun, exercise, jovial entertainment, so they can see pholks in the back, so pholks in the back can see them, to dry out their hair... okay, the last three weren't on the net, but are plausible. Bouncing songs: The 'tramps' have been used in at least the following: Mike's Song (right before I Am Hydrogen), YEM, Antelope, Runaway Jim, Wilson (tho that's usually just jumping up and down), Divided Sky, Scent of a Mule (11/23/94, according to Dave Greg), and Walk Away. The first appearance was NOT 5/6/90 during Mike's Song (though it is uncertain "when YEM stopped being the only tramp song") but at the Woodbury Ski & Racket Club, Woodbury, CT, 4/29/90 during YEM; they were left on stage afterwards and revisited the tramps for Walk Away. The 7-27-93 HORDE gig in Richmond, VA, poked fun at John Popper's having broken a tramp on 3-14-92. Give it away: There have been multiple mini-trampoline giveaways, reportedly as they loosen and wear out and are replaced (so be careful if you get one). Piou Qwerty (?) got one 4-5-93 (the night they introduced the pink & blue ones) after helping "break down the band's gear." And Ian Harbilas got one 12/7/91; he saw the show with a school trip group from Brewster Academy (which included one girl who seriously thought they were going to the aquarium and was somewhat disappointed) and, after some unfortunate pulling & tugging during which the tramp lost some brown cloth border & all but four legs, won the tramp through a three-round match of the hand game rock paper scissors (See the border on the front of the '92 NYE net shirt). And at 12-7-91, when tramps given away, one audience member did his own tramp bit during Golgi. BTW, Lemuria finds the tramps almost entirely diversionary, since Page is the one that's really jamming during them. "We're very fortunate. We're sitting in a lucky place. We've got an audience that listens critically to our music. And to me, it's a great thing having people complaining about certain things, but who will also notice when we do something particularly good."" -- Trey Anastasio, Guitar Player Magazine, 5/96" This page last updated January 24, 2007. All contents © 1992-2007 Ellis Godard. All rights reserved.