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12/29/04 - MFF raises $7,100 for Station Family Fund
The all Phish on-line auction organized by John Langenstein (former Director of Security for Phish) and David Shulman (Executive Director of the Mimi Fishman Foundation) ended December 28.  The auction raised over $7,100 for the Station Family Fund (SFF) and  included items such as the Phish road wardrobe case, a signed Conventry unused ticket, Trey and Mike guitar strings, among many other Phish memorabilia pieces.

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12/27/04 - Danny Clune, RIP
The body of Phish fan Danny Clune (reported missing 11/24/04; see below) was found and identified on Christmas day.

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12/21/04 - VPR Rebroadcast
Vermont Public Radio is re-broadcasting the "Phish: The Final Curtain" documentary again (Tuesday, December 28, at 7pm) and will archive it on VPR's website for "on demand" listening for one week (December 24-30) at vpr.net. This radio documentary was broadcast by Vermont Public Radio on October 27, 2004, and features Jon Fishman, artist Lars Fisk, promoter Dave Werlin and several fans, including Mockingbird Foundation Founding Director Jack Lebowitz. The documentary will not be online after December 30, 2004, but a print transcript of the broadcast is available at the VPR website. .

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12/20/04 - R.I.P., Son Seals

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12/15/04 - All-Phish Station Family Fund Auction
John Langenstein, Director of Security for several bands including Phish, CSN, and The String Cheese Incident, has teamed up once again with David Shulman and The Mimi Fishman Foundation to raise money for The Station Family Fund. The eighteen auction items are sure to be of interest to any Phish fan. Included are the actual guitar strings used by Phish in 2004, one of their wardrobe cases used all the way up to their last show in August, as well as a full Conventry festival ticket signed by the entire band.

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12/4/04 - VPR Documentary Online
Steve Zind's audio documentary of Coventry and Phish's end is now available via mp3 from Lebo.

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11/30/04 - Phish Management Company To Close
Billboard Magazine reports that John Paluska, longtime Phish manager will dis-mantle Dionysian Productions, the band's Burlington, VT-based management company.

"Dionysian Productions will be a non-entity as of the end of the year," Paluska, Phish's manager for 16 years, tells Billboard.

Phish will maintain a small headquarters in Vermont, headed by longtime Phish archivist Kevin Shapiro. "The rest of us are all splitting off and doing different things," says Paluska. Dionysian's staff, including Phish Dry Goods, the band's merchandising company, numbered more than 25 when the band was on the road.

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11/24/04 - Phish fan missing!
Dan Clune has been missing since November 5th. Have you seen him? Updated; see 12/27/04

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11/19/04 - Mockingbird raises $500,000!
The all-volunteer Mockingbird Foundation has now raised over a half million dollars, and has announced new grants to totalling $63,420 to music education for children.

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11/10/04 - Yonder Mt. Donation & Contest
Yonder Mountain String Band will be making a donation to the Mockingbird Foundation in conjunction with the release of their new live album Mountain Tracks: Volume 3. Phish fans can enter a contest to win a signed copy of the album, plus a signed copy of their New Year's Eve poster by clicking here! .

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11/8/04 - Page races cars??
Rolling Stone reports that, included with the upcoming Vida Blue DVD, a "bonus disc will include a forty-minute documentary on McConnell's 'foray into the world of demolition derby and car racing.'"

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11/1/04 - Harmless Halloween Hijinx, or Tease of Dubious Taste?
During their Halloween show last night in Portland, OR, Umphrey's McGee played a medley of songs referencing recent cases of purported pedophilia by well-known musicians, including Michael Jackson (who's reportedly paid tens of millions to avoid trials regarding sleeping arrangements with young boys) and Pete Townsend (who explained having surfed the net for child porn as having been doing research on an important issue).

The medley ended with a short, perhaps only three-second, tease of the beginning of Mike's Song, making an off-color funny of the reports of a year ago or so regarding since-withdrawn accusations that photos Mike Gordon took backstage at a non-Phish concert were in some way inappropriate. (Though note that Jackson has not been convicted, and Townsend was cleared.)

Those in attendence insist that it was a brief, funny bit that was best understood at the event and may not convey well beyond the event. Some defenders of Phish are understandably angered by the choice of humor, but Umphrey's has issued an apology - and is, you should know, a smokin' act about whom there's a recent and growing buzz for good reason.

Also, they request, keep in mind their odd sense of humor, evident even in their album titles - the first of which was Greatest Hits Volume III. They also share our interest in funding music education, and will =performed a benefit for Save the Music on December 10th at Irving Plaza.

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10/31/04 - Demand a ballot recount!
Satellite music service Sirius held a phone vote of listeners to "elect a new head [get it?] of state". The winner will be played all day long on Sirius Jam, a purportedly (and mostly) jambands channel, one of 65 the service offers. In a race between Phish and the Grateful Dead, the Dead reportedly won. Email Sirius and tell them you want a recount, or an absentee ballot! The Dead are fine, sure, but we want a full day of PHISH on Tuesday, either as we celebrate victory or fall back in shock. This is a heated, energetic, full-of-fire election. It's soundtrack's gotta have fire! :)

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10/29/04 - Don't Forget to Vote!
Trey asked in a HeadCount PSA, and we're asking now - be sure to vote next Tuesday, regardless of who or what you're voting for. JUST DO IT!

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10/25/04 - Fishman's wind tower in doubt
The Associated Press has reported that Fishman's plans to power his new home by wind are encountering complaints about visual pollution.

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10/20/04 - Relix Collector's Issue
The current issue of Relix is a Phish Colletor's issue, including an interview with Tom Marshall and much more.

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10/12/04 - Documentary coming on VPR
Vermont Public Radio will air an hour-long documentary on October 27th at 7 pm EST, which will also be streamed online, which explores the band's unique approach to music and its audience, and during which drummer Jon Fishman shares perspective on the band's final moments. For more information, see www.vpr.net.

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10/7/04 - Verizon charges at Coventry?
If you use Verizon and made calls at Coventry, you may have roaming charges for calls that were routed through Quebec (Canada) even if Vermont is within your call area. For some fans, this has meant as much as $55.00 is excess charges. Be sure to check your current bill, and to contact Verizon for a reversal if you were incorrectly charged in this manner. (And thanks to Jim Kapp for the info!)

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10/7/04 - Four years ago today...
...the "hiatus" began. :(

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9/27/04 - Phish.Net Shirts are Baaaack!
Nearly a decade after the last Phish.net shirt, we've finally rolled out the new design. Proceeds go to the Mockingbird Foundation, to help cover the costs of this site, which the Foundation adopted as a project last Spring. To order your shirt, visit The Phish Net Store today - and, thank you! :)

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09/05/04 - Devito was at Coventry.
Danny D was both on the side stage and hanging backstage (the latter by Jim Z). And, that was him playing drums during Tom Hanks' flute solo at the end of "Fee". ;) But seriously, he was there. Really.

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10/7/04 - Four years ago today...
...the "hiatus" began. :(

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9/27/04 - Phish.Net Shirts are Baaaack!
Nearly a decade after the last Phish.net shirt, we've finally rolled out the new design. Proceeds go to the Mockingbird Foundation, to help cover the costs of this site, which the Foundation adopted as a project last Spring. To order your shirt, visit The Phish Net Store today - and, thank you! :)

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09/05/04 - Devito was at Coventry.
Danny D was both on the side stage and hanging backstage (the latter by Jim Z). And, that was him playing drums during Tom Hanks' flute solo at the end of "Fee". ;) But seriously, he was there. Really.

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08/23/04 - Trey to perform with VYO on 9/14
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08/17/04 - Coventry Refund Info
Phish will refund your money if you couldn't get in.

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08/12/04 - Scenes from Behind the Lines
A local provides day-by-day photos of Coventry as the locals prepare, the fans arrive, and the scene disintegrates.

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08/09/04 - Guess the last song..
... win MP3s of all of Coventry. Enter now.

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8/6/04 - Trey on cover of Guitar World
Trey tells Guitar World (on newstands August 10th), “I think I’m going to have to face some deep demons when this thing actually stops. I’m nervous about it.... Part of what made Phish what it was, from my standpoint, was the group’s 100 percent focus…So, yes, of course it could go on. But I couldn’t maintain that. And once I stopped doing that, what people saw, maybe in like ’99, was a sloppier Phish. And I can’t live with that. It made me feel like this thing I cherished was being disrespected....”

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8/6/04 - Glide magazine reviews up & downs of Phishtory

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08/04/04 - Coventry Access Map available
The Caldonian Record has made available a map showing the sole access route, prepared by the Vermont Department of Public Safety.

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08/03/04 - PHish to donate $100K from Coventry to charity
The Mercury News (_) has reported that Phish "will donate at least $100,000 of the proceeds from the band's final concert to nonprofit groups in Vermont. Phish has already earmarked $75,000 for groups including Bread and Puppet theater, Dairy Farmers of Vermont, and the Vermont Foodbank, the WaterWheel Foundation announced Friday. The balance will be donated to other nonprofit organizations in the region, according to the foundation."

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7/30/04 - Another Coventry ticket auction for charity
You may have missed the Waterwheel auction, but now Sweet Relief Musicians Fund is auctioning off two tickets. Sweet Relief was founded in 1994 by Victoria Williams to provide assistance to all types of career musicians who are struggling to make ends meet while facing illness, disability, or age-related problems.

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7/27/04 - Formerly the Blackwood Convention: Hampton on the Way!
Phish semi-stealthily announced a last-minute show at Hampton, the Monday before Great Woods, remniscent to some of the Grateful Dead's late-announced shows performed as Formerly the Warlocks, and prompting joshing about a "Help on the Way" opener for the show. (And note that "Hope on the Way" is one of several slogans otd width="1" align="right" valign="top" class="news">

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08/23/04 - Trey to perform with VYO on 9/14

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08/17/04 - Coventry Refund Info
Phish will refund your money if you couldn't get in.

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08/12/04 - Scenes from Behind the Lines
A local provides day-by-day photos of Coventry as the locals prepare, the fans arrive, and the scene disintegrates.

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08/09/04 - Guess the last song..
... win MP3s of all of Coventry. Enter now.

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8/6/04 - Trey on cover of Guitar World
Trey tells Guitar World (on newstands August 10th), “I think I’m going to have to face some deep demons when this thing actually stops. I’m nervous about it.... Part of what made Phish what it was, from my standpoint, was the group’s 100 percent focus…So, yes, of course it could go on. But I couldn’t maintain that. And once I stopped doing that, what people saw, maybe in like ’99, was a sloppier Phish. And I can’t live with that. It made me feel like this thing I cherished was being disrespected....”

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8/6/04 - Glide magazine reviews up & downs of Phishtory

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08/04/04 - Coventry Access Map available
The Caldonian Record has made available a map showing the sole access route, prepared by the Vermont Department of Public Safety.

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08/03/04 - PHish to donate $100K from Coventry to charity
The Mercury News (_) has reported that Phish "will donate at least $100,000 of the proceeds from the band's final concert to nonprofit groups in Vermont. Phish has already earmarked $75,000 for groups including Bread and Puppet theater, Dairy Farmers of Vermont, and the Vermont Foodbank, the WaterWheel Foundation announced Friday. The balance will be donated to other nonprofit organizations in the region, according to the foundation."

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7/30/04 - Another Coventry ticket auction for charity
You may have missed the Waterwheel auction, but now Sweet Relief Musicians Fund is auctioning off two tickets. Sweet Relief was founded in 1994 by Victoria Williams to provide assistance to all types of career musicians who are struggling to make ends meet while facing illness, disability, or age-related problems.

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7/27/04 - Formerly the Blackwood Convention: Hampton on the Way!
Phish semi-stealthily announced a last-minute show at Hampton, the Monday before Great Woods, remniscent to some of the Grateful Dead's late-announced shows performed as Formerly the Warlocks, and prompting joshing about a "Help on the Way" opener for the show. (And note that "Hope on the Way" is one of several slogans of the Kerry/Edwards campaign.)

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7/20/04 - Coventry from Afar
The Coventry sets will be broadcast via satellite to XM Radio and movie theater simulcasts is roughly 35 markets nationwide. (Rumors of a Pay-per-View option remain unconfirmed.)

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7/10/04 - Phish in VH1 cartoon
Spongebong Hemp Pants, anyone?. (BTW, rumors of Phish on MTV's "Backstage" 7/30/04 are wrong.

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7/8/04 - Local paper covers Coventry in depth
The Caldonian Record now has a page archiving all of their stories in continued coverage of the nearby site of the forthcoming finale to Phish's career (or, at least, what they're calling the last shows ever). Note: Google's placing ads for scalpers on this page, of which you should beware, but the news is solid!

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7/8/04 - Trey and Chuck Norris are the same person!

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7/2/04 - IT: A Phish Concert Special
Coming on PBS, this August: "Sixty thousand loyal Phish fans trek to remote Limestone, ME, for a two-day music festival featuring the group hailed by Rolling Stone magazine as "America's greatest jam band." All of this—the music and the scene, with Phish playing at their absolute best—is captured in this 90-minute special. ... Parental Guidance Suggested"

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6/18/04 - Letterman Extravaganza
Phish will perform on Letterman Monday 6/21, from on top of the marquee out front, and will then play a short (half hour?) set afterwards. Key viewing spot: across the street!

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6/10/04 - Mockingbird Foundation reaches $250K!
The Mockingbird Foundation will announce today that it has raised a quarter of a million dollars. The announcement will also report five new grants totalling $22,500.

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6/3/04 - Mockingbird releases statement on breakup
The Mockingbird Foundation has released a statement regarding Phish's announcement to breakup, addressing the loss of Phish, the future of the Foundation, and related matters.

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5/26/04 - Trey on Charlie Rose, tonight
Trey is in the studio as we type, taping today, for airing on tonight's episode, not May 31st as previously expected. Check local PBS listings for time and dates in your area, and for more information.

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5/25/04 - 82 more days of Phish!
This really will be IT. After the Coventry festival, Phish< is over! Says Trey: "We're Done". Responds a fan, "Don't say the morning's come. Don't say the morning's come so soon. Must we end this way, when so much here is hard to lose? Love is in the air, I know it is. Such moments as this are too few. Oh, it's all up to you. It's all up to you."

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5/3/04 - Undermind: New Phish Album (their last) due June 15, with bonus DVD
Phish will release Undermind, their latest studio album from Elektra Records, on June 15. The album was recorded at the Barn with producer Tchad Blake. The first pressing of the album will include a special bonus DVD of the 26-minute short film "Specimens of Beauty," directed by longtime Phish photographer Danny Clinch, that chronicles the recording of the album in Vermont. Pre-order the album now from Phish Dry Goods. The album's track list is:

Scents and Subtle Sounds (Intro), Undermind, The Connection, A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing, Army of One, Crowd Control, Maggie's Revenge, Nothing, Two Versions of Me, Access Me, Scents and Subtle Sounds, Tomorrow's Song, Secret Smile, Grind

The first single, "The Connection," will hit radio on May 24.

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04/26/04 - Trey to Join Orchestra Baobab on Letterman Show on May 7
Trey Anastasio is slated to appear with Senegal's Orchestra Baobab during their May 7 appearance (previously scheduled for May 10?) on CBS's Late Show with David Letterman. Dave Matthews may also appear. Check your listings.

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04/25/04 - Trey, Mike, Tom Help Higher Ground Close its Doors on a High Note
On Saturday, April 24, Tom Marshall's band Amfibian headlined the next-to-last show at Higher Ground, the popular venue in Winooski, Vermont. Mike Gordon joined Amfibian for two Phish favorites in the second set (Gumbo, Theme), as well as the encore. The following night, Trey sat in with opening band The Vorcza Trio for a couple of tunes. Trey then joined his new Senegalese friends Orchestra Baobab for most of their show. Details on the Setlists page.

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4/24/04 - Phish Summer Tour (or most of it)
Phish will perform thirteen concerts this summer in two short legs - eight shows in June and another five in August. The June concerts kick off with a special two night run at Coney Island's KeySpan Park in Brooklyn, NY, home of the Brooklyn Cyclones minor league baseball club, and also include a long overdue return to the SPAC in Saratoga, NY as well as two-nighters at old favorites Deer Creek and Alpine Valley. In August, the band returns to Great Woods for two shows and to the Tweeter Center in Camden NJ for one night. See complete info at Phish.com.

Festival in Coventry, VT (?): From there, the band is working to get approval to stage a festival in northern Vermont on the weekend of August 14-15. Definitive details will hopefully be announced by the end of the month.

Tickets: A limited number of tickets are available directly through Phish Ticket's secure online ticketing system at http://www.phishtickets.rlc.net for an eight-day ordering period beginning Wednesday, April 21, at 12:01 PM EST and ending Wednesday morning, April 28, at 11:59 AM EST. Tickets go on sale to the public beginning the weekend of May 15.

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4/23/04 - IT on PBS this summer?
The program is still in development, and PBS does not have the film, DVDs, or broadcast information to share with fans yet, but hopes to soon.

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04/04/04 - Phish Companion, Second Edition Pre-orders
You can now preorder the Second Edition of the Mockingbird Foundation's definitive book on Phish, the Phish Companion. Visit Amazon.com to place your preorder!

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1/19/04 - Lot Phans on Trio Network, Tues 1/27
Cable network TRIO will air Parking Lot, a six-epsidoe look at the culture of fandom "from howling fans at the Daytime Emmy Awards to teenie boppers named after Stevie Nicks to Justin Timberlake look a likes." Episode 3 (Tuesday 1/27/03, 9 pm EST) "tailgates with Phish heads in the lot who sell merchandise from grilled cheese to pipes and sex toys, before the fusion rock band's performance in Philadelphia, PA" and includes segments on Dollymania and San Diego surfers. "To complement the series, TRIO presents the world premiere of precursor Heavy Metal Parking Lot ... [which] documented beer guzzling-teens in acid washed jeans outside a Judas Priest concert in Maryland. " See also, exclusive outtakes in streaming video and schedule.

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1/12/04 - Phish to Return to Studio Next Month
As reported in the Burlington Free Press: "Fresh off its well-received, yearlong comeback following a two-year hiatus, Phish will next month head into the studio to record with Grammy-winning engineer Tchad Blake, who has lent his distinctive touch to acclaimed albums by Sheryl Crow, Los Lobos, Tom Waits, Soul Coughing and The Bad Plus. Blake will then mix the album, tentatively scheduled for release this summer (most likely followed by a tour), at world music-influenced pop star Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios in England. "That's really exciting for us," Phish keyboardist Page McConnell said in a recent phone interview. "We've been working with a lot of the same folks over the last three or four albums, so it's nice to have someone who's going to have new opinions and fresh perspectives."

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1/9/04 - New Amfibian Album: From the Ether
Amfibian is back, and with a new album, taboot! Tom Marshall, longtime Trey collaborator and Phish lyricist, has re-formed his band with a completely new cast, including Anthony Krizan (Lenny Kravitz, Spin Doctors) on guitar. The ensemble has recorded a disc called "From the Ether" featuring 15 new tracks. The mostly upbeat album sounds like the Beatles now and then, and Pink Floyd as well. Tom and co-writer/keyboardist Chris Metaxas penned all the songs except "Lambertville," which was written by Tom and Trey in 2002. (Note that this is the first actual Amfibian album, as Tom's previous project "Amfibian Tales" was actually released under the billing "Tom Marshall & Co.")

The official release is coming soon, along with a full update on Amfibian.com. Look for a handful of shows from the band sometime this winter or spring. For now, you can get your hands on the disc via Phish Dry Goods.