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12/29/05 - 500 Phishless Days :-(
In his announcement of the "breakup", Trey said, "For the sake of clarity, I should say that this is not like the hiatus, which was our last attempt to revitalize ourselves." This attempt might prove to be shorter:

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12/28/05 - Trey's AOL Interview
Trey did an exclusive interview, plus acoustic performances from Shine, at the AOL offices, which are now available online.

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12/27/05 - New Esther video site up
Scott Nybakken (pheedback@nyc.rr.com), the artist who created the video for "Esther" that was shown 7-19-91 at the Somerville show during the setbreak, and which circulates (lightly?) on VHS, has put together a website which includes artwork from the video, the history of its compilations and other information about it.

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12/19/05 - AOL streams MSG
AOL Music is streaming the 12/31/95 MSG release that comes out tomorrow (12/20).

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12/16/06 - Trey & Mike write new tunes?
Asked by the Citizen-Times whether there will be "a full Phish reunion" at the coming Warren Haynes show, during which Trey and Mike will perform in a trio with Bill Kreutzman, Warren answered: I don't think so. Mike (Gordon) and Trey (Anastasio) will play together with Bill Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead. It's special to get (Gordon and Anastasio) together. (They) will show up with new material and plan a show around the chemistry of the trio.

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12/16/05 - Bring Back Phish continues!
BringPhishBack.com has nearly 1,000 electronic signatures for its "petition to bring Phish back", and has declared Jan. 1st, 2006 as the "1st annual Bring Phish Back Day ... encouraging everyone to wear a 'Please Come Back' shirt and listen to as much Phish as possible on this day". Site founder James Jenkins even wrote a theme song, titled "Please Come Home", available for free via download from the site.

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12/13/05 - Phish sightings on AMC, VH1
During Jaws on the American Movie Classics television channel (and probably other times as well), a 15-second commercial montage for the network featured Trey’s single "Shine" as the background music, with the album credits at the bottom of the screen.

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12/12/05 - Yes, we've heard. No, nothing official.
We don't normally post rumors here, but are putting this here in part to stop the deluge of ""Oh, my god - have you heard?" emails. :)

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12/11/05 - TruthMag MSG Giveaway
Truth Explosion Magazine is holding a contest to win the 3-CD 12/31/95 show being released 12/20.

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12/9/05 - MSG E-Cards
The release of 12/31/95 on CD is 11 days away, and the promo work is heating up. Rhino has two e-cards, one on the audio/video board and quiz that unlocks exclusive audio. Press release says in part: Widely regarded as one of Phish's finest live performances and called one of the "Greatest Concerts of the '90s" by Rolling Stone, their 1995 New Year's Eve show at Madison Square Garden is an amazing collection of the band's finest songs. Just in time to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of one of the band's proudest musical moments, the entire show will be featured on the Rhino Entertainment release PHISH: NEW YEAR'S EVE 1995 LIVE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. The three-disc set is available December 20 at regular retail outlets and at www.rhino.com and www.phish.com for a suggested price of $29.98.
This collection includes the complete three-set show totaling 27 tracks and more than three and a half hours of prime Phish. Although several official live Phish albums are available, NEW YEAR'S EVE 1995 is the first to feature one of the band's hallmark New Year's Eve concerts. Guitarist Trey Anastasio, drummer Jon Fishman, bassist Mike Gordon, and keyboardist Page McConnell demonstrate their legendary musical skills while effortlessly navigating Phish's vast repertoire, including several interesting cover songs, theatrical stunts, and an extended narration by Anastasio about his fabled musical thesis "Gamehendge."

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12/8/05 - Trey's Grammy nomination
The Best Pop Instrumental Performance category includes Herbie Hancock Featuring Trey Anastasio for "Gelo Na Montanha" (Hancock also received a Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals nod for "A Song For You" with Christina Aguilera.)

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12/8/05 - Shapiro on Sirius
Phish archivist Kevin Shapiro will be on Sirius Satellite Radio statio Jam_ON tomorrow night (Friday 12/9/05) at 7 pm EST for a 90-minute New Year's Eve 1995 - Live at Madison Square Garden preview hosted by Jonathan Schwartz.

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12/7/05 - Sighting in Spin
Spin Top 20 on pg 33 reads, "This month - #6,   last month - 42 - california's anti-phishing laws:   we dont like jam-bands either,   but this is outrageous

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12/5/05 - Prince Caspian, the movie
Upcoming release The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe will start a series of film version from C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia books. The second film, based on the second book (Prince Caspian), will come next year. (Note: Caspian was written second and traditionally marketed that way, although some publishers have numbered it "#4" in their suggested reading order, at least one even establishing it 4th chronologically.)

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11/29/05 - Trey interview
Artisan News has posted a video interview with Trey from Vegoose. Followup 12/2/05, 2 stories: 1, 2.

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11/28/05 - Trey Loves Phish
In a new Relix interview, Trey explains: "There is a lot of stuff you didn’t see in the organization. John Paluska, our manager, would call me up and say ‘I can’t get anything done when you are not here, because it is your job to champion an idea, even if it wasn’t yours. We work as a democracy but you are the speaker of the house. Mike tried out for the band. I built The Barn. I gave a lot of things and I tried as hard as I could to make decisions. I said this during the Charlie Rose interview and I’m sure it’s true today: Nobody loves Phish more than me. Nobody."

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11/26/05 - AIM interview with Trey
AOL Music has posted an interview with Trey conducted via AIM. An audio interview will follow soon.

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11/25/05 - Mike and Leo on NPR
Mike and Leo playing on World Cafe 11/24/05 is available online, including Living in the Country, Sweet Emotion, Twist, and Last Steam Engine Train.

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11/22/05 - Skeeto (now screwed) was the source
In a Trey interview broadcast on HDNet last night, he explained that 70 Volt Parade (his new "solo" act) was designed around Skeeto, the drummer who was kicked from the band over the weekend.

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11/20/05 - New Mimi Fishman Foundation Auction
The Mimi Fishman Foundation has announced an on-line charity auction with proceeds not only to benefit the Foundation, but also the Station nightclub fire victims and surviving family members, as well as the Delta Gamma Center for Children. The auction, which will run through November 30th, features over fifty items including signed guitars, New Year’s Eve ticket/VIP pass packages, and signed posters. Every item is either signed, or rare. Bands featured include Phish, Phil Lesh, The String Cheese Incident, Umphrey’s McGee, Beck, Coldplay, Nickel Creek, Def Leppard, Yonder Mountain String Band, KISS, Jack Johnson, 311, Brian Wilson, Loretta Lynn, and many others.

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11/19/05 - Oh Kee Pa tops 500
The Oh Kee Pa Message Board community has reached 500 members, having doubled in less than three months!

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11/18/05 - Anti-Trey Graffiti in Albany
Someone spray-painted the glass doors of the venue for last night's Albany show, including "Fuck you Trey", "Fuck the Lizards", "Here's your fucking helping friendly book", "Fuck Wilson", "Fuck Aaron Wolfe" among other things. 1, 2, 3.

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11/17/05 - Trey admits drugs broke up Phish
In a story in the Times Unioin, Trey says, among other things: "I thought it went without saying how deep into our scene hard drugs had gone. ... I always thought our scene was so transparent, that everybody knew everything. ... Once we let our guard down around 1998, the scene started to eat itself and there was a massive loss of perspective."

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11/17/05 - Mike/Duo NYE Run
The Benevento/Russo Duo featuring Mike Gordon will hit the road again with a 5-date late-December run: 12/26 in Atlantic City, NJ; 12/27 in Falls Church, VA; 12/29 in Jacksonville, FL; 11/30 in Tampa, FL; and 12/31 in Lauderdale, FL. A limited ticket pre-sale is available through Mike Gordon's secure online ticketing system now, before they go on sale to the public. Additional tickets will go on sale to the public beginning Friday, November 26.

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11/16/05 - Mike added to XMas Jam
The XMas Jam in Asheville, NC, will now be Trey and Mike, not just Trey.

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11/15/05 - Sony/BMG smacked down, backs down
Sony has suspended production of the evil CDS (see below) and recalled those sold. The recall reportedly will cost the company tens of millions of dollars.

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11/15/05 - Trey adds Russ, Jen picks up trumpet
As seen the WXPN webcast of Trey's show last night, Russ Remington has joined the band, and Jen is playing trumpet again.

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11/14/05 - Billy Breathes among worst album covers ever?
Pitchfork’s has posted The Worst Record Covers of All Time, including this snippet: "Editorial has contractually obligated me to include this cover in an effort to even out this album's inclusion on Pitchfork's Beta-Version Best of the 1990s list. Oh... that's been completely wiped from the site? Heh. Nevermind. We had, uh, Jesus Lizard there. No, wait, it was a Finnish proto-neo Lapland-laptop folk record. Yeah, totally.&uquot; [Thanks to Craig Nathanson]

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11/13/05 - Leo sits in with Spam
Page sat in with the Spam Allstars all last night at Nectar's, in Burlington Mike was present but didn't perform.

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11/12/05 - Umm... no... but almost?
Mike and Jon played with Trey last night, 11/11/05, in Utica. The show included acoustic duets by Mike and Trey on Access Me, Divided Sky (also with Fishman), Get Back on the Train, and Bathtub Gin > Ghost; followed by a Boogie on Reggae Woman with Trey on electric, Mike, Jon, and all of 70 Volt Parade. That's right - 3 of 4 Phish members for Divided Sky and Boogie On!

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11/11/05 - Is the breakup over after only 453 days?!?
Rumors that Fishman and Gordon will play with Trey at his show tonite are addressed on Mike's current answering machine (212-330-9092) message, where he reports they'll be on the guestlist, less than 72 hours after Page played with Trey. Too big of a gap for a reunion, but getting closer.

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11/10/05 - WARNING: Shine & 66 Steps dangerous!
Many recent releases from Sony/BMG (which owns Columbia), when played in a computer (Macs, too), will install a "rootkit" of kernel extensions, essentially a hacker invasion which allows monitoring of your PC. Worse, the rootkit makes itself invisible, safe from virus protection software, and thus open for malicious exploitation by hackers. (At least one virus, Stinx-e, already makes use of the Sony malware.) Worse still, manually uninstalling the rootkit will prevent your CD drive from playing any discs. And if that wasn't enough, the software includes a frightening (or is it laughable?) end-user license agreement (EULA).

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11/9/05 - Page plays w/ Trey
Trey performed a three-song (Strange Design, Waves, and Waste) duet with Page as an encore to the 11/8/05 show at New York's Roseland Ballroom, followed by the full (70 Volt Parade) band plus Page, John Medeski, and Peter Apfelbaum on sax for First Tube.

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11/8/05 - Trey on Letterman Friday
Trey (presumably with 70 Volt Parade) will reportedly appear on Dave Letterman Friday, 11/11/05, Conan O'Brian's show the following Friday (11/18/05), and Craig Kilborn's show the Friday after that (11/25/05).

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11/8/05 - Cometician's Day
Edmond Halley would be 349 today if people, you know, lived that long.

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11/7/05 - Bring Back Phish!
Yet another website has started pushing for Phish's return. There's been previous petitions, other cafepress sites with merch (e.g. www.cafepress.com/missphish), and of course plenty of folks addressing the (sometimes shifting) litany of reasons Trey's given for the breakup, but www.bringphishback.com does each of those and a bit more. There are some Google adword links, and the cafepress element may be for profit (missphish proceeds go to the Mockingbird Foundation), but we can't help but cheer on cheerleaders for a reunion.

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11/7/05 - Brooklyn DVD update... sorta...
There's a registered UPC code, and Amazon lists a 12/20/05 release date.

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11/4/05 - Lefsetz digs at Trey again
Regarding Bruce Springsteen's newest album and tour, industry big whig Bob Lefetz wrote, "it appears his audience really only wants to see him with the E Street Band. Funny, isn't it. ... You think you're the star, and you are, but they want the brand name. Just check Trey Anastasio's numbers without Phish."

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11/3/05 - Trey rejects certainty about breakup's permanency
In a 10/31 story in the Illinois Entertainer, when asked"So keep all Phish questions at bay, because they're not getting back together anytime soon . . . right?". Trey is quoted as answering, "It's so funny that nobodys asked me that! We're definitely not now, and I would never do that because it was all the rage. All I'll say to that is I've said so many stupid things in the past, that have come out of my mouth, if theres one thing I'm finally starting to learn is I don't know whats going to happen. But I'd like to play music for a long time and I love those guys. Who knows?" [Editors note: 12/31/06! 12/31/06! 12/31/06!]

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11/1/05 - Trey is a four-letter name
In reviewing Shine, Rollling Stone says, "Jam Nation still needs jams, and former Phish leader Trey Anastasio is sure to provide them -- just not on his sixth solo album"; describes him on the album as "a middle-aged dude with a shaky voice and gentle tune-sense playing low-affect songs"; and says the lyrical "musings are like the gentle reassurances of an old friend -- one without too much to say."

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11/1/05 - AOL streaming Shine (free!)
AOL.com is streaming Trey's new album Shine - the entire CD, or song-by-song, your choice, for free, all week.

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10/31/05 - Brooklyn DVD delayed (?)
Though there's no official news yet, one site is now listing 3/7/06 s the release date for the Brooklyn 2004 DVD.

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10/30/05 - Short Trey Interviews
The Daily Page 10/28: "Phish was the grand experiment in friendship and group interplay. It was amazing. I wouldn't change a thing. Those guys, we're still incredibly close. We talk on the phone all the time."

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10/28/05 - Trey thinks much of Shine
In a recent interview, Trey compared his new album Shine to Joni Mitchell's Blue, Rod Stewart's Tonight's the Night, and Van Morrison's Astral Weeks. Granted, it was in the vein of emphasizing the importance of voice to these albums, not comparisons of anything else (artistic merit, commercial success, whatever) but we're still resisting sarcasm. ;)

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10/27/05 - Phish's IT on Comcast
If you get the INHD channels, they are showing the IT PBS special starting tonight on INHD2: 10/27 at 11PM EST; and 10/29 at 10AM EST and 5PM EST. "Shot in breathtaking high-definition video, the program combines exclusive interviews interwoven with live material. The program was produced by an award-winning production team, including producer/director Mary Wharton, 2003 Grammy award-winner for her documentary "Legend" on the life of singer Sam Cooke and the editing team of Thom Zimny, who won an Emmy for his work on Bruce Springsteen's "Live in New York City" and editor Alex Hall. The concert footage was directed by Eli Tishberg, a veteran of several Phish projects and who also recently directed Phish's Keyspan Park theater simulcast in June. Also part of the production team is sound engineer and five-time Grammy Award winner Elliot Scheiner, a pioneer in 5.1 technology, who mixed both the stereo and surround sound tracks.

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10/26/05 - Lefsetz rips Trey a new one
In his 10/26 mailing list post, music industry commentator Bob Lefsetz suggests "Trey's delusional. He thinks he's actually going to have a hit. Yeah, right. As if a decade plus of history hasn't disproved THAT theory. ...

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10/26/05 - Trey Day on JamOn
Trey will be a guest DJ on SIRIUS Satellite Radio on JamOn (channel 17, the "jambands" channel) for 17 consecutive hours (7am to 12 midnight, EST) on November 1st. He'll "choose and host all of the music selections, including all 12 tracks on his brand-new album Shine, being released the same day. ... SIRIUS will also broadcast an exclusive, live solo performance by Trey Anastasio on Wednesday, November 2 at 9 pm ET on channel 18, The Spectrum, and then again on Friday, November 4 at 12 pm ET on channel 17, Jam On."

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10/24/05 - You are a listless pod
Denver Post's David Harsanyi besmirches Phish, Phish fans, and marijuana users all in the same diatribe. To correct any of his misassociations, email him at dharsanyi@denverpost.com.

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10/24/05 - Legislators consider crafting phish net
Editor's rant: The use of "phishing" to refer to a particularly vile form of email fraud was tiring enough. Now the solutions tend to besmirch the brand "phish net", too. Riles me enough that I've used "besmirch" twice. Grrr.

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10/23/05 - St. Louis loves Phish
Marty St. Louis, "best hockey player on earth", speaks highly of Phish.

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10/23/05 - More Mike/Leo coverage
Cincinnatti.com, 10/20 (short history of the collaboration), Detroit News 10/23 (short review of the new album).

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10/18/05 - Trey concedes he might have been wrong
In an interview on Q104.3 in NYC today, Trey performed "Shine" and "Tuesday" acoustically, then engaged in an interview in which he first recounted the many reasons for the breakup then recanted a bit, noting that the Rolling Stones have gone from being disappointing in the 80s (Steel Wheels) to having a lot of love on the stage, and added, "So I could be wrong, I guess. I could sit and talk for hours about all the times I've been wrong."

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10/17/05 - NYE 95, at last!
Phish will release their epic 12/31/95 show as a 3-disc set!!! Updates: official news, posted 10/20 to Jambase, Soul Shine 10/21

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10/16/05 - Mike interview on Jambands.com
Among other topics, Mike speaks about his new home studio, pairing off with Fish and Trey, and the five rules he breaks playing with Leo Kottke. There's also a Mike interview on Jambase.com.

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10/6/05 - LivePhish release benefits NOLA
Phish is releasing 4/26/96 via LivePhish to benefit musicians adversely affected by hurricane Katrina. As noted in the official announcement of that release, Mike recently spoke to Rolling Stone about the Katrina tragedy's effect on New Orleans. "I don't think the pure essence of the place can be wiped away by natural disaster." Trey added in a statement on his web site "New Orleans is in trouble, so music itself is in trouble...anything we can all do now to help is crucial. If you love music, please do whatever you can."

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10/5/05 - Trey interview in C-ville Weekly
In a new interview, Trey talks about Enrie Stires, Arcade Fire, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, and the breakup: "Some of the changes of the last year were difficult, but healthy on a deep level."

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10/5/05 - Phish Aftershow for Mockingbird!
Among the many Trey postshow gigs certain to be announced for this upcoming tour, don't miss the one featuring The Phix on Saturday, November 26th, just a mile or two from Trey's show at the Fillmore, and the band's annual Thanksgiving benefit for the Mockingbird Foundation!

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10/3/05 - Trey announces tourdates and track list
Trey has announced the tracklist for Shine, due November 1 as a DualDisc via Columbia. (For more details, see below.) Shine will have 12 tracks, including "Sweet Dreams Melinda". Also, the newly announced tour will start with the opener for the Rolling Stones October 6 in Charlottesville, VA, (see speculation about guesting [Hook]) and end with a 23rd show December 7 in Los Angeles.

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9/30/05 - Mike interview streamed
Mike shared his philosophical thoughts will Yale Phishheads during his 2003 Inside In. Now you can hear a stream of it (27MB, 48 kbps mp3), thanks to Pith Productions. And thanks to Larry LeBron for recording it!

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9/30/05 - Vegoose contest

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9/27/05 - More Treygoose
Trey will perform October 28th at the Aladdin. Tickets go on sale October 1st.

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9/21/05 - Phanart gets some press
The effort to make a book of Phish fan art has gotten some press coverage, a good sign of progress. Proceeds will be donated to the Mockingbird Foundation. For more info, see the Phanart press release.

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9/17/05 - Trey at Vegoose Late Night
Trey will play on the Double Down State on Sunday, October 30th, with Widespread Panic, moe., and Michael Frant & Spearhead.

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9/15/05 - Sharin' on Nugs!
The double-disc all-star tribute album Sharin' in the Groove is now available for digital download from Nugs.net's LiveDownloads, in both MP3 and FLAC formats.

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9/14/05 - Trey in NOLA Benefit 9/20
Trey will take part in "From the Big Apple to the Big Easy, The NYC Concerts for the Gulf Coast" on September 20th along with Dave Matthews, The Neville Brothers, The Meters, John Mayer Trio, Ray LaMontagne, Galactic with the Wild Magnolia Mardi Gras Indians, Tom Waits, Joss Stone, and the Rebirth Brass Band. Tickets for the Radio City Music Hall event go on sale Thursday, September 15th at 10:00am (EDT).
Update 9/17: Tickets are available now at the following price levels: $1,000 VVIP, $500 VIP, $350 VIP, $250, and $125. VIP includes pre-event party starting at 6pm. 100% of all ticket proceeds will benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Update: The Show will be broadcast on Pay-per-View?

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9/14/05 - More Mike/Leo Press
Positive press continues to rol in on new Gordon/Kottke release, from the Riverfront Times (St Louis) to the A< HREF="http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050916/ENT02/50915011/1033/ENT">Citizen Times (Asheville) to the Economic Times (India). And don't miss Andy Gadiel's interview with Mike on Jambase.

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9/13/05 - Carlos says Trey needs a break
Interviewed in the September/October Relix, Carlos Santana says, "There's a world that Trey Anastasio and all the other musicians, Ben Harper, you know, Warren Haynes, need to discover outside of music. Put the damn guitar down for a while, man. It's like a tape, scratched record, playing the same thing. How you gonna play something if you don't put it down and discover new flowers and new children and new colors? Groucho Marx was right: You gotta know when to take the cigar out of your mouth. That's what happened to Jimi and those guys. They didn't have the space between them and Jimi Hendrix. Put it down, man. It's not gonna go away, you're not gonna forget it, people not gonna notice you haven't played in three days. It's like, take a deep breath, man, go out to Point Reyes, go to Mount Tamalpais, man, you see a hawk flying - when you come back and you pick up the guitar, it'll have innocence and purity."

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9/11/05 - Fishman "marches" vs. global warming
Jon Fishman is now a virtual marcher for StopGlobalWarming.org. Other marches include Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Sen. John McCain, Al Gore, Walter Cronkite, Sen. Clinton, Gov. Schwarzenegger, James Taylor, Laurie and Larry David and many more Senators, Congressman, Governors, Mayors, scientists, climate experts, CEOs and concerned entertainers from across the country.

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9/10/05 - Mimi Auction for Katrina Victims
The Mimi Fishman Foundation is holding an on-line charity auction to benefit Conscious Alliance’s Katrina Relief work. Conscious Alliance is dedicating there current efforts to providing relief to victims of Katrina. To date they have personally delivered over 17,500 lbs of food to the Astrodome evacuees. Next on the plate for Conscious Alliance is to collect and deliver food to the evacuees stranded in various hotels in the Houston area.
The auction features a large assortment of artwork and music memorabilia, including many signed items and several ticket/pass packages. It is no coincidence the auction has a heavy String Cheese Incident influence, as SCI and the Madison House family has been one of the strongest supporters of both Conscious Alliance and the Mimi Fishman Foundation over the last several years. In addition to music related items, artwork has been donated by Scramble Campbell and Stanley Mouse.

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9/1/05 - NYPost cites Trey's night out
Under the heading "Catching Phish" in the "Page Six" gossip section (on page 12), the New York Post reports, "Phish singer Trey Anastasio apparently drinks like a fish. The frontman for the now defunct hippie jam band was staggering past Jeffery Chodrow's meatpacking district eatery Ono when he was recognized by Chodrow's 19 year old son Max, a major Phish fan...." Turns out Max gave a "slurry Anastasio" and some of the "tipsy tenor"['s] friends a ride to a West 18th St. townhouse.

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8/31/05 - More Mike/Kottke Coverage
From North Carolina to San Diego, folks are very excited about the upcoming Mike & Leo album and tour!

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8/30/05 - Oh Kee Pa hits 300!
The Oh Kee Pa message board has reached over 300 members and, says founder Ian Hutton, "it really feels like we have a strong community at the Oh Kee Pa now". And, he adds, "the more the merrier.

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8/25/05 - Trey signs w/ Columbia
Trey, who's spent his entire career signed with Elektra (though also releasing some indie releases through Phish's own Dry Goods), has inked a deal with Columbia for the November 1 release of his forthcoming album Shine, a DualDisc release with 12 audio tracks, video from Trey's most recent show (8/12/05, Red Rocks), and more. (See also, Billboard's 8/26 duplicate of 8/25 story, with different photo.)

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8/24/05 - Trey to appear on ACL CD & DVD
Rhino Entertainment will release Austin City Limits 2005 highlights on both CD and DVD. Trey (doing an eight-minute "Tube") will be featured on both releases (Disc 2 track 3 on the DVD; closing track number 16 on the CD). Recorded September 17-19, 2004, on the rolling green acreage of Zilker Park in Austin, the CD features performances by 16 different artists while the DVD features video footage of 24 performances, including eight songs not featured on the CD. The audio and expanded-video versions are both available August 30 at retail outlets and at www.rhino.com for $18.98 and $19.95, respectively. Check out the e-card!

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8/23/05 - Lots of Leo News
The Mike/Leo tour is generating lots of press, including articles in Billboard and the Burlington Free Press, and an album review on LiveDaily.

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8/22/05 - Moog gone :(
Synthesizer innovator Robert Moog (rhymes with "vogue") has passed away at age 71.

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8/18/05 - A Coventry Memorial
Todd Amodeo has a tribute page with a musical track commemorating one year since the end (?) of Phish.

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8/17/05 - Coney Island DVD forthcoming!
At least one of the Coney Island shows will be released on DVD October 25th, reportedly including edited video footage and a 5.1 mix from the movie broadcast. More details as we get them...

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8/14/05 - Trey's grandma at the Rocks
Trey brought out his 93-year-old grandmother during his 70 Volt Parade show at Red Rocks on 8/13/05. She last appeared onstage with Phish on 12/2/96. Trey also confirmed that "Goodbye Head" was co-written with his older daughter, Eliza. We're not sure who it was written for.

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8/13/05 - Coventry Fallout
State police in Vermont want more control over future festivals. (2). Meanwhile other Coventry residents remember the event fondly.

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8/10/05 - Jess Interviews Trey
Comments include, "Drugs are the tip of the iceberg of an unhealthy situation. There’s no other way to look at it."

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8/10/05 - Trey does Ripple for Jerry
Trey's show last night (8/9/05, the 10th anniversary of Jerry Garcia's death) including an acoustic version of the Grateful Dead's Ripple, which he dedicated to Jerry. Other past nods to the Dead have been with Phish, primarily including a Terrapin Station encore in 1998 and an encore featuring Bob Weir in 2000.

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8/9/05 - Trey to play Jerry tribute
The Rex Foundation has announced (thus making official rumors about) an event to mark 10 years since the passing of Jerry Garcia. To be held 9/24/05, and presented by the Jerry Garcia Estate, the event will be called "Comes a Time - A Celebration of the Music and Spirit of Jerry Garcia", will be held at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA, and will feature Trey Anastasio, Hmza el Din, Mickey Hart, Warren Haynes, Jimmy Herring, Bruce Hornsby, Gloria Jones, Bill Kreutzmann, Jackie LaBranch, Donna Jean McKay, David Nelson, Sandy Rothman, Melvin Seals, The String Cheese Incident members Jason Hann, Michael Kang, Keith Moseley, and Billy Nershi, Bob Weir and Ratdog members Kenny Brooks, Jeff Chimenti, Mark Karan, Jay Lane and Robin Sylvester. General Admission tickets are $50, available as of August 14th through GDTS TOO - http://www.gdtstoo.com / Hotline (415) 457-6388 and TicketMaster - http://www.ticketmaster.com. Premium seating for higher donations levels of $150 and $250 are also available [8/13/05 update: those options are sold out] through the Rex Foundation and GTDS TOO.

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8/8/05 - Sixty-Six Steps preorderable
The forthcoming fall release from Mike and Leo Kottke is now available for pre-order, and clips of the tracks are available for a taste.

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8/8/05 - Mike/Leo dates announced
Mike and Leo Kottke will do a 25-show tour this fall, starting in Lawrence, KS, and ending in Washington, DC. See also, LiveDaily story.

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8/3/05 - Another Phish
You know the band Phish, of course, and are probably aware of the DJ, but did you know about Phish the scarifier?

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8/3/05 - Vegoose Lineup Announced
The Vegoose festival will be September 29 and 30 from noon to 10:30 pm and will feature, among others, Trey, Dave Matthews & Friends, Jack Johnson, Widespread Panic, Phil Lesh & Friends, The Meters, The Flaming Lips, String Cheese Incident, Primus, Ween, The Shins, moe., Spoon, Gov't Mule, Digable Planets, North Mississippi Allstars, and Michael Franti & Spearhead.

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7/29/05 - Trey on Herbie album
Trey's one of many celebs guesting on Herbie Hancock's new album, Possibilities (Vector Recordings), which (along the lines of Carlos Santana's Supernatural and Ray Charles' Genius Loves Company) also features Santana, Paul Simon, Sting, Annie Lennox, John Mayer, Christina Aguilera, Jonny Lang, Damien Rice, Joss Stone, and Raul Midon. Check out this video of Trey and Herbie in the studio. The album will be released at Starbucks Company-operated locations and traditional retail stores by Hancock Music, Vector Recordings and Starbucks Hear Music beginning 8/30/05.

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7/28/95 - Kuroda and Trey: Reunited cuz it feels so good
Relix reports that Phish lighting genius Chris Kuroda will run lights for Trey's summer tour with 70 Volt Parade. Chris, who ran Phish lights since April 1989, has been working for festivals and the Black Crowes since Coventry. But there's one perfect fit, and sugar, this one is it.

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7/27/05 - Trey's Charity
Trey continues his remarkable support of charities with the Seven Below Fund.

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7/27/05 - Trey's new lineup
Trey.com reports that the lineup for this summer's Trey tour will be "Tony Hall (bass-New Orleans, LA), Les Hall (keys, guitar, synths - Cola, SC), Skeeto Valdez (drums - Detroit, MI), Ray Paczkowski (keys - Burlington, VT), Jennifer Hartswick (vocals - Burlington, VT) and Christina Durfee (vocals - Burlington, VT). ... made their public debut on April 1, 2005 at The Higher Ground in South Burlington, VT performing a sold-out benefit concert for the Vermont Land Trust."

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7/26/05 - RAQ Lew-au in August
Vermonthband RAQ (who have IT) will hold an Amy's Farm-like free festival -- a two-day party of camping and music in the spirit of a festival on a magnificent farm -- August 19-20 in New Woodstock, NY, including Jazz Mandolin Project (presumably with Fishman), DJ Logic, Arianna Claire and Friends, The Joint Chiefs, Trusty, and Optical Dillusion.

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7/22/05 - Fishman at The Village
Phish drummer Jon Fishman will take part in an event billed as The Village -- with Kai Eckhardt on bass, Kit Walker on keyboards, Rosaki Aladokun on talking drum, Kaveri and Mansi (Kathak Temple Dance), Julia Butterfly Hill (spoken word and poetry), and others -- Friday, September 2nd, at the Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center, in Berkeley, CA. Tickets are $20 in advance, $22 at the door, and doors open at 9pm. For more info, contact Brown-Eyed Woman.

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7/22/05 - Martin announces Trey guitar
Martin & Co. guitars will soon offer the DC Trey Anastasio Signature Edition acoustic guitar, with a Dreadnought body, curved Venetian cutaway, solid tonewoods, rare Italian alpine spruce top, East Indian rosewood sides, and a three-piece back with "wings" of East Indian rosewood and a center wedge of beautifully flamed Hawaiian koa. Trey.com reports, "A 1-11/16" (at the nut) low profile genuine mahogany neck provides playing comfort. Distinctive appointments include a flamed Hawaiian koa headplate with eye-catching headstock and fingerboard inlays. It's a practical guitar that looks and plays as good as it sounds, and it is offered in two configurations: either with Fishman's acclaimed onboard Ellipse Blend System that delivers superb live and recorded sound, or for the more traditional player, without the onboard electronics package."

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7/21/05 - Mike on Billboard
Billboard has a fascinating piece with lots of quotes from Mike, such as that Phish's band members "haven't discounted" collaborating, "[b]ut [that] on the other hand, there's a big feeling of avoiding the reunion tour... Maybe in a different format, like recording the music for a film or something."

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7/21/05 - Mimi Auction Update
An auction is currently underway by the Mimi Fishman Foundation to raise funds for the Delta Gamma Center, including a Vida Blue poster signed/numbered by Pollock, two 8x10 photos signed by Jon Fishman, Shakedown Festival packages with a face value of over $400 (one currently with no bids, the other currently bid at less than half of face value). Special thanks are due to John Langenstein (Director of Security - Phish) for his continued assistance in supplying auction items.

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7/20/05 - Vegoose is Loose!
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports more news about the coming Vegoose festival - akin to Bonnaroo, with Trey, Dave, and others, and produced by the folks that brought your Bonnaroo, Halloween weekend in and around Vegas.

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7/20/05 - Mike & Leo to tour this fall
Billboard reports that Mike and Leo Kottke will tour ""this fall in support of their second collaborative album, Sixty Six Steps, due Aug. 23 via RCA Victor...." The release includes "such covers as Aerosmith's 'Sweet Emotion,' Fleetwood Mac's 'Oh Well' and Pete Seeger's 'Living in the Country'" - and Phish's Yamar.

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7/18/05 - Oh Kee Pa going strong!
We're glad to have helped promote the launch of the Oh Kee Pa message board, which is now over 200 members and growing! Congrats to Ian and all others involved.

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7/18/05 - Trey to play Bumpershoot
Trey will perform September 3rd at the 35th annual Bumpershoot Festival in Seattle, a four-day festival with "more than 2,500 artists on over 20 stages and venues, representing the best in music, film, comedy, spoken word, dance, visual arts, theatre, performance arts, literary arts, and more.

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7/15/05 - Another Mimi Fishman Foundation Auction!
The newest Mimi Fishman Foundation auction will benefit the Delta Gamma Center for the Visually Impaired. The auction began July 15 and runs through July 25. The auction features a healthy dose of Phish related items, various other jamband signed items and festival packages, as well as items unrelated to music, such as a War of the Worlds poster signed by Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning.

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7/14/05 - Hold'em at Bonnaroo
Bonnaroo backstage reportedly included a high-stakes, single-table no limit Texas Hold'em (poker) tournament including Trey, Dave Matthews, Bo Bice (of American Idol), Robert Randolph, John Prine, John Mayer, Warren Haynes, Herbie Hancock, Chris Robinson (of the Black Crowes), Chris Kuroda, and Keller Williams. (Note that 11 at a table is unusually large, even for a tournament.) Keller knocked Trey out early, but he was allowed a buy-back. (As the game entered its third hour, no more buy-backs or re-buys were allowed.) Kuroda eventually won, raking in $400K.

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7/4/05 - Is it a breakup, or a hiatus?
An anonymous lone wolf is using cafepress to push the idea that this is just a second hiatus, not a breakup - and, more importantly, that it should end. Proceeds of the t-shirts, bumperstickes, mugs, and more are donated to the Mockingbird Foundation.

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7/13/05 - Trey w/ Les
Jambands.com's Rob Turner reports that Trey joined Les Claypool's band at The Variety Playhouse in Atlanta on Tuesday, 7/12/05, starting late in the set for "mainly rhythm accompaniment on 'High Ball with the Devil' (the title track of Les' release with his Holy Mackerel band). After a drum segment featuring Jay Lane and Mike Dillon - Claypool returned with the rest of his band which included Gabby La-La on sitar, electric ukulele, Theremin (and others) and sax ace Skerik who had just performed in the same venue two days previous with Mike Clark and Robert Walter. ... Anastasio [later] rejoined the septet to deliver more aggressive guitar to the set- closing "D's Diner." Trey stuck around for the encore as well, which consisted solely of a newer composition entitled, "Cohibas Esplenditos," during which Gabby La-La delivered an extended Theremin - prompted many smiles on stage and off, and Claypool to move to stage right for a brief Theremin duel..."

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7/12/05 - LivePhish Release Party
Official archivist Kevin Shapiro will host/DJ a fourth LivePhish CD release party at The Canal Room in New York City, Tuesday 7/9/05. Kevin, assisted by James Olness & J.O.E. Lightshow, will share exclusive music and video from the Live Phish Island Tour releases plus vintage tracks, rare video and stills from the Phish Archives. Island Tour CD's and merchandise, including limited edition posters, will be available at the party. In addition, ticket holders are eligible to win some great door prizes, including Island Tour releases, limited edition posters and merchandise. Tickets are on sale now at phisharchiveparty.rlc.net and are only $12.50. (Reported by Jambase)

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7/11/05 - Kevin on SIRIUS
Jambands reports that, "Phish archivist Kevin Shapiro will appear on longtime Relix/Jambands.com contributor Adam Foley's SIRIUS radio program, Gone Phishin', this is Friday. In celebration of the official LivePhish release of Vermont-quartet's 1998 Island Tour, the Phish gurus will play 60-minutes of highlights from the four-show set."

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7/4/05 - Is it a breakup, or a hiatus?
An anonymous lone wolf is using cafepress to push the idea that this is just a second hiatus, not a breakup - and, more importantly, that it should end. Proceeds of the t-shirts, bumperstickes, mugs, and more are donated to the Mockingbird Foundation.

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7/1/05 - Trey in Detroit
Unconfirmed, but reported that Trey played at Fishbones, a restaurant in downtown Detroit, on 6/30/05, then walked across the street to the Greektown Casino to play a few songs with Thornetta Davis and the drummer from his "new" band.

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6/29/05 - Island Tour Released
The "Island Tour" (4/2-5/98) will be released in both digital download and CD formats. Preordering is on now, including packages that includes shirts, stickers, posters, and Doniac Schvices

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6/28/05 - Trey discusses new band, bassist, and Red Rocks
In this short (3.5 minute) interview with KBCO, Trey mentions changes in his band, including an unnamed bassist (rumored to be TL), Red Rocks being his favorite venue, and a few other interesting snippets.

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6/27/05 - Sophomore album from Kottke/Gordon
Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon will follow their superb first release as a duo (Clone - get it!) with Sixty Steps, August 23rd on RCA Victor. It apparently draws on a calypso feel, and was rehearsed in Costa Rica, then recorded (at Compass Point Studios) in Nassau, Bahamas, with Clone mixer David Z. The duo was joined for the sessions by Neil Symonette, described in a press release as "Nassau's uintessential session player and renowned house drummer at Compass Point." The tracks feature originals by Kottke, Gordon, and the duo, as well as covers including one of Aerosmith's "Sweet Emotion". Kottke, Gordon, and Symonette are currently on a ten-date tour including Telluride Bluegrass Festival and the High Sierra Music Festival.

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6/27/05 - Live Release contest [closed]
Phish is holding a contest for copies of the coming [see 6/29/05 news above] release, if you can identify the source of the soundcheck provided.

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6/25/05 - Mockingbird Reaches $420,000
The Mockingbird Foundation, an all-volunteer group of Phish fans, has announced 14 new grants totaling nearly $60,000. This brings the Foundation to a total of more than 120 grants in 33 states, and nearly $420,000 in total disbursements. The group plans to invite more proposals in September, and to continue announcing new grants every six months for many years to come.

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6/24/05 - If you thought Coventry was bad...
...here's a festival that got even more rain, floods, and mud.

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6/18/05 - Foam set @ Live Phish
The first set of the Benevento/Russo Duo w/ Mike Gordon show from 4/27/05 (Georgia Theatre, Athens, GA), which featured a nearly 52-minute version of Foam, is now available from livephish.com for reduced pricing ($7.95 for MP3, $9.95 for FLAC).

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6/18/05 - Phish sighting on ESPN
For Vermont night at Fenway last Saturday, during the Red Sox game, ESPN's Dunkin Donuts musical montage (highlights set to music) featured the studio version of "Down with Disease".

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6/17/05 - Trey tour announced
Trey's summer tour has been announced, including eight dates - two with Gov't Mule opening three with Matisyahu opening, and one (the final show, at Red Rocks, on August 13) with Sound Tribe Sector 9 opening. Tickets go on sale starting this Saturday, June 25.

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6/16/05 - Trey to open for the Stones
On October 6, Trey will open for the Rolling Stones at Scott Stadium (of the University of Virginia) in Charlottesville, VA (home of Music Today, who now manage Trey's solo career following the end of Dionysian Productions). This is the second time a concert has been held a Scott Stadium. The last, several years ago, was the Dave Matthew Band (also managed by Music Today).

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6/11/05 - Bonnaroo
Phishy sightings at Bonnaroo, Mike and Trey: 1 and 2. Also, American Idol runner-up Bo Brice played with Trey, Dave, and others.

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6/11/05 - Plageboy
Flashback to 18 months ago: Scroll halfway down this page for a picture of Page (with NY Giants rookie Jeremy Shockey) at the Playboy Mansion for a Superbowl party.

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6/3/05 - Zoomatour cancelled
The summer tour which would have featured Trey's band (current lineup of hired guns, presumably), Ben Harper, and others, has been cancelled. According to the official site, "The Zooma Tour was conceived to provide fans with an exceptional musical and entertainment experience. Due to unforeseen circumstances, it has become clear that it would not be possible to provide that experience at the level initially envisioned. Rather than go forward with a tour that falls short of what was conceived, everyone involved has mutually agreed that it is best to cancel the tour altogether."

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5/31/05 - Buy Trey's old RV
A motor home last owned by Trey Anastasio (1974 model, purchased in 1997) is now being sold on Ebay.

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5/27/05- Vegaroo Rumored
Superfly, the folks behind Bonnaroo, are purported to be planning the Vegoose Music Festival to be in fields surrounding Las Vegas October 28-30, followed by a Halloween show at the Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, all accompanied by multiple-bill gigs at area clubs and arenas during the festival evenings. Different from Bonnaroo, this even will have minimal onsite camping and activities. Acts are reported to include Trey Anastasio, Mike Gordon and Leo Kottke, Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam, moe., the String Cheese Incident, The Black Crowes, Wilco, Ryan Adams, Umphrey's McGee, WIdespread Panic, Phil Lesh and Friends, The John Mayer Trio, Gov't Mule, The Allman Brothers Band, 311, and Keller Williams. A provisional website exists to hold the domain, suggesting that these rumors are true, but no additional information is yet available.

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5/22/05 - New forum founded
Fan Ian Hatton has organized a discussion board for Phish fans, given the purported dearth of such locations online.

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5/18/05 - Sign the petition!
It won't bring them back, but it's still a way to express your sentiment: a petition to tell Phish to come back!

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4/18/05 - Trey on Zooma
Trey Anastasio will tour this summer with and Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals as Zooma Tour, June 16 to July 31, produced by team behind Bonnaroo Music Festival.

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4/12/05 - Trey in NoLa
Trey Anastasio will perform Saturday 4/30/05 at 8pm at the State Palace Theatre in New Orleans. Tickets are $36.50, and were to go on sale 4/16/05 via Ticketmaster but may already be available via treyanastasio.com.

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4/5/05 - Cactus at the Summit
Mike Gordon and Leo Kottke have been added to the String Summit, where they will perform on Friday, June 24th, from 730pm to 9pm.

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4/1/05 - Lawnboy on your lawn!
Dry Goods has announced that it will begin selling a series of Phish-related lawn ornaments this summer, through a partnership with midwest concrete artisans Lizards and Wizards, Inc. The first in the series will be a life-size vacuum cleaner just like the one Fishman played on stage, followed later this year by Guyute the pig, Maggie the horse, and Tela on her multi-beast.  Note date!

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4/1/05 - Phish to release limited edition, three-song CD
Online ordering began this morning for a limited edition release of material the band recorded in Woodstock last fall, just after the career-ending shows at Coventry. Poking fun at confusion about the band's material, the three-song CD includes an updated version of "I Need More Cowbell", a mellow cover of Peaches n Herb's "Reunited", and a dance remix of their cover of "Gin and Juice".  Note date!

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4/1/05 - Dark Side of Round Room
Remniscent of Dark Side of the Moon's eerie synchronicity with The Wizard of Oz, but with the youthful irreverence that always was Phish, several message boards are reporting that the music and lyrics of Round Room seem to be synchronized precisely to the activity and character movements in the MacCauley Culkin theatrical masterpiece Home Alone.  Note date!

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4/1/05 - Phish.com Spoofed
The Phish.com website has been hacked by aliens launching repeated attacks to destroy the homepage.  Note date!

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3/23/05 - Trey w/ ABB
Trey Anastasio sat in with the Allman Brothers Band at the Beacon Theatre last night (3/22/05) for the "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" encore.

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3/22/05 - Mike @ HSMF
Mike Gordon and Leo Kottke will play together at High Sierra Music Festival, a small family-friendly freak fest in Northern California.

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3/22/05 - Page w/ ABB
Page sat in with the Allman Brothers Band last night (3/21/05) for the encore-opening "Southbound". The show - which also featured Chuck Leavell, Yonrico Scott, and the Asbury Jukes horns - was reportedly one of the strongest in the band's history.

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3/17/05 - Trey at Higher Ground 4/1
Trey's new band will make its first appearance April 1st, as a benefit for the Vermont Land Trust, at the new Higher Ground (opened 12/04), featuring Peter Chwazik (bass), Les Hall (keyboards), Ray Paczkowski (keyboards) and Skeeto Valdez (drums). Tickets are $35 and go on sale Thursday, March 17 at 11:00am (EST) at the Higher Ground box office only. Tickets will not be offered via internet or charge by phone.

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3/16/05 - Trey w/ Crowes
Trey performed last night (3/15/05) with "Mr. Crows Garden" at Higher Ground in Burlington, a warm-up gig by the Black Crowes for their upcoming tour. Trey sat-in for the encore: The Beatles "Yer Blues" and "Hard to Handle" originally by Otis Redding. This marked Trey's first performance at Higher Ground's new location, which opened in December 2004. Full setlist: Don't Do It (The band), Greasy Grass River, Go Tell the Congregation, Another Roadside Tragedy, Soul Singing, Kickin' My Heart Around, Thick n Thin, Bad Luck Blue Eyes, Jam > Sunday Buttermilk Waltz, Thorn in my Pride, Tell the Truth (Derrick and the Dominoes), Non-Fiction, She Gave Good Sunflower, Encore: Yer Blues (The Beatles) w/Trey, H2H ( Otis Redding) W/Trey.

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3/15/05 - Mike & Leo Duo again!
Mike with join again with Leo Kottke as part of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. We try to stick to news here, and keep editorial comments off this page, but... GO SEE THEM!!

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3/17/05 - JMP w/ Fishman downloadable
Most of the Jamcruise Jazz Mandolin Project (JMP) Lido Pool set, featuring Fishman on drums, is now up on Disclogic, for sale as MP3 and FLAC downloads. Unfortunately Jamie decided to pull three major tracks off the set (including the one with Oteil) so it's not complete, but it sounds fantastic.

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3/9/05 - Fishman to give Enviro speech
David Whiteside, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, will present An Evening For Pure Water, Clean Politics and Comedy Too, featuring Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Waterkeeper Alliance President; Hudson Riverkeeper attorney) and an environmental speech by Jon Fishman. The event will be MCed ("emceed") by comedian Robert Klein, and will be Sunday, April 3, 7pm showtime, at 26 University Place, UVM, Burlington, VT. Tickets are $15 general admission (to the event only) and $40 for premium seating to the event plus admission to a reception before the event. Tickets available via the Flynn Theatre Box Office, online at www.flynntix.org, or by calling 802.86.FLYNN. All profits benefit David Whiteside’s Black Warrior Riverkeeper, a Lake Champlaign Waterkeeper Alliance member.

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3/3/05 - Trey Spring Dates Announced
Trey will tour, presumably with a band although its members and material have not been announced, for 12 dates from April 26th in Richmond, VA, to May 14th in NYC. Summer dates are expected to follow.

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2/16/05 - Trey at Tibet House
Trey played with Choclate Genius, Marc Annthony Thompson's three-song set - a little bluesy but mellow number with a Trey solo solo, and the third with a more phishy spacey high note solo. All three had the Scorchio Quartet. Then Trey stayed on stage for three acoustic numbers all with quartet and a piano accompaniment. First piece was more orchestrated, with Trey singing faintly (I have no clue what he was singing about, very faint and high pitched).  Quartet and paino were fully involved along some regular acoustic playing, more composed song (which Philip Glass mentioned the pianist had a hand in). Trey had two acoustic guitars next to him and at the beginning of this song he switched guitars i.e. unplugged it and plugged in the new one and began again while everybody was still playing. Second song was more of a "bouncey" phish song, the guitar work on the acoustic was more pronounced, sounded like it could be a jamming song, with the chorus "Love is Freedom, we know that Love is Freedom" I believe I got that right, he finished repeating it a lot.  But it was definitely more of a phish type song with some jamming chords. Third was Flock of Words, with Nellie Mckay (who already performed that evening) on backing and a flutist, along with quartet and piano.  Trey had to restart it because he had the wrong guitar and had to reswitch. So he got nervous and started talking while unplugging and replugging.  Said he was making a big showbiz error by restarting a song (and playing with the wrong guitar) also said he was happy to be called again to play the benefit, crowd got louder yelled we love you, he said we love you too and Flock of Words proceeded without a hitch. Well done, nice with the full ensemble. Then for the finale People have the Power with Patti Smith, as usual, Trey was at a mic in the middle of Ray Davies and Lou Reed (have to say that was cool), then Trey put his one arm around one of the monks that came to the mic, that as cool to, bringing him more to the front and finally Trey was talking a lot to Lou as well. [Thanks to Kaz for the report!].

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2/14/05 - Mike at Jazzfest, too
Mike will perform at Jazzfest on Saturday, 4/30/05, in a late night show with the Benevento/Russo Duo at the Twi-Ro-Pa. Tickets are $22.50, doors are 1am, show at 2am, and tickets are on sale this coming Saturday (2/19) at 11am via Central Superfly Ticketing.

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2/11/05 - Trey at Tsunamoe
Trey performed with moe. and others at the Roseland Ballroom (NYC) in a benefit for Tsunami victims last night. See fan pictures of the event here or there.

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2/4/05 - Trey performs in Atlanta
Trey performed two sets at a recording studio in Roswell (north of Atlanta) to an audience of several hundred. backed by a five piece band including two keyboardists, Ray Paczkowski and Les Hall (Howie Day). He played two sets, each a bit over an hour, of upbeat material said to be akin to "1991 PHish" The first set ended with four solo acoustic songs, including "18 Steps" (which was also played as electric during the second set) and an emotional version of "Strange Design". Other new tunes included "Gloomy Skies," "Goodbye Head" and "Air Said To Me." [Paraphrased from news on Jambands.com]

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1/20/05 - Trey to play Tsunami Benefit
Trey - as well as MMW keyboardist John Medeski, mandolin virtuoso Sam Bush and Vorcza keyboardist Ray Paczkowski - will appear as a guest with moe. on February 10 at New York's Roseland Ballroom in a concert to benefit Tsunami Relief. All proceeds from this event will be matched by Dave Matthews Band and will go to the Bama Works Village Recovery Fund. "The scope & breadth of this disaster are beyond comprehension," says moe. guitarist Al Schnier. "As musicians on the other side of the world, we can't help feeling a bit helpless. Our hope is to contribute in some small way to help reestablish the communities damaged in the wake of these recent storms."

In the wake of one of the most devastating natural disasters in modern history, the Dave Matthews Band created the Bama Works Village Recovery Fund to identify an affected village on the east coast of Sri Lanka, partnering with them on a long-term basis to rebuild their community.

The event is also endorsed by HeadCount, which reports it "will continue to support important causes and charity events featuring HeadCount artists" and that it "strongly encourages you to attend this very special event" - as do we!

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1/17/05 - Mockingbird Foundation Adopts Phish.net
The Mockingbird Foundation, an outgrowth of this website, has reversed roles a bit and will henceforth manage and protect this site, assuring the integrity and continuation of the oldest and most comprehensive Phish fan website, in perpetuity.

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1/11/05 - Trey on Austin City Limits
Austin City Limits celebrates its 30th season on television this year with an appearance by Trey Anastasio and his nine piece band on January 15, 2005. The program features an hour of material culled from their performance at the ACL Festival this past September. For air times, please check your local PBS listings or visit the Austin City Limits website.

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1/6/05 - Sonic dress on display
The Boston Globe has reported that, starting 01/15/05, Jon Fishman's "sonic rhythm dress" will be on display at the Fuller Museum in Brockton, MA, as part of an upcoming exhibit called, "Trashformation" that starts 1/15/05 through 05/01/05.

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1/1/05 - Mike shreds w/ the Duo
Mike TORE IT UP with the Benevento/Russo Duo on a four-run mini-tour from 12/28-31/04. The first show, at Philly's Theater of the Living Arts ("TLA") was a fan favorite, but the others were recorded with multi-track equipment (ie.. "multi-tracked") so one or two of those may be released. ... But find the TLA show (too) - it's worth it!!