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6/26/09 - Save the Date
Phish has a new Save the Date splash page, slowing greying-out states to eventually reveal the location of a three day (is that three-night?) festival 10/30-11/1. The rumored-everywhere location is in Indio, CA, known by many for the Coachella Festival but also, interestingly, the site of the National Date Festival.

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6/25/09 - New Album, Joy, to have 10 tracks
The new issue of Rolling Stone reports that Phish's forthcoming album will be titled Joy and will have ten tracks, which we believe to be: 1. Twenty Years Later, Backwards Down the Number Line, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Light, Joy, Sugar Shack, Ocelot, Kill Devil Falls, I Been Around, and Time Turns Elastic. Other songs which had been rumored for the release include Alaska (rumored as a bonus track), Let Me Lie, and Sugar Shack.

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6/25/09 - More Tracks for Home Phishing
In addition to the already released Wilson (from A Live One) for Rock Band 2, today sees the release of three additional tracks, albeit this time for Guitar Hero: World Tour, and all live: Sample In A Jar, Down With Disease, and Chalkdust Torture.

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6/25/09 - Adams Seeks Support for Documentary
Tom Adams is seeking pledges to fund production of his film-in-progress - All My Plastic Melon Dreams - to help turn it into a full-length film. He did some extensive video interviews of the band in the early years, and is trying to turn it into a full length documentary on Phish's rise to fame.

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6/24/09 - Bid on SPAC tix, Support MS
Buck is giving away two seats to Phish @ SPAC to someone who makes donation Multiple Sclerosis research supporting his 100-mile bike ride next month. All donations go to charity, as the rider decided to throw in the tix rather than sell them on Stub Hub and donate the proceeds. The link on his blog goes directly to the MS site, and donations are made on-line.

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6/21/09 - New Scalper Solution? Paperless tickets
Doesn't take a genius to connect the dots: You pay with a credit card, you carry an ID, and most of the process is electronic, so why enable meddling middle-men to bump the price/demand curve higher by putting paper into the process? While Metallica and AC/DC have experimented with paper-less ticketing, Miley Cyrus' "fall tour will make history as the first arena-level trek to embrace paperless ticketing in an attempt to thwart resellers."

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6/19/09 - PETA continues streak of getting press with stupid ideas
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is garnering attention about the treatment of fish with a tongue-in-cheek request that Phish change their name to Sea Kittens.

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6/18/09 - Phish from Bonnaroo on Fuse this Saturday
Fuse TV is airing highlights from this year's Bonnaroo this Saturday, June 20th, with "exclusive footage from the BEST performances from last weekend, including: Coheed and Cambria, Beastie Boys, Bruce Springsteen, Phish, Snoop Dogg, and the Yeah Yeah Yeah's. Time is probably 9pm EST/PST, and 8pm CMT, but check local listings. !!

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6/15/09 - Music Therapy Room dedicated to Mimi Fishman
Phish drummer Jon Fishman, Phish Security Director John Langenstein, and Mimi Fishman Foundation Executive Director David Shulman all paid a visit to the Delta Gamma Center for Children With Visual Impairments new facility in Richmond Heights, MO, today. (Fishman and Langenstein were both in St. Louis on an off day of the Phish 2009 Summer Tour.) The visit began with a dedication of the music room in Mimi Fishman's honor - now called the Mimi Fishman Music Therapy Room. During the visit, the trio also observed two music therapy classes for children served by the Center. Jon Fishman participated in the therapy classes joining the children in a drum circle and songs. The visit concluded with Fishman handing a $20,000 donation from the Foundation to the Center. Combined with $10,000 raised for Phish's Waterwheel Foundation in late May, the Mimi Fishman Foundation in the last 10 years has now issued grants and donations totaling over $331,000.

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6/15/09 - The Boss with the band!
Bruce Springsteen sat in with Phish last night for Mustang Sally (watch clip; not played by Phish in the previous 1142 shows!) and two of his own songs. "The Boss" finished his 'Roo gigs the night before, but stuck around for the phun.

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6/13/09 - Scramble Campbell auction
Bid now on an artist's proof of Scramble Campbell's 12/29/95 sketch during YEM at MSG. Proceeds benefit the Mockingbird Foundation.

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6/08/09 - Puterbaugh's Phish: The Biography delayed
Parke Puterbaugh's c.320-page biography of the band, previously scheduled for release June 26th, is now reschedlued for release November 25th. According to promo text @ Amazon, "Phish is the product of a decade of interviews with all band members, tracing their evolution from prep school to enormous success in the mid-’90s and beyond. Puterbaugh provides unique insight into their music and complicated interpersonal dynamics; examines their controversial later years; and reveals the real role drugs played in their breakup. The result is an intimate and fascinating portrait of one of the most successful live acts in history."

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6/3/09 - Phans give $1,000 for music education in every city on the tour
The Mockingbird Foundation announced yesterday that it has mailed a $1,000 check to a music education program in each of the nineteen (19) cities on Phish's summer tour (now mapped on Google). The $19,000 in unsolicited (and unsuspected) grants are part of a concerted effort to connect with those communities touched by Phish tour, to harness related media attention for the benefit of music education, and to address stereotypes about Phish fans while raising expectations of what we can, collectively, accomplish.

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6/3/09 - Fan Streams Shows Live
A fan known publicly only as "Jason" is steaming Phish shows live from the floor, using his iPhone and ustream.com, a free live streaming service.

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6/3/09 - Mike and friends perform in NYC
Mike Gordon celebrated his 44th birthday with a surprise show at City Winery in New York City. According to live reports on Phantasy Tour, the band consisted of Bill Kreutzmann (Grateful Dead) on drums, Scott Murawski (Max Creek, Mike Gordon band) on guitar, and Mike (playing a new bass...a birthday gift from Page). The two-set performance consisted of mainly covers, including the Grateful Dead songs Eyes of the World, Cumberland Blues, and US Blues. Tara Nevins from Donna the Buffalo sang on Peggy-O.

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6/2/09 - Live Wilson download
A live version of "Wilson " is included in this week's downloadable content for Rock Band as part of the "Bonnaroo 01" pack.

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6/1/09 - Summer Tour Starts!
Phish kicked off their summer tour last night at Fenway Park in Boston, MA.

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5/31/09 - MSMN Trailer Released
Producer/Director Noah Wilderman has released a 7-minute-plus trailer for the documentary film under production titled Maybe So Maybe Not, featuring a number of names and faces you may recognize from the Phish fan community.

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5/27/09 - Do Asheville Right!
Asheville, NC, press is warning residents of traffic (and, implicitly, other) troubles surrounding the upcoming Phish shows. While you/we are clogging the streets, take extra efforts to put a good spin on it: Use trash receptacles, thank personnel, and always, always, always tip your bartender!

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5/26/09 - Phish releases "Time Turns Elastic" on iTunes
As Billboard, Live Daily and damned near everyone else online is reporting, Phish has released a 13-minute track via iTunes. Originally listed at $1.99, changed to $1.29 later in the day, it starts with some orchestrated elements but ends with a thick groove that holds promise. The song is rumored to be part of a forthcoming album tentatively called Party Time (or Light (Yellow). A picture of 16 song titles is said to include four Page/Mike tunes.

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5/24/09 - Phans in Boston Globe
The lead story in today's Boston Globe Living/Arts section is a piece about the Phish fan community, including quotes from Mockingbird Foundation board members Jim Raras and Jeremy Goodwin, as well as others.

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5/23/09 - Second Phanart Auction!
A 11x17 drawing on glossy poster stock, created by Bruce Horan, was drawn to commemorate Phish's appearance on The Simpsons. Now, you can buy it and support the Mockingbird Foundation in the process!

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5/20/09 - Phish on Fuse?
As part of their "Fuse Fest" summer music festival programming, Fuse TV has just announced that it will be airing a concert special on June 20th highlighting the BEST performances from Bonnaroo '09. Fuse will be counting down to Bonnaroo '09 all month long with plenty of other Bonnaroo-related concert specials, including "Fuse Fest: Bonnaroo 2008," a 1 hour show highlighting Bonnaroo '08 performances from Metallica, Jack Johnson, Mastodon, Raconteurs and Pearl Jam on June 3rd at 10pm. After that. catch a night of Bruce Springsteen on June 11th starting at 8pm that includes a Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Concert, followed by "Bruce Springsteen: Making of Working on a Dream," a special documentary on the making of the Boss's newest album premiering June 11th @ 10:30pm.

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5/16/09 - Mimi Fishman Auction Ends Wednesday!
Phish and the Mimi Fishman Foundation have joined forces to raise funds for the Waterwheel Foundation. Created by Phish in 1997, the Waterwheel Foundation oversees the band's various charitable activities. The auction launched May 7th, and ends in only four days, and features the original (one-of-a-kind) marker drawing of the artwork which became the Phish Hampton 2009 poster, the last numbered print of the poster (750/750, and signed by the band as an added bonus), and an Artist Proof test printing of the Hampton Poster. The auction also includes two packages which feature both Phish and the Dave Matthews Band, ten Phish Fenway Ticket/Download packages, and more. This auction benefits The Carolina Friends School/Afghan Sister School Project, The Neuroendocrine Tumor Clinic at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, and The Seven Below Arts Initiative. These donations will be made in memory of Trey Anastasio's sister Kristy Manning who passed away in late April.

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5/12/09 - Phan Food Pete wants your recipes
Pete Mason, the man behind charity project and publishing wonder Phan Art, is planning a second book, also entirely charitable. Tentatively titled Phan Food: From the Lot to the Kitchen Pot, the book is to be a collection of Phish fan's recipes from both on tour and from home. Pete is co-authoring the book with Tara Silberberg, who produces the Healthy Hippie Magazine, and all proceeds will go to local food banks in the towns where Phish tours each run.

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5/10/09 - Art Auction for Mockingbird
Pete "Phanart" Mason is auctioning artwork submitted for the book via Ebay, with all proceeds to benefit the Mockingbird Foundation. First up is a piece by "Scramble Campbell" painted/performed 12/31/92 at Madison Square Garden. All of "Scramble"'s designs are unique, and many are among those collected and traded within the growing community of fans collecting fan art. Yet bidding on this piece has, of this posting, only reached TEN BUCKS!

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4/24/09 - Hampton United the Kids, Too
In an interview with Dean Budnick, for the cover story of the June Relix, Phish bassist Mike Gordon talks about the recent Hampton reunion shows: "We had all seven kids there for the first time ever. It is part of the new vibe: Less intoxication and debauchery and more family. ... We're people to have dinner with rather than to party down with and that doesn't make for a less intense relationship or even a less intense jam. Maybe it's more intense in a sense because we're not clouded and can better sense the subtleties of what's happening in our relationship." The issue hits newstands May 19th.

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4/23/09 - MOCK SHOW Tickets On-Sale
Tickets are now on sale for Mock Show: Red Rocks, The event, to be held 10am-2pm on August 1st at the Sheraton Denver West, will feature dozens of poster artists including Jim Pollock, Ryan Kerrigan, Fred Hosman, Tripp, Bruce Horan, Tim Ripley, Ian Millard, Jamie Huntsman, Jon Blake, Justin Helton, Erin Cadigan, Drew Findley, Jonathan Lamb, Michael Ortiz, Joshua Jacobs, Uncle & Aunt Ebeneezer, AJ Masthay, and The Faded Line. The exhibition space features views of the Denver skyline & surrounding mountains and is located only 6 miles (less than 10 minutes) from Red Rocks Amphitheater. Ticket packages are available featuring a PollockPrints/Hosco Press collaboration benefit release Poster and/or T-Shirt.

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4/23/09 - Mimi Fishman Foundation Auction Ends Soon
There are only five more days to bid in the Mimi Fishman Foundation's 6th charity auction to benefit Rock the Earth, dedicated to bringing about positive and beneficial environmental consequences on behalf of members of the music industry through the means of active litigation and negotiation.

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4/22/09 - Mike Gordon Art Exhibit
Mike Gordon is participating in the Boston Cyberarts Festival this month. His art exhibit, Another Side of In, at the Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation in Waltham, MA, opens on April 24 and runs through May 2009.

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4/20/09 - The Hampton Banner
You may have seen this banner hanging from the loge at the back of the three recent Hampton Coliseum shows. It's in several photos taken @ the venue, but we wanted you to see it's full 3'x 28' glory. (This composite is from only three dozen closeups, and rendered a curve, but all of the detail is preserved.)

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