^^Lookin good, will! Nice spot! 
::Prepares for NYE Hawaii run::
After deciding to never go to a phish show again… which any upstanding 39 year old ex-drug addict would do or not do (wot?) I took a hiatus from listening to zee feesh. course i’ve been taking a hiatus from most things in my life as the end of nursing school is looming and my two year torture session will be ending this May in a goddamned degree… it has taken more out of me than i’ve know… but… thats ok, they don’t just hand out nursing degrees on the street corner.
SO after hiatus… unconsciously my brother gave me alpine dvd for xmas. he’s not a phish fan but i did take him to a show back in the summer of 1864 (94’)… and he, well, he was being nice. i sorta reluctantly took it knowing what was inside might shock my brain… but i listened and watched… and the dwd->wtu is the real deal… tha magic, the wompa and then luke cuts off his arm and runs into the snow, dropping, delirious… seeing ghosts… obi wan… dagohba… yoda… Benn… BEN!!! ::tauntaun appears::
yeah so after which they start up mule. hmmmm mule. who doesn’t like the mule you should get punched in the eye… but when wherefor has mule gone? nevermind its a nice version but listen to me… the mule duel… the “russian dance” trey part that speeds up and up and the last phrase before he just starts wailing requires… some dexterous skill and he can’t quite seem to pull it together. its not bad, it is what it is… it got me thinking when he had kinda lost that little tid bit… or if he didn’t lose it but perhaps it went to the old folks home…
so i perused my meager phish catalog looking for other mules and picked up 8-11-04 set 1… fun mule but the duel is a mess as was much at that time… precision there were about not. then i pulled out 7-29-03 set 1… i forgot… no FORGOT how good this set is… this mule, in particular, scorches… it is played with gusto by all of them and the “russian dance” almost falls off during that critical moment… but he hangs on… barley… and listening i felt shivers shoot up my spine… thrilling as i drove down the road in my little world of a metal box on rubber wheels… and i skipped ahead to the timber… cause i was close to home… and the same thrill, trill… trillium… and i was belting out the last lines Timber HOOOOOO timber whoa this timbers gotta roll… and it was such that i felt the feeling i forgot, or did i… no. no. we don’t forget. but it takes a multiple of factors for that to happen and then its gone like the morning dew… but it sparkled when it was there… that and 12-16-95 mule… tight, precise, smelly mule.
I agree. I was pretty much straight across from the sbd, stage level, page side on halloween and think that area is the g-spot of shows.
This band has come soooooo far since Hamptron '09.
I cannot decide which I like more. Lizards or McGrupp?!?
AND it’s been just under 2 years! 
Amen to that. This keeps up our faces are in a world of melt. A sh!tload of world of melt.
right now i’m gonna go with mcgrupp. the ending lizards jam is right up there on my list of favorites and i love love love the tropical feel of the lizards chorus. but mcgrupp is just a perfect song for me all around. very mellow intro, great early phishy lyrics, powerful composed section after that with some off beat rhythms, and a sweet piano with a repeating bass line till the epic ending
although if you asked me tomorrow i might like lizards better 
Can’t it be both?
Spock’s Brain is under played. Bring it back out, boys!
listens to 6/20/95 again
ive had meatstick in my head for almost two weeks now… 
sounds about right
Yup. It’s pretty much all meatstick all the time nowadays…
should be the title of a new thread… 
I’ve had meatstick stuck in my freezer for two weeks now…
I’ve had meatstick stuck in my custard pie for two weeks now…
I’ve had meatstick stuck in my tailpipe for two weeks now…
I’ve had meatstick stuck in my food processor for two weeks now…
ok… maybe not.
What if I have things stuck in my meatstick 
::thinks about phish::
I’m fairly certain that during the 3rd song of 2nd set…Your crew allowed me to jump to the floor from thar. (After I politely asked of course 
) Thanks. I remember y’all were not allowing just anybody to to that.
P.S. I was on the rail next to Fishman for 35d night Hampton (next to Rich of 12/30/09 fame no less(He REALLY loves Fishman)).
Here are some choice Midwest strings of shows that exemplify what college kids with a $100 and a brain could have taken in following their favorite “bar band” around in '92 and '93! (slow day at work)
Thursday, 04/30/1992
Barrymore Theatre, Madison, WI
Set 1: The Curtain, Split Open and Melt, Fee, Maze, Reba, Uncle Pen, Stash, Rift, Esther, Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Glide, Tweezer[1], The Squirming Coil, My Mind’s Got a Mind of its Own, You Enjoy Myself[2], The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Chalk Dust Torture, Cold as Ice > Cracklin’ Rosie > Cold as Ice, Harry Hood, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Carolina, Cavern
[1] Colonel Bruce Hampton on trombone.
[2] Me and My Arrow signal, DEG tease, and a Welcome Christmas tease in the vocal jam.
Notes: Glide was preceded by an All Fall Down signal. Tweezer featured Colonel Bruce Hampton on trombone. YEM included a Me and My Arrow signal, a Dave’s Energy Guide tease, and a Welcome Christmas tease in the vocal jam. The Aquarium Rescue Unit opened this show.
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Friday, 05/01/1992
The Rave, Milwaukee, WI
Set 1: Suzy Greenberg, My Friend, My Friend, Poor Heart, The Landlady, NICU, The Sloth, The Divided Sky, Guelah Papyrus, It’s Ice, Horn, I Didn’t Know[1], Possum[2]
Set 2: Sanity, Buried Alive, Wilson, All Things Reconsidered, My Sweet One, Mike’s Song[3] > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Mound, The Lizards, Llama, Cold as Ice > Terrapin > Cold as Ice, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: Lawn Boy, Good Times Bad Times
Encore 2: Rocky Top
[1] Fishman on Bag-Vac.
[2] Aw Fuck!, All Fall Down and Simpsons signals; Theme to Laverne & Shirley and Stash teases from Trey and Page, Rhapsody in Blue tease from Trey.
[3] Additional lyrics in intro.
Notes: I Didn’t Know featured Fishman on the Bag-Vac in what was the instrument’s last known appearance. Possum had Aw Fuck!, All Fall Down and Simpsons signals, Theme to Laverne & Shirley teases and Stash teases from Trey and Page, and a Rhapsody in Blue tease from Trey. Mike’s Song contained additional lyrics in its intro.
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Saturday, 05/02/1992
Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent[1] > Icculus > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Sparkle, Reba, Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash[1], The Squirming Coil, Llama
Set 2: Glide, David Bowie[2] -> Band/Crew Football Theme Song -> David Bowie, Tela, Foam, You Enjoy Myself[3], Chalk Dust Torture, Cold as Ice > Cracklin’ Rosie > Cold as Ice, Cavern
Encore: Sleeping Monkey, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
[1] Referenced the L.A. riots that ensued after the Rodney King verdict was announced.
[2] Aw Fuck!, All Fall Down, Chaos, Random Laugh, and Oom Pa Pa signals, as well as Miss Gulch / Witch’s theme teases.
[3] Strong Don’t Get Me Wrong tease.
Notes: Both Forbin and Stash referenced the Los Angeles riots that ensued after the Rodney King verdict was announced. During Icculus, Trey extolled the virtues of the Helping Friendly Book and remarked jokingly that The Aquarium Rescue Unit “used to be a feeble bluegrass band until they read this great book!†Glide was a birthday dedication. Bowie included Aw Fuck!, All Fall Down, Chaos, Random Laugh, and Oom Pa Pa signals, as well as the return of the Band/Crew Football Theme Song (first since April 16, 1991, or 125 shows). Bowie also included Miss Gulch / Witch’s theme teases. YEM included a strong Don’t Get Me Wrong tease. BBFCFM featured some zany on-stage antics that found Trey on top of his stack and Mike singing from down on the floor. The Aquarium Rescue Unit was the opening act.
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Sunday, 05/03/1992
Michigan State University Union Ballroom, East Lansing, MI
Set 1: The Landlady, Possum[1], It’s Ice, Uncle Pen, Fee > All Things Reconsidered, Split Open and Melt, I Didn’t Know, Rift, Horn, Runaway Jim
Set 2: Tweezer, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Fluffhead, Guelah Papyrus[2], Mike’s Song[3] > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Mango Song, Cold as Ice > Cracklin’ Rosie > Cold as Ice, Dinner and a Movie, Bouncing Around the Room, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg
Encore: Memories[4], Sweet Adeline[4], Tweezer Reprise
[1] Random Note, Oom Pa Pa, and Random Laugh signals.
[2] All Fall Down, Aw Fuck! and Me and My Arrow (Tall Guy in the Front Row) signals.
[3] Oom Pa Pa signal.
[4] Without amplification.
Notes: Possum contained Random Note, Oom Pa Pa, and Random Laugh signals; Guelah contained All Fall Down, Aw Fuck! and Me and My Arrow (Tall Guy in the Front Row) signals; Mike’s Song contained an additional Oom Pa Pa signal. Memories and Sweet Adeline were performed without amplification.
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Tuesday, 05/05/1992
Bogart’s, Cincinnati, OH
Set 1: Golgi Apparatus, The Curtain, Sparkle, Stash, Rift, Guelah Papyrus[1], The Divided Sky, I Didn’t Know, It’s Ice > Glide > Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture, Bouncing Around the Room, All Things Reconsidered, Foam, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Poor Heart, Llama, Cold as Ice > Love You > Cold as Ice, The Squirming Coil, Cavern
Encore: Contact, Rocky Top
[1] Secret Language.
Notes: Guelah included use of the Secret Language. There are no known audience recordings of this show in circulation.
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Wednesday, 05/06/1992
St. Andrew’s Hall, Detroit, MI
Soundcheck: NICU
Set 1: Llama, Foam, Reba, My Mind’s Got a Mind of its Own, Maze, Tela, Brother, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Sparkle, Cavern
Set 2: My Sweet One, Stash, The Squirming Coil, You Enjoy Myself -> Shaggy Dog[1], All Things Reconsidered, Bouncing Around the Room, Uncle Pen, Chalk Dust Torture[2], Hold Your Head Up > Terrapin > Hold Your Head Up, Take the ‘A’ Train, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: Carolina, Good Times Bad Times
[1] A cappella.
[2] Cold as Ice tease from Page in intro.
Notes: My Sweet One was preceded by a brief jam before the song proper started. Shaggy Dog (first since November 3, 1988, or 451 shows) was performed a cappella and emerged from the YEM vocal jam. Page teased Cold As Ice both before and during the intro to Chalk Dust.
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Thursday, 05/07/1992
The Agora Theatre, Cleveland, OH
Set 1: Suzy Greenberg, Poor Heart, Buried Alive > My Friend, My Friend, Foam, Runaway Jim, Esther, Split Open and Melt, Rift, Guelah Papyrus, Possum[1]
Set 2: The Landlady, Sparkle, Tweezer, Fluffhead, Glide, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Fee > Cold as Ice > Bike, The Squirming Coil, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Sweet Adeline, Sleeping Monkey, Rocky Top
[1] Aw Fuck!, All Fall Down, Me and My Arrow (Asshole), and Random Laugh signals.
Notes: Possum was introduced as the song that Jeff wrote and included Aw Fuck!, All Fall Down, Me and My Arrow (Asshole), and Random Laugh signals. During Fee, a fake palm tree was lowered onto the stage behind Page.
Saturday, 04/17/1993
Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, MI
Soundcheck: I Can’t Explain, I Can See For Miles > Sparks, Substitute (brief), L.A. Woman
Set 1: Llama, Foam, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, It’s Ice, Glide, My Friend, My Friend[1], All Things Reconsidered, Golgi Apparatus, Run Like an Antelope[2]
Set 2: Wilson, Reba, The Landlady > Halley’s Comet, You Enjoy Myself[3], Lifeboy, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin’ Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Big Ball Jam[4], The Squirming Coil
Encore: Sweet Adeline, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars[5]
[1] Beginning featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da tease.
[2] Random Note and Simpsons signals.
[3] I Wish closing jam teases.
[4] Trey on drums and Fishman on vacuum.
[5] Included some humorous additional lyrics from Mike, who echoed a fan’s cry that he could “smell [himself] running.” Trey also forgot he was supposed to start part of the song and there was a long, silent pause on stage until he finally realized that the rest of the band was waiting for him.
Notes: My Friend started out with Trey on acoustic guitar and later included an Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da tease. BBJ featured Trey on drums and Fishman on vacuum. YEM included teases of the closing jam to I Wish. Antelope included Random Note and Simpsons signals. BBFCFM included some humorous additional lyrics from Mike, who echoed a fan’s cry that he could “smell [himself] running.†Trey also forgot he was supposed to start part of the song and there was a long, silent pause on stage until he finally realized that the rest of the band was waiting for him.
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Sunday, 04/18/1993
Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, MI
Set 1: Rift, Guelah Papyrus, Split Open and Melt, Sparkle, The Divided Sky, Fee -> Maze, Horn, I Didn’t Know[1], Cavern
Set 2: Poor Heart > Tweezer, The Horse[2] > Silent in the Morning, Possum, Mound, Big Ball Jam, Mike’s Song[3] -> Ya Mar, Walk Away, Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: Amazing Grace, Rocky Top
[1] During the section of I Didn’t Know where Fishman usually does some sort of solo, Page asked everyone who had been there the night before how they liked the encore. Trey and Mike put their microphones in the same position as they were for BBFCFM, and Page brought people on stage to give testimonials about how they felt about it. “Special guests” included Brad Sands and Chris Kuroda. Trey admitted his guilt in the mishap and the song continued.
[2] Extended intro section; Trey on acoustic guitar.
[3] Melodic Low Rider jam before segueing into Ya Mar.
Notes: During the section of I Didn’t Know where Fishman usually does some sort of solo, Page asked everyone who had been there the night before how they liked the encore. Trey and Mike put their microphones in the same position as they were for BBFCFM, and Page brought people on stage to give testimonials about how they felt about it. “Special guests†included Brad Sands and Chris Kuroda. Trey admitted his guilt in the mishap and the song continued. Horse included an extended intro section and featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Mike’s song included a melodic Low Rider jam before segueing into Ya Mar.
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Tuesday, 04/20/1993
Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH
Set 1: Runaway Jim, Weigh, Sparkle, Stash, Bouncing Around the Room, It’s Ice, Glide, Uncle Pen, Lawn Boy, David Bowie[1]
Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture, Fluffhead, Sample in a Jar, Big Ball Jam, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, My Friend, My Friend[2], Llama, You Enjoy Myself, Hold Your Head Up > Whipping Post > Hold Your Head Up, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: Funky Bitch, Amazing Grace[3]
[1] Simpsons and All Fall Down signals in intro.
[2] Beginning featured Trey on acoustic guitar.
[3] Without microphones.
Notes: The beginning of My Friend featured Trey on acoustic guitar. The Bowie intro contained Simpsons and All Fall Down signals. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones.
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Wednesday, 04/21/1993
Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH
Set 1: Buried Alive, Poor Heart, Foam, Guelah Papyrus, Maze, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Rift, Punch You In the Eye, I Didn’t Know[1], Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Possum, Mound, Split Open and Melt, The Squirming Coil, The Horse[2] > Silent in the Morning, Big Ball Jam, Mike’s Song > The Great Gig in the Sky > Weekapaug Groove, Gumbo
Encore: Sweet Adeline, Cavern
[1] Fishman on trombone.
[2] Trey on acoustic guitar.
Notes: The jam segment of this Melt is the one that appears at the end of Demand on Hoist. I Didn’t Know featured Fishman on trombone and The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar.
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Thursday, 04/22/1993
The Agora Theatre, Cleveland, OH
Set 1: Suzy Greenberg, Sparkle, It’s Ice, Reba, Chalk Dust Torture, Esther[1], Stash, Fee, Rift, Golgi Apparatus
Set 2: Llama, Bouncing Around the Room, All Things Reconsidered, Tweezer, The Lizards, Big Ball Jam, You Enjoy Myself -> The Vibration of Life -> You Enjoy Myself, Uncle Pen, Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, Tweezer Reprise
Encore: AC/DC Bag, Amazing Grace
[1] Random Note signal in intro.
Notes: The Esther intro contained a Random Note signal.
Wednesday, 08/11/1993
Eastbrook Theatre, Grand Rapids, MI
Set 1: Buried Alive > Runaway Jim > Weigh > It’s Ice, Ginseng Sullivan[1], My Friend, My Friend[2], The Mango Song > Stash, Sparkle > Cavern
Set 2: Mike’s Song[3] > The Great Gig in the Sky > Weekapaug Groove, Esther > All Things Reconsidered, Bouncing Around the Room -> Rift, Jesus Just Left Chicago, My Sweet One[4] > Run Like an Antelope[5]
Encore: Sweet Adeline[6], Bold As Love
[1] Phish debut; Trey on acoustic, Fishman on washboard.
[2] Beginning featured Trey on acoustic guitar.
[3] Fishman quoted the vocals of Games Without Frontiers.
[4] Simpsons signals, an Aw Fuck! signal, and an Oom Pa Pa signal.
[5] Multiple Simpsons signals. Jeopardy! theme tease from Mike and A Love Supreme tease.
[6] Without microphones.
Notes: Ginseng Sullivan made its Phish debut in the first set, featuring Trey on acoustic guitar and Fish on washboard. The beginning of My Friend also featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones. My Sweet One and Antelope each contained multiple Simpsons signals, and My Sweet One also contained an Aw Fuck! signal and Oom Pa Pa signal. Mike teased the Jeopardy! theme during Antelope, which also included a tease of A Love Supreme. Fishman quoted the vocals of Games Without Frontiers during Mike’s Song. This Mike’s Groove is included as filler on Live Phish 07.
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Thursday, 08/12/1993
Meadow Brook Music Festival, Rochester Hills, MI
Set 1: AC/DC Bag, Reba, Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Nellie Kane, Split Open and Melt, The Horse[1] > Silent in the Morning > Poor Heart, The Squirming Coil
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > The Landlady > Tweezer[2], The Lizards, The Sloth, Maze, Lawn Boy, Big Ball Jam, Golgi Apparatus, Possum[3]
Encore: Fire, Free Bird
[1] Trey on acoustic guitar.
[2] Get Back signals, a Simpsons signal, and a several measures of Landlady jam.
[3] Tweezer Reprise tease.
Notes: Melt was briefly teased prior to The Horse, which featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Tweezer included numerous Get Back signals, a Simpsons signal, and a several measures of Landlady. Possum included a Tweezer Reprise tease.
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Friday, 08/13/1993
Murat Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
Soundcheck: Love Me Two Times, Jam, Ginseng Sullivan
Set 1: Lengthwise > Llama, Makisupa Policeman -> Foam, Stash[1], Ginseng Sullivan[2], Fluffhead[3], My Mind’s Got a Mind of its Own, Horn > David Bowie[4]
Set 2: Buried Alive > Rift > Bathtub Gin[5] -> Ya Mar, Mike’s Song[6] > Lifeboy, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg[7], Amazing Grace[8]
Encore: Highway to Hell
[1] Weekapaug tease.
[2] Trey on acoustic guitar and Fishmah on Madonna washboard.
[3] Started with Trey on acoustic guitar.
[4] Jams based on The Mango Song and Magilla as well as My Favorite Things teases.
[5] Weekapaug teases.
[6] Ya Mar quotes from Mike and a Stranglehold tease.
[7] Sweet Alabama tease.
[8] Without microphones.
Notes: Stash included a Weekapaug tease. Ginseng featured Trey on acoustic guitar and Fish (introduced by Trey as “Mr. Butt with protruding arms and legs”) on Madonna washboard. Fluffhead started with Trey on acoustic guitar. Bowie included jams based on The Mango Song and Magilla, as well as My Favorite Things teases. Bathtub Gin included Weekapaug teases. Mike’s Song included Ya Mar quotes from Mike and a Stranglehold (Ted Nugent) tease, while Suzy included a Sweet Home Alabama tease. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones.
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Saturday, 08/14/1993
World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, IL
Soundcheck: Long Jam (about 45 minutes, sounded McGrupp-like), Funky Bitch
Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, The Divided Sky, The Horse[1] > Silent in the Morning > It’s Ice[2] > Sparkle, Split Open and Melt, Esther > Poor Heart > Cavern
Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Run Like an Antelope[3] -> Sparks -> Walk Away -> Run Like an Antelope -> Have Mercy[4] -> Run Like an Antelope, Mound, The Squirming Coil, Daniel Saw the Stone, You Enjoy Myself[5] -> Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Golgi Apparatus
Encore: La Grange
[1] Trey on acoustic guitar.
[2] Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy tease from Page.
[3] Dixie tease.
[4] “Rye, Rye Rocco” lyrics sung over Have Mercy melody before the band kicked back into the Antelope ending.
[5] Brief jams based on Speed Racer, Smoke on the Water, Kool Thing; Mystery Achievement quotes.
Notes: The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. It’s Ice contained a Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy tease from Page. Antelope included a Dixie tease; the “Rye, Rye Rocco†lyrics were sung over the Have Mercy melody before the band kicked back into the Antelope ending. During Daniel Saw the Stone, Trey updated the crowd on the score of a pre-season football game. YEM contained brief jams based on Speed Racer, Smoke on the Water, Kool Thing (Sonic Youth), and quoting of Mystery Achievement (Pretenders). On Broadway was briefly quoted during the YEM vocal jam. This show was officially released as Live Phish 07.