What happened to OKP?

Non-Phish Shows/Meetups
#41

I’m basically going to reiterate what’s already been said :slight_smile:

You have to think, this board has been going on over a decade, and alot changes over that kinda time. Justin, you were just a teenager when you first found OKP! Back then I only had one kid, one degree, and no fucking husband…ahh, those were the days. And, I literally spent every day on AIM messaging with a drunken Brett, a sonted Thom or a scandalous Sean lol :slight_smile:

As with most of you, my priorities have shifted and I’m all about spending what LITTLE bit of extra money I have on home projects. I seriously have about 8 projects in my head at all times. Most importantly, I want to be able to grow the majority of our food which is a very tall order in the current state of our property, so MUCH has to be done to make that happen. In all honesty, I really don’t like to leave home or my girls much. I’m happy there, but I will try to get out once a summer :slight_smile:

The pa may not be a priority for most of us anymore, but I think it will always be special to everybody. I have met some absolutely wonderful people here who will always hold a special place in my heart even if I only see you once a year or once every few years. And whether I haven’t seen a show in 6 months or 6 years I will ALWAYS love this band. Seriously, always.

#42

I’m scandalous? :wtf: :wave:

#43

She meant scrumptious.

#44

Not to be redundant, but seriously: Tapatalk app.

Web forum + phone app is like peanut butter + chocolate.

#45

I always just say no.

Is it really good? Just seemed like an unnecessary app to me.

#46

I can’t find the OKP on there. Even though the popup says it is available. I’m scared of this!!

#47

I visit a couple other forums via tapatalk, both for bands, and they’re way busier. Many users are posting from phones. Be the ball Will.

#48

Hello

It is me the hue, what’s new?

#49

Well Hue, What say ewe? Lots o sh!t’s new

#50

Nonnie speaks the troof. :wave:

I found the Pa during a super transitional point in my life. :blush:

It was a very weird time, no Phish was around and this was a place to reminisce with old friends and some likeminded folks. Then the band came back and we all got to meet in person and it was a very cool time. :sunglasses:

I have, for the first time in my life, put seeing the Phish on not the back burner, but certainly not the front burner. I have a house and a wife and 2 dogs and a business to run. Life is much different now. :astonished:

My life has, in some ways, kind of run a parallel path with Phish. I seem to have gone up and down the roller coaster with the band and it’s mates. And currently, everything has kind of hit a peak and plateaued. It’s great. :thumbup:

That all being said, I hope to see some of you this summer, good chance I’ll be making it to a few shows throughout the country. :mrgreen:

#51

Excuses, excuses. Get in here and squander valuable office time!

#52

Hey Brett, are you hiring? Ol’ marley is looking to move back to the D! :wave:

#53

Still here, everyone. Still here.

#54

Don’t worry, I haven’t forgotten about y’all. :wave:

I covered my relationship with Phish about a year ago in my posts on pages 194 and 195 of the Phish Thoughts thread:

I’d say it’s still pretty much spot-on.

Most of my internet time isn’t spent on OKP as much, I usually gravitate toward FB, reddit, Netflix, and so forth. I still see a bunch of you’z guyz on FB though, so I’m never totally out of the loop I guess. :slight_smile:

I think OKP and my Phish craze came at a pretty transitional time of my life - I started listening and became crazy about them when I was 15, joined OKP at 16, and am 22 now - just graduated college! I only listen to the band once every couple weeks or even months, yet I listen to tons of music every day. I still stop by OKP about once a week just to see what’s crackin’ but rarely post. I’m seeing the two Mann Center shows this summer, so that should be a bundle of joy. :ugeek:

Hi again, peoples. Just 'cause I don’t come around here don’t mean I’ll ever forget ya. :wave:

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#55

^epic post. :clap:

I’m not clickin that shit though.

#56

Please remember that not everyone is on Facebook.

#57

I think Dan and I have had pretty similar experiences with the Phish. The reason I got into Jam Bands in the first place was for the songwriting. It evolved into an obsession for improvisation, and that obsession seems to be waning in some ways. I no longer feel the need to hear every jam that I miss and my old obsession for songwriting seems to be coming back, and Phish’s songwriting hasn’t really done much for me in 3.0. But I will say that some of the bands that I’ve gotten into for their songwriting have been underwhelming live at times, so maybe my interest in improv will come back this summer if the guys from VT are bringing the heat. I have about a week and a half of shows planned, plus I’m probably doing Magnaball, so this could either revitalize my interest in current day Phish or kill it totally :lol

I’ve (and everyone else here) probably spent more time in my life listening to just this band than most people have listened to music all together, so at some point there had to be a dip in interest right?

#58

^ This. I am doing 6 shows in 8 days (Tuscaloosa - Alpine Valley), and I am going into it knowing full well that this could re-fuel my once burning obsession, or this could be my own Fare Thee Well tour.

** Third Possibility**
I could see some good shows and some bad shows, and I stay in this weird Phish limbo for another year.

#59

Hoping to see you at Magnaball, Levi!!! My obsession with Phish has also waned but I think it’s for the better. I’m still obsessed, just more healthily obsessed. There has to be ups and downs; I can’t just be super excited for Phish all the time or that would be the base line. I don’t know if there’s anyone who is PHISHPHISHPHISHPHISHPHISHPHISHPHISHPHISH for 10 years straight, except maybe Trey in 1988. So coming from someone in a similar place as you, I think you’re fine! Go to the shows you wanna go to, don’t place any demands on the experience or the music, and I think you’ll “feel the feeling you forgot”.

Levi, if your interest in improv has waned I suggest checking out some jazz and some of the modern greats who are killing it right now. I don’t wanna be pedantic or condescending I just don’t know what you listen to. Here’s a list of some great jazz with both “type 1” and “type 2” improv. Of course, these guys doing the type 2 stuff also kill the more straight-ahead tunes too.

Type 2 Stuff
In a Silent Way - Miles Davis
The Creator Has a Master Plan - Pharoah Sanders
any live Mingus
Medeski, Scofield, Martin, and Wood (any combination of them)

Type 1 Stuff
David Grisman Quintet (all albums, so goooood, lol.)
Django
Art Blakey!!!
Frank Vignola
also any (Martin, Medeski, Wood, or Scofield in any combination)
Snarky Puppy

#60

^ I’m liking Drew’s recommendations. The musicians I know of on his list I LOVE.

The ones I have been ignorant of, I will go check out!

I’m a huge improv person, so take my ‘seconded’ with an experimental grain of salt please :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: