Alright. You can stop with all the e-mails about how I never blog. I promise starting now, and every day there will be something new here. This however is no guarantee...I've said the same thing before.

First topic.....

Dec. 30th I saw the greatest show I have seen in a very long time. Trey Anastasio at the HOUSE OF BLUES. Just a little history. In 1993 I saw a band at the Tower Theater in Philly. That band changed the way i listened to music for the rest of my life. I realized songs don't need to be be packaged in 4 minute bursts. It's OK to let them be free and open and go wherever the music takes it. Sure the Allman Brothers and the Grateful Dead figured that out a long time ago. But this band did it different, some might argue..better. That band was PHISH. I was amazed at this band and quickly embraced it as the greatest music i ever heard. So I saw them twice in 1993 once again in 1995 at the Spectrum. Phish had a huge following that followed them from town to town, but I had neither the resources nor the money to pull that off. I also didn't know anyone to trade tapes with(like the Dead, Phish would allow recording at their shows).

So as the 90's went by my interest in PHISH started to wane. Mainly because I was out of the loop as to what they were up to live. I moved on to Blues Traveler and claimed they were the greatest band in the land. I stuck with that belief for a while. Then around 2001-2002 Hi-speed internet started to come into its' own. Which made downloading music a lot less tedious and time consuming and lo and behold i come across all of these Phish shows. I download a show just to see what I missed out on.....AND MY HEAD EXLPLODED!!! Not only did I miss out...I missed out on the peak of this bands' career. So I turn into this downloading junkie trying to get hold of as many shows as possible.

Flash forward to 2006. Phish has called it quits 2 years before because they knew it just wasn't as good as it was before so why tarnish a great legacy(I can respect that). But I haven't seen them live since 1995 and I'm an addict now!!! Lucky for me Trey is out on the road and coming to A.C.!!!!

My sister in law works at the HOB and gets me primo seats in the balcony front row dead center. Trey comes out on stage starts plaing his guitar and I am once again smiling in enjoyment at a concert. The music is loose, danceable, and just plain fun. Second song of the night was one of my favorite PHISH tunes("STASH") and I almost lose it with happiness. The whole show goes like this and I had a great time.

Sure enough two days later, on the Internet, The show has been posted by one of the tapers!!!

I've never hidden my love for the jam. Some people get it others don't. That's cool. To each his own.

I promise I'll try to write something every day. Maybe nest time I'll talk about how RON WHITE is the funniest comedian on the face of the EARTH.

Til next time!!!

PEACE!!!!