where my mind should be...
I had initially, on hearing these lyrics, thought of them as a sort of negative. Like, suppose somebody had done something horrific and now could only think in the nothings of what horrific things leave of our lives. And I think that they do mean that, but today while I was practicing I had another thought about them as I was striving to clear my mind of all thought I realized that I was striving for that blank space, and that the memories of being free of bodily concerns is the driving force behind why to practice. So I will try to steal time from my faulty plans and spend time on the less faulty ones...
In other news I have been going to class on the weekends and being re-inspired. This weekend I went to my usual saturday morning class which didn't push me very hard so I also went on sunday. It all started out really hard, in that I am used to practicing by myself and breathing in and out as I see fit, but invariably when I was beginning the inhale the teacher would say "exhale and do whatever" which just kept throwing me off balance. She seemed to be out of whack a bit, her directions weren't very clear and I found myself having to look around for confirmation of what was going on more than I'd like. But then we got to the inversion part of the show where she called for forearm stand and I thought, ooh, I think I might be able to do that so I just pretended that I could and up I went. It was magical and easy and made all of the other crap worthwhile. So today while I was practicing in my tripod headstand I decided to go on up a little and boy was that magnificent. So I am all studly yoga lady now, but then I drew the 5 of pentacles which always reminds me to stay humble and not get all big headed.
but it sure was fun
Showing posts with label phish. Show all posts
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9.14.2009
8.23.2009
1984.12.1
Setlist
12/1/84 Nectar's, Burlington, VT
Fade into Scarlet Begonias, Trey's solo is reminiscent of Jerry, there has been transcription and study. Then there is a slightly awkward key change down into the key for Fire, but there is no train wreck, things are quickly righted and the Fire continues on unabated. There are some inconsistencies with the form of the tune, is it time for the guitar solo or the verse? This guitar solo is less interesting than the one from Begonias, more wanking and less melody. Perhaps it's harder to channel Jimi than Jerry? It seems like the parts where Trey shine through sound good and the parts where Trey is trying to hard to be Jimi are less fluid. The composed section from Fire to Fire on the Mountain is clumsy. The whole step descent into the new key didn't work earlier and still doesn't. This is a nice version of this tune, though, lots to like.
Hey Makisupa Policeman, there is some guitar noodling that sounds suspiciously like an attempt at communication. The backing vocals are not good, wrong and bad! And what is that weird vibrato thing that Trey is doing with his voice? It is different from the old man vibrato currently employed. They are silly laughing sillies.
Stage banter about the parking problem in Burlington, it is hard to hear because this recording is from the 80's.
Slave to the Traffic Light is out of tune, otherwise unchanged in how many years? If it ain't broke...
Herb Alpert is up next with his Spanish Flea for the band introductions, everyone has their regular name except for Fishman on woodblock (funky mcwallic urias gerard mclinton?) I dunno, hard to hear on that one... but then there is jon fishman on drums... The end to this tune is pretty sloppy and finally the old shave and a haircut, nobody can miss that!
Don't Want You No More Only time played so far, I did not know that this was from the Allman's via the Spencer Davis group, yay for learning. This is a nice cooking version of this song. Everyone in this group is already playing at quite a high level and they are already starting to demonstrate the group mind. And there is Cities, what a nice segue!
Cities is not much changed either, and now we are off into the drumz portion of our show. Not enough bands let the drummers have their moment often enough. I guess there are some folks who really don't like it, but I for one wouldn't mind if every show had a drumz. I particularly like the woodblock stuff about 3 minutes in.
And now we have Skippy the Wondermouse. What do you know? It's McGrupp! Oh yes, and the Dude of Life. I am not sad that he doesn't come around much anymore. Hearing this skippy just after the Spanish Flea I am hearing a little similarity in the groove at the beginning, I suppose they are both in 6. Wow, this song is really not quite so clever as some phish that I love, I can see why they changed it.
And now we are into Fluffhead. This version has some more spice here at the get go, and the Dude's twang makes it sound sort of bluegrassy. Woohoo hang on there fellas it's really fast!
This Eyes is also quite nice, not too fast. The end is particularly nice, I think I would have had a fun time at this show and these guys are already really good.
12/1/84 Nectar's, Burlington, VT
Scarlet Begonias > Fire > Fire on the Mountain, Makisupa Policeman, Slave to the Traffic Light, Spanish Flea*, Don't Want You No More, Cities, Skippy the Wondermouse**, Fluffhead**
E: Eyes of the World
First gig at Nectar's and earliest circulating tape (May be the first taped gig). With Marc Daubert (who was a member of the band at the time, though only briefly so). *Includes band introduction. **With the Dude of Life on vocals.
Fade into Scarlet Begonias, Trey's solo is reminiscent of Jerry, there has been transcription and study. Then there is a slightly awkward key change down into the key for Fire, but there is no train wreck, things are quickly righted and the Fire continues on unabated. There are some inconsistencies with the form of the tune, is it time for the guitar solo or the verse? This guitar solo is less interesting than the one from Begonias, more wanking and less melody. Perhaps it's harder to channel Jimi than Jerry? It seems like the parts where Trey shine through sound good and the parts where Trey is trying to hard to be Jimi are less fluid. The composed section from Fire to Fire on the Mountain is clumsy. The whole step descent into the new key didn't work earlier and still doesn't. This is a nice version of this tune, though, lots to like.
Hey Makisupa Policeman, there is some guitar noodling that sounds suspiciously like an attempt at communication. The backing vocals are not good, wrong and bad! And what is that weird vibrato thing that Trey is doing with his voice? It is different from the old man vibrato currently employed. They are silly laughing sillies.
Stage banter about the parking problem in Burlington, it is hard to hear because this recording is from the 80's.
Slave to the Traffic Light is out of tune, otherwise unchanged in how many years? If it ain't broke...
Herb Alpert is up next with his Spanish Flea for the band introductions, everyone has their regular name except for Fishman on woodblock (funky mcwallic urias gerard mclinton?) I dunno, hard to hear on that one... but then there is jon fishman on drums... The end to this tune is pretty sloppy and finally the old shave and a haircut, nobody can miss that!
Don't Want You No More Only time played so far, I did not know that this was from the Allman's via the Spencer Davis group, yay for learning. This is a nice cooking version of this song. Everyone in this group is already playing at quite a high level and they are already starting to demonstrate the group mind. And there is Cities, what a nice segue!
Cities is not much changed either, and now we are off into the drumz portion of our show. Not enough bands let the drummers have their moment often enough. I guess there are some folks who really don't like it, but I for one wouldn't mind if every show had a drumz. I particularly like the woodblock stuff about 3 minutes in.
And now we have Skippy the Wondermouse. What do you know? It's McGrupp! Oh yes, and the Dude of Life. I am not sad that he doesn't come around much anymore. Hearing this skippy just after the Spanish Flea I am hearing a little similarity in the groove at the beginning, I suppose they are both in 6. Wow, this song is really not quite so clever as some phish that I love, I can see why they changed it.
And now we are into Fluffhead. This version has some more spice here at the get go, and the Dude's twang makes it sound sort of bluegrassy. Woohoo hang on there fellas it's really fast!
This Eyes is also quite nice, not too fast. The end is particularly nice, I think I would have had a fun time at this show and these guys are already really good.
10.01.2008
The wheel is turning and you can't slow down
my lord what a week.
First Abbey gets soooo sick, then she gets better, then the white sox pull one outta their asses, then then then THIS. Thank you universe for reminding me what it's like to be alive.
woo fucking hoo and thank you for all the phish
First Abbey gets soooo sick, then she gets better, then the white sox pull one outta their asses, then then then THIS. Thank you universe for reminding me what it's like to be alive.
woo fucking hoo and thank you for all the phish
9.22.2008
Happy Fall
Happy Day. So John made some super yummy minestrone porridge just like I like it the other day and I get to have it all week for lunch and I just did and it's SO good with just a few chips and a big ole glass of milk YUM. Happy belly. I was lying there in savasana and NOT thinking about what to have for lunch when I remembered it. Also had a fun brain game with my new words to TMWSIY. I'm almost done with my autobiography but I almost don't want to finish because then what will I read? Hopefully the new stuff gets here soon.
Glad my vacation is over but also glad I took it.
One good thing about the random weirdness that is facebook is that I came across that picture up there yesterday. He doesn't look happy but at least he's there.
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