Phish calling it quits after summer tour

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royaldank

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August 14 and 15 festival in Coventry will the be the last shows for the band. End of a 21 year run.

I've had the pleasure of seeing roughly 30 shows dating back to 1992.

Trey announced the decision today.
 
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CChaos

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I've been ripping my brother-in-laws CD collection lately and I just did all 15 discs of Big Cypress to mp3. Unfortunately, I haven't gotten to a show in a couple of years, but these guys will always be one the most entertaining and talented groups I've ever heard. All were extraordinary musicians. It's really amazing to when you listen to a show and find yourself saying "Man I love this song" to every song. They'll be missed.

Don_Vito--That's really not accurate or appropriate. I know ATOT is all about thinking of derisive and psuedo-clever things to say, but why not hang up the old asshat for one thread.
 
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Originally posted by: Don_Vito
Maybe now their bass player can concentrate on taking "art photos" of nude 9-year-olds full-time.
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Seriously.
Screw this band.
 
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tweakmm

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I'm listening to NICU now.
I wish I had gotten to more than two shows, but I'm at least glad that I got see them live period.
 
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tweakmm

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Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: Don_Vito
Maybe now their bass player can concentrate on taking "art photos" of nude 9-year-olds full-time.
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For those who missed it.

- M4H
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Do you think it's maybe possible that that was a misunderstanding? Do you not think that the parents would have pressed charges if he didn't explain that the situation wasn't what it could be interpreted as?

4:20 post :cool:
 
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Gurck

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Saw 'em twice myself, very unique band, sad to see them stop... but yeah, that incident with the girl was really uncool, made me see them in a different light.
 
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Originally posted by: CChaos

Don_Vito--That's really not accurate or appropriate. I know ATOT is all about thinking of derisive and psuedo-clever things to say, but why not hang up the old asshat for one thread.
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I don't mean to be a jerk, but I regard that as a Big Deal. This happens to be a subject I have no small amount of experience with (most memorably in this case, and I don't see a person's celebrity as a mitigating circumstance if they take advantage of children sexually. It certainly appears to me that he paid off the child's family to deter her from testifying (a la Michael Jackson in 1994), which just makes me madder.
 
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tweakmm

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Originally posted by: Don_Vito
Originally posted by: CChaos

Don_Vito--That's really not accurate or appropriate. I know ATOT is all about thinking of derisive and psuedo-clever things to say, but why not hang up the old asshat for one thread.
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I don't mean to be a jerk, but I regard that as a Big Deal. This happens to be a subject I have no small amount of experience with (most memorably in this case, and I don't see a person's celebrity as a mitigating circumstance if they take advantage of children sexually. It certainly appears to me that he paid off the child's family to deter her from testifying (a la Michael Jackson in 1994), which just makes me madder.
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Where have you gotten the idea that the family was paid off in cash?
 
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CChaos

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Originally posted by: Don_Vito
Originally posted by: CChaos

Don_Vito--That's really not accurate or appropriate. I know ATOT is all about thinking of derisive and psuedo-clever things to say, but why not hang up the old asshat for one thread.
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I don't mean to be a jerk, but I regard that as a Big Deal. This happens to be a subject I have no small amount of experience with (most memorably in this case, and I don't see a person's celebrity as a mitigating circumstance if they take advantage of children sexually. It certainly appears to me that he paid off the child's family to deter her from testifying (a la Michael Jackson in 1994), which just makes me madder.
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If you take it so seriously then why manufacture that the girl was "nude"? Why should your opinion mean anything to me if the people who were actually there and the child's parents said it was a misunderstanding? And what does any of this have to do with the music the band spent 2 decades making and sharing with the world?
 
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Originally posted by: tweakmm

Do you think it's maybe possible that that was a misunderstanding? Do you not think that the parents would have pressed charges if he didn't explain that the situation wasn't what it could be interpreted as?

4:20 post :cool:
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I find it hard to envision an innocent explanation for being alone with a stranger's 9-year-old daughter and a camera in a dark, empty boathouse at 1 AM.

I tend to think he must have paid the family off to avoid prosecution (or perhaps they mutually agreed to it, since it sounds as though they beat him and perhaps even genitally tortured him when he was found there, and each side agreed not to testify against the other; I imagine he still sweetened the pot with some cash).

The Hell's Angels, who detained Gordon for police, were not, the sources say, gentle with sensitive areas of the rock star's body.

Serves his ass right.
 
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Amorphus

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Originally posted by: tweakmm
Originally posted by: Don_Vito
Originally posted by: CChaos

Don_Vito--That's really not accurate or appropriate. I know ATOT is all about thinking of derisive and psuedo-clever things to say, but why not hang up the old asshat for one thread.
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I don't mean to be a jerk, but I regard that as a Big Deal. This happens to be a subject I have no small amount of experience with (most memorably in this case, and I don't see a person's celebrity as a mitigating circumstance if they take advantage of children sexually. It certainly appears to me that he paid off the child's family to deter her from testifying (a la Michael Jackson in 1994), which just makes me madder.
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Where have you gotten the idea that the family was paid off in cash?
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"appears to me that"
 
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preslove

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Man, Phish is basically the only good "Jam Band" around. I guess it's time for Leftover Salmon to step up [sarcasm]
 
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CChaos

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Originally posted by: Don_Vito
I find it hard to envision an innocent explanation for being alone with a stranger's nude 9-year-old daughter and a camera in a dark, empty boathouse at 1 AM.
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Again, do you have any source stating she was "nude"? Don_Vito's_imagination not withstanding.
 
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tweakmm

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Originally posted by: Don_Vito
Originally posted by: tweakmm

Do you think it's maybe possible that that was a misunderstanding? Do you not think that the parents would have pressed charges if he didn't explain that the situation wasn't what it could be interpreted as?

4:20 post :cool:
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I find it hard to envision an innocent explanation for being alone with a stranger's nude 9-year-old daughter and a camera in a dark, empty boathouse at 1 AM.
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Whoa... where did you hear that the girl was nude? If that is the case that fact puts a very different spin on things.
 
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