10/31 Ghost: Cold Shower Gets Warmer

Phish Halloween. Originally uploaded by phishfromtheroad.

I downloaded 10/31/09 of Phish’s Festival 8 run last night. The price was certainly right: four and half hours of music for 10 bucks.

Today, I listened to a couple of numbers from the three sets: “Backwards Down the Number Line,” “Fluffhead,” and “Ghost.” The guys sure are sounding crisp. I hope it holds up until December.

“Ghost” is an interesting song. Live, I guess the band tends to take it deep into jam territory. They certainly did this Halloween. Listening to the tune whilst riding along on the Metro this evening, I was reminded of something that a friend and I used to talk about in high school – a jam is a bit like taking a shower. Sometimes you feel the hot water start to run out, but you stay in the shower anyway, hoping that maybe it’ll get warmer.

At one point in the 10/31 Ghost jam, I felt the water start to get a little cold. But then the boys managed to heat things up again.