I got an email today.
Congratulations! You have just purchased the following tickets:
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Sat Jun 26 2010 07:00 PM Phish, Merriweather Post Pavilion
Number of tickets: 2, GA LAWN
Reminds me of a song.
The moist green organic
that my feet tread upon
All posts for the month March, 2010
Lawn Boy
Posted by Gillies on March 31, 2010
http://gilli.es/2010/03/31/lawn-boy/
No Objections to “No Reply” Down the Road
Last night, I watched all of Phish doing “No Reply at All” at the March 15 Hall of Fame festivities. Having now seen both both of the Genesis covers, I agree with what appears to be the consensus – Phish nailed “Watcher,” but “No Reply” was, as they used to say at a camp where I once worked, “fair to poor.”
That’s not to say I wouldn’t be quite pleased if the band busted out “No Reply” out at Merriweather on June 26.
Anyway, with a hat tip to YEMblog, here’s a good quality video of “Watcher of the Skies” for the record.
Posted by Gillies on March 30, 2010
http://gilli.es/2010/03/30/no-objections-to-no-reply-down-the-road/
Pretty Sure I Just Got #Phish Tickets
I’m not too experienced in the ways of Phish’s lottery system, but I put in for a couple of summer tour tickets, and my credit card just got charged. Looks like I’m going to Merriweather on June 26th.
Posted by Gillies on March 29, 2010
http://gilli.es/2010/03/29/pretty-sure-i-just-got-phish-tickets/
Sagan on the Exploration of the Cosmos
- The exploration of the cosmos is a voyage of self-discovery.
Carl Sagan, “Cosmos”
Posted by Gillies on March 28, 2010
http://gilli.es/2010/03/28/sagan-on-the-exploration-of-the-cosmos/
Pennsylvania Avenue
Posted by Gillies on March 27, 2010
http://gilli.es/2010/03/27/pennsylvania-avenue/
No Regrets
On Twitter, Markos recounts something that will probably ring familiar to most stock investors.
In 1996, I had $5K I was going to invest in AAPL. Instead, helped pay my future wife’s tuition. Today, that $5K would be worth $1.2 million.
Earlier this century, I noticed that shares of a telecom equipment maker were trading just above a buck. I suspected the stock would likely recover, and it subsequently rebounded up past $20 not long after that. I can’t say that I was on the verge of buying the thing, but it has sort of haunted me since.
Posted by Gillies on March 26, 2010
http://gilli.es/2010/03/26/no-regrets/
Always Nice to Have Something to Look Forward to
Phish 3D, filmed at Festival 8 – the band’s three-day festival which took place on October 30th, 31st and November 1st at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California – will be in theatres nationwide in 3D on April 30th. The band performed 8 sets over the course of the weekend, including a special Acoustic Set on Sunday afternoon. Keeping the tradition of past Halloween shows, they donned a musical costume on Halloween night, covering The Rolling Stones’ album Exile On Main Street.
Posted by Gillies on March 25, 2010
http://gilli.es/2010/03/25/always-nice-to-have-something-to-look-forward-to-2/
Yet I Love It So
Responding to a request, Tim F. at Balloon Juice put up a YouTube video of Winger’s “Seventeen.”
A few comments from the thread that followed:
- No. Nobody requested Winger. YOU CAN’T PUT THIS ON US, MAN!
- What happened to that guy’s shirt? Was he in an accident or mugged or something? I hope he’s okay.
- This song is so terrible, and yet I love it so.
Posted by Gillies on March 24, 2010
http://gilli.es/2010/03/24/yet-i-love-it-so/
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Taken recently by a bona fide New Yorker:
Posted by Gillies on March 23, 2010
http://gilli.es/2010/03/23/lincoln-center-for-the-performing-arts/
This One Goes Out to Max
- There are many hypotheses in science which are wrong. That’s perfectly all right. It’s the aperture to finding out what’s right. Science is a self-correcting process.
- In the cosmos, there is no refuge from change.
– Carl Sagan, “Cosmos”
Posted by Gillies on March 22, 2010
http://gilli.es/2010/03/22/this-one-goes-out-to-max/
