Word: hoists
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Last weekend Phish brought their musical bag of tricks to Great Woods for two sold-out shows. The band has been on the road since the beginning of April, just after the release of its most recent album Hoist. With Hoist, the band made a conscious attempt to explore the studio as a mode of creativity. Unlike their previous albums, the material for Hoist had never been played before an audience--the idea being that the songs would grow to maturity in the studio instead of onstage...
...else. Old songs that hadn't been played in years began to show up in their set lists (ok trivia buffs, here they are: "NICU," "Gumbo," "Tube," "Funky Bitch," "Frankenstein," "Letter to Jimmy page" and two weeks before the Great Woods run, "Gamehenge"). At the same time, songs from Hoist were beginning to find a home in the live setting and were no longer a chore to perform. At last the band was back on track...
Like the first set, Phish opened their second set at full tempo with the title track from their 1993 release Rift. (which, like the pieces from the Game-henge saga, fit into a greater conceptual whole). "Sample in a Jar," from their most recent release Hoist, provided one the most compelling jams of the night, refuting the often-heard claims that the band has sold out to the record industry...
Eighteen year-old kid, headed for Harvard, dies by electrocution on spring break. Grabbed a pole to hoist his 6'2," 215-pound frame out of a jacuzzi. The pole--I don't know why--was electrified. It never should have been...
...know they will never be stars or professionals can relate to -- the victory you yourself have won, the satisfaction you can get out of it." There is surely such satisfaction felt by the Jamaican bobsledders at the end of Cool Runnings. Having crashed in their final run, they hoist their sled above them and carry it to the finish line like a dead comrade. Winning, the movie dared say, isn't everything. Trying...