Rob Mitchum

Essays on every Phish show on its 25th anniversary by @robmitchum.

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Sphere3 Recap: Squaring The Sphere now on the blog courtesy of @phishcrit Rob Mitchum https://t.co/fpFP3trA79 #Phish #Sphere

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Long time no see!

Good news: Phil & Friends essays coming this week.

Bad news: I'm still on Substack, haven't decided where to migrate yet.

Also, I have successfully weaned myself off this site, so find me on BlueSky going forward. ✌️

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Possum snubbed?

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Can’t wait to buy this CD-ROM.

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Time to quietly disappear this post, I guess. 😉

https://t.co/RHpPAmIaxy

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The finale of 1998 marked the end of Phish's imperial phase. But they went out partying, as Prince would have them be.

https://t.co/aLNvWwNEWL

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The finale of 1998 marked the end of Phish's imperial phase. But they went out partying, as Prince would have them be.

https://t.co/aLNvWwNEWL

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The 1998 NYE run summarized the preceding year as well as any in the 90s, which meant that one show had to be weirdly all over the place:

https://t.co/Pnn84z7usO

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The final 2001 of 1998 completed a trilogy of monumental versions and provided a montage of the year's accomplishments:

https://t.co/uISVCVKt6U

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The final 2001 of 1998 completed a trilogy of monumental versions and provided a montage of the year's accomplishments:

https://t.co/uISVCVKt6U

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My statement about the Substack shenanigans is at the end. Short version: looking into alternatives, but this run will still be posted there.

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25 years ago today, Phish moved into the Garden for its first full NYE run and wasted no time making it weird.

https://t.co/ddFyeqO1ZV

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It was inevitable that the show after 11/27/98 would be a hangover, and it was a rare recovery day for a tour that has only accelerated:

https://t.co/fv9Cdn5mjy

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It was inevitable that the show after 11/27/98 would be a hangover, and it was a rare recovery day for a tour that has only accelerated:

https://t.co/fv9Cdn5mjy

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It sure sounds like there was a secret ingredient behind 11/27/98, and it works out just fine...for now:

https://t.co/BwX4fb4Xit

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It sure sounds like there was a secret ingredient behind 11/27/98, and it works out just fine...for now:

https://t.co/BwX4fb4Xit

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On the night before Thanksgiving 1998, Trey leaned into an effect that would play a big role in the following year:

https://t.co/eGq3G8qsKp

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Chose this screenshot because it's the Phish version of

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While the arc of 1998 has bent towards minimalism, there's a rebellion afoot in Phish, and 11/24/98 showed who's responsible:

https://t.co/ZacILTmTOG

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Stumbled into a pirate stream of Live Phish 6 on Spotify.