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The Phish "Coventry" Trip Report [excessive drug use, photos, and a video]

Wow that must've been an awesome experience, I hope to catch a festival Trey is at at sometime in my life.
 
i love this report, although i know nothing much about phish,
i can feel the magic expressed in this TR.

this was an excellent read. thanks :)
 
I was one of the walkers... parked my car right by the last exit and hiked it in. I will never see that again, 30,000 hippies marching past cows and mulch piles. (I will also never see a mid-interstate party like that again, nitrous, weed, and cases of beer everywhere.) It was a statement of love, it really charged the weekend in a way that simply driving in would not. I'm too lazy to write up a report, but I generally agree with your assessment of the music. The first night was fun while I was there, but not something I really need to hear again. I think the emotional peak of the weekend for me was during the split>ghost (right after trey said, "I need to blow off some steam.") They never really got that same raw intensity and emotion up in the third set. Course I was also the most rocked during the second set.

It's so hard to explain to everyone who never saw phish live what they missed exactly. I can hear some of it on the recordings, but you really did have to be there. Sigh. Well, there will be other bands that have the magic. Maybe someday there will even be another band to reach the level of the dead and phish, although there will never be another phish. They've impacted my life in such a positive way. Maybe it's time for me to pick up that guitar...
 
Dude, you are one of my favourite mods for a reason. This report is (as per usual), fantastic. You write reports unlike anyone else, even a complete novice could be taken to the spot you were in, it's like you let us observe your experiences so closely, even though we are all on different ends of the earth.

And call me a cynic if you will, but those old people at the end who you gave free acid to, I wouldn't be so sure they weren't master con artists. Think about it, talking to younger kids about the olden days in some vaguely believable way to get cheap or free drugs? Hmmm...
 
Thanks trippers!

Wow! Thank you guys for all the kind words, and I'm glad you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it at 3:00am ;)

I'll try to respond to some people individually:

Meanie ---
Thank you! I assure you that the 30-something couple were not con artists. While festivals like this unfortunately do have their share of con artists, the vibe enervating off this couple was completely pure. This just happens to be one of those things I'll never forget and be forever sure about :)

Molybdenum ---
It's never to late to pick up that guitar!

Soul ---
Here's a link to one of the best Phish shows ever... 1992 at St. Michael's College. It's a BitTorrent .

... ah well, everyone else, thanks ;)
 
DAMN!

Thats officially the best report ive personally read

I have emotional waves still running through me .... lol

and Damn, thats definitely true-tripper status, that's a lot of drugs in a short amount of time. I don't think ive matched that.
 
Yep, another great report!

Btw, is that you screaming "whoohoo" at the end of the video? =D
 
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Hah yeah I'm pretty sure that was me. I'm not 100% sure though, it doesn't really sound like my voice...
 
fucking amazing trip report. I have never personally gone to a phish show, the farthest i made it was the parking lot but i still felt the energy of the band.
i have one question though what does "fluff" or "triple fluff" mean when refering to acid?
 
I've been waiting until I had plenty of time to fully read this report. For me, the miracle of it is that although I admittedly have no strong feelings about Phish, this report put me right in your shoes and made me feel what it was like to be a fan attending their last show. I recently played a "last show" with my band this summer, and it really brought back that same feeling of sadness, love, pride and nostalgia. Top job.

I also love to see photos in trip reports! And video, well, that's just above and beyond.

That was a LOT of drugs you had. "Smorgasbord" comes to mind.

How are you coping with the loss of Phish several weeks later?
 
*BUMP!*

I needed to read this again, for the emotions you so beautifully impart to us. Even the least empathetic person has no choice but to fit in your shoes. There's this honesty in your writing that is so genuine, plus the intensity of this experience reminds me of the times I feel very much alive before anything else. It's invigorating and emotional, and I want even more people to read it, and read it again =D

peace
 
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I was @ Coventry working security (or "Safety" as we were called). I had soo much fun. It was my first (and last obviously) Phish show. Aside from smoke lots of bud i didn't really do any drugs unfortunately. some really cute hippie girl sold me a roll but it was super weak so i felt it for like 5 minutes and then nada. oh well, she was adorable. there was something trippy in them though (and it wasn't MDA cuz it was totally different) cuz the fireworks that were going off Friday night were turning into animal heads it was soooooo weird.

peace,
Derek
 
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