Droid Trading Post: September
The summer flew by. August ended, yet September is here including a return to Dicks in Colorado.
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After checking I am missing most of the same as you Mr D. My 7/14 is missing track 6 which is probably why yours is filled with the MP3 replacement.
I have probably not listened to anywhere near 800(!) shows since I listen to music as random tracks of my whole collection, but tend to enjoy any 1.0 & 3.0 (& 4.0?) tracks that come up. Which makes me think of a question: Do you consider the band to be in their 4.0 period, defined by post-COVID shows, or still 3.0?
I kept flying out for Dicks every year but I couldn't manage it this year. Money is tight, my friend who lives in Denver was moving to North Carolina and, sadly, flying to the US is increasingly problematic. Kind of kicking myself for it, there is nothing quite like it anywhere.
Im the meanwhile, I learned to play guitar and piano, so I am trying to find jams that I want to learn to play like the 2019-07-10 Stash. I learned to play the Reba jam from my second show 2017-09-02 and it taught me an immense amount.
I think part of the reason I keep listening is that they do not really have a defined sound. Every year they pick some other direction to head. I love that they pick a theme and perfect it.
I generally use the 4.0 definition to mean post-COVID but if you want a more concrete reason I would say the 4.0 split happened really not post COVID but post Bakers Dozen. I think it's the moment they realized they could take another direction and what started with a fake Swedish pop album is what gave us a "Melt the Guns" cover and probably one of the best Fuegos ever in Chicago. They seem as if they are going to continue heading in the prog rock jazz psybient direction and I am totally here for that.
What do you think is the theme for this year?
https://gofile.io/d/PesBpDB3
2017-09-01 https://gofile.io/d/syP1USBr
2017-09-02 https://gofile.io/d/7IKOL77M
2023-10-06 https://gofile.io/d/Zpxkw1oh
2023-10-08 https://gofile.io/d/3R9fOfnr
2024-04-18 until 2024-04-21 big bit Sphere: https://gofile.io/d/U3RdOJlr
Phish 1997-12-02 big bits: https://gofile.io/d/bU38y7iR
https://gofile.io/d/GcCNc98Y
I was away for most of this month and I seem to have just missed the link expiration for droids posted before 9/18. Gamehendge would you be willing to re-up the three from Amsterdam 97 — 2/17, 7/1, and 7/2? This is my favorite all-time live release, so it would really make my year.
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1. Why does LivePhish name files with a relationship to a disc number in 2026? Is anyone actually burning cd's?
2. Mixes this summer weren't great. Listening back to early 3.0, the recordings sounded way better.
1. I know, do they even sell cd's anymore of the shows?
2. I miss Paul... He retired earlier than I remember. Timothy Powell and Jon Altschiller did the LP mixes around then. I didn't realize they had dedicated LP sound engineers, but I think Garry Brown FOH (for forever) may be doing both now? Not 100% though? I agree the mix differs though....