
In this edition of Under the Covers, we’re talking about Drowned.

Taking a couple weeks after NYE, Padraic, Poster Nutbag and I discussed the NYE run and our controversial article after the dust had settled.
There were some wonderful, memorable moments each night of the New Year’s run. Let’s take a look at a few of them.

Maybe expectations were too high, but the result of Phish’s four night New Year’s Eve run at Madison Square Garden has produced a lot of negative press. Blogs, message boards, and Twitter have become the battle grounds of contrasting opinions.

How did we get here? How did this happen? How did the Phish MSG run that started off with so much promise get us here, into a world with so much controversy?

Last night, in their sixth New Year’s Eve show at Madison Square Garden, Phish capped off a four-night run that put to the test the idea that their crowds are pleased by upbeat sets with little experimentation.

After a night that saw YEM fill the number two hole for the first time in this era, Friday night’s show saw another random fill that spot.

While the setlists boasted some interesting and exciting song arrangements, the musical exploration wasn’t quite as exciting as the first night.

Days after Christmas, phans got what they really wanted–a scorching Phish show to kick off the celebration to the end of the best year of 3.0.

Between seven writers, OPT has cranked out a lot of serious material over the past year. I figured some of you readers would be curious to see what articles on the site has drawn the most traffic.

The AC city council has approved four outdoor music festivals. Phish was one of the names cited.

As seen here on Phish.com, Mike Gordon will be playing in London on March 18.

If not to be outdone but themselves, Phish released “Phish 12/31/91, Worcester Memorial Auditorium, Worcester, MA” late Friday as the band continued to rock the hallowed halls of MSG.

Copying the successful idea launched last year at the same venue during the same run, Phish will once again stream all shows live from Madison Square Garden.

While many are praying Phish returns to the stage after MSG for a tour in February or March, the hopes of many seem to be in danger of being squashed with the recent release of four dates on TreyAnastasio.com.

In this edition of Under the Covers, we’re talking about Drowned.

Maybe expectations were too high, but the result of Phish’s four night New Year’s Eve run at Madison Square Garden has produced a lot of negative press. Blogs, message boards, and Twitter have become the battle grounds of contrasting opinions.

How did we get here? How did this happen? How did the Phish MSG run that started off with so much promise get us here, into a world with so much controversy?

With the New Year’s Eve run just over a week away, and 12.31.11 just beyond that, I wanted to provide a little encore to my three part MSG Preview that worked to recap a number of Phish’s covers from summer tour. For this encore performance, I figured no cover would be more timely than Auld Lang Syne.

By now you’ve likely listened to the Hampton box set so many times that your interior monologue has a permanent cosmic funk groove behind it. But have you heard Adam’s terrible puns and stunningly awkward jokes?
setlist provided by Phish.net