{ "version": "https:\/\/jsonfeed.org\/version\/1", "title": "Phish.net", "description": "Phish News & Setlists - for fans, by fans", "home_page_url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/", "feed_url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/feed.json", "author": { "url": "https:\/\/twitter.com\/phishnet", "name": "The Mockingbird Foundation" }, "icon": "https:\/\/media.phish.net\/avatars\/default.png", "favicon": "https:\/\/media.phish.net\/favicon.ico", "items": { "19": { "title": "YEM: An American Tune", "date_published": "2026-07-03T20:00:01-04:00", "id": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/6a1664e7", "url": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/6a1664e7", "external_url": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/6a1664e7", "author": { "name": "Lemuria", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/user\/Lemuria" }, "content_html": "

In the annals of Phish performances, \"You Enjoy Myself<\/a>\" is by far the most frequently played song - in the U.S., on the North American continent, in the Western Hemisphere, and globally. Oddly, however, it isn't among the most frequently played abroad, even where most of the lyrics were written: At Phish's 11 shows in Italy<\/a>, there's a tie among four songs played four times each, while YEM is among 12<\/i> songs played merely three <\/i>times.<\/p>

Put another way, YEM has appeared at just over a fourth (27.3%) of Phish's Italian shows, compared to precisely a third (33.3%) of American shows. It's also been seen at a whopping 52% of Canadian shows<\/a> (where YEM, \"Rift<\/a>\", and \"Chalk Dust Torture<\/a>\" were each in 11 of 21 shows, and HYHU was played 15 times though in only 10 shows) plus a third of the Mexico runs<\/a> (thrice in nine sets of shows), making it at the very least a North<\/i> American commonality. Combined, that's 631 of the 650 appearances of YEM to date. Three more among the 12 Japanese shows<\/a> (25%) leaves only 16 YEMs at the 70 European shows (22%).<\/p>

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Every poster purchased helps fund Mockingbird grants, supporting music education programs for schools and nonprofit organizations. Every print sold helps turn a shared love of music into opportunities for the next generation of musicians.  Thank you for supporting independent art, music education, and the mission of the Mockingbird Foundation!<\/p>

Order now, while they last!<\/a><\/p>", "_phishnet": { "type": "news" } }, "17": { "title": "A Grant After Gamehendge", "date_published": "2026-06-30T00:20:42-04:00", "id": "https:\/\/phish.net\/news\/1782845313", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/news\/1782845313", "external_url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/news\/1782845313", "author": { "name": "Lemuria", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/user\/Lemuria" }, "content_html": "", "_phishnet": { "type": "news" } }, "16": { "title": "Mockingbird Launches Book Club", "date_published": "2026-06-24T00:20:24-04:00", "id": "https:\/\/phish.net\/news\/1781729326", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/news\/1781729326", "external_url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/news\/1781729326", "author": { "name": "Lemuria", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/user\/Lemuria" }, "content_html": "

Each book will be part of a seven<\/i>-week cycle, with key dates throughout each cycle coming on Wednesdays. The first vote will open July 1, with the selection announced July 8. The blog post is planned for four weeks later, on August 5th, with the first Zoom discussion tentatively scheduled for August 12th. Following a one-week pause and refresh, the next vote would open August 19th.<\/p>

Books nominated for the first several rounds will primarily be books about Phish<\/a>, though include offerings focused on Phish fans as well as others putting Phish in the context of wider movements. We anticipate that later rounds will broaden to include books about similar bands, possibly something about music education, maybe something else entirely, and we welcome your input, here and anywhere, about what (either general ideas or specific books) we should nominate for votes.<\/p>

Nominees for the first round: Dean Budnick's JamBands<\/i>, Calarco's Mr Miner's Thoughts<\/i>, Mason's PhanArt<\/i>, Steinberg's This Has All Been Wonderful<\/i>, and Rabin's You Don't Know Me But You Don't Like Me<\/i>.<\/p>", "_phishnet": { "type": "news" } }, "15": { "title": "Mockingbird Grants Top $3M!", "date_published": "2026-06-16T00:20:42-04:00", "id": "https:\/\/phish.net\/news\/1781072947", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/news\/1781072947", "external_url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/news\/1781072947", "author": { "name": "Lemuria", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/user\/Lemuria" }, "content_html": "", "_phishnet": { "type": "news" } }, "14": { "title": "Phish Studies '26 CfP Live", "date_published": "2026-06-08T22:29:31-04:00", "id": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/6a27b2cb", "url": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/6a27b2cb", "external_url": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/6a27b2cb", "author": { "name": "Lemuria", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/user\/Lemuria" }, "content_html": "

<\/a> The 2026 sessions of the Phish Studies area, under the auspices of the Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association (MAPACA), will be November 5-7 in Baltimore, MD. The Call for Proposals (CfP) is now live<\/a>.<\/p>

As the PSA reports, \"Last year was a fantastic success in our inaugural partnership with MAPACA\", which \"served as the PSA's official annual meeting. PSA hosted six incredible paper sessions, a roundtable, and our highly-anticipated Guided Listening Session. We also held our board's business meeting and a member's meeting. Be a part of Year Two with us, and please share the CfP widely with other Phish scholars in your networks!\"<\/p>", "_phishnet": { "type": "blog", "category": null } }, "13": { "title": "The \"74% Rule\" Will Blow Minds", "date_published": "2026-06-01T04:09:10-04:00", "id": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/6a1cf004", "url": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/6a1cf004", "external_url": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/6a1cf004", "author": { "name": "Lemuria", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/user\/Lemuria" }, "content_html": "

If you haven't already read Kevin Spence's absolutely incredible blog post<\/a>, subtitled \"The Shape Phish Comes Back to,\" just stop whatever you're doing for about 10 minutes and inhale it all<\/a>. It'll change the rest of your week, increase your alertness about Phish's live performances, and show a way out of a maze you didn't know existed. It's insightful, well written, and full of discovery.<\/p>

As his abstract at the top reads, \"Phish jams peak three-quarters of the way through. So do the same songs played straight, and so do most rock songs. The structure is familiar. What's not is how they get there.\" Here's just a taste of the results:<\/p>

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This is not merely recommended reading. It\u2019s the sort of thing that demands immediate attention, from you and (IMNSHO) the band members, whose minds (I'm confident) will be as blown as mine was - and I've been a Phish fan for 36 years, a statistics teacher for 33, and a Phish stats chart maker for 25. Read it now, before you find yourself buried alive in statistical complacency.<\/p>", "_phishnet": { "type": "blog", "category": null } }, "12": { "title": "Signature Sit-Ins by State", "date_published": "2026-05-17T23:04:05-04:00", "id": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/6a099360", "url": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/6a099360", "external_url": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/6a099360", "author": { "name": "Lemuria", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/user\/Lemuria" }, "content_html": "

Today's map provides the most common guest at Phish performances, by state. In many states, there's a tie, with as many as 7 guests each having appeared once in that state. But for these states, one guest artist (or group) edged out the others in frequency.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

There are some interesting categorical patterns: Family members have been most common, where they live. Friends are most frequent in a few states, including New York and Massachusettes. And for many states east of the Mississippi, the most frequent guests are musicians who (by this author's rough estimation) also seem to sorta be friends of the band, sharing a lot of interaction across the years. Other states (those in blue) have been most frequently sat-in by a range of musicians outside of Phish's circle.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The Mockingbird Foundation and The Walkaways are teaming up for an all-ages fundraiser this Sunday, May 17, at The Get Down in Portland. Doors open at 5:30 PM, with the show beginning at 7:00 PM. All proceeds benefit music education at Jefferson High School, with the Mockingbird Foundation matching funds raised up to $1000.<\/p>\r\n", "_phishnet": { "type": "blog", "category": null } }, "10": { "title": "2026 DeLucia Nominations Welcomed", "date_published": "2026-05-13T07:58:34-04:00", "id": "https:\/\/phish.net\/news\/1778687914", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/news\/1778687914", "external_url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/news\/1778687914", "author": { "name": "phishnet", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/user\/phishnet" }, "content_html": "", "_phishnet": { "type": "news" } }, "9": { "title": "Attendance Bias Presents: Summer 2026 Venue Previews", "date_published": "2026-05-12T01:00:00-04:00", "id": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/69ffa460", "url": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/69ffa460", "external_url": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/69ffa460", "author": { "name": "phishnet", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/user\/phishnet" }, "content_html": "

[This post is courtesy of Brian Weinstein, the host of the Attendance Bias Podcast<\/a>. Thank you, Brian! -Ed.]<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Attendance Bias<\/a> is a podcast that features Phish fans of all stripes telling stories about their most meaningful and special Phish shows. A crucial part of everyone’s story is the venue<\/a> in which the show was played, so when Phish announced their 2026 summer tour<\/a> on February 18, my first thought was: “Let’s dig into these venues!”<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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© 2026 Attendance Bias (creator: Shae Ewan)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\r\n", "_phishnet": { "type": "blog", "category": null } }, "8": { "title": "Pre-Trey Event: Phish Studies Book Launch", "date_published": "2026-05-11T04:00:00-04:00", "id": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/6a012152", "url": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/6a012152", "external_url": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/6a012152", "author": { "name": "askesis", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/user\/askesis" }, "content_html": "

On Tuesday, May 26, Oregon State University is hosting a pre-show event just a few blocks (or clicks!) away from Trey Anastasio’s concert at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Phish fans are invited to OSU’s Portland campus for the official launch of Concepts We’ll Ponder: Identity, Improvisation, and Community in the Phish Experience<\/em><\/a><\/em>, the volume emerging from the 2019 inaugural Phish Studies Conference at Oregon State University<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n", "_phishnet": { "type": "blog", "category": null } }, "7": { "title": "Map: The Sunday States", "date_published": "2026-05-08T00:20:00-04:00", "id": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/69fe45ca", "url": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/69fe45ca", "external_url": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/69fe45ca", "author": { "name": "Lemuria", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/user\/Lemuria" }, "content_html": "

Never miss a CT, MD, or WV show? If conventional wisdom favors Phish performances on Sundays (see, e.g., "Don't Snooze on Sundays<\/a>" and some of our most complex graphs<\/a>), those states hold an advantage. Phish shows in each of those states have been on Sunday more than any other weekday, and disproportionately* so - 28% of CT shows<\/a>, 44% of MD shows<\/a>, and 100% of the two WV shows<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Phish Charts from Lemuria for Mockingbird, © 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n

(Note that these maps include 2026 data through Dick's<\/a>, and therefore reflect announced<\/a> summer shows<\/a> not yet played. Labels indicate not only the state name and most common weekday(s), but the number of shows played in that state. NY<\/a>, for example, had 48 Sunday shows - but even more Saturday shows, of the 318 shows Phish has played there.)<\/p>\r\n\r\n

There are some regional patterns: Saturdays and Fridays dominate the Northeast, Southwest, and Midwest - and are equally represented among shows in CA<\/a>, FL<\/a>, and NV<\/a>. There's a band of states visited most often on Wednesdays (with mid-week filler stops across OK<\/a>, AR<\/a>, TN<\/a>, and NC<\/a>, as well as in MI<\/a> and MN<\/a>), and some mostly infrequent states (ID<\/a>, NM<\/a>, and MO<\/a>) equally played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. There are also some odd sister sates, such as Thursday being most common only in OR<\/a> and MS<\/a>, or Tuesday in AZ<\/a> and N<\/a>E; CT<\/a> and MD<\/a> are Sun, just like WV<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Two other maps peel back the layers further...<\/p>\r\n", "_phishnet": { "type": "blog", "category": null } }, "6": { "title": "Dark Puddle Song History", "date_published": "2026-05-07T09:04:26-04:00", "id": "https:\/\/phish.net\/song\/dark-puddle", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/song\/dark-puddle", "external_url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/song\/dark-puddle", "author": { "name": "phishnet", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/user\/phishnet" }, "content_html": "

If you’ve been eagerly awaiting a song history for a song that isn’t a song, then welcome: you’ve come to the right place. ...<\/p>\n", "_phishnet": { "type": "song" } }, "5": { "title": "Is Claude A Bigger Head Than Gemini? A Dark Puddle Theory", "date_published": "2026-05-07T02:00:00-04:00", "id": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/69f9dc8f", "url": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/69f9dc8f", "external_url": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/69f9dc8f", "author": { "name": "phishnet", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/user\/phishnet" }, "content_html": "

[This post is courtesy of Adam @<\/a>SeaOfStars<\/a>, adamsfisch on IG<\/a>. Also, don't miss the DarkPuddle.com<\/a> site created by Parker (@TMWSIY<\/a>). Posts to this blog are authored by volunteers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of any of the many contributors to this website<\/a>. In other words, do not misapprehend posts to this blog as being the views of "Phish.Net," which is not a sentient entity that holds opinions. -Ed.]<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n

As a borderline millennial Deadhead come Phishead (never saw Jerry but caught the tail end of 1.0---first show was the Roseland Ballroom in May 2000), I was always fascinated by the named jams that appeared on tapes that I procured on the earlyish internet, Dick's Picks<\/em>, and eventually LivePhish<\/em>. Shoutouts to "Spanish Jam<\/a>," "Tighten Up<\/a>" and "Feeling Groovy<\/a>"!<\/p>\r\n\r\n

That is why more than having a dog in the fight, I was drawn in by the "Fuego > Dark Puddle<\/a>’" controversy from the second week of the recent Sphere run on 4\/23\/2026. (I was lucky enough to make it to Sphere weekend 1 so whether I had bragging rights to seeing the longest "Fuego" was not in play.)<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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© 2026 Peter Orr<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\r\n", "_phishnet": { "type": "blog", "category": null } }, "4": { "title": "Sphere9 Recap: 9 Nights Only! The Greatest Show On Earth", "date_published": "2026-05-03T13:10:02-04:00", "id": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/69f7b9aa", "url": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/69f7b9aa", "external_url": "https:\/\/phi.sh\/b\/69f7b9aa", "author": { "name": "phishnet", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/user\/phishnet" }, "content_html": "

[We would like to thank Dana Slattery (<\/em>@tweezeher<\/em><\/a>) aka <\/em>@organic.music.society<\/em><\/a> on Instagram for recapping last night's show. -Ed.]<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Written Sleep Deprived & Profoundly Grateful for Round Rooms by Dana Slattery.
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I’ve been in Las Vegas too long. I wasn’t planning on attending all 9 nights of Sphere.<\/strong> In fact, I’d recently made a resolution to take less time on the road and spend more time at home in Vermont. I was absolutely certain I was ready to semi-retire; That I could make the informed decision to pivot from seeing ~40 Phish shows a year and make a concerted effort to invest more into my real life at home in Burlington, Vermont..
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\r\nThat is, until my sister announced her wedding on April 3, at a place called The Sure Thing Chapel. A small party of close friends and family gathering to celebrate Isabelle & Alex. (Mazel Tov, Isabelle & Alex) would put me in Las Vegas just two weeks before Phish’s highly anticipated return to The Sphere. <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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© Scott Marks 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/strong><\/p>\r\n", "_phishnet": { "type": "blog", "category": null } }, "3": { "title": "Vegas Tour Grant", "date_published": "2026-04-29T04:30:38-04:00", "id": "https:\/\/phish.net\/news\/1776710451", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/news\/1776710451", "external_url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/news\/1776710451", "author": { "name": "Lemuria", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/user\/Lemuria" }, "content_html": "", "_phishnet": { "type": "news" } }, "2": { "title": "Quadrophonic Toppling Song History", "date_published": "2026-04-28T14:47:45-04:00", "id": "https:\/\/phish.net\/song\/quadrophonic-toppling", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/song\/quadrophonic-toppling", "external_url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/song\/quadrophonic-toppling", "author": { "name": "Icculus", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/user\/Icculus" }, "content_html": "

The studio version of “Quadrophonic Toppling” on The Siket Disc<\/u><\/em><\/a> contains an audio sample of Mike repeating the phrase “Quadrophonic Toppling,” and a brief yodeling-portion of “I Want to be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart” from the 12\/6\/96<\/u><\/a> Vegas gig, over extraordinarily simple, repeated, guitar, bass, and drum lines, and a few sustained organ chords. While this “song” seems to have been borne of improvisation and created improvisationally (not composed in the typical sense), it has a clear, and repeated, melody line and music. And though it is unclear which band member is playing which instrument, given the simplicity of the lines, it’s plausible that in this “Quadrophonic Toppling” track, Fish was on bass (a nod to the prior “Fish Bass” track on The Siket Disc<\/em><\/em> that appears to largely contain effects but contains some bass notes), Page was on guitar, Mike was on organ, and Trey was on drums. But we don’t know, because no band member has yet deigned to (reliably) inform us....<\/p>\n", "_phishnet": { "type": "song" } }, "1": { "title": "New Jeff Wood Print", "date_published": "2026-04-22T14:35:00-04:00", "id": "https:\/\/phish.net\/news\/1776897300", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/news\/1776897300", "external_url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/news\/1776897300", "author": { "name": "Lemuria", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/user\/Lemuria" }, "content_html": "", "_phishnet": { "type": "news" } }, "0": { "title": "2026 Finch Funds Announced", "date_published": "2026-04-16T04:00:00-04:00", "id": "https:\/\/phish.net\/news\/1775950219", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/news\/1775950219", "external_url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/news\/1775950219", "author": { "name": "Lemuria", "url": "https:\/\/phish.net\/user\/Lemuria" }, "content_html": "", "_phishnet": { "type": "news" } } } }